Group E
Curaçao
- Manager
- Dick Advocaat
- Squad
- 26 players
- Announced
- May 18
Tournament projection
- Advance
- 5.0%
- Round of 16
- 0.2%
- Quarter-final
- 0.0%
- Semi-final
- 0.0%
- Final
- 0.0%
- Champion
- 0.0%
Market champion price 0.1% · model edge -0.1%.
Scouting report
updated 2026-06-04Dick Advocaat's side counter-attack with pace up top, built around the Bacuna brothers — but the rest-defence is open.
Style · 4-4-3 / 4-2-3-1 — counter-attacking with pace up top, combinations with wingers & fullbacks; sit behind the ball but keep the CF high.
Counter-reliance ·highCounter-attacking with pace up top
Strengths
- +Counter-attacking pace with the CF held high as an outlet
- +Wide combinations with the Bacuna brothers central
Weaknesses
- −Rest-defence quite "open"
Key players
- Juninho Bacuna · CAMCreative midfielder (23 chances created in qualifying), drives well with the ball (67% dribbling), 5 goal involvements — the difference-maker in tight games vs Ecuador & Ivory Coast
- Tactics
- Sit behind the ball, keep the striker high, and break with pace through the Bacuna brothers. The open rest-defence is the obvious risk.
Sources: John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) — pre-tournament tactical scouting, May–Jun 2026
Group fixtures
Squad
Goalkeepers
- Eloy RoomMiami FC
- Tyrick BodakTelstar
- Trevor DoornbuschVVV Venlo
Defenders
- Riechedly BazoerKonyaspor
- Joshua BrenetKayserispor
- Roshon van EijmaRKC Waalwijk
- Sherel FloranusPEC Zwolle
- Deveron FonvilleNEC Nijmegen
- Jurien GaariAbha
- Armando ObispoPSV Eindhoven
- Shurandy SamboSparta Rotterdam
Midfielders
- Juninho BacunaVolendam
- Leandro BacunaIgdir
- Livano ComenenciaZurich
- Kevin FelidaDen Bosch
- Ar'jany MarthaRotherham United
- Tyrese NoslinTelstar
- Godfried RoemeratoeRKC Waalwijk
Forwards
- Jeremy AntonisseKifisia
- Tahith ChongSheffield United
- Kenji GorreMaccabi Haifa
- Sontje HansenMiddlesbrough
- Gervane KastaneerTerengganu
- Brandley KuwasVolendam
- Jurgen LocadiaMiami FC
- Jearl MargarithaBeveren