Cuba national football team

The Cuba national football team is the national team of Cuba and is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba . They were the first Caribbean team to make the World Cup, which they did in 1938. There, they beat Romania in a replay 2-1 after tying them 3-3. Sweden crushed the Cubans 8-0 in the quarterfinals. They haven't been back to the World Cup since.

Cuba finished second in the Caribbean Cup in 1996, 1999, and 2005. During the 2002 Gold Cup in Los Angeles, Cuban players Alberto Delgado and Rey Angel Martinez defected to the United States.

World Cup record

• 1930 - Did not enter
• 1934 - Did not qualify
• 1938 - Quarterfinals
• 1950 - Did not qualify
• 1954 to 1962 - Did not enter
• 1966 - Did not qualify
• 1970 - Did not enter
• 1974 to 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Did not enter
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Withdrew
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

Gold Cup record

• 1991 - Withdrew
• 1993 - Did not enter
• 1996 - Did not qualify
• 1998 - Round 1
• 2000 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Round 1
• 2003 - Quarterfinals