Bahamas national football team

The Bahamas national football team represents The Bahamas in men's international football, which is governed by the Bahamas Football Association founded in 1967. It has been a member of FIFA since 1968 and a member of CONCACAF since 1981. Regionally, it is a member of CFU in the Caribbean Zone.

The Bahamas has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup, but has participated twice in League B and twice in League C of the CONCACAF Nations League.

The Bahamas' debut in international competitions was in the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games. Their first appearance in World Cup qualifiers was in the 2002 CONCACAF qualification. The team achieved its first victory in 1971, defeating Dominican Republic 4–2.

History

On 17 July 1965, The Bahamas played their first international match, in a friendly against Jamaica, losing 8–1 in Kingston.

The team played their first official international matches in the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games, losing their debut 3–0 against Puerto Rico, an 8–1 loss against Netherlands Antilles and 5–0 to Venezuela. They did manage to get their first draw though, a 2–2 result against Dominican Republic. The following year, Bahamas participated in the 1971 Pan American Games, achieving their first victory over Dominican Republic 4–2, but failing to exit the group stages. They returned to play in the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games, and managed a historic 1–0 victory against Panama, but lost 3–0 to Bermuda and 2–0 to the Dominican Republic and was eliminated again in the first round.

Bahamas finished bottom of their group in the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games and in the 1986 edition, they were given a bye into the quarterfinals due to a withdrawal, however Bahamas were beaten by Cuba and eliminated. They also participated in the qualifying rounds for the 1984 Olympic Games (eliminated by an amateur Mexico team) and the 1988 Olympics (beaten by Guyana). On 28 April 1987, the Bahamas experienced their worst defeat at the hands of the Mexican team, who crushed them 13–0 as part of the qualifying tournament for the 1987 Pan American Games.

In the 1990s, the Bahamas withdrew from 1998 World Cup qualifying, leaving Saint Kitts and Nevis to advance to the next round. Bahamas advanced past the preliminary round 1999 Caribbean Cup, but failed to beat Bermuda (0–6), Cuba (0–7) and the Cayman Islands (1–4) and finished last in their group.

The 2000s saw the Baha Boyz enter three consecutive World Cup qualifiers; 2002, 2006 and 2010 being eliminated by Haiti (aggregate score 13–0), Dominica (aggregate score 4–2) and Jamaica (aggregate score 13–0), respectively. In the 2007 Caribbean Cup they got through the first knockout round but finished in last position in the second qualifying round behind Barbados, Saint Vincent and Bermuda.

In the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, the Bahamas thrashed the Turks and Caicos Islands with an aggregate score of 10–0, advancing to the second phase however, the team withdrew from the competition as the renovations for the Thomas Robinson Stadium were not completed and playing the fixtures at neutral venues would have been financially prohibitive. In the 2018 World Cup qualifying, they faced Bermuda in the first round, losing 8–0 on aggregate. In the first round of 2022 World Cup qualification, Bahamas failed to score a goal, finishing in last place, having conceded 15.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2025

2026

Coaching history

Randy Rogers (1987-1998)
Peter Wilson (1998–1999)
Gary White (1999–2006)
Neider dos Santos (2006–2010)
Paul James (2011)
Kevin Davies (2011–2014)
Nesley Jean (2014)
Dion Godet (2014–2018)
Nesley Jean (2019–2024)
Kevin Davies (2025-present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 CONCACAF Series matches against Anguilla and Cayman Islands on 26 and 29 March 2026.

Caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2026, after the match against Cayman Islands

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.

Player records

:Players in bold are still active with Bahamas.

Most appearances

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=30px|Rank

! style="width:175px;"|Player

!width=50px|Caps

!width=50px|Goals

! style="width:100px;"|Career

|style="text-align: left;"|Lesly St. Fleur

|39

|13

|2006–2024

|style="text-align: left;"|Wood Julmis

|20

|2021–present

|rowspan=2|3

|style="text-align: left;"|Chris Rahming

|18

|2018–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Marcel Joseph

|18

|2018–present

|rowspan=3|5

|style="text-align: left;"|Cameron Hepple

|17

|2004–2021

|style="text-align: left;"|William Bayles

|17

|2022–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Happy Hall

|17

|2006–2021

|rowspan=3|8

|style="text-align: left;"|Quinton Carey

|16

|2019–2024

|style="text-align: left;"|Jonathan Miller

|16

|2018–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Dwayne Whylly

|16

|2004–2019

Top goalscorers

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=30px|Rank

! style="width:175px;"|Player

!width=50px|Goals

!width=50px|Caps

!width=50px|Ratio

! style="width:100px;"|Career

|style="text-align: left;"|Lesly St. Fleur

|13

|39

|2006–2024

|rowspan=3|2

|style="text-align: left;"|Brandon Adderley

|2022–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Nesley Jean

|14

|2004–2018

|style="text-align: left;"|Wood Julmis

|20

|2021–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Terry Delancy

|13

|2015–2021

|rowspan=5|6

|style="text-align: left;"|Kevin Davies

|2000

|style="text-align: left;"|Anton Haven

|2000

|style="text-align: left;"|Ryan Moseley

|2006

|style="text-align: left;"|Quinton Carey

|16

|2019–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Happy Hall

|17

|2006–2021

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=10|FIFA World Cup record

!rowspan=15|

!colspan=6|Qualification record

!Year

!Round

!Squad

|1930 to 1966||colspan=9|Part of

|colspan=6|Part of

|1970 to 1994||colspan=9|Did not participate

|colspan=6|Declined participation

| 1998||colspan=9|Withdrew

|colspan=6|Withdrew

| 2002||colspan=9 rowspan=3|Did not qualify

|4||2||0||2||5||15

| 2006

|2||0||1||1||2||4

| 2010

|4||0||2||2||3||16

| 2014||colspan=9|Withdrew during the qualifiers

|2||2||0||0||10||0

| 2018||colspan=9 rowspan=3|Did not qualify

|2||0||0||2||0||8

| 2022

|4||0||1||3||0||15

| 2026

|4||0||0||4||1||22

| 2030||colspan=9 rowspan=2|To be determined

|colspan=6 rowspan=2|To be determined

| 2034

!Total!!—!!0/7!!colspan=7|—

!22!!4!!4!!14!!21!!80

CONCACAF Gold Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=10|CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup record

