Barbados national football team
men's national association football team representing Barbados
The Barbados national football team represents Barbados in men's international football, which is governed by the Barbados Football Association founded in 1910. It has been a member of FIFA and CONCACAF since 1968. Regionally it is a member of CFU in the Caribbean Zone.
Barbados has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup, but has participated twice in League B and twice in League C of the CONCACAF Nations League. Regionally, the team finished as runners-up in the CFU Championship in 1985.
Barbados' debut in international competitions was in the 1978 CFU Championship. Their first appearance in World Cup qualifiers was in the 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification, which also served as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The team achieved its first victory in 1929, defeating Trinidad and Tobago 3–0.
History
Beginnings (1929–1980)
Barbados played their first international match on April 20, 1929, against Trinidad and Tobago, ending in a 3–0 victory. In the 1930s, they participated in several editions of the Martínez Shield where they suffered their most severe defeat against Guyana (at that time, British Guiana), in Georgetown, in 1931, 9–0.
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