This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (January 2022) |
1924ā1958 | |
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Association | CuraƧaose Voetbal Bond |
Confederation | CCCF (1921ā1958) |
Most caps | Ergilio Hato (35) |
Top scorer | Maximiliano Juliana (8) |
First international | |
Aruba 0ā4
CuraƧao ( Aruba, 6 April 1924) | |
Last international | |
Denmark 3ā2
CuraƧao ( Denmark, 16 May 1958) | |
Biggest win | |
CuraƧao 14ā0
United States ( Barranquilla, Colombia, 21 December 1948) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Netherlands 8ā1
CuraƧao ( Netherlands, 23 April 1948) |
The Territory of CuraƧao national football team (more commonly known as CuraƧao) was the official football team for the Territory of CuraƧao, under the control of the CuraƧaose Voetbal Bond (CVB).
The Territory of CuraƧao officially became the Netherlands Antilles on 15 December 1954 although the national football team played under the name of CuraƧao until 1958. [1]
In 1921 the football federation CVB (Curacaose Voetbal Bond) was established and in August that year the CVB organized the first CuraƧao Championship with eight participating clubs. In 1926 the first national selection of CuraƧao travelled to Haiti to play in a tournament against Haiti, Jamaica and Santo Domingo. The CuraƧao selection did quite well in the tournament, with several wins over Haiti and Santo Domingo.
In 1932 the federation CVB became affiliated with FIFA. Exchanges with neighboring islands and countries followed on a regular basis. In 1941 the First CCCF Championship took place in San JosƩ. Participating countries were Costa Rica, CuraƧao, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Panama. CuraƧao ended third.
At the end of this year the CuraƧao and Aruba federations, both islands being part of the Netherlands Antilles, decided to join forces and established NAVU, Netherlands Antillean Football Union. Both federations remained autonomous in their own territory, and the winners of the championships on the respective islands would play against each other to determine which club would be Champion of the Netherlands Antilles.
CuraƧao is a small Caribbean island located just north of the Venezuelan coast. CuraƧao is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as are the islands Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba, together known as the former Netherlands Antilles. CuraƧao has about 150,000 inhabitants.
In 1909 the first football club was established in CuraƧao, then counting about 25.000 inhabitants, CVV Republic. Young people who had spent time in the Netherlands for study and had started playing football and taken a liking to the game united in CVV Republic. At the time there were no soccer fields on CuraƧao and the first match between CVV Republic and a team of marines took place in the garden of the church of Sta. Famia. As a matter of fact, the Friars, who also ran the schools, played an important role in the early stages of soccer development as they propagated the sport and also organized volunteers to clean and prepare the first fields in Skalo and Mundo.
In May 1946 CVB celebrated its 25 years of existence with an international tournament on CuraƧao. Visiting teams were Aruba, Suriname, AtlĆ©tico Junior from Colombia and Feyenoord from the Netherlands. CuraƧao won all their matches and the last match against the famous Dutch team Feyenoord attracted a large number of spectators. CuraƧao won 4ā0. In July 1946 the national selection of CuraƧao travelled to the Netherlands to reinforce the bond between CuraƧao and the Netherlands. During their three-month stay the CuraƧao selection played 9 matches against Dutch teams of which the 3ā3 draw against Feyenoord, one of the big Dutch teams, is vividly remembered. The stadium in Rotterdam was filled with over 37.000 spectators, almost as much as the inhabitants of CuraƧao at the time! The young CuraƧao goalkeeper Ergilio Hato made a lasting impression with his great athletic abilities and amazing jumping power.
