Cuba 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 (20 June 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.