Cayman Islands national football team

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

The Cayman Islands national football team is the national team of the Cayman Islands and is controlled by the Cayman Islands Football Association. It is a member of FIFA and CONCACAF. Cayman Islands' home ground is Truman Bodden Stadium in George Town, and their head coach is Joey Jap Tjong. Tjong replaced Cláudio Garcia in February 2024. Garcia had replaced Ben Pugh, who was appointed in 2018, when the Cayman Islands national team had failed to win a single game in over nine years, sinking to 206 in the FIFA World Rankings. Under Pugh, they advanced 13 places in the rankings, winning four out of their six matches during the 2019–20 Nations League season.

Cayman Islands

Association	Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Colin Rowe[1]
Captain	D'Andre Rowe[1]
Most caps	Ian Lindo Mark Ebanks (23)
Top scorer	Lee Ramoon (12)
Home stadium	Truman Bodden Sports Complex
FIFA code	CAY
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	197 6 (10 July 2025)[2]
Highest	127 (November 1995)
Lowest	206 (April 2019)
First international
Dominica 2–1 Cayman Islands  (Roseau, Dominica; 3 March 1985)
Biggest win
Cayman Islands 5–0 British Virgin Islands  (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 2 March 1994)  Cayman Islands 5–0 Sint Maarten  (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 4 March 1994)
Biggest defeat
Cayman Islands 0–11 Canada  (Bradenton, United States; 29 March 2021)

History

1985–2000

The Caymanian football team played its first international match on 3 March 1985, against Dominica, in Roseau, as part of the 1985 CFU Championship. They lost that match 2–1 with Lee Ramoon - who would go on to become the team's top scorer - opening the scoring.

They qualified for the 1991 Caribbean Cup, falling in the first round. They returned to the tournament in 1994, suffering the same fate. However, the following year, the Cayman Islands jointly organized with Jamaica the 1995 Caribbean Cup, reaching the semi-finals. It fell to Trinidad and Tobago by a scandalous 2–9. In the match for 3rd place, they were defeated by Cuba 0–3. They would qualify again in 1998 although they failed to get past the group stage. They have not played a Caribbean Cup final phase since then.

The Cayman Islands participated in their first World Cup qualifying tie in 1998 where they succumbed in the first round at the hands of Cuba, who eliminated them after winning twice 0–1 and 0–5.

2000–2010

In 2000, given the status of the Cayman Islands as one of the British overseas territories, the national team attempted to use this as a loophole to call up several uncapped players possessing British passports but who had no specific links to the islands. Barry McIntosh, a football agent, was called in to scout players for an upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifier against Cuba and ultimately he secured eight players i.e. Wayne Allison (Tranmere Rovers), Ged Brannan (Motherwell), David Barnett (Lincoln City), Martin O'Connor (Birmingham City), Dwayne Plummer (Bristol City), Barry Hayles (Fulham), Neville Roach (Southend United) and Neil Sharpe (Boreham Wood). Except Allison the players all appeared in a 5–0 friendly defeat against D.C. United but before they could appear in any official internationals FIFA stepped in and barred the players from representing the Cayman Islands due to their failure to satisfy the existing rules for national team eligibility.^[3] Of the eight players only Hayles went on to play international football, appearing for Jamaica ten times.

In the first round of the 2002 qualifiers, the Cayman Islands was once again eliminated by Cuba, winning 4–0 in Havana and drawing 0–0 in George Town. History repeated itself four years later, in the 2006 qualifiers, since the Cubans eliminated the Caymanian team from the World Cup for the third time in a row (1–2 in George Town and 4–0 in Havana).

Things didn't change significantly for the 2010 qualifiers, only this time it was Bermuda that eliminated the Cayman Islands in the first round, 4–2 on aggregate. Regardless, this tie saw the Caymanians earn their first points away from home, earning a 1–1 draw at Hamilton on 3 February 2008, with Allean Grant scoring in the 87th minute.