!Year

!Round

!Squad

|1963 to 1969||colspan=9|Part of

|1971 to 1998||colspan=9|Did not participate

| 2000||colspan=9|Did not qualify

| 2002||colspan=9|Withdrew

| 2003||colspan=9|Did not participate

| 2005||colspan=9|Withdrew

| 2007||colspan=9|Did not qualify

|2009 to 2017||colspan=9|Did not participate

| 2019||colspan=9 rowspan=4|Did not qualify

| 2021

| 2023

| 2025

!Total!!—!!0/6!!colspan=7|—

CONCACAF Nations League

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=22|CONCACAF Nations League record

!colspan=11|League phase

!rowspan=8|

!colspan=10|Final phase

!Season

!Group

!Finals

!Round

|2019−20

|5th||4||3||1||0||10||2||

| 2021||colspan=9 rowspan=5|Ineligible

|2022–23

|12th||6||1||1||4||2||11||

| 2023

|2023–24

|15th||5||0||1||4||7||21||

| 2024

|2024–25

|5th||4||1||1||2||10||13||

| 2025

|2026–27

|C||colspan=9|To be determined

|2027

!colspan=4|Total!!19!!5!!4!!10!!29!!47!!—

!Total!!colspan=9|—

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"

!colspan=2|CONCACAF Nations League history

!First match

| 2–1 (9 September 2019; Nassau, Bahamas)

!Biggest Win

| 4–0 (10 October 2019; Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis)

!Biggest Defeat

| 6–1 (9 September 2023; Nassau, The Bahamas) 6–1 (21 November 2023; Bayamón, Puerto Rico)

!Best Result

|12th – League B (2022–23)

!Worst Result

|Relegation League C (2023–24)

Caribbean Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=9|CFU Championship / Caribbean Cup record

|rowspan=8|

!colspan=6|Qualification record

!Year

!Round

!Pld

!GF

!GA

|1978 to 1998||colspan=8|Did not participate

|colspan=6|Did not participate

| 1999||colspan=8|Did not qualify

||5||1||1||3||4||17

|2001 and 2005||colspan=8|Did not participate

|colspan=6|Did not participate

| 2007||colspan=8|Did not qualify

||6||2||0||4||9||18

|2008 to 2017||colspan=8|Did not participate

|colspan=6|Did not participate

!Total!!—!!0/2!!colspan=6|—

!11!!3!!1!!7!!13!!35

Pan American Games

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!colspan=9|Pan American Games record

!Year

!Round

|1951 to 1967||colspan=8|Part of

| 1971||Preliminary round||—||3||1||0||2||4||13

|1975 to 1979||colspan=8|Did not participate

| 1983||colspan=8|Did not qualify

|1987 to 1995||colspan=8|Did not participate

|Since 1999||colspan=8|The youth teams participated

!Total!!Preliminary round!!1/2!!3!!1!!0!!2!!4!!13

Central American and Caribbean Games

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=9|Central American and Caribbean Games record

!Year

!Round

|1930 to 1966||colspan=8|Part of

| 1970

|Group stage||8th||3||0||1||2||3||18

|1974 and 1978||colspan=8|Did not participate

| 1982||Group stage||8th||3||0||0||3||1||8

| 1986

|Quarter-finals||7th||2||0||0||2||1||7

|Since 1990||colspan=8|The youth teams participated

!Total!!Quarter-finals!!3/3!!8!!0!!1!!7||5||33

Head-to-head record

As of 15 November after match against British Virgin Islands

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"

|- style="color:black;"

! style="width:145px; background:#FFC72C;"|Opponent

! style="width:1px; background:#FFC72C;"| Pld

! style="width:1px; background:#FFC72C;"| W

! style="width:1px; background:#FFC72C;"| D

! style="width:1px; background:#FFC72C;"| L

! style="width:1px; background:#FFC72C;"| GF

! style="width:1px; background:#FFC72C;"| GA

! style="width:1px; background:#FFC72C;"| GD

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 5 || +2

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 12 || −9

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 5 || 11 || −6

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4 || −4

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 6 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 24 || −24

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 2 || +1

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 10 || 9 || +1

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 9 || −5

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8 || −8

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 18 || −18

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 8 || −7

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 8 || −6

|- bgcolor="#FFFACD"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 0

|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6 || –6

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || −2

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 3 || 17 || −14

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 29 || −29

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 13 || −13

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 16 || −16

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 6 || −6

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || +1

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 3 || 26 || −23

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 9 || −9

|- bgcolor="#FFFACD"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 0

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 11 || –10

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 7 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 27 || 7 || +20

|- bgcolor="#FFFACD"

| style="text-align:left;"| || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 4 || –1

|- class="sortbottom"

! Total || 83 || 16 || 11 || 56 || 82 || 234 || −152

References

External links

Bahamas Football Association Website
Bahamas on National Football Teams
Bahamas on FIFA.com