Trinidad and Tobago national football team

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Trinidad and Tobago

Nickname(s)

The Soca Warriors

Association

Trinidad and Tobago
Football Federation

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach

Wim Rijsbergen

Most caps

Angus Eve (118)

Top scorer

Stern John (64)

Home stadium

Hasely Crawford Stadium

FIFA code

TRI

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

25 (June 2001)

Lowest FIFA ranking

95 (April 1994)

Elo ranking

Highest Elo ranking

35 (January 1929)

Lowest Elo ranking

116 (September 1987)





Home colours





Away colours

First international

Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 3 Dutch Guiana

(Trinidad and Tobago; August 6, 1934)

Biggest win

Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 0 Aruba

(Grenada; June 4, 1989)

Biggest defeat

Mexico 7 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago

(Mexico City, Mexico; October 8, 2000)

World Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 2006)

Best result

Round 1, 2006

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Appearances

6 (First in 1991)

Best result

Semifinals, 2000

The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is controlled by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. The country has produced several Premiership players, such as Dwight Yorke, Stern John and Shaka Hislop, and reached the first round in the 2006 FIFA World Cup under the management of Leo Beenhakker.

1 Last and next games
2 World Cup record
3 Gold Cup record
4 Notable Players
5 Current Squad
6 History
7 Notes
8 External links

Last game: El Salvador 0-0 Trinidad and Tobago - San Salvador, El Salvador - 17 October 2007. (Friendly)

Next game: Trinidad and Tobago - Guadeloupe - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - 06 February 2008. (Friendly)

1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
1966 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Round 1

1991 - Round 1
1993 - Did not qualify
1996 - Round 1
1998 - Round 1
2000 - Semifinals
2002 - Round 1
2003 - Did not qualify
2005 - Round 1
2007 - Round 1

The following squad was selected for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup:

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
	GK	Marvin Phillip	August 1, 1984 (22)	North East Stars
	GK	Daurance Williams	May 13, 1983 (24)	San Juan Jabloteh
21	GK	Jan Michael Williams	October 26, 1984 (22)	W Connection
4	DF	Dwayne Jack	January 19, 1980 (27)	San Juan Jabloteh
6	DF	Thomas Nickcolson	March 21, 1982 (25)	W Connection
20	DF	Anthony Noreiga	January 15, 1982 (25)	Joe Public F.C.
7	DF	Trent Noel	January 14, 1976 (31)	San Juan Jabloteh
17	DF	Seon Power	[[]], [[]] ()	Joe Public F.C.
5	DF	Keyeno Thomas	December 29, 1977 (29)	Joe Public F.C.
3	DF	Glenton Wolffe	December 30, 1981 (25)	North East Stars
2	MF	Romauld Aguillera	February 7, 1979 (28)	United Petrotrin
13	MF	Christon Baptiste	January 25, 1980 (27)	Defence Force
8	MF	Kerry Baptiste	December 1, 1981 (25)	Joe Public F.C.
	MF	Keon Daniel	January 16, 1987 (20)	United Petrotrin
23	MF	Lysam Bockers	July 09, 1985 (20)	United Petrotrin
	MF	Kerwyn Jemmott	August 24, 1978 (28)	Superstar Rangers
15	MF	Andrei Pacheco	[[]], [[]] ()	W Connection
16	MF	Silvio Spann	August 21, 1981 (25)	Wrexham FC
18	MF	Densill Theobald	June 27, 1982 (24)	Újpest FC
	MF	Leslie Kyeton	August 13, 1988 (19)	San Juan Jabloteh
12	FW	Gary Glasgow	May 13, 1976 (31)	Joe Public F.C.
	FW	Kendall Jagdeosingh	May 30, 1986 (21)	North East Stars
9	FW	Errol McFarlane	October 12, 1977 (29)	Superstar Rangers
14	FW	Darryl Roberts	September 26, 1983 (23)	Sparta Rotterdam
11	FW	Andre Toussaint	August 26, 1981 (25)	W Connection

Some players who participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup boycotted the national team because of a dispute over the distribution of World Cup sponsorship revenue.

Usually considered one of the best teams in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has won the Caribbean Cup eight times and is one of four Caribbean countries to ever qualify for the FIFA World Cup. During the 1974 World Cup qualification the team came within one point of qualifying for the World Cup in place of Haiti. The Soca warriors managed to inflict Mexico's only loss during the tournament(4-0). Trinidad made another run in the 1990 World Cup qualifying once again coming within one point. Trinidad won their semifinals group in 2002 in a group that included Mexico and Canada however came in last winning only one game in the final round.

Trinidad and Tobago played Demerara and Barbados for the Martinez Shield between 1923 and 1933. Technically, their first ever match was a 1-1 draw against Demerara, but no exact record and no exact dates for those matches exist.