2010–present

Qualifying directly into the second round of the 2014 qualifiers, the Cayman Islands were drawn in group A along with their peers from El Salvador, the Dominican Republic and Suriname. They lost 5 games out of 6, rescuing a 1–1 draw on the last day, on 14 November 2011, against the Dominicans. The Caymanian team did not play any match again in the next few years, since declining their participation in the 2012 and 2014 Caribbean Cups. But they returned to the 2018 qualifiers, facing Belize in the first round. The first leg in Belmopan finished 0–0 and the second leg in George Town finished 1–1. The 1–1 aggregate score meant the Cayman Islands were eliminated on the away goal rule. With this unbeaten elimination, Cayman Islands can say that they are one of the few teams in the world that did not qualify for a FIFA World Cup despite not losing a single match.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Cayman Islands national football team results

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

Cayman Islands  v  Antigua and Barbuda

8 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Cayman Islands	1–0	Antigua and Barbuda	George Town, Cayman Islands
21:00 UTC−5	Campbell 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)		Stadium: Truman Bodden Sports Complex Attendance: 453 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)

Cuba  v  Cayman Islands

11 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Cuba	3–0 Awarded[note 1]	Cayman Islands	Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
15:30 UTC−4		Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)		Stadium: Estadio Antonio Maceo

British Virgin Islands  v  Cayman Islands

4 September 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League	British Virgin Islands	0–1	Cayman Islands	George Town, Cayman Islands
15:30 UTC−5		Report	Seymour 84'	Stadium: Truman Bodden Sports Complex Referee: Jonathan Leiton (Costa Rica)

Cayman Islands  v  Saint Kitts and Nevis

7 September 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League	Cayman Islands	1–4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	George Town, Cayman Islands
(15:30 UTC−5)	Duval 51'	Report	Rogers 10' Williams 19', 37' Stephen 72'	Stadium: Truman Bodden Sports Complex Referee: Jonathan Leiton (Costa Rica)

Cayman Islands  v  British Virgin Islands

12 October 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League	Cayman Islands	1–0	British Virgin Islands	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
15:30 UTC−4	Douglas 69'	Report		Stadium: Warner Park Sporting Complex Referee: Ricangel De Leça (Aruba)

Saint Kitts and Nevis  v  Cayman Islands

15 October 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–1	Cayman Islands	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
15:30 UTC−4	Campbell 90+6' (o.g.)	Report	Scott 61'	Stadium: Warner Park Sporting Complex Referee: Shekiel Jokil (Suriname)

2025

Bermuda  v  Cayman Islands

4 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Bermuda	5–0	Cayman Islands	Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
20:00 UTC−3	Lewis 12' (pen.) Parfitt 54' Hall 64' Lambe 79' Carpenter 84'	Report		Stadium: Bermuda National Stadium Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)

Cayman Islands  v  Honduras

7 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Cayman Islands	0–1	Honduras	George Town, Cayman Islands
15:00 UTC−5		Report	Robinson 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Truman Bodden Sports Complex Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)

Coaching history

Chandler González is a former manager of the Cayman Islands

• Neider dos Santos (1993–1996)
• Ken Fogarty (1996–1999)
• Márcio Máximo (2000–2001)
• Marcos Tinoco (2001–2005)
• Carl Brown (2006–2011)
• David Braham (2011–2015)
• Chandler González (2015–2018)
• Charles McLean (2018)
• Chandler González (2018–2019)
• Benjamin Pugh (2019–2021)
• Cláudio Garcia (2023–2024)
• Joey Jap Tjong (2024-)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C matches against the British Virgin Islands and Saint Kitts and Nevis on 12 and 15 October 2024.^[4]

Caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2024, after the match against Saint Kitts and Nevis

