Bermuda national football team

The Bermuda national football team represents Bermuda (British overseas territory) in men's international football, which is governed by the Bermuda Football Association founded in 1928. It has been an affiliate member of FIFA and CONCACAF since 1962. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of CFU in the Caribbean Zone.

Bermuda has never participated in the FIFA World Cup, but has qualified once for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2019, and has also participated once in League A and three times in League B of the CONCACAF Nations League.

Bermuda played their first international match on 10 August 1964, against Iceland in Reykjavík, ending in a narrow victory to the Icelanders, 4–3. A few years later, Bermuda participated in the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Coached by Graham Adams, they reached the final but fell to Mexico, 4–0 a.e.t.^[3]

In 1968 they participated in the qualifiers for the 1970 FIFA World Cup for the first time. In Group 1 of the first round, they were paired with United States and Canada. They finished the group with one draw (against Canada, 0–0) and three losses and were eliminated. The sixties would end with an elimination at the hands of Mexico, in the 1969 CONCACAF Championship qualification preliminary round, although Bermuda, after having lost 3–0 in Mexico City, managed to defeat the Aztecs 2–1 in Hamilton, on 2 November 1969, with goals from Albert Dowling and Bernard Brangman.^[4]

The '70s would begin with another elimination in the first round of the 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification, again at the hands of Mexico, which prevailed comfortably with an overall result of 6–0. In this decade the Bermuda team managed to win two consecutive bronze medals in the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1974 and 1978.^[5][6] The decade of the '80s was not very significant for the Gombey Warriors since they only participated in the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games, a tournament where reached 4th place. This would be their final participation in the Games.

On the other hand, between 1967 and 1987, the Bermuda team played several qualifying matches for the Olympic soccer tournament but never qualified for the final tournament. In this period they experienced some of their worst defeats, such as two 8–0 results against Canada and Mexico.

Absent from the World Cup qualifiers between 1972 and 1992, Bermuda returned to the 1994 preliminary tournament where they eliminated Haiti in the first round thanks to the away goals rule, after winning 1–0 in Hamilton (goal by Shaun Goater) and lost 2–1 in Port-au-Prince. Bermuda advanced to the second phase, in group B with Jamaica, Canada and El Salvador, finishing in last place with 4 points, despite managing a historic 1–0 victory against the Selecta, the result of a goal from Kyle Lightbourne.^[7] In the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, Bermuda withdrew without playing Trinidad and Tobago in the first round.

The Gombey Warriors would return four years later for the 2002 World Cup qualifiers where they eliminated the British Virgin Islands in the first round, 5–1 and 9–0, before falling in the next phase, at the hands of Antigua and Barbuda, who won thanks to the away goal rule after drawing 0–0 at Saint John's and 1–1 in Hamilton. In the tournament preliminary route to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Bermuda got their biggest win, thrashing Montserrat 13–0.^[8] Later it was eliminated by El Salvador who prevailed 2–1 in San Salvador and later drew 2–2 in Hamilton. In the qualifying process for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Bermuda eliminated the Cayman Islands in the first round with an aggregate score of 4–1. But it was brought down in the next round by Trinidad and Tobago with an aggregate score of 3–2 although Bermuda achieved an away victory, in Macoya, against the Soca Warriors (1–2), with a double from John Nusum. In the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Bermuda entered the second round directly in group B, alongside Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. Although they again defeated Trinidad and Tobago (2–1), they could only finish third in the group with 10 points, failing to advance to the third round.

On the other hand, since 1997, Bermuda began to play regularly in the knockout phase of the Caribbean Cup (except in 2001 and 2010) although it never managed to qualify for the final round. Their best performance occurred in the 2007 tournament where they advanced to the second knockout round. They missed the chance to reach the final tournament, losing to Haiti in two sets (0–2 and 0–3).^[9]

In July 2013, Bermuda won its 15th gold medal at the 2013 Island Games in Hamilton after beating Greenland 1–0.^[10] This competition is not officially recognised because teams not recognized by FIFA participate.

In 2015 Bermuda participated in the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers where they would face the Bahamas, whom they defeated over the two matches by 5–0. Going into the second round, they faced Guatemala, drawing 0–0 then falling 1–0, failing to reach the third round. Bermuda would return to the Caribbean Cup after being absent in 2014, losing initially against Cuba 2–1 but defeating French Guiana 2–1 to edge through to the second round on goal-difference. They then lost to both Dominican Republic (2–1) and French Guiana (3–0) and were eliminated from the cup.

In 2019, Bermuda made its CONCACAF Nations League debut, where it made history by finishing in the top ten of the competition, allowing it to jointly qualify for League A of the competition and its first CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[11] In League A, Bermuda were drawn with Mexico and Panama but finished at the bottom of the group on goal-difference.

At the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Bermuda is drawn in Group B with Haiti, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. After two defeats to the first two teams, Bermuda won their first victory of the continental tournament by beating Nicaragua 2–0.^[12]

Even if Bermuda fails to qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Nahki Wells made history by scoring the fastest Gold Cup goal (all phases combined) after 17 seconds in the match against Barbados on 2 July 2021 (an 8–1 victory in the end).^[13]

In 2024, FIFA Invited Bermuda to the 2024 FIFA Series matches from 22 to 26 March 2024 held in Jeddah. On 22 March 2024, Bermuda faced off against Brunei from the AFC, where they defeated them 2–0.

In 2024-2025, Bermuda participated in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, entering the qualifiers at the second round. In their first two games in June 2024, they drew 1–1 with Antigua and Barbuda but lost 6–1 to Honduras. Then in their second two games in June 2025, they would defeat the Cayman Islands 5–0 and then defeat Cuba 2–1 to finish second in their group and advance to the third round, to be played between September and November 2025.^[14] Drawn in Group B with Jamaica, Curaçao and Trinidad and Tobago, the Gombey Warriors suffered four defeats in their first four matches and found themselves eliminated from qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.^[15]

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

As of October 2025.^[16]

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round matches against Jamaica and Curaçao on 5 and 9 September 2025; respectively.^[17]

Caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2025, after the match against Cuba.

The following players have also been called up to the Bermuda squad within the last twelve months.

As of 15 October 2025^[18]

Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Players in bold are still active with Bermuda.

Updated to 18 November 2025 after the match against Trinidad and Tobago
Sources consulted: RSSSF (before 2013) and National Football Teams (after 2013).^[19][18]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

• Pan American Games
  • Silver medal (1): 1967^[3]

• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Bronze medal (2): 1974^[5], 1978^[6]

• Island Games (1): 2013^[20]

• Bermuda national under-20 football team
• Bermuda national under-17 football team
• Football in Bermuda

• Bermuda Football Association – official website
• Bermuda Football Association at FIFA.com (archived)