Saint Kitts and Nevis
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Sugar Boyz
AssociationSt. Kitts and Nevis Football Association
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederationCFU (Caribbean)
Head coachAustin Huggins
CaptainJulani Archibald
Most capsGerard Williams (85)
Top scorerKeith Gumbs (24)
Home stadiumWarner Park
FIFA codeSKN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 147 Steady (21 December 2023)[1]
Highest73 (October 2016, March 2017)
Lowest176 (November 1994)
First international
British Leeward Islands Saint Christopher and Nevis 2–4 Grenada 
(Saint Christopher and Nevis; 18 August 1938)
Biggest win
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10–0 Montserrat 
(Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis; 17 April 1992)
 Saint Martin 0–10 Saint Kitts and Nevis 
(The Valley, Anguilla; 14 October 2018)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 8–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis 
(Monterrey, Mexico; 17 November 2004)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultGroup stage (2023)
Medal record
Caribbean Cup
Silver medal – second place 1997 Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis Team

The Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team is the national team of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and is controlled by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association. They are affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, however, they did qualify for their first CONCACAF Gold Cup appearance in 2023.

They are nicknamed The Sugar Boyz due to the sugar cultivation on the island of St. Kitts.[citation needed]

History

Beginnings (1938–1990)

Saint Kitts and Nevis played their first match on 18 August 1938, against Grenada, a match that ended in a 2–4 defeat.[3] They participated in the Leeward Islands Tournament from 1949 however had to wait until 1979 to play their first official matches, in the qualifying rounds for the 1979 CFU Championship, losing twice to Jamaica, both results finishing 2–1.[citation needed] They would again fail to qualify for the final phase of the 1983 CFU Championship, after advancing due to Jamaica's withdrawal, they'd be eliminated by Martinique, who won 12–0 on aggregate.[citation needed]

1990–2000

The Sugar Boyz qualified for their first tournament at the 1993 Caribbean Cup, defeating Dominican Republic (3–2) and British Virgin Islands (5–0) to top their qualifying group.[citation needed] In the tournament proper, they finished second behind Jamaica to reach the semi-finals, before losing to Martinique on penalties.[citation needed] In the match for third place, they were defeated 3–2 by Trinidad and Tobago.[citation needed] Saint Kitts and Nevis finished bottom of their group in 1996 but in the 1997 Caribbean Cup, they advanced into the knock-out after finishing level on points with both Trinidad and Tobago and Martinique, then defeated Grenada 2–1 in extra-time with both goals scored by Keith Gumbs, but they succumbed to Trinidad and Tobago 0–4 in the final.[citation needed] Since they'd reached the final, Saint Kitts and Nevis were entered into a play-off against Cuba – runner-up in the 1996 Caribbean Cup – for the last ticket to the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup, but they lost 2–0.[citation needed]

Saint Kitts and Nevis participated for the first time in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[citation needed] After benefiting from the withdrawal of the Bahamas, they beat Saint Lucia 5–1 in Basseterre and 1–0 in Castries, but fell in the third knockout round against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, losing thanks to the away goals rule.[citation needed]

2000s

In the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, after comfortably beating the Turks and Caicos Islands with an aggregate result of 14–0, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines once again dispatched the Sugar Boyz, winning both in Kingstown (1–0) as in Basseterre (1–2).[citation needed] However, the situation would improve in the 2006 qualifiers, since Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced to the second group phase after leaving the US Virgin Islands and Barbados on the way.[citation needed] They shared Group 3 with Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, but as expected, finished in last place, with 6 losses in as many appearances.[citation needed] They also experienced the worst defeat in their history, 8–0 against Mexico.[citation needed] In the preliminary round for the 2010 qualifiers, they were unable to repeat what they had done four years ago and were unceremoniously eliminated by Belize, who won 4–2 on aggregate.[citation needed]

In the Caribbean Cup, the Sugar Boyz did not repeat the successes of the '90s and could only qualify to the final phase of the 2001 Caribbean Cup, although they did not advance beyond the group phase.[citation needed] They have not returned to a final phase since that edition.[citation needed]