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Lachlin Lambert	(2006-06-14) 14 June 2006 (age 19)	8	0	NK Dugopolje
12	1GK	Deshawn Whittaker	(2006-05-31) 31 May 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Bridlington Town
20	1GK	Ramon Sealy	(1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 34)	15	0	Bodden Town
	1GK	Leimar Dinnall	(2004-12-17) 17 December 2004 (age 20)	0	0	St. Thomas Tommies
2	2DF	Jah Dain Alexander	(1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 25)	9	0	Elite
3	2DF	D'Andre Rowe	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 24)	15	0	Scholars International
4	2DF	Jahiem Campbell	(2004-07-14) 14 July 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Harford Fighting Owls
5	2DF	Cameron Gray	(1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 26)	13	1	Unattached
6	2DF	Wesley Robinson	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31)	18	0	Elite SC
18	2DF	Joshwa Campbell	(2006-02-15) 15 February 2006 (age 19)	7	1	Darlington Soccer Academy
19	2DF	Jahziah Johnson	(2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 20)	4	0	Darlington Soccer Academy
23	2DF	Jabari Campbell	(2000-06-23) 23 June 2000 (age 25)	17	0	Academy
	2DF	Immanuel Duran	(2005-04-04) 4 April 2005 (age 20)	3	0	University of Mount Olive
	2DF	Jaydon McField	(2004-08-01) 1 August 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Dubai City
8	3MF	Jordan Bonilla	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 28)	9	0	Scholars International
10	3MF	Zachary Scott	(1998-04-02) 2 April 1998 (age 27)	11	1	FC Deportivo Galicia
14	3MF	Matthew Suberan	(2000-06-05) 5 June 2000 (age 25)	17	0	Scholars International
16	3MF	Dimetri Douglas	(2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 25)	1	1	345 FC
22	3MF	Trey Ebanks	(2000-06-05) 5 June 2000 (age 25)	16	0	Gloria Băneasa
	3MF	Gabriele Dell′Oglio	(2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Málaga City
7	4FW	Elijah Seymour	(1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 (age 26)	13	2	Newington
11	4FW	Sebastian Martinez	(1998-10-25) 25 October 1998 (age 26)	4	0	345 FC
15	4FW	Tyler Beckford	(2006-08-10) 10 August 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Future
17	4FW	Mason Duval	(2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 24)	13	1	Asheville City SC
21	4FW	Jacobbi Tugman	(2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 20)	5	0	Newington

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Johnathan Mclean-Giraud	(1997-12-11) 11 December 1997 (age 27)	2	0	East End United	v.  Moldova; 26 March 2024
DF	Cameron Smith	(2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Trinity University	v.  Cuba; 11 June 2024
DF	Darius Williams		0	0		v.  Cuba; 11 June 2024
DF	Joshewa Frederick-Charlery	(1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 28)	21	0	Free agent	v.  Aruba; 20 November 2023
MF	Alexander Clarke-Ramírez	(2001-06-27) 27 June 2001 (age 24)	6	0	Future	v.  Saint Kitts and Nevis; 7 September 2024
MF	Casey McLaughlin	(1996-04-28) 28 April 1996 (age 29)	4	0	East End United	v.  Saint Kitts and Nevis; 7 September 2024
MF	Dominic Owens		0	0	Academy	v.  Saint Kitts and Nevis; 7 September 2024
MF	Francisco Murillo	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 25)	1	0	345FC	v.  Moldova; 26 March 2024
MF	Barry-Dre Tibbetts	(2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 (age 23)	6	0	Dakota Wesleyan University	v.  Aruba; 20 November 2023
FW	Gunnar Studenhofft	(2002-04-05) 5 April 2002 (age 23)	5	2	South Florida Bulls	v.  Cuba; 11 June 2024
FW	Anthony Nelson	(1997-07-31) 31 July 1997 (age 28)	4	0	Sunset	v.  Aruba; 20 November 2023
INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad TRA = Training player WD = Withdrew (non-injury) RET = Retired

Player records

As of 19 November 2024^[5]

Players in bold are still active with Cayman Islands.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Period
1	Mark Ebanks	23	7	2010–present
	Ian Lindo	23	1	2001–2011
3	Theron Wood	22	1	2008–2021
4	Joshewa Frederick-Charlery	21	0	2015–present
5	Garth Anderson	20	2	1999–2008
6	Erickson Brown-Morfy	19	6	1998–2009
	Jabari Campbell	19	0	2019–present
	Wesley Robinson	19	0	2015–present
	Matthew Suberan	19	0	2011–present
10	Jonah Ebanks	18	5	2018–present

