Men's national association football team representing Cuba
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Cuba women's national football team.
Cuba
Nickname(s)
Los Leones del Caribe (The Lions of the Caribbean)
Association
Football Association of Cuba
Confederation
CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation
CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach
Yunielys Castillo
Captain
Aricheell Hernández
Most caps
Yénier Márquez (126)
Top scorer
Lester Moré (30)
Home stadium
Estadio Pedro Marrero
FIFA code
CUB
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current
169 (4 April 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
NAFC Championship
1947 Cuba
Team
1949 Mexico
Team
CFU Caribbean Cup
2012 Antigua and Barbuda
Team
1996 Trinidad and Tobago
Team
1999 Trinidad and Tobago
Team
2005 Barbados
Team
1995 Cayman Islands and Jamaica
Team
2007 Trinidad and Tobago
Team
2010 Martinique
Team
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 World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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Global Information
(4 April 2024)[1]
Cuba 3–1 Jamaica 
Cuba 11–0 Turks and Caicos Islands 
Sweden 8–0 Cuba 
Soviet Union 8–0 Cuba 
Russia 8–0 Cuba 
