Trinidad and Tobago at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 28 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (13 titles).

In terms of total points earned, Trinidad and Tobago are the second-most successful Caribbean nation in the history of CONCACAF continental championships after Haiti, but unlike them have never actually won a title. Haiti won the championship in 1973, with Trinidad and Tobago as runners-up – the closest the Trinidadians ever came to a tournament victory themselves.

Overall record CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification recordYearResultPositionSquad 1963Did not enterDid not enter 1965WithdrewWithdrew 1967Round-robin4th5203610Squad4 2 1 1 7 7 1969Round-robin5th5113412SquadQualified automatically 1971Round-robin5th5122612SquadQualified as hosts 1973Round-robin2nd5302114Squad4 3 1 0 164 1977Did not qualify6 2 2 2 109 19814 1 2 1 1 21985Group stage7th401327SquadQualified automatically1989Round-robin3rd833275Squad4 2 2 0 6 1 1991Group stage5th310234Squad53 0 2 12 5 1993Did not qualify5 2 1 2 10 10 1996Group stage7th200246Squad5 4 0 1 21 3 1998Group stage6th210155Squad4 2 1 1 9 3 2000Third place3rd420268Squad5 4 0 1 18 6 2002Group stage10th201112Squad5 4 0 1 13 3 2003Did not qualify7 3 0 4 8 9 2005Group stage10th302135Squad10 7 0 3 22 8 2007Group stage11th301225Squad5 3 1 1 13 6 2009Did not qualify6 3 2 1 118 20116 4 0 2 13 6 2013Quarter-finals6th411245Squad11 6 3 2 23 7 2015Quarter-finals5th4220106Squad7 5 2 0 16 5 2017Did not qualify4 1 0 3 8 8 2019Group stage14th301219SquadQualified automatically 2021Group stage12th302113Squad61321011 2023Group stage13th3102410Squad6411124 2025Group stage11th302127Squad6321118TotalRunners-up19/287118193482125125692232280133

Match overview TournamentRoundOpponentScoreVenue 1967Final round0–1Tegucigalpa3–20–40–23–1 1969Final round0–2San José3–21–30–50–0 1971Final round1–1Port-of-Spain0–20–62–23–1 1973Final round1–2Port-au-Prince1–21–04–04–01985Group stage0–3San José, Costa Rica1–11–2St. Louis, United States0–1Torrance, United States1989Final round1–11–1Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago0–1San José, Costa Rica2–0Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago0–0Tegucigalpa, Honduras1–0Guatemala City, Guatemala2–1Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago0–1 1991Group stage1–2Pasadena2–10–1Los Angeles 1996Group stage2–3Anaheim2–3 1998Group stage3–1Oakland2–4 2000Group stage0–4San Diego4–2Los AngelesQuarter-finals2–1 San DiegoSemi-finals0–1Los Angeles 2002Group stage1–1Miami0–1 2005Group stage1–12–20–2 2007Group stage1–2Carson0–21–1Foxboro 2013Group stage2–2Harrison0–2Miami Gardens2–0HoustonQuarter-finals0–1Atlanta 2015Group stage3–1Chicago2–0Glendale4–4CharlotteQuarter-finals1–1East Rutherford 2019Group stage0–2Saint Paul0–6Cleveland1–1Kansas City 2021Group stage0–0Arlington0–2Dallas1–1Frisco 2023Group stage3–0Fort Lauderdale1–4St. Louis0–6Charlotte 2025Group stage0–5San Jose1–1Houston1–1Paradise

Top goalscorers

Steve David scored seven goals during the 1973 CONCACAF Championship, which made him sole top scorer of the tournament. He is still Trinidad and Tobago's leading scorer at continental championships and the only Trinidadian to date to win an individual award.

RankPlayerGoalsGold Cups1Steve David719732Leonson Lewis41989 (2) and 1991 (2)Arnold Dwarika41996 (2) and 2000 (2)Kenwyne Jones42013 (2) and 2015 (2)5Everald Cummings31969 (1) and 1973 (2)Russell Latapy31996 (2) and 2000 (1)Stern John31998 (2) and 2002 (1) The table ignores six goals from unknown scorers of the 1971 tournament.

See also

Trinidad and Tobago at the FIFA World Cup

References

External links RSSSF archives and results Soccerway database