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Period
1	Lee Ramoon	12	17	0.71	1979–2002
2	Mark Ebanks	7	23	0.3	2010–present
3	Erickson Brown-Morfy	6	19	0.32	1998–2009
4	Jonah Ebanks	5	18	0.28	2018–present
5	Gary Whittaker	3	12	0.25	1993–2008
	Michael Martin	3	13	0.23	2018–2020
7	Paul Brown	2	4	0.5	2010–2015
	Carlos Welcome	2	4	0.5	1994–2004
	Marshall Forbes	2	6	0.33	2002–2008
	Gunnar Studenhofft	2	6	0.33	2021–present
	Calvin Jefford	2	7	0.29	2008–2009
	Anthony Ramoon	2	11	0.18	1993–2002
	Elijah Seymour	2	15	0.13	2019–present
	Garth Anderson	2	20	0.1	1999–2008

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup										Qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1994	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1998	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	6
2002										2	0	1	1	0	4
2006										2	0	0	2	1	5
2010										2	0	1	1	2	4
2014										6	0	1	5	2	15
2018										2	0	2	0	1	1
2022										4	0	1	3	2	18
2026										4	1	0	3	1	9
2030	To be determined									To be determined
2034
Total	–	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–		21	1	6	14	9	53

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1993
1996
1998	Withdrew
2000	Did not qualify
2002
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Withdrew
2015
2017
2019	Did not qualify
2021
2023
2025
Total	–	0/18	–	–	–	–	–	–

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
League											Finals
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R		Finals	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019–20	C	A	6	4	0	2	7	8			2021	Ineligible
2022–23	C	D	4	0	2	2	3	11			2023
2023–24	C	B	4	1	1	2	6	10			2024
2024–25	C	C	4	2	1	1	4	5			2025
Total	—	—	18	7	4	7	20	34	—		Total	0 Titles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Caribbean Cup

Caribbean Cup record									Caribbean Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D[1]	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D[1]	L	GF	GA
1989	Did not enter								Did not enter
1990	Did not qualify								4	1	1	2	6	10
1991	Group stage	2	0	0	2	3	5	2	1	1	0	3	2
1992	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	2	11
1993									3	0	0	3	3	13
1994	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	6	3	3	0	0	13	2
1995	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	7	14	Qualified as hosts
1996	Did not qualify								1	0	0	1	0	4
1997	Withdrew								Withdrew
1998	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5	2	1	1	0	4	2
1999	Did not qualify								3	1	0	2	6	9
2001									3	0	3	0	4	4
2005									3	1	0	2	2	6
2007									3	0	0	3	1	12
2008									6	1	2	3	7	13
2010									3	1	1	1	5	4
2012	Did not enter								Did not enter
2014
2017
Total	4/19	13	3	2	8	15	30	38	10	9	19	56	92

1. Draws include knockout matches decided via a penalty shoot-out.

Head-to-head record

As of 7 June 2025 after match against Honduras^[6]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Anguilla	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Antigua and Barbuda	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
Aruba	4	1	0	3	5	11	-6
Bahamas	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5
Barbados	3	1	0	2	4	11	−7
Belize	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Bermuda	10	1	3	6	8	20	−12
British Virgin Islands	8	5	3	0	14	5	+9
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	11	−11
Cuba	15	0	3	12	4	46	−42
Dominica	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Dominican Republic	5	1	1	3	2	14	−12
El Salvador	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
French Guiana	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Grenada	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2
Guadeloupe	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13
Guyana	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2
Haiti	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
Honduras	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Jamaica	13	1	1	11	10	40	−30
Martinique	5	0	2	3	2	13	−11
Moldova	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Montserrat	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Netherlands Antilles	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Nicaragua	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Puerto Rico	4	0	0	4	1	14	−13
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	0	2	2	3	6	–3
Saint Lucia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Saint Martin	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4
Sint Maarten	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3
Suriname	4	0	0	4	0	7	−7
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17
Turks and Caicos Islands	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
United States	1	0	0	1	1	8	−7
U.S. Virgin Islands	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4
Total	118	23	21	74	112	297	−185

Notes

1. Cuba were awarded a 3–0 victory by forfeit, due to the Cayman Islands team not wanting visa issues to the United States as a result of visiting Cuba.