Curaçao at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.
From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-19 |title=US Soccer boss: Confederations Cup done, Gold Cup in doubt |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190219-us-soccer-boss-confederations-cup-done-gold-cup-doubt |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=France 24 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bassam |first=Tom |date=2019-02-21 |title=Confederations Cup has been scrapped, says Cordeiro |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/confederations-cup-cancelled-us-soccer-carlos-cordeiro/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=SportsPro |language=en-GB}}
Since the inaugural tournament in 1963,{{Cite web |date=2021-09-09 |title=60th Anniversary |url=https://www.concacaf.com/60th-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Concacaf |language=en}} the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).
Curaçao have qualified for the continental championship six times. As the Netherlands Antilles, the team scored good results in the 1960s, including two third-place finishes. Since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010,{{Cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Pascal |date=October 10, 2010 |title=Dutch Antilles dissolves as two new countries created |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/dutch-antilles-dissolves-as-two-new-countries-created-idUSTRE69913J/ |access-date=August 18, 2024 |website=Reuters}}{{Cite news |date=2010-10-10 |title=Status change means Dutch Antilles no longer exists |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-11511355 |access-date=2024-08-18 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} Curaçao have qualified twice. In 2017, they lost all three group matches. In 2019 however, they reached the knockout stage after earning a 1–0 victory over Honduras{{Cite web |title=Curacao 1-0 Honduras (22 jun., 2019) Wedstrijd analyses - ESPN (NL) |url=https://www.espn.nl/voetbal/verslag/_/wedstrijdId/539229 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=ESPN |language=nl}}{{Cite web |last=mlssoccer |title=Honduras 0, Curacao 1 {{!}} 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup Match Recap {{!}} MLSSoccer.com |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/honduras-0-curacao-1-2019-concacaf-gold-cup-match-recap |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=mlssoccer |language=en}} and drawing 1–1 against Jamaica{{Cite web |last=mlssoccer |title=Jamaica 1, Curacao 1 {{!}} 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup Match Recap {{!}} MLSSoccer.com |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/jamaica-1-curacao-1-2019-concacaf-gold-cup-match-recap |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=mlssoccer |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Jamaica vs. Curaçao - 26 June 2019 - Soccerway |url=https://au.soccerway.com/matches/2019/06/26/nc-america/concacaf-gold-cup/jamaica/netherlands-antilles/3007202/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=au.soccerway.com}} with a stunning injury time equalizer by Juriën Gaari. They were eliminated 0–1 by the United States in the quarter-finals.{{Cite web |title=Gold Cup 2019: USA vs. Curaçao - Match Report, Stats, Standings & Bracket |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/06/gold-cup-2019-usmnt-vs-curacao-match-report-stats-standings-bracket |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.ussoccer.com |language=en}}
Of the other CONCACAF members that used to be part of the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire and Sint Maarten), none have qualified for a Gold Cup as of August 2024.
Overall record
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| colspan=10|CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record
!width=1% rowspan=32| !colspan=6|Qualification record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year
!Round !Position !{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !Squad !{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} | |||||||||
| colspan=10|as {{fb|Netherlands Antilles}}
!colspan=6|{{nowrap|as {{fb|Netherlands Antilles}}}} | |||||||||
| bgcolor="#cc9966"
|{{flagicon|El Salvador}} 1963 | Third place | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | Squad
|2 |2 |0 |0 |4 |1 |
| {{flagicon|Guatemala}} 1965 | Fifth place | 5th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | Squad
|colspan=6|Qualified automatically |
| {{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} 1967 | colspan=9|Did not qualify
|4 |0 |2 |2 |4 |6 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#cc9966"
|{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} 1969 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | Squad
|colspan=6|Qualified automatically |
| {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} 1971 | colspan=9|Did not enter
|colspan=6|Did not enter | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|Haiti|1964}} 1973 | Sixth place | 6th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 | Squad
|colspan=6|Qualified automatically |
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} 1977
