Aruba national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Aruba women's national football team.

The Aruba national football team (Dutch: Arubaans voetbalelftal; Papiamento: Seleccion Arubano di futbol) is the national team of Aruba. It was founded in 1932 and is affiliated with the CFU, CONCACAF and FIFA (since 1988) and is controlled by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond (English: Aruba Football Federation).

Aruba

Association	Arubaanse Voetbal Bond (AVB)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Marvic Bermúdez
Captain	Fernando Lewis
Most caps	Eric Abdul (32)
Top scorer	Rovien Ostiana (8)
Home stadium	Trinidad Stadium
FIFA code	ARU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	194 1 (10 July 2025)[1]
Highest	112 (November 2015)
Lowest	205 (April 2021)
First international
Aruba 0–4 Curaçao  (Aruba; 6 April 1924)[2] As FIFA member  Trinidad and Tobago 7–0 Aruba  (Netherlands Antilles; 31 March 1989)[3]
Biggest win
Aruba 8–1 Suriname (Surinam; 6 June 1946)  Aruba 7–0 British Virgin Islands  (Oranjestad, Aruba; 1 June 2014)
Biggest defeat
Trinidad and Tobago 11–0 Aruba  (Arima, Trinidad and Tobago; 23 April 1989)

The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup or the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

History

Between 1924 and 1933, Aruba only played against Curaçao, although these matches are not considered official.^[4] In the 1950s these matches were used to select the best players for the Netherlands Antilles team. Aruban players like Jani Brokke played for the Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Olympic Games.^[5] Under the flag of the Curaçao Football Association (C.V.B.), they won gold with the Netherlands Antilles team at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games and participated in the 1953 CCCF Championship.^[6]

In the 1950s the A.V.B. organised friendly matches and mini tournaments on the island. Examples are the 1952 match between Aruba and football club Botafogo (3-1)^[7] and the 1953 series between Aruba, Surinam, British Guiana and professional club La Salle F.C. from Venezuela.^[8] Aruba participated in its first tournament at the 1955 CCCF Championship, where they finished in 5th place. In 1958, A.V.B. and C.V.B. merged into the Netherlands Antillean Football Union. Aruba took part in the Netherlands Antilles national team until their secession in 1986.

Following its split from the Netherlands Antilles, the Aruba Football Federation was affiliated in 1988 with CONCACAF and FIFA. Aruba entered qualifying for the 1989 Caribbean Cup, and in its first group match it suffered the worst defeat in its history, at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago, which crushed them 11–0. They played their first World Cup qualifying match against the Dominican Republic as part of the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Aruba has participated in all the qualifying tournaments for the World Cup since, without being able to get past the first qualifying round.

Aruba has also yet to qualify for the Caribbean Cup. However, they showed some progress in the preliminary round of the 2014 Caribbean Cup by getting two wins against Turks and Caicos (1–0) and British Virgin Islands (7–0), the latter being the biggest victory in its history. These results allowed them to reach 120th place in the FIFA World Ranking for the month of June 2014, their best ranking to date. Following these victories, Aruba lost 2–0 against French Guiana and were eliminated.

Aruba began their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification in the second round against Barbados, losing 2–0 at home and 1–0 away, however FIFA ruled that Barbados had fielded an ineligible player, giving Aruba a 3–0 second leg victory and advancing them to the third round. Despite that, in the next round they were defeated again, this time by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines who won 3–2 on aggregate. Aruba failed to progress in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, finishing 4th in the first round. In March 2025, Aruba then travel all the way to Southeast Asia to face against Cambodia in a friendly match which is also their first Asian opponents since 2014 against Guam.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

Aruba  v  Curaçao

8 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Aruba	0–2	Curaçao	Oranjestad, Aruba
21:00 UTC−4		Report	Bacuna 58' Severina 90+6'	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

Saint Lucia  v  Aruba

11 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Saint Lucia	2–2	Aruba	Wildey, Barbados
15:00 UTC−4	Stanislas 45+2' Pearson 66'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Bennett 22' Marselia 43'	Stadium: Wildey Turf Attendance: 42 Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