2010–present

Qualifying directly to the second round of the 2014 qualifiers, Saint Kitts and Nevis was drawn in Group D along with Canada, Puerto Rico and Saint Lucia.[citation needed] They finished in 3rd place, with 7 points.[citation needed] It was only defeated by Canada in Toronto (4–0).[citation needed] In the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, Saint Kitts and Nevis defeated the Turks and Caicos Islands in the first round by a lofty aggregate 12–4[citation needed] before falling in the second phase, at the hands of El Salvador, 6–3 on aggregate,[citation needed] but not before obtaining a 2–2 draw at home.[citation needed] In November 2015, they played 2 friendlies against European teams, Andorra (1–0) and Estonia (0–3).[citation needed] Devaughn Elliott scored the only goal in the victory over Andorra, becoming the first St. Kitts and Nevis player to score against a European side.[4] The result was also the first away victory for a CFU team over a European side on their home soil.[5]

In October 2016, it reached its highest ranking in the FIFA world ranking (73rd place) thanks to its good performance in the 2nd round of the 2017 Caribbean Cup of Nations qualifiers.[citation needed] However, two defeats against French Guiana (0–1) and Haiti at home (0–2 a.e.t.) stopped the Sugar Boyz in the 3rd round of these qualifiers.[citation needed] The year ends with a 1–1 draw in Basseterre against Estonia on November 19, 2016, in a friendly match, one year after playing against the same team in Tallinn.[citation needed]

In June 2017, the team went on a second European tour and played Armenia on June 4 in Yerevan[citation needed] and Georgia three days later in Tbilisi.[citation needed] Both games ended in equally bad losses, 5–0 and 3–0, respectively.[citation needed] St. Kitts and Nevis continues its pattern of international tours and travels in August 2017 to Mumbai to meet Mauritius and India in a friendly tournament, the 2017 Hero Tri-Nation Series.[citation needed] Both matches ended in draws acquired by the same score of one goal each.[citation needed]

The Sugar Boyz played Andorra again on March 25, 2022, six and a half years after their first confrontation, for a friendly match in Andorra la Vella.[citation needed] This time the Principality's selection wins against Saint Kitts and Nevis on its home stadium (1–0).[citation needed]

They qualified for their first ever CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2023.[citation needed]

National football stadium

Stadium Capacity City
Warner Park Football Stadium 3,500 Basseterre

Results and fixtures

Main article: Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team results

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

2023

23 March 2022–23 Nations League Saint Martin  1–3  Saint Kitts and Nevis The Valley, Anguilla
16:00 UTC−4 Arné 31' Report
Stadium: Raymond E. Guishard Stadium
Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)
26 March 2022–23 Nations League Saint Kitts and Nevis  2–0  Aruba Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
18:00 UTC−4
  • Freeman 45+1', 80'
 Report Stadium: Warner Park
Referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica)
16 June 2023 Gold Cup qualification Curaçao  1–1
(2–3 p)		  Saint Kitts and Nevis Fort Lauderdale, United States
21:00 UTC−4
Report
  • Terrell 83'
 Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Penalties
20 June 2023 Gold Cup qualification Saint Kitts and Nevis  1–1
(4–2 p)		  French Guiana Fort Lauderdale, United States
22:10 UTC−4 T. Williams 41' Report Abelinti 53' (pen.) Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
Penalties
25 June 2023 Gold Cup Trinidad and Tobago  3–0  Saint Kitts and Nevis Fort Lauderdale, United States
15:30 UTC−4
Report Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
28 June 2023 Gold Cup Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–6  United States St. Louis, United States
20:30 UTC−5 Report
Stadium: CityPark
Attendance: 21,216
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
2 July 2023 Gold Cup Jamaica  5–0  Saint Kitts and Nevis Santa Clara, United States
16:00 UTC−7
Report Stadium: Levi's Stadium
Attendance: 60,347
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
7 September 2023–24 Nations League Saint Kitts and Nevis  1–2  Guadeloupe Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
19:00 UTC−4
Report
Stadium: SKNFA Technical Center
Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)
10 September 2023–24 Nations League Saint Lucia  2–0  Saint Kitts and Nevis Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
19:00 UTC−4
  • President 49'
  • Stanislas 75'
 Report Stadium: Daren Sammy Cricket Ground
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
12 October 2023–24 Nations League Sint Maarten  2–3  Saint Kitts and Nevis The Valley, Anguilla
15:00 UTC−4
Report
Stadium: Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre
Attendance: 122
Referee: Josué Ugalde (Costa Rica)
15 October 2023–24 Nations League Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–1  Sint Maarten Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
19:00 UTC−4 Report
Stadium: SKNFA Technical Center
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
16 November 2023–24 Nations League Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–0  Saint Lucia Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
19:00 UTC−4 Report Stadium: SKNFA Technical Center
Attendance: 120
Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)
19 November 2023–24 Nations League Guadeloupe  5–0  Saint Kitts and Nevis Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe
15:00 UTC−4
Report Stadium: Stade Municipal de Sainte-Anne
Referee: Daniel Quintero (Mexico)

