Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team (original) (raw)

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Men's association football team

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Nickname(s) Vincy Heat
Association Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation
Confederation CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach Ezra Hendrickson
Captain Cornelius Stewart
Most caps Cornelius Stewart (70)
Top scorer Shandel Samuel (32)
Home stadium Arnos Vale Stadium
FIFA code VIN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 173 Steady (19 December 2024)[1]
Highest 73 (October 2007)
Lowest 180 (January 2017, December 2018 – February 2019)
First international
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–1 Barbados (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 12 September 1936)
Biggest win
Montserrat 0–11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Woodlands, Montserrat; 7 May 1995)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 11–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Mexico City, Mexico; 6 December 1992)
Gold Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 1996)
Best result Group stage (1996)
Medal record CFU Caribbean Cup Silver medal – second place 1979 Suriname Team Silver medal – second place 1981 Puerto Rico Team Silver medal – second place 1995 Cayman Islands and Jamaica Team

The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team represents Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in men's international football. It is controlled by the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation.

The team finished second in the Caribbean Cup in 1995, and participated at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Its first FIFA World Cup qualification attempt was for the 1994 edition, and it has entered every World Cup qualification since.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines played their first two international matches, against their neighbour Barbados in 1936 - both matches ending in a 1–1 draw. In the '60s and '70s, they played several editions of the Windward Islands Tournament, winning the 1965 and 1966 competitions. They also participated in the 1979, qualifying to the final stage and finishing in second place behind Haiti. In the following edition, in 1981, they reached the final stage but again finished in second, this time two points off of Trinidad and Tobago.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines qualified for the inaugural 1989 Caribbean Cup, finishing top of their qualification group including a 9–0 victory over Sint Maarten. In the finals, they would fail to get out of the group, finishing bottom behind Grenada and Netherlands Antilles. They would reach the final phase of the Caribbean Cup again in consecutive years, 1992 and 1993, without much luck, finishing last and second last respectively.

At the end of 1992, the Vincy Heat participated in their first World Cup qualifiers. They got through the first rounds, eliminating Saint Lucia (3–2 on aggregate) and Suriname (2–1 on aggregate), to advance to the second phase, where they finished bottom of the group, with six losses in as many games. Especially painful was the 11–0 defeat that Mexico dealt them at the Azteca Stadium, the worst in their history.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines qualified for the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup, by obtaining the runner-up position in the 1995 Caribbean Cup. During qualification for the Caribbean Cup, Vincy Heat had dispatched Montserrat 20–0 over two legs. They had gone on to finish top of their group in the main competition and defeated Cuba in the semi-finals 3–2, however Trinidad and Tobago proved too strong in the final and won 5–0. In the 1996 Gold Cup, the Vincy Heat failed to register a victory, losing 5–0 to Mexico and 3–0 to Guatemala.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines would qualify again for the 1996 Caribbean Cup but this time finish bottom of their group. It would be eleven years before they qualified again, on goals scored, following their 8–0 thrashing of Saint Lucia with five goals from Shandel Samuel which saw them edge out Jamaica. In the 2007 tournament, Vincy Heat only managed one win, against Guyana 2–0, and finished bottom of their group again.

In 1998 World Cup qualifiers, the Saint Vincentian team beat Puerto Rico 9–1 over two legs, then defeated Saint Kitts and Nevis on away goals, thanks to a 2–2 draw in Basseterre. In the third round of qualifying they finished with six defeats in six games, including an 11–3 loss to Honduras. In the 2002 qualifiers, they beat the U.S. Virgin Islands 14–1 on aggregate, Saint Kitts and Nevis (4-2) and Antigua and Barbuda (5–2) but again finished without a win in the qualification semi-finals.

They improved in the 2006 qualifiers beating Nicaragua to advance to the third round for the third consecutive time, and obtaining two victories over Saint Kitts and Nevis, finishing in third place. However, in the 2010 qualifiers, they were eliminated for the first time in the second qualifying round, at the hands of Canada, who prevailed with an aggregate score of 7–1. In 2014 qualification, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won once against Grenada to finish 13 points behind Guatemala. In 2018 World Cup qualification, they managed to beat Guyana 6–6 on away goals, then beat Aruba 3–2 to make it to the fourth round group stage. There they failed to get a single point, conceding 34 goals and finishing bottom of their group, including a 9–3 loss to Guatemala.

Results and fixtures

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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

Position Name
Head coach Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ezra Hendrickson
Assistant coaches Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Rohan WebsterSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Otis Devine
Fitness coach Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kemar Henry
Goalkeeping coach Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Oswald Montclair
Massage therapist Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Denzil Appleton
Team doctors Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Andriw CooperSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Katherine Austin
Physiotherapists Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Marlon GavinsSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Waylon FosterSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Priscilla IrwinSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Jebediah Andrews
Match analyst Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Denny Vincent
Performance analyst Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Windell Houston
Technical director Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kendale Mercury

The following players were called up for the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B matches against El Salvador on 10 and 13 October 2024.[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2024, after the match against Montserrat.