The CuraƧao national selection performed very well in the CCCF and the Central American and Caribbean Games, even winning the gold medal in 1950 in the CAC Games. Ergilio Hato became a legend in South America and the Caribbean and is remembered by his nickname "El pantera negra". He got offered several contracts abroad but refused to go pro and choose to stay on his native island. The national stadium of CuraƧao is named Ergilio Hato Stadium. 1958 brought another organizational change with the establishment of NAVU, the Netherlands Antilles Football Union. Soon the Aruban AVB affiliated with NAVU and BVB, the Bonaire Football Federation followed in 1959. Now players from the three islands could all participate in the national selection of the Netherlands Antilles. Driving force behind both NAVU and FFK is Mordy Maduro, president of CVB since 1951 and president of NAVU from 1958ā1971. Maduro was elected vice-president of FIFA in 1960 and re-elected in 1968. Thanks to Mordy Maduro many foreign teams visited CuraƧao during his presidency. His great contribution to CuraƧao football development was honored in 2002 with naming the NAVU development center after him.
Another remarkable success in the football history of CuraƧao is the CuraƧao team CRKSV Jong Colombia reaching the finals of the 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. After nine matches the team lost the final 7ā1 against the El Salvador team C.D. FAS.
FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
1934 | ||||||||||||||
1938 | ||||||||||||||
1950 | ||||||||||||||
1954 | ||||||||||||||
1958 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||||||
Total | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
CCCF Championship record | |||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1941 | Third place | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 |
1943 | Did not enter | ||||||
1946 | |||||||
1948 | Fourth place | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 |
1951 | Did not enter | ||||||
1953 | Fourth place | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 |
1955 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 |
1957 | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Total | Runners-up | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 65 | 48 |
Olympic Games record | |||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1908 | Did not exist | ||||||
1912 | |||||||
1920 | |||||||
1924 | Did not enter | ||||||
1928 | |||||||
1936 | |||||||
1948 | |||||||
1952* | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1956 | Did not enter | ||||||
Total | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pan American Games record | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1951 | Did not enter | |||||||
1955* | Bronze Medal | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |
Total | Bronze Medal | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 |
Central American and Caribbean Games record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 | Did not enter | |||||||
1935 | ||||||||
1938 | ||||||||
1946 | Bronze Medal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | |
1950 | Gold Medal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | |
1954 | Did not enter | |||||||
Total | Gold Medal | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 16 |
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (January 2022) |
1924ā1958 | |
---|---|
Association | CuraƧaose Voetbal Bond |
Confederation | CCCF (1921ā1958) |
Most caps | Ergilio Hato (35) |
Top scorer | Maximiliano Juliana (8) |
First international | |
Aruba 0ā4
CuraƧao ( Aruba, 6 April 1924) | |
Last international | |
Denmark 3ā2
CuraƧao ( Denmark, 16 May 1958) | |
Biggest win | |
CuraƧao 14ā0
United States ( Barranquilla, Colombia, 21 December 1948) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Netherlands 8ā1
CuraƧao ( Netherlands, 23 April 1948) |
The Territory of CuraƧao national football team (more commonly known as CuraƧao) was the official football team for the Territory of CuraƧao, under the control of the CuraƧaose Voetbal Bond (CVB).
The Territory of CuraƧao officially became the Netherlands Antilles on 15 December 1954 although the national football team played under the name of CuraƧao until 1958. [1]
In 1921 the football federation CVB (Curacaose Voetbal Bond) was established and in August that year the CVB organized the first CuraƧao Championship with eight participating clubs. In 1926 the first national selection of CuraƧao travelled to Haiti to play in a tournament against Haiti, Jamaica and Santo Domingo. The CuraƧao selection did quite well in the tournament, with several wins over Haiti and Santo Domingo.
In 1932 the federation CVB became affiliated with FIFA. Exchanges with neighboring islands and countries followed on a regular basis. In 1941 the First CCCF Championship took place in San JosƩ. Participating countries were Costa Rica, CuraƧao, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Panama. CuraƧao ended third.
At the end of this year the CuraƧao and Aruba federations, both islands being part of the Netherlands Antilles, decided to join forces and established NAVU, Netherlands Antillean Football Union. Both federations remained autonomous in their own territory, and the winners of the championships on the respective islands would play against each other to determine which club would be Champion of the Netherlands Antilles.
