The Anthem
Himno di Kòrsou
▶ Listen on YouTube ↗“Lanta nos bos ban kanta / Let us raise our voices and sing…”
Sung in Papiamentu, the island's own creole language — a blend of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and West African tongues.
The Legends
Names that echo
Dick Advocaat
Head coach
The vastly experienced Dutch manager who, in his late 70s, steered tiny Curaçao to the World Cup.
Leandro Bacuna
Midfielder · 2010s–20s
Premier League and Championship veteran anchoring the side.
Tahith Chong
Winger · 2010s–20s
A Manchester United academy graduate among the island's diaspora talents.
Fun Facts
Worth knowing
- 01
With only ~156,000 people, Curaçao is the smallest nation by population EVER to qualify for a World Cup — taking the record from Iceland.
- 02
It qualified unbeaten, and clinched its place in Kingston, Jamaica, in November 2025.
- 03
The capital Willemstad's candy-colored Dutch colonial waterfront is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
At the World Cup
The story so far
A genuine fairytale: a Caribbean island of 156,000 people, drawing on its Dutch footballing diaspora and the wily veteran coach Dick Advocaat, becomes the smallest nation ever to reach a World Cup. 2026 is its first dance.
The smallest nation ever
Curaçao arrives at its first World Cup having rewritten the record books before a ball is even kicked — the tiniest country, by population, ever to make it.
Group Stage