2024

20 March Friendly San Marino  v  Saint Kitts and Nevis Serravalle, San Marino
20:45 CET Stadium: San Marino Stadium
24 March Friendly San Marino  v  Saint Kitts and Nevis Serravalle, San Marino
20:45 CET Stadium: San Marino Stadium
6 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Costa Rica  –  Saint Kitts and Nevis
--:-- UTC−6
11 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Saint Kitts and Nevis  –  Bahamas
--:-- UTC−4

2025

6 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Trinidad and Tobago  –  Saint Kitts and Nevis
--:-- UTC−4
10 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification Saint Kitts and Nevis  –  Grenada
--:-- UTC−4

Coaches

Players

This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: New squad announcement [1]. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (October 2023)

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
18 1GK Julani Archibald (captain) (1991-05-18) 18 May 1991 (age 32) 51 0 Honduras CD Victoria
1 1GK Jamal Jeffers (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 (age 30) 13 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Paul's United
23 1GK Xander Parke (2003-11-17) 17 November 2003 (age 20) 0 0 England Shrewsbury Town
3 2DF Gerard Williams (1988-06-04) 4 June 1988 (age 35) 79 2 India TRAU
6 2DF Lois Maynard (1989-01-22) 22 January 1989 (age 35) 20 0 England Oldham Athletic
4 2DF Andre Burley (1999-09-10) 10 September 1999 (age 24) 11 0 England Oxford City
20 2DF Raheem Hanley (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994 (age 29) 10 0 England West Didsbury & Chorlton
2 2DF Malique Roberts (2001-08-01) 1 August 2001 (age 22) 7 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis Cayon Rockets
5 2DF Jameel Ible (1993-11-26) 26 November 1993 (age 30) 4 0 England Guiseley
13 2DF Ezrick Nicholls (1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 24) 1 0 United States University of Tampa
12 2DF Dihjorn Simmonds (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 (age 25) 1 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis Cayon Rockets
19 3MF Romaine Sawyers (1991-11-02) 2 November 1991 (age 32) 35 6 Wales Cardiff City
8 3MF Yohannes Mitchum (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 25) 28 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis Newtown United
14 3MF Raheem Somersall (1997-07-05) 5 July 1997 (age 26) 17 0 United States North Carolina FC
11 3MF Tyquan Terrell (1998-04-16) 16 April 1998 (age 25) 10 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Peter's
15 3MF Mervin Lewis (2000-08-26) 26 August 2000 (age 23) 4 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis Cayon Rockets
22 3MF Ronaldo Belgrove (1998-09-15) 15 September 1998 (age 25) 0 0 United States Miami City
21 4FW Omari Sterling-James (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 (age 30) 19 4 England Ebbsfleet United
9 4FW Carlos Bertie (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 28) 18 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis Cayon Rockets
16 4FW Keithroy Freeman (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 30) 13 6 Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Paul's United
17 4FW Rowan Liburd (1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 31) 13 4 England Ramsgate
7 4FW Tiquanny Williams (2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 22) 7 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis Old Road Jets
10 4FW Jacob Hazel (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 29) 5 0 England Darlington

Recent call ups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Adrian Samuel (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 34) 1 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis Conaree 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE
GK Zaykeese Smith (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 23) 0 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis Village Superstars 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE
GK Stephen Vibert (2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 19) 0 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis Bath United v.  Aruba, 26 March 2023
DF Raheem Francis (1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 (age 27) 5 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis Village Superstars 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE
DF Rico Browne (2003-12-28) 28 December 2003 (age 20) 0 0 England Birmingham City 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE
DF Mikkel Hirst (2000-07-27) 27 July 2000 (age 23) 0 0 England Romulus 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE
MF Kimaree Rogers (1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 30) 28 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis Village Superstars 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE
MF Theo Wharton (1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 (age 29) 19 2 Wales Newtown 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE
MF Kalonji Clarke (2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 23) 4 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis St Paul's United 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE
MF Tyrese Shade (2000-06-09) 9 June 2000 (age 23) 2 0 England Swindon Town 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE
FW Tishan Hanley (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 (age 33) 34 3 Thailand Prime Bangkok 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE
FW Harry Panayiotou (1994-10-28) 28 October 1994 (age 29) 30 11 Gibraltar Bruno's Magpies 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualificationPRE

Player records

As of 19 November 2023[7]
Players in bold are still active with Saint Kitts & Nevis.

