Cuba national football team

The Cuban national football team is put together by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba selection team of the best football players of the Caribbean island nation of Cuba. Cuba was the first team to the Caribbean, which could qualify for a World Cup.

History

In the finals of the football World Cup in France in 1938, the Cuban team beat Romania in a replay 2-1 after the first game of the two teams ended in a draw 3:3, and thus moved on to the quarter -finals. Here they lost Sweden clearly with 0:8. After participating in 1938, Cuba was unable to qualify for a World Cup.

The next reaching the quarter-finals at the FIFA World Cup 1938 greatest success Cuba with the second places in the Caribbean Championships in 1996, 1999 and 2005, as well as the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2003.

In the season 1999/ 00 of Bonner SC undertook 15 Cuban national team. The players had already arrived, but due to difficulties related to the work permit and eligibility to the failed coup.

In January 2008, the Cuban Association undertook the German Reinhold Fanz as a coach for the task to qualify the team for the World Cup. During the months of July and August 2008, the Cuban national team was on a training camp in Germany. Here they played among other things, against the team of the regional league SV Waldhof Mannheim, which defeated Cuba 3-1 (0-0 ). Likewise, they were subject to the second division FC St. Pauli Millerntorstadion with 0:7 (0:2). On 21 May 2008, they were subject in Tittmoning the third division side SV Wacker Burghausen 2-1. On 14 October 2008, the Cuban Football Association announced Fanz will be only an advisory capacity. His successor as head coach was Raúl González Triana.

After the fall of 2012 for the umpteenth time Cuban player in the North American countries had used discharged qualifying matches for the national team to escape, FIFA president Sepp Blatter to want to talk to the Cuban leaders about this phenomenon announced, because the competitiveness of frequently antretenden with dezimiertem squad selection is at issue. He wanted to personally invite the Cuban Association for employees to convey the problem to the appropriate government agencies of the country. Then in April 2013, there was Blatter's visit to Cuba, where the topic was discussed in meetings with senior representatives of the Football Association and the parent state sports institute INDIANS. During the qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games a Cuban player had in March 2012 in the U.S. dropped from the team in October 2012 in Canada did this four more. The flight will select athletes were suspected by the Cuban authorities repeatedly in the past not allowed to travel abroad.

World Cup Qualifiers

In qualifying for the World Cup 2006, the Cuban soccer players failed early in the first qualifying round later in the World Cup qualifiers Costa Rica ( 2:2 and 1:1 - Costa Rica qualifies due to the away goals scored more for the 2nd qualifying round).

As part of the qualification for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, the team started in the second round of the CONCACAF through against Antigua and Barbuda, and met in the third round on the United States, Guatemala and Trinidad and Tobago. Cuba difference here, as a group last.

Even in qualifying for the World Cup 2014 in Brazil difference Cuba as a group Last in the third round, this time against Honduras, Panama and Canada. In the sixth and final game of the round Cuba reached the first point against Panama.

Tournaments

Olympic games

After 1984, the national team has not participated in the Olympics and the qualifying matches to do so. Been an Olympic team could not qualify.

World cup

Cuba was able to qualify for a World Cup tournament on a sporting way never before. The only participation in 1938 was possible because Cuba was the only candidate from North and Central America.

CONCACAF Championship

CONCACAF Nations Cup

From 1973, the tournament also served as a World Cup qualifier.

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Caribbean Cup

Known player

  • Dany Quintero
  • Juan Tuñas
  • Héctor Socorro
  • Tomás Fernández
  • Carlos Oliveira
  • Alberto Delgado
  • Rey Ángel Martínez
Adidas Estadio Pedro Marrero Jersey (clothing)#In sports 1930 Dominican Republic May 27 1995 Antibes June 12 Tegucigalpa 1971 CONCACAF Championship 1963 CONCACAF Championship 1965 CONCACAF Championship 1967 CONCACAF Championship 1969 CONCACAF Championship 1973 CONCACAF Championship 1977 CONCACAF Championship 1981 CONCACAF Championship 1985 CONCACAF Championship 1989 CONCACAF Championship 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup Dany Luis Quintero
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