GO SOCA WARRIORS !!!

Go see!!! ... It's official, Trinidad and Tobago have qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. Here are thousands of photos of our struggle as well as all the other teams who fought valiantly for a place among the top thirty-two teams which have qualified.

You can look at an overview of our team's performance during the qualifiers. Our Top Scorer was Stern John who produced a total of twelve goals during the qualifiers.

After finishing bottom of the pack in the final round of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan in 2002, Trinidad &Tobago have regrouped and made a decent fist of it in the Germany 2006 qualifiers ... only the second Caribbean side in history to reach a FIFA World Cup finals – Jamaica were the first when they reached France 1998.

Trinidad and Tobago are embarking on their 11th FIFA World Cup campaign since 1966. They missed out narrowly on qualifying in 1974, and in 1990 came tantalisingly close to going to Italy but were beaten 1-0 in their final qualifying match by the United States.

Trinidad and Tobago's most famous footballer is Dwight Yorke, who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League. The twin-island state, which has a population of more than one million inhabitants, enjoyed their best win more than 30 years ago, beating Antigua and Barbuda 11-1. The national team took their worst defeat in 2000 when they lost 7-0 to Mexico in the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City.

Below is the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Match Schedule.

The first teams to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany on 8th June 2005 were Argentina, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia. Today on 16th November 2005 (... DRUM ROLL) Australia, Czech Republic, Spain, Switzerland and Trinidad & Tobago all qualified. Germany automatically qualifies because they are the host country.

At its meeting in December 2003 in Frankfurt, the Organising Committee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany approved the match schedule for the final competition to be held from 9 June to 9 July 2006. The draw to decide the groups for the final competition will be held in Leipzig in December 2005 at twelve different venues.

The opening match will be held in Munich and the final in Berlin. The two semi-finals will take place in Munich and Dortmund. Eight venues will each host five matches, while Berlin, Dortmund, Munich and Stuttgart will each have the honour of an extra sixth match.

Furthermore, in the group stage, no team will play in the same stadium twice, and there will also be at least two days in between matches in the same stadium. In addition, each venue will play host to two matches featuring one of the top-seeded teams.

As I close this chapter I must say a heartfelt thank you to Mr. Leo Beenhacker, who arrived to give us renewed hope to believe the impossible, when we were ready to throw our hands up and surrender to defeat.

We look forward to more from our SOCA WARRIORS in the future as they prepare for the FIFA WORLD CUP - GERMANY 2006.

Current FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking: 53