Most appearances

Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Gerard Williams 85 2 2006–present
2 Thrizen Leader [de] 76 1 2004–2021
3 Julani Archibald 61 0 2008–present
4 George Isaac 53 22 1996–2011
5 Orlando Mitchum [de] 49 6 2004–2019
6 Jevon Francis [de] 47 23 2000–2011
7 Ian Lake 46 20 2002–2012
8 Romaine Sawyers 43 6 2012–present
9 Atiba Harris 42 10 2003–2019
10 Keith Gumbs 41 24 1993–2011

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Keith Gumbs 24 41 0.59 1993–2011
2 Jevon Francis [de] 23 47 0.49 2000–2011
3 George Isaac 22 53 0.42 1996–2011
4 Ian Lake 20 46 0.43 2002–2012
5 Harry Panayiotou 11 34 0.32 2014–present
Austin Huggins 11 36 0.31 1993–2004
7 Atiba Harris 10 42 0.24 2003–2019
8 Alexis Saddler [de] 9 26 0.35 2000–2011
9 Vernon Sargeant [de] 8 24 0.33 1993–2004
10 Tiquanny Williams 6 16 0.38 2021–present
Keithroy Freeman 6 18 0.33 2016–present
Romaine Sawyers 6 43 0.14 2012–present
Orlando Mitchum [de] 6 49 0.12 2004–2019

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Part of  United Kingdom Part of  United Kingdom
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Italy 1990
United States 1994 Did not enter Declined participation
France 1998 Did not qualify 4 2 2 0 8 3
South Korea Japan 2002 4 2 0 2 15 3
Germany 2006 10 4 0 6 18 26
South Africa 2010 2 0 1 1 2 4
Brazil 2014 6 1 4 1 6 8
Russia 2018 4 2 1 1 15 10
Qatar 2022 6 3 0 3 8 8
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total – 0/8 – – – – – – 36 14 8 14 72 62

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: Saint Kitts and Nevis at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
United States 1991 Not eligible
Mexico United States 1993 Did not qualify
United States 1996
United States 1998
United States 2000
United States 2002
Mexico United States 2003
United States 2005
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 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 0 14 Squad
Total Group stage 1/16 3 0 0 3 0 14 –

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
Season Division Group Pld W D* L GF GA P/R Rank
United States 2019−20 B A 6 1 2 3 8 8 Fall 25th
United States 2022–23 C B 4 3 1 0 9 4 Rise 32nd
United States 2023–24 B A 6 1 1 4 4 12 Fall 21st
Total 16 5 4 7 21 24 21st

Caribbean Cup

Caribbean Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
Barbados 1989 Did not qualify
Trinidad and Tobago 1990
Jamaica 1991
Trinidad and Tobago 1992
Jamaica 1993 Fourth place 5 2 1 2 16 8
Trinidad and Tobago 1994 Did not qualify
Cayman Islands Jamaica 1995
Trinidad and Tobago 1996 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 10
Antigua and Barbuda Saint Kitts and Nevis 1997 Runners-up 4 2 0 2 4 8
Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica 1998 Did not qualify
Trinidad and Tobago 1999 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 9
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Group stage 3 1 1 1 7 8
Barbados 2005 Did not qualify
Trinidad and Tobago 2007
Jamaica 2008
Martinique 2010
Antigua and Barbuda 2012
Jamaica 2014
Martinique 2017
Total 5/18 18 5 3 10 26 43

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  3. ^ Courtney, Barrie. "Saint Kitts and Nevis – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. ^ "St. Kitts and Nevis vs. Andorra". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  5. ^ "'Sugar Boyz' defeat Andorra in historic European win". miyvue.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  6. ^ "⚽️🇰🇳The final squad list for the St. Kitts and Nevis Senior Men's National Team for the Concacaf Gold Cup prelims has been released today by the SKNFA on the eve of the Sugar Boyz crucial encounter versus Curacao". St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Saint Kitts and Nevis". National Football Teams.

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