Belize national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Jaguars, The Unbelizeables |
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| Association | Football Federation of Belize (FFB) |
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) |
| Sub-confederation | UNCAF (Central America) |
| Head coach | Richard Orłowski |
| Most caps | Elroy Smith (44) |
| Top scorer | Deon McCaulay (21) |
| Home stadium | FFB Field, Belmopan |
| FIFA code | BLZ |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 154  9 (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 114 (April–June 2016) |
| Lowest | 201 (November 2007 – January 2008) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 172  (24 February 2017)
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| Highest | 167 (June 14, 2013) |
| Lowest | 189 (January 2008) |
| First international | |
 El Salvador 3–0 Belize  (San Salvador, El Salvador; November 29, 1995) |
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| Biggest win | |
Belize 7–1 Nicaragua  (Belize City, Belize; April 17, 2002) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Costa Rica 7–0 Belize (San José, Costa Rica; March 17, 1999)  Mexico 7–0 Belize (Monterrey, Mexico; June 21, 2008) |
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| CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup |
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| Appearances | 1 (first in 2013) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2013 |
The Belize national football team is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize. It is affiliated with the Central American Football Union of CONCACAF.
Although Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1981 (and many of the UK's current colonies have international teams), Belize did not 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.
FFB Field 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 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. 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.
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