Sint Maarten  v  Aruba

6 September 2024 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League	Sint Maarten	2–0	Aruba	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
17:00 UTC−4	Lake 81' Olivacce 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Centroamericano de Mayagüez Referee: Hakeem Harvey (St. Kitts and Nevis)

Aruba  v  Puerto Rico

9 September 2024 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League	Aruba	0–1	Puerto Rico	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
20:00 UTC−4		Report	Antonetti 73'	Stadium: Estadio Centroamericano de Mayagüez Referee: Kimbell Ward (St. Kitts and Nevis)

Aruba  v  Haiti

11 October 2024 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League	Aruba	1–3	Haiti	Oranjestad, Aruba
20:00 UTC−4	Perret Gentil 6'	Report	F. Pierrot 30' D. Nazon 38' (pen.), 61'	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Kwinsi Williams

Haiti  v  Aruba

14 October 2024 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League	Haiti	5-3	Aruba	Oranjestad, Aruba
19:00 UTC−4	Danley Jean Jacques 16' Louicius Don Deedson 42' Duckens Nazon 66' (pen.) Fafà Picault 76' Frantzdy Pierrot 89' (pen.)	Report	Rovien Ostiana 14' (pen.), 20' Jayden Kruydenhof 78'	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Attendance: 837 Referee: David Gómez

Puerto Rico  v  Aruba

15 November 2024 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League	Puerto Rico	5-1	Aruba	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
19:00 UTC−4	Rivera 8' Hernandez 23' Ríos 55' Servania 62' Díaz 81'	Report	Jiménez 22'	Stadium: Mayagüez Athletics Stadium Referee: Nicolas Wassouf (Aruba)

Aruba  v  Sint Maarten

18 November 2024 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League	Aruba	0-1	Sint Maarten	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
16:00 UTC−4		Report	Illidge 90+1'	Stadium: Mayagüez Athletics Stadium Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)

2025

Visakha v  Aruba

22 March Friendly	Visakha	3–1	Aruba	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:00 UTC+7	Ramon 14' (pen.), 57' Mike 19'	Report	Romano 66'	Stadium: Prince Stadium

Cambodia  v  Aruba

25 March Friendly	Cambodia	1–2	Aruba	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
19:00 UTC+7	Luydens 57' (o.g.) Ogawa  42' Nieto  90'	Report	Bennett 3' Ostiana 11'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Leow Hong Wei (Singapore)

Barbados  v  Aruba

4 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Barbados	1–1	Aruba	Wildey, Barbados
17:00 UTC−4	Leacock 7' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Luydens 15'	Stadium: BFA Technical Centre Referee: Andrew Samuel (Trinidad and Tobago)

Aruba  v  Haiti

7 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Aruba	0–5	Haiti	Oranjestad, Aruba
17:00 UTC−4		Report	Jean Jacques 29' Pierrot 35' Providence 61' Nazon 67' Prunier 86'	Stadium: Trinidad Stadium Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

Coaching history

Rini Coolen became the manager of the national football team of Aruba in 2015

• René Notten (1995)
• Ángel Botta (1996)
• Marco Rasmijn (2000)
• Marcelo Muñoz (2004)
• Azing Griever (2004–2006)
• Marcelo Muñoz (2008–2010)
• Epi Albertus (2010–2012)
• Giovanni Franken (2013–2015)
• Rini Coolen (2015)
• Martin Koopman (2015–2020)
• Marvic Bermúdez (2020)
• Stanley Menzo (2021–2022)
• Marvic Bermúdez (2022–)

Players

Main article: List of Aruba international footballers

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round matches against Barbados and Haiti on 4 and 7 June 2025.^[9]

Caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2025, after the match against Barbados.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Matthew Lentink	(1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 31)	21	0	Goes
18	1GK	Jahmani Eisden	(2005-07-09) 9 July 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Den Bosch
20	1GK	Josthan Maduro	(2006-08-30) 30 August 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Britannia
2	2DF	Nickenson Paul	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 27)	35	0	Dakota
3	2DF	Diederick Luydens	(1999-02-18) 18 February 1999 (age 26)	12	2	Dakota
4	2DF	Bradley Martis	(1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 27)	2	0	IJsselmeervogels
5	2DF	Kymani Nedd	(2004-06-10) 10 June 2004 (age 21)	14	0	Excelsior
12	2DF	Edhyon Hersilia	(2006-04-11) 11 April 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Britannia
17	2DF	Jaybrien Romano	(2004-12-13) 13 December 2004 (age 20)	5	0	Den Bosch
	2DF	Jillroy Ruiz	(1996-10-18) 18 October 1996 (age 28)	2	0	RVVH
	2DF	Jonathan Richard	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 34)	8	0	ADO '20
	2DF	Shivay Wadhwani	(2005-07-03) 3 July 2005 (age 20)	5	0	Zeeburgia
6	3MF	Rovien Ostiana	(2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 23)	15	8	RKAVV
7	3MF	Dimaggio Senchi	(1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 30)	5	0	AFC '34
8	3MF	Walter Bennett	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 28)	25	2	SC Feyenoord
20	3MF	Isaï Marselia	(2001-06-17) 17 June 2001 (age 24)	10	1	Sporting Khalsa
	3MF	Steven Rua	(1990-05-12) 12 May 1990 (age 35)	18	0	Britannia
9	4FW	Terence Groothusen	(1996-09-16) 16 September 1996 (age 28)	22	6	ADO '20
11	4FW	Javier Jiménez	(2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 25)	15	2	Schwarz-Weiß Rehden
14	4FW	Alljereau Mercera	(2002-05-03) 3 May 2002 (age 23)	1	0	Katwijk
19	4FW	Nathan La Cruz	(2006-05-09) 9 May 2006 (age 19)	0	0	VVV-Venlo
22	4FW	Benjamin Maria	(2001-09-19) 19 September 2001 (age 23)	11	3	VV DUNO
	4FW	Jayden Kruydenhof	(2006-12-18) 18 December 2006 (age 18)	8	1	Cambuur

Recent call-ups

The following players have been recently called up by the national squad.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Fernando Lewis	(1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 32)	12	0	Zandvoort	v.  Cambodia, 25 March 2025
DF	Mark Jacobs	(1999-10-28) 28 October 1999 (age 25)	16	0	Free agent	v.  Sint Maarten, 18 November 2024
DF	Edward Clarissa	(2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 (age 25)	12	0	VV DUNO	v.  Sint Maarten, 18 November 2024
DF	Darryl Bäly	(1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 27)	9	1	FC Lisse	v.  Sint Maarten, 18 November 2024
DF	Tyrese Gijsbertha	(2003-12-22) 22 December 2003 (age 21)	5	0	FC Twente	v.  Sint Maarten, 18 November 2024
DF	Ashton Charles	(1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 (age 30)	4	1	SV Britannia	vs.  Haiti, 14 October 2024
DF	Nathan Lo-A-Njoe	(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 36)	5	0	Racing Club	vs.  Puerto Rico, 9 September 2024
DF	Sandro Staal	(1994-02-12) 12 February 1994 (age 31)	5	0	Unattached	vs.  Puerto Rico, 9 September 2024
DF	Jeanpierre van der Linden	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 27)	1	0	TAC '90	vs.  Puerto Rico, 9 September 2024
MF	Joshua Gross	(1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 (age 32)	13	2	Zwaluwen	v.  Cambodia, 25 March 2025
MF	Ezekiel Frans	(2003-11-22) 22 November 2003 (age 21)	0	0	San Roque de Lepe	v.  Cambodia, 25 March 2025
MF	Nathan Solagnier	(2004-08-29) 29 August 2004 (age 20)	0	0	HV & CV Quick	v.  Cambodia, 25 March 2025
MF	Ethan Tromp	(2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 23)	5	0	SV Britannia	v.  Sint Maarten, 18 November 2024
MF	Conner van Kilsdonk	(2006-09-24) 24 September 2006 (age 18)	2	0	NEC	v.  Sint Maarten, 18 November 2024
FW	Rensel Bryson	(2000-11-06) 6 November 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Best Vooruit	v.  Cambodia, 25 March 2025
FW	Tyron Perret Gentil	(2004-04-10) 10 April 2004 (age 21)	6	1	Almere City	v.  Sint Maarten, 18 November 2024
FW	Terick Monsanto	(2004-02-07) 7 February 2004 (age 21)	1	0	SV Dakota	v.  Sint Maarten, 18 November 2024
FW	Jesus Penate	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 27)	1	0	VV Nieuwenhoorn	v.  Sint Maarten, 18 November 2024
FW	Reangelo Boekhoudt	(2006-04-07) 7 April 2006 (age 19)	1	0	River Plate	vs.  Haiti, 14 October 2024
FW	Jeremy van Uunen	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 31)	4	0	VV Zwaluwen	vs.  Puerto Rico, 9 September 2024