As of 8 September 2024[4]

Players in bold are still active with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Cornelius Stewart (right) is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' most capped player with 70 appearances.

Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Cornelius Stewart 70 24 2007–present
2 Dorren Hamlet 65 2 2008–present
3 Shandel Samuel 63 32 2001–2016
Kendall Velox [fr] 63 15 1992–2008
5 Roy Richards 59 1 2008–2016
6 Melvin Andrews [pt] 58 0 1996–2008
Myron Samuel 58 23 2008–2018
8 Nazir McBurnette [es] 56 5 2011–present
9 Emerald George 52 5 2007–2016
10 Kevin Francis 46 2 2014–present
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Shandel Samuel 32 63 0.52 2001–2016
2 Rodney Jack 24 36 0.67 1992–2004
Cornelius Stewart 24 70 0.34 2007–present
4 Myron Samuel 23 58 0.4 2008–2018
5 Oalex Anderson 20 41 0.49 2014–present
6 Alwyn Guy 16 39 0.41 1996–2008
7 Kendall Velox [fr] 15 63 0.24 1992–2008
8 Chavel Cunningham [es] 12 28 0.43 2015–present
9 Andre Hinds [fr] 11 11 1 1995–1996
Renson Haynes 11 18 0.61 2001–2006
FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup qualification
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1978 Part of United Kingdom Part of United Kingdom
1982 to 1990 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
United States 1994 Did not qualify 10 2 1 7 5 32
France 1998 10 2 2 6 17 33
South Korea Japan 2002 12 5 0 7 24 29
Germany 2006 8 3 0 5 11 15
South Africa 2010 2 0 0 2 1 7
Brazil 2014 6 1 2 3 4 12
Russia 2018 10 1 2 7 15 42
Qatar 2022 4 1 0 3 3 16
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined 2 0 0 2 2 7
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 To be determined
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total 0/8 64 15 7 42 82 193
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
El Salvador 1963 Not a CONCACAF member
Guatemala 1965
Honduras 1967
Costa Rica 1969
Trinidad and Tobago 1971
Haiti 1973
Mexico 1977
Honduras 1981
1985
1989 Did not enter
United States 1991
Mexico United States 1993 Did not qualify
United States 1996 Group stage 9th 2 0 0 2 0 8 Squad
United States 1998 Did not qualify
United States 2000
United States 2002
Mexico United States 2003 Did not enter
United States 2005 Did not qualify
United States 2007
United States 2009
United States 2011
United States 2013
Canada United States 2015
United States 2017
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019
United States 2021
Canada United States 2023
Total Group stage 1/18 2 0 0 2 0 8 –
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup history
First Match Mexico 5–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (11 January 1996; San Diego, United States)
Biggest Win –
Biggest Defeat Mexico 5–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (11 January 1996; San Diego, United States)
Best Result Group stage in 1996
Worst Result –

CONCACAF Nations League

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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 B D 6 3 2 1 6 4 Same position United States 2021 Ineligible
2022–23 B C 6 0 2 4 5 14 Same position United States 2023
2023–24 B C 6 3 0 3 13 14 Same position United States 2024
2024–25 B A To be determined 2025
Total — — 18 6 4 8 24 32 — Total 0 Titles — — — — — — —
Caribbean Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Barbados 1989 Group stage 6th 2 0 1 1 1 3
Trinidad and Tobago 1990 Abandoned[5] 2 0 0 2 2 5
Jamaica 1991 Did not enter
Trinidad and Tobago 1992 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 4
Jamaica 1993 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 4 10
Trinidad and Tobago 1994 Did not qualify
Cayman Islands Jamaica 1995 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 13 11
Trinidad and Tobago 1996 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 7
Antigua and Barbuda Saint Kitts and Nevis 1997 Did not qualify
Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago 1998
Trinidad and Tobago 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Barbados 2005
Trinidad and Tobago 2007 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 2 4
Jamaica 2008 Did not qualify
Martinique 2010
Antigua and Barbuda 2012
Jamaica 2014
Martinique 2017
Total Runners-up 7/19 21 4 3 14 25 44
  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Vincy Heat". Facebook. SVG Football Federation.
  4. ^ "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines". National Football Teams.
  5. ^ Play was suspended when Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted a coup d'état of the government of Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament was abandoned altogether after Tropical storm Arthur forced the cancellation of the final round of games. Trinidad and Tobago were to meet Martinique in the final.