Back منتخب كوبا لكرة القدم Arabic Tim nasional sépakbola Kuba BAN Зборная Кубы па футболе BE কিউবা জাতীয় ফুটবল দল Bengali/Bangla Selecció de futbol de Cuba Catalan Kubánská fotbalová reprezentace Czech Kubanische Fußballnationalmannschaft German Εθνική Κούβας (ποδόσφαιρο ανδρών) Greek Selección de fútbol de Cuba Spanish Kuuba jalgpallikoondis ET
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| Nickname(s) | Los Leones del Caribe (The Lions of the Caribbean) Los Diablos Rojos (The Red Devils) | ||
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| Association | Football Association of Cuba | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) | ||
| Head coach | Yunielys Castillo | ||
| Captain | Maikel Reyes | ||
| Most caps | Yénier Márquez (126) | ||
| Top scorer | Lester Moré (30) | ||
| Home stadium | Estadio Pedro Marrero | ||
| FIFA code | CUB | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 163  1 (19 December 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 46 (November – December 2006) | ||
| Lowest | 182 (August 2017, March–May 2018) | ||
| First international | |||
 Cuba 3–1 Jamaica  (Havana, Cuba; 16 March 1930) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Cuba 11–0 Turks and Caicos Islands  (Havana, Cuba; 8 September 2018) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Sweden 8–0 Cuba (Antibes, France; 12 June 1938)  Soviet Union 8–0 Cuba (Moscow, Soviet Union; 24 July 1980)  Russia 8–0 Cuba (Volgograd, Russia; 20 November 2023) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1938) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1938) | ||
| CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup | |||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1971) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (1971) | ||
Medal record | |||
The Cuba national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Cuba) represents Cuba in men's international football, and is controlled by the Football Association of Cuba. Nicknamed Leones del Caribe (Lions of Caribbean), the team represents all three FIFA, Caribbean Football Union and Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).
They were the first Caribbean team to get to the World Cup Quarter finals – they did so in 1938. There, in the round of 16, they defeated Romania in a replay, 2–1, after drawing against them 3–3. They were then eliminated in the quarter-finals by Sweden, 8–0. Cuba has not returned to the World Cup since.
Cuba finished second in the North American Nations Cup in 1947, which they hosted the tournament, second also in Caribbean Cup in 1996, 1999, and 2005, but won in 2012.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.