Having formed a football association in 1996 and joined
FIFA in 1998, Turks and Caicos Islands made its first appearance at an official FIFA competition when they entered the
2002 World Cup qualification. In March 2000, the team was knocked out in the
first qualification round by
St. Kitts and Nevis 14–0 on aggregate. At the
2006 World Cup qualifying competition, the side suffered a 7–0 aggregate loss against
Haiti in February 2004. In 2007, the federation completed construction of their first stadium, the
Turks and Caicos National Stadium, with the help of the FIFA Goal programme, and have committed themselves to building a broad base of football participation and support. On February 6, 2008, the team achieved its first World Cup qualification win 2–1 against
Saint Lucia in the
CONCACAF first round at home, but in the second leg played March 26, 2008, they were eliminated after they fell short having lost the away leg 0–2 in Saint Lucia for a 2–3 aggregate score. The team went without a victory in an official game until June 3, 2014, when they beat the
British Virgin Islands during the
2014 Caribbean Cup qualification, and as a result jumped from 207th to 181st in the FIFA rankings released during that month. ==Coaches==