Netherlands Antilles national football team

Netherlands Antilles

1958–2010
Nickname(s)	De Antilopen
Association	Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Home stadium	Stadion Ergilio Hato
FIFA code	ANT
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Highest	118 (July 1995)
Lowest	188 (December 2003)
First international
Netherlands Antilles 3–1 Panama  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 4 March 1948)
Last international
Netherlands Antilles 2–2 Suriname  (Willemstad, Curaçao; 31 October 2010)
Biggest win
Netherlands Antilles 15–0 Puerto Rico  (Caracas, Venezuela; 15 January 1959)
Biggest defeat
Netherlands 8–0 Netherlands Antilles  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 5 September 1962)  Mexico 8–0 Netherlands Antilles  (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 8 December 1973)
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1963)
Best result	Third place, 1963, 1969

The Netherlands Antilles national football team (Dutch: Nederlands-Antilliaans voetbalelftal; Papiamento: Selekshon Antiano di futbòl) was the national team of the former Netherlands Antilles from 1958 to 2010. It was controlled by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie. The NAVU consisted of Curaçao and Bonaire. Aruba split in 1986 and has its own team.

The Netherlands Antilles team never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. The country managed to come third in the CONCACAF championships of 1963 and 1969; during the 1963 tournament they were unofficial football world champions for four days after beating Mexico and before losing to Costa Rica.^[1]