|colspan=9 rowspan=5|Did not qualify |2 |0 |0 |2 |1 |9 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} 1981
|4 |0 |3 |1 |1 |2 | |||||||||
| 1985
|2 |0 |1 |1 |0 |4 | |||||||||
| 1989
|4 |2 |0 |2 |4 |7 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 1991
|2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |5 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} 1993
|colspan=9|Did not enter |colspan=6|Did not enter | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 1996
|colspan=9 rowspan=3|Did not qualify |5 |3 |1 |1 |11 |11 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 1998
|1 |0 |0 |1 |1 |2 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 2000
|6 |2 |1 |3 |8 |13 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 2002 | colspan=9|Did not enter
|colspan=6|Did not enter | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} 2003 | colspan=9|Did not qualify
|4 |1 |1 |2 |3 |6 | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 2005 | colspan=9|Withdrew
|colspan=6|Withdrew | ||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 2007
|colspan=9 rowspan=2|Did not qualify |3 |0 |1 |2 |1 |7 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 2009
|5 |1 |1 |3 |5 |11 | |||||||||
| colspan=10|as {{fb|Curaçao}}
!colspan=6|as {{fb|Curaçao}} | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 2011
|colspan=9 rowspan=3|Did not qualify |3 |0 |1 |2 |5 |7 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 2013
|3 |0 |0 |3 |2 |11 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|Canada}} 2015
|9 |2 |3 |4 |11 |15 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} 2017 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6
|6 |5 |0 |1 |18 |4 | |
| {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} {{flagicon|Jamaica}} 2019 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3
|4 |3 |0 |1 |22 |2 | |
| {{flagicon|United States}} 2021
|colspan=9|Qualified but withdrew |4 |1 |2 |1 |3 |3 | |||||||||
| {{flagicon|United States}} {{flagicon|Canada}} 2023
|colspan=9|Did not qualify |5 |1 |1 |3 |3 |9 | |||||||||
| Total||Third place||6/27||30||8||6||16||33||65||—||78||23||18||33||107||135 |
Match overview
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| Tournament
!width=110|Round !width=150|Opponent !width=60|Score !width=120|Venue | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="6" align=center|{{flagicon|SLV}} 1963 | rowspan="3"|First round | {{fb|MEX}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–1 | rowspan=3|Santa Ana |
| {{fb|CRC}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1 | |||
| {{fb|JAM}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–1 | |||
| rowspan=3|Final round | {{fb|CRC}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1 | rowspan=3|San Salvador | |
| {{fb|SLV}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|2–3 | |||
| {{fb|HON|1949}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|4–1 | |||
| rowspan="5" align=center|{{flagicon|GUA}} 1965 | rowspan="5"|Final round | {{fb|HAI|1964}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1 | rowspan=5|Guatemala City |
| {{fb|MEX}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–5 | |||
| {{fb|CRC}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–6 | |||
| {{fb|GUA}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|2–3 | |||
| {{fb|SLV}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1 | |||
| rowspan="5" align=center|{{flagicon|CRC}} 1969 | rowspan="5"|Final round | {{fb|CRC}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2 | rowspan=5|San José |
| {{fb|GUA}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–6 | |||
| {{fb|TRI}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–1 | |||
| {{fb|MEX}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|2–2 | |||
| {{fb|JAM}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–1 | |||
| rowspan="5" align=center|{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} 1973 | rowspan="5"|Final round | {{fb|HAI|1964}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–3 | rowspan=5|Port-au-Prince |
| {{fb|GUA}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|2–2 | |||
| {{fb|MEX}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–8 | |||
| {{fb|HON|1949}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|2–2 | |||
| {{fb|TRI}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–4 | |||
| rowspan="3" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} 2017 | rowspan="3"|Group stage | {{fb|JAM}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2 | San Diego |
| {{fb|SLV}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2 | Denver | ||
| {{fb|MEX}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2 | San Antonio | ||
| rowspan="4" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|CRC}} {{flagicon|JAM}} 2019 | rowspan="3"|Group stage | {{fb|SLV}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1 | Kingston |
| {{fb|HON|1949}} | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0 | Houston | ||
| {{fb|JAM}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1 | Los Angeles | ||
| Quarter-finals | {{fb|USA}} | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1 | Philadelphia |
References
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{{Countries at the CONCACAF Gold Cup}}