CuraƧao is a small Caribbean island located just north of the Venezuelan coast. CuraƧao is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as are the islands Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba, together known as the former Netherlands Antilles. CuraƧao has about 150,000 inhabitants.
In 1909 the first football club was established in CuraƧao, then counting about 25.000 inhabitants, CVV Republic. Young people who had spent time in the Netherlands for study and had started playing football and taken a liking to the game united in CVV Republic. At the time there were no soccer fields on CuraƧao and the first match between CVV Republic and a team of marines took place in the garden of the church of Sta. Famia. As a matter of fact, the Friars, who also ran the schools, played an important role in the early stages of soccer development as they propagated the sport and also organized volunteers to clean and prepare the first fields in Skalo and Mundo.
In May 1946 CVB celebrated its 25 years of existence with an international tournament on CuraƧao. Visiting teams were Aruba, Suriname, AtlĆ©tico Junior from Colombia and Feyenoord from the Netherlands. CuraƧao won all their matches and the last match against the famous Dutch team Feyenoord attracted a large number of spectators. CuraƧao won 4ā0. In July 1946 the national selection of CuraƧao travelled to the Netherlands to reinforce the bond between CuraƧao and the Netherlands. During their three-month stay the CuraƧao selection played 9 matches against Dutch teams of which the 3ā3 draw against Feyenoord, one of the big Dutch teams, is vividly remembered. The stadium in Rotterdam was filled with over 37.000 spectators, almost as much as the inhabitants of CuraƧao at the time! The young CuraƧao goalkeeper Ergilio Hato made a lasting impression with his great athletic abilities and amazing jumping power.
The CuraƧao national selection performed very well in the CCCF and the Central American and Caribbean Games, even winning the gold medal in 1950 in the CAC Games. Ergilio Hato became a legend in South America and the Caribbean and is remembered by his nickname "El pantera negra". He got offered several contracts abroad but refused to go pro and choose to stay on his native island. The national stadium of CuraƧao is named Ergilio Hato Stadium. 1958 brought another organizational change with the establishment of NAVU, the Netherlands Antilles Football Union. Soon the Aruban AVB affiliated with NAVU and BVB, the Bonaire Football Federation followed in 1959. Now players from the three islands could all participate in the national selection of the Netherlands Antilles. Driving force behind both NAVU and FFK is Mordy Maduro, president of CVB since 1951 and president of NAVU from 1958ā1971. Maduro was elected vice-president of FIFA in 1960 and re-elected in 1968. Thanks to Mordy Maduro many foreign teams visited CuraƧao during his presidency. His great contribution to CuraƧao football development was honored in 2002 with naming the NAVU development center after him.
Another remarkable success in the football history of CuraƧao is the CuraƧao team CRKSV Jong Colombia reaching the finals of the 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. After nine matches the team lost the final 7ā1 against the El Salvador team C.D. FAS.
FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
1934 | ||||||||||||||
1938 | ||||||||||||||
1950 | ||||||||||||||
1954 | ||||||||||||||
1958 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||||||
Total | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | ā | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
CCCF Championship record | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1941 | Third place | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 |
1943 | Did not enter | ||||||
1946 | |||||||
1948 | Fourth place | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 |
1951 | Did not enter | ||||||
1953 | Fourth place | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 |
1955 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 |
1957 | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Total | Runners-up | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 65 | 48 |
Olympic Games record | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1908 | Did not exist | ||||||
1912 | |||||||
1920 | |||||||
1924 | Did not enter | ||||||
1928 | |||||||
1936 | |||||||
1948 | |||||||
1952* | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1956 | Did not enter | ||||||
Total | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pan American Games record | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1951 | Did not enter | |||||||
1955* | Bronze Medal | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |
Total | Bronze Medal | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 |
Central American and Caribbean Games record | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 | Did not enter | |||||||
1935 | ||||||||
1938 | ||||||||
1946 | Bronze Medal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | |
1950 | Gold Medal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | |
1954 | Did not enter | |||||||
Total | Gold Medal | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 16 |