Antigua and Barbuda women's national football team

 Antigua and Barbuda
Nickname(s) Benna Girls
Association Antigua and Barbuda
Football Association
Sub-confederation CFU (Caribbean)
Confederation CONCACAF
Head coach Rowan Isaac
FIFA code ATG
FIFA ranking 130 Decrease8
Highest FIFA ranking 92 (December 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking 144 (December 2007)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 Anguilla 
(Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda; 28 August 2004)
Biggest win
 Antigua and Barbuda 3–0 Dominica 
(Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda; 3 October 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Antigua and Barbuda 0–12 Jamaica 
(Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda; 5 October 2007)
World Cup
Appearances 0
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Appearances 0

The Antigua and Barbuda women's national football team is the national women's football team of Antigua and Barbuda and is overseen by the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, a member of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football and the Caribbean Football Union. Their current FIFA ranking is 130.

History

On August 28, 2004, after 34 years the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association became affiliated with the FIFA, Antigua and Barbuda women's football team debuted with Anguilla in Saint John, winning by 1–0. The next day, on August 29, 2004, they played again against Anguilla, and the match ended in a 1–0 loss.

On March 12, 2006, Antigua and Barbuda disputed the First Round of the qualification for the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup with Barbados, winning in the first leg by 1–0 and drawing the second by 0–0, thus advancing by an aggregate of 1–0.

In the second round, the team was paired in Group C along with Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica and Saint Lucia, losing each match by 3–2, 10–0 and 2–1 respectively, thus leaving it out of the tournament.

On October 2007, they played the qualification for the 2008 Olympics, in where they win only one match against Dominica by 3–0 and lost both matches against Jamaica and Bermuda by 12–0 and 4–0 respectively, leaving them out of the Olympics.

On March 10, 2010, Antigua and Barbuda played against Saint Lucia for the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup qualification, losing by 2–1. Four days later, they achieved a win over U.S. Virgin Islands by 3–1, making the team advance to the next round with 3 points.

On May 11, 2010; they played against Haiti, losing by 4–1. Two days later, they had another loss against Puerto Rico by a strong 8–0. Lastly, on May 15, they lost against Cuba by 6–1, thus ending with 0 points, 2 goals and 18 against them, causing the elimination from the Tournament.

In 2014, they played the 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup qualification in the Group 1, winning the three matches by 1–0 against U.S. Virgin Islands, Aruba and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, thus qualifying to the tournament. The team was paired in Group B, along with Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Kitts and Nevis, losing all the matches by 2–0, 3–0 and 2–1 respectively. Antigua and Barbuda were eliminated from both the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991Did Not Enter-------
Sweden 1995Did Not Enter-------
United States 1999Did Not Enter-------
United States 2003Did Not Enter-------
China 2007Did Not Qualify-------
Germany 2011Did Not Qualify-------
Canada 2015Did Not Qualify-------
Total0/7-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.


CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup record

Women's Gold Cup
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
Haiti 1991Did Not Enter-------
United States 1993Did Not Enter-------
Canada 1994Did Not Enter-------
Canada 1998Did Not Enter-------
United States 2000Did Not Enter-------
United StatesCanada 2002Did Not Enter-------
United States 2006Did Not Qualify-------
Mexico 2010Did Not Qualify-------
United States 2014Did Not Qualify-------
Total0/9-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Latest results

Date Host country and Venue Opponent Score Match Type Antigua and Barbuda Scorers
August 20, 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Martinique 0-2 Women's Caribbean Cup
August 22, 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago 0-3 Women's Caribbean Cup
August 24, 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1-2 Women's Caribbean Cup B. Humphreys  5'
Key

      Win       Draw       Loss

Record against other nations

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Anguilla 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
 Aruba 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Barbados 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Bermuda 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4
 Cuba 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5
 Dominica 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3
 Haiti 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3
 Jamaica 2 0 0 2 0 22 -22
 Martinique 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
 Puerto Rico 1 0 0 1 0 8 -8
 Saint Lucia 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3
 U.S. Virgin Islands 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
Total 23 9 1 13 23 61 -38

Current Squad

Team called in for 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup.

  • 1-Nikisha Samuel (GK)
  • 2-Karen Warner
  • 3-Nikesha Gage
  • 4-Shery-Anne Bertrand
  • 5-Kai Jacobs
  • 6-Sheida Knowles
  • 7-Argell London
  • 8-Lakeisha Samuel
  • 9-Shannell Henry
  • 10-Arrianne Whyte

  • 11-Georgetta Lewis
  • 12-Kitanya Hughes
  • 13-Portia Davis
  • 14-Amelia Green
  • 15-Akeilah Hillhouse
  • 16-Kanika Buckley
  • 17-De'Vikka Tittle
  • 18-Jahlene Baptiste
  • 19-Tritch-Ann Grant
  • 20-Dominique David (GK)
21-Liseta Wills

References