Player records

As of 18 November 2024^[10]

Players in bold are still active with Aruba.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Nickenson Paul	33	0	2014–present
2	Eric Abdul	32	0	2011–2023
3	Theric Ruiz	28	1	2004–2016
4	Erik Santos de Gouveia	27	3	2011–2021
5	Leroy Oehlers	24	0	2013–2019
6	Walter Bennett	23	1	2018–present
	Francois Croes	23	0	2008–2021
8	Ronald Gómez	22	6	2002–2021
9	Raymond Baten	21	3	2011–2019
	Matthew Lentink	21	0	2014–present

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Rovien Ostiana	7	13	0.54	2023–present
2	Terence Groothusen	6	20	0.3	2019–present
	Ronald Gómez	6	22	0.27	2002–2021
4	Glenroy Lake	5	6	0.83	1995–2002
5	Wander Gross	4	5	0.8	2000–2001
	Joshua John	4	9	0.44	2018–present
	Dwaynalex Raven	4	10	0.4	2012–2015
	Rensy Barradas	4	11	0.36	2011–2015
	Maurice Escalona	4	12	0.33	2004–2014
10	Lesley Felomina	3	4	0.75	2000–2001
	Benjamin Maria	3	10	0.3	2022–present
	Jean-Luc Bergen	3	10	0.3	2011–2015
	Annuar Kock	3	17	0.18	2011–2019
	Raymond Baten	3	21	0.14	2011–2019
	Erik Santos de Gouveia	3	27	0.11	2011–2021

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup										Qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1986	Part of Netherlands Antilles									Part of Netherlands Antilles
1990 and 1994	Did not enter									Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	3	6
2002										4	1	1	2	7	11
2006										2	0	0	2	2	10
2010										2	0	0	2	0	4
2014										2	1	0	1	6	6
2018										4	2	0	2	5	5
2022										4	1	0	3	3	19
2026										4	0	2	2	3	10
2030	To be determined									To be determined
2034
Total		0/9								24	5	3	16	29	71

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Part of Netherlands Antilles										Part of Netherlands Antilles
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1977
1981
1985
1989	Did not enter										Did not enter
1991
1993	Withdrew										Withdrew
1996	Did not qualify										2	0	0	2	5	7
1998											2	1	0	1	2	7
2000											3	1	1	1	4	4
2002											3	0	0	3	4	14
2003											2	0	0	2	0	8
2005	Withdrew										Withdrew
2007	Did not enter										Did not enter
2009	Did not qualify										2	0	1	1	1	3
2011	Did not enter										Did not enter
2013	Did not qualify										3	0	1	2	5	7
2015											3	2	0	1	8	2
2017											2	0	0	2	1	4
2019											4	1	1	2	5	6
2021											6	0	0	6	5	18
2023											4	1	1	2	5	5
2025											6	0	0	6	5	17
Total		0/19									40	6	5	29	43	102

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
League											Finals
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R		Finals	Results	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019−20	B	C	6	0	0	6	5	18			2021	Ineligible
2022–23	C	B	4	1	1	2	5	5			2023
2023–24	C	B	4	4	0	0	14	4			2024
2024–25	B	C	6	0	0	6	5	17			2025
2026–27	C	To be determined									2027
Total	—	—	20	5	1	14	29	44	—		Total	0 Titles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

