Aruba national football team

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.

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

2025

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)

Antigua and Barbuda  v  Aruba

12 November 2025–26 CONCACAF Series	Antigua and Barbuda	0–0	Aruba	North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
19:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

Barbados  v  Aruba

15 November 2025–26 CONCACAF Series	Barbados	0–3	Aruba	North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
16:00 UTC−4		Report	Poulina 4' Romano 59' Fermina 76'	Stadium: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Referee: Evens Julmis (Bahamas)

2026

Aruba  v  Macau

26 March 2026 FIFA Series	Aruba	4–1	Macau	Kigali, Rwanda
13:30 UTC+2	Fermina 5' Romano 13', 16' van Kilsdonk 66'	Report	Leong Ka Hang 88'	Stadium: Kigali Pelé Stadium Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Aruba  v  Liechtenstein

29 March 2026 FIFA Series	Aruba	4–1	Liechtenstein	Kigali, Rwanda
18:00 UTC+2	Romano 18' Robertha 25' Ostiana  48'  61' Breinburg 69' Hofer 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Zünd 52'	Stadium: Kigali Pelé Stadium Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Curaçao  v  Aruba

6 June Friendly	Curaçao	4–0	Aruba	Willemstad, Curaçao
19:30 AST	Brenet 53' Antonisse 68' Comenencia 83' Bacuna 90'	Report		Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium Referee: José Corporán (Dominican Republic)

As of 28 May 2026^[10]

Players in bold are still active with Aruba.

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 6 June 2026^[12]

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

More information Against, Played ...

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Antigua and Barbuda	6	0	1	5	4	11	−7	CONCACAF
Barbados	8	2	1	5	11	17	−6	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	29	1	9	17	22	57	−35	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
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	UEFA
Macau	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	AFC
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	115	20	25	75	139	278	−138	FIFA

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