Cuba national football team
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The Cuba national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Cuba) represents Cuba in men's international football, and is controlled by the Football Association of Cuba. Nicknamed Leones del Caribe (Lions of Caribbean), the team represents all three FIFA, Caribbean Football Union and Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).
Nickname(s) | Los Leones del Caribe (The Lions of the Caribbean) | ||
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Association | Football Association of Cuba | ||
Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) | ||
Head coach | Yunielys Castillo | ||
Captain | Aricheell Hernández | ||
Most caps | Yénier Márquez (126) | ||
Top scorer | Lester Moré (30) | ||
Home stadium | Estadio Pedro Marrero | ||
FIFA code | CUB | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 169 (4 April 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 46 (November – December 2006) | ||
Lowest | 182 (August 2017, March–May 2018) | ||
First international | |||
Cuba 3–1 Jamaica (Havana, Cuba; 16 March 1930) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Cuba 11–0 Turks and Caicos Islands (Havana, Cuba; 8 September 2018) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Sweden 8–0 Cuba (Antibes, France; 12 June 1938) Soviet Union 8–0 Cuba (Moscow, Soviet Union; 24 July 1980) Russia 8–0 Cuba (Volgograd, Russia; 20 November 2023) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1938) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals (1938) | ||
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup | |||
Appearances | 12 (first in 1971) | ||
Best result | Fourth place (1971) | ||
They were the first Caribbean team to get to the World Cup Quarter finals – they did so in 1938. There, in the round of 16, they defeated Romania in a replay, 2–1, after drawing against them 3–3. They were then eliminated in the quarter-finals by Sweden, 8–0. Cuba has not returned to the World Cup since.
Cuba finished second in the North American Nations Cup in 1947, which they hosted the tournament, second also in Caribbean Cup in 1996, 1999, and 2005, but won in 2012.