[1] It is not clear when football first came to the island, though there is evidence of a club called Blitz playing Bonaire's Flamingo on 10 June 1956.
[5][7] Strangely, 2013, despite there not being any organised football on the island, would bring full membership of CONCACAF though two further years would pass before the return of the league, which would continue to this day.
However, with football falling apart on the island, the national team essentially stopped in 2000, with only an unofficial small-scale match against Sint Eustatius in 2004.
The women's national football team has been considerably less active than the men, with three registered friendly matches to date.
[13] December 2019 saw them defeat Saint Barthélemy 5–3,[14] November 2020 brought a 3–1 win over Saint-Martin club Juventus FC,[15] and a 2–1 loss to Anguilla followed in March 2022.