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The Saint Martin national football team is the football team of the Collectivity of Saint Martin, the French half of the island of Saint Martin which was previously part of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe and is controlled by the Comité de Football des Îles du Nord. Saint Martin is not a member of FIFA, and is therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup, but it does compete in CONCACAF competitions.
The Sint Maarten national football team is the football team of Sint Maarten, the Dutch half of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, and is controlled by the Sint Maarten Soccer Association. Sint Maarten is not a member of FIFA, and therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup. However, the association applied for FIFA membership in 2016 but was rejected. In April 2022, the Sint Maarten Soccer Association appealed to the CAS against FIFA’s ruling.
Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. With a population of 41,486 as of January 2019 on an area of 34 km2 (13 sq mi), it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin. Sint Maarten's capital is Philipsburg. Collectively, Sint Maarten and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean.
The sport of association football in the territory of Sint Maarten is run by the Sint Maarten Soccer Association. The association administers the men's national football team, the women's national football team, and various national leagues, predominantly the Sint Maarten Senior League and SXM Elite Championship.
Flames United SC is a Sint Maarten football club that currently plays in the SMSA Senior League, the highest level of football on Dutch Sint Maarten. The club's home ground is the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex in Philipsburg, the country's capital. The club also fields a futsal team. The current manager is Omar Hunter and the current team captain is Loxley Parker.
Joost Röben is a St. Maartener international footballer who plays as a forward.
Raymond Wolff is a St. Maartener international footballer who plays as a midfielder for RISC Takers FC of the Sint Maarten Futsal League, and Sint Maarten.
Andre Knol is a St. Maartener international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Funmakers FC of the SMSA Senior League. At one point, he was one of the top four youngest senior international players in the world.
Djai Essed is a St. Maartener footballer who plays for the Sint Maarten national team.
Trevor Wrensford, Jr. is a US Virgin Islands soccer player, who currently plays as a midfielder for Raymix of the St. Thomas League, and the United States Virgin Islands national team.
Remsley Boelijn is a Curaçaoan footballer who plays for SUBT of the Curaçao Sekshon Pagá, and the Sint Maarten national team.
Zach Goodwin is a United States Virgin Islands international footballer who plays as a midfielder and is currently studying at the Susquehanna University.
Brandon Lee Jean-Marie Potmis is a Sint Maartener international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veendam FC and the Sint Maarten national football team.
Gerwin Darrell Miguel "Smally" Lake is a Sint Maartener footballer who plays for SV Poortugaal of the Dutch Vierde Divisie, and the Sint Maarten national team. With fifteen international goals, he is Sint Maarten’s all-time leading goal scorer and has already been described as a “historic figure” for the nation.
This is a list of Sint Maartener football clubs in international competitions. Sint Maartener clubs have participated in international club competitions since at least 1956, when there was the Bonaire–Sint Maarten series. Sint Maartener clubs have participated in competitive CONCACAF football competitions since at least 2017 when Flames United entered the 2017 CFU Club Championship. To date this is the only time a Sint Maartener team has participated in a CONCACAF competition.
Malik ter Heerd is a Sint Maartener footballer who plays for De Treffers of the Dutch Tweede Divisie, and the Sint Maarten national team.
Jaeremi Drijvers is a Sint Maartener footballer who plays for Dutch club VV Gestel and the Sint Maarten national team.
Sergio Hughes is a Sint Maartener footballer who plays for NEC Nijmegen, and the Sint Maarten national team.
Oliver Hobgood is a Sint Maartener footballer who plays for BK Herning Fremad and the Sint Maarten national team.
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- 1 2 3 "The Corkman who played international football in the Caribbean". Irish Examiner . 14 December 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ↑ "Grenada 5-0 St. Maarten". CONCACAF. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "St. Maarten 1-2 US Virgin Islands". CONCACAF. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ↑ Kevin Dekkers at National-Football-Teams.com
