Belize national football team

The Belize national football team represents Belize in men's international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize, a member of FIFA and CONCACAF since 1986.

Although Belize has never qualified for a FIFA World Cup tournament, it has once qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2013, in which they were eliminated in the group stage. Belize has also competed in the Copa Centroamericana, in which their best result was fourth place in 2013.

Named British Honduras whilst under British colonial rule, the country's first international game came on February 19, 1928, beating Honduras 1–0. Following independence, Belize's first game came on December 8, 1983, in a 2–0 loss against Canada in Belize.^[3] Although Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1981 (and many of the UK's current colonies have international teams), Belize did not begin to regularly play international football until 1995. It made its debut at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup and was eliminated in the first round after losing to El Salvador and Costa Rica.

Belize has never qualified for the World Cup but finished fourth in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. Their fourth-place finish in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana gave Belize its first qualification to a major international competition, that being the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

On June 15, 2011, Belize kicked off its 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign against minnows Montserrat, winning 2–5 away in a match played in the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Trinidad. However, the return which was scheduled for June 19 was postponed by FIFA when they suspended the FFB due to governmental interference.^[4]

In February 2023 the Football Federation of Belize unveiled a new logo that would represent Belize’s national teams. Created by Rolando Ramirez, the new logo prominently features a Jaguar, the nickname of the team. The FFB hoped that the new image would promote unity and pride in the Belize football community.^[5]

FFB Stadium in Belmopan is the home stadium for the Belize national football team. Prior to this stadium, Belize had no facilities that met FIFA specifications. Apart from this Belize has many fields to play on but with no facilities for the players.

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

Since the creation of the national team in 1995, several coaches have been in charge of managing Belize. From 1995 to 1996, Winston Michael was appointed as Belize's first ever manager. As of January 2012, the Belize national football team has had 11 managers.

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round matches against Montserrat and Panama on 4 and 7 June 2025.^[6]

Caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2025, after the match against Costa Rica.

The following players have been called up within the past 12 months.

As of 4 June 2025^[7]

Players in bold are still active with Belize.

The 1995 tournament in El Salvador saw Belize's international debut. They played the hosts in their first-ever international on November 29 in Group A. El Salvador won 3–0 with all goals coming in the second half.^[8] On December 1, Belize scored their first-ever international goal as they lost 2–1 to Costa Rica and were eliminated from the tournament. Both other teams advanced to the semi-finals and were defeated there, Costa Rica's conqueror Honduras beat Guatemala in the final.

Updated on 7 June after match against Panama^[9]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

• Official website of the Football Federation of Belize
• Belize at FIFA.com (archived 4 June 2007)
• Belize national football team on Instagram