Puerto Rico Football Team - The national football team representing Puerto Rico at international football matches. Controlled by the Puerto Rican Football Federation.
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| Nickname | El huracán azul | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Federation | Puerto Rico Football Federation | ||
| Main coach |  Elgi Morales | ||
| Captain | |||
| House. stadium | Juan Ramon Lobriel Stadium , Bayamon , Puerto Rico | ||
| FIFA Rating | 181 ▼ 1 (September 19, 2019) [1] | ||
| Highest | 97 (March 1994) | ||
| Lower | 202 (November 2004) | ||
| FIFA Code | Pur | ||
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| The first game | |||
 Cuba 1: 1 Puerto Rico  ( Cuba ; November 12 , 1940 ) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Puerto Rico 4: 0 Cayman Islands  ( Georgetown , Guyana ; March 14 , 1993 ) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Netherlands Antilles 15: 0 Puerto Rico ( Venezuela ; January 15 , 1959 ) | |||
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Performances at international tournaments
- 3 Team
- 4 Head Coaches
- 5 notes
- 6 References
History
The first match in its history, the Puerto Rico team held on November 12, 1940 against the Cuban team, which ended with the score 1-1. The national team won their first victory in 1970 over the Bahamas national team, with a score of 3-0. In 1972, the Puerto Rico national team also won a friendly match against the Panama national team, with a score of 1-0. In the 80s and 90s, the team managed to win several more victories over the teams of the Bahamas , the Dominican Republic and Martinique [2] .
In 1993, the national team played in the Caribbean Cup . In the tournament, players from Puerto Rico set a record by scoring 4 victories in a row, without losing a single ball [2] . However, the FIFA tournament was not recognized as official, and all matches were friendly. In the period from 1995 to 2007, the Puerto Rico team did not win a single victory, and only 4 times was able to play a draw. During this period, the team fell significantly in the FIFA ranking and by 2007 it occupied only 202 place [2] .
In 2008, the national team managed to beat one of the grandees of Caribbean football, the national team of Trinidad and Tobago , and for the first time since 1994 they defeated the Dominican Republic in the first round of the qualification tournament of the 2010 World Cup CONCACAF . In the second round, the national team lost in the first match of the Honduras national team with a score of 0-4, however, the return match ended with a score of 2-2. After the team’s performance in the qualifying tournament, the Puerto Rico Football Federation announced that the team will take part in the upcoming Central American and Caribbean Games , as well as in the Caribbean Cup in 2010 [3] .
The Puerto Rico Football Federation was unable to host the 2010 Central American and Caribbean home games due to the stadiums being inadequate for CONCACAF . In this regard, the tournament was to be held in Venezuela , but subsequently was completely canceled [4] .
On August 15, 2010, the team held a friendly match with the Spanish national team , in which they lost 1-2. The match took place at the Juan Ramon Lobriel Stadium stadium in Bayamon , Puerto Rico .
Performances at international tournaments
| World Championship | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | A place | AND | AT | N | P | GZ | GP |
| 1930 to 1978 | Not qualified | |||||||
| 1982 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 1986 to 2002 | Not qualified | |||||||
| 2006 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 2010 to 2018 | Not qualified | |||||||
| Total | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | A place | AND | AT | N | P | GZ | GP |
| 1991 to 1993 | Not qualified | |||||||
| 1996 to 1998 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 2000 to 2005 | Not qualified | |||||||
| 2007 to 2017 | Did not participate | |||||||
| Total | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pan American Games | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | A place | AND | AT | N | P | GZ | GP |
| 1951 to 1976 | Not qualified | |||||||
| 1979 | 2nd round | |||||||
| 1983 to 2003 | Not qualified | |||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
National Team
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Head Coaches
- Eduardo Ordonez Munguera (1959)
- Raul Marche Gonzalez (1966)
- Luis Villarejo (1974-1975)
- Oscar Rose (1992)
- Raimundo Gaultinho (2000)
- Toribio Rojas (2002-2003)
- Victor Hugo Barros (2004, 2013—2014)
- Colin Clark (2007—2011)
- Justin Campos (2011—2013)
- Carlos Avedissian (2015—2016)
- Jack Stefanovsky (acting) (2016)
- Carlos Cantarero (2016—2018)
- Amado Guevara (2018—2019)
- Elgi Morales (2019 - n.a.)
Notes
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking . FIFA (September 19, 2019). Date of appeal September 19, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Puerto Rico - List of International Matches . Rsssf.com. Date of treatment June 30, 2010.
- ↑ Primerahora.com unopened . Primerahora.com. Date of treatment June 30, 2010.
- ↑ Archived copy . Date of treatment August 2, 2010. Archived on July 8, 2011.