CONCACAF Nations League history
First Match	Guyana  1–0  Aruba (6 September 2019; Willemstad, Curaçao)
Biggest Win	Aruba 3–0 Saint Martin  (6 June 2022; Willemstad, Curaçao) Aruba  4–1  U.S. Virgin Islands (16 November 2023; Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Biggest Defeat	Jamaica  6–0  Aruba (15 October 2019; Willemstad, Curaçao)
Best Result	—
Worst Result	—

CFU Caribbean Cup

CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1988	Did not enter									Did not enter
1989	Did not qualify									4	0	0	4	4	27
1990										2	0	1	1	3	4
1991	Did not enter									Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify									3	0	0	3	0	10
1993	Did not enter									Did not enter
1994
1995	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	5	7
1996	Did not enter									Did not enter
1997	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	2	7
1998										3	1	1	1	4	4
1999	Withdrew									Withdrew
2001	Did not qualify									3	0	0	3	4	14
2005	Withdrew									Withdrew
2007	Did not enter									Did not enter
2008	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	1	3
2010	Did not enter									Did not enter
2012	Did not qualify									3	0	1	2	5	7
2014										3	2	0	1	8	2
2017										2	0	0	2	1	4
Total	—	—	–	–	–	–	–	–		29	4	4	21	37	89

ABCS Tournament

ABCS Tournament record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2010	Third place	2	0	1	1	3	6
2011	Runners-up	2	0	2	0	2	2
2012	Champions	2	2	0	0	4	2
2013	Fourth place	2	0	0	2	1	4
2015	Runners-up	2	0	1	1	0	1
2021	Third place	2	0	1	1	3	9
2022	Third place	2	1	1	0	3	2
Total	1 Title	14	3	6	5	16	26

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Head-to-head record

Note: teams that are in italics indicates that the team is a historical team of a polity not existing anymore, or a team which is not a FIFA member.^[11]

As of 7 June 2025^[12]

These all-time records are exclusively class 'A' internationals matches.^[13]

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Antigua and Barbuda	5	0	0	5	4	11	−7	CONCACAF
Barbados	7	1	1	5	8	17	−9	CONCACAF
Bermuda	2	1	0	1	3	6	–3	CONCACAF
British Virgin Islands	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	CONCACAF
Cambodia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	AFC
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	7	–7	CONCACAF
Cayman Islands	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	CONCACAF
Costa Rica	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	CONCACAF
Cuba	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	CONCACAF
Curaçao	28	1	9	16	22	53	−31	CONCACAF
Dominica	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	CONCACAF
Dominican Republic	4	0	1	3	5	10	−5	CONCACAF
El Salvador	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	CONCACAF
French Guiana	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	CONCACAF
Grenada	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	CONCACAF
Guadeloupe	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	CONCACAF
Guam	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	AFC
Guatemala	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	CONCACAF
Guyana	4	0	0	4	2	12	−10	CONCACAF
Haiti	4	0	1	3	5	14	–9	CONCACAF
Honduras	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CONCACAF
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	CONCACAF
Montserrat	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	CONCACAF
Netherlands Antilles	8	1	1	6	9	20	−11	CONCACAF
Panama	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	CONCACAF
Puerto Rico	4	1	1	2	7	10	–3	CONCACAF
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	CONCACAF
Saint Lucia	4	1	1	2	10	11	−1	CONCACAF
Saint Martin	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	CONCACAF
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	CONCACAF
Sint Maarten	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	CONCACAF
Suriname	13	1	2	10	6	46	−40	CONCACAF
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1	0	11	−11	CONCACAF
Turks and Caicos Islands	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONCACAF
U.S. Virgin Islands	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	CONCACAF
Venezuela	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	CONMEBOL
Total	110	17	24	74	129	272	−143	FIFA

Honours

Friendly

• ABCS Tournament (1): 2012