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the shitestars
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Shitty Warriors
Association	Trinidad and Tobago; Football Federation
Head coach	Leo Beenhakker, 2005-
Most caps	Angus Eve (118)
Top scorer	Stern John (64)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 3 Dutch Guiana; (Trinidad and Tobago; August 6, 1934)
Biggest win
	Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 0 Aruba; (Grenada; June ?, 1989)
Biggest defeat
	Mexico 7 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago; (Mexico City, Mexico; October 8, 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2006)
Best result	-
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1991)
Best result	Semifinals, 2000

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The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is controlled by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. The country has produced several Premiership players, like Dwight Yorke, Stern John and Shaka Hislop, and qualified for the

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Usually considered one of the best teams in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has won the Caribbean Cup eight times and is one of the few Caribbean countries to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.

Trinidad & Tobago played Demerara and Barbados for the Martinez Shield between 1923 and 1933. Technically, their first ever match was a 1-1 draw against Demerara, but no exact record and no exact dates for those matches exist.

On October 12 2005, Trinidad and Tobago beat Mexico 2-1, with a brace of goals from Stern John. This win allowed them to finish in 4th place in the CONCACAF final qualification round, and therefore participated in a playoff with the fifth place Asian team Bahrain for a chance to enter the 2006 World Cup. After a 1-1 draw in Port of Spain, the team beat Bahrain 1-0 (with a Dennis Lawrence header) in Manama to clinch their first ever qualification for the World Cup, becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify for the World Cup finals. ^[1]

Their group for the World Cup 2006 in Germany was group B, which also contained Sweden, England, and Paraguay.

Trinidad & Tobago made a dream start to their first World Cup by holding Sweden to a 0-0 draw even after Avery John was sent off after receiving his second yellow card in the 46th minute, forcing the team to play with 10 men for the remainder of the match.

World Cup record

1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
1966 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Qualified

Gold Cup record

1991 - Round 1
1993 - Did not qualify
1996 - Round 1
1998 - Round 1
2000 - Semifinals
2002 - Round 1
2003 - Did not qualify
2005 - Round 1

Notable Players

2006 World Cup Squad

Head coach: Leo Beenhakker

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Shaka Hislop	22 February 1969		West Ham United
2	2DF	Ian Cox	25 March 1971		Gillingham
3	2DF	Avery John	18 June 1975	72	New England Revolution
4	2DF	Marvin Andrews	22 December 1975		Rangers FC
5	2DF	Brent Sancho	13 March 1977		Gillingham
6	2DF	Dennis Lawrence	1 August 1974		Wrexham
7	3MF	Christopher Birchall	5 May 1984		Port Vale
8	2DF	Cyd Gray	21 November 1976		San Juan Jabloteh
9	3MF	Aurtis Whitley	1 May 1977		San Juan Jabloteh
10	4FW	Russell Latapy	2 August 1968		Falkirk F.C.
11	3MF	Carlos Edwards	24 October 1978		Luton Town
12	4FW	Collin Samuel	27 August 1981		Dundee United
13	4FW	Cornell Glen	21 October 1980		Los Angeles Galaxy
14	4FW	Stern John	30 October 1976		Coventry City
15	4FW	Kenwyne Jones	5 October 1984		Southampton F.C.
16	3MF	Evans Wise	23 November 1973	15	Waldhof Mannheim
17	2DF	Atiba Charles	29 September 1977		W Connection
18	3MF	Densill Theobald	27 June 1982		Falkirk F.C.
19	4FW	Dwight Yorke (c)	3 November 1971		Sydney FC
20	4FW	Jason Scotland	18 February 1979		St Johnstone
21	1GK	Kelvin Jack	29 April 1976		Dundee FC
22	1GK	Clayton Ince	13 July 1972		Coventry City
23	3MF	Anthony Wolfe	23 December 1983		San Juan Jabloteh

Silvio Spann was originally in the squad, but had to drop-out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the run-up to the tournament. He was replaced by Evans Wise [1].

2006 World Cup Information

Trinidad and Tobago had a good start in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, holding a very strong Swedish side to a 0-0 draw. Another factor that made this achievement more remarkable is that Trinidad and Tobago had Avery John sent off not 30 seconds into the second half, and had to survive the remainder of the match with 10 men. Their next game is against England in Nuremberg on the 15th of June.

Footnotes

^ "The World Cup's smallest team". BBC article. Retrieved June 11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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[1] "The World Cup's smallest team". BBC article. Retrieved June 11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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