British Virgin Islands national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Nature Boyz | ||
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| Association | British Virgin Islands Football Association |
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| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Head coach | Avondale Williams | ||
| Captain | Gregory James | ||
| Most caps | Desire Montgomery Butler | ||
| Top scorer | Avondale Williams (5) | ||
| Home stadium | A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground | ||
| FIFA code | VGB | ||
| FIFA ranking | 198 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 231 (March 2000, August–November 2002) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 92 (December 2009) | ||
| Elo ranking | 90 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Cayman Islands 2 – 1 BVI  (Basseterre, SK&N; May 10, 1991) |
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| Biggest win | |||
BVI 5 – 0 Puerto Rico  (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; March 19, 1999) BVI 5 – 0 Anguilla  (Road Town, BVI; February 27, 2000) BVI 5 – 0 USVI  (Road Town, BVI; January 30, 2004) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Dominican Republic 17 – 0 BVI (San Cristobal, Dom. Rep.; October 14, 2010) |
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The British Virgin Islands national football team is the national team of the British Virgin Islands and is controlled by the British Virgin Islands Football Association.
A member of CONCACAF, it is among its weakest teams.
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[edit] History
The current Chelsea manager, Portuguese André Villas-Boas had his first job as British Virgin Islands' head coach when only 21 years of age in 2000. In 2001, he resigned as manager.[1]
[edit] World Cup qualification
In the qualifying rounds for the 2006 World Cup were drawn against St Lucia, and they were eliminated 10–0 on aggregate.[2]
In the qualifying rounds for the 2010 World Cup they were paired with the Bahamas. They lost on the away goals rule after a 3–3 draw over both legs. Both matches were actually played in the Bahamas, but British Virgin Islands were designated as the home team in the second match, which ended 2–2.[3] Despite going out of the competition in the first qualifying round, the British Virgin Islands were the only side to enter the 2010 FIFA World Cup to remain unbeaten through qualification and the finals tournament (although New Zealand was undefeated in the finals tournament, they did lose a game in qualification.)
In the qualifying rounds for the 2014 FIFA World Cup they were in the unusual position of being favourites to win their two-legged tie against neighbours US Virgin Islands. However, after losing the first leg 2–0 and the return leg 2–1, the British Virgin Islands once again failed to advance to the next round.
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Gold Cup record
- 1991 to 1993 – Did not qualify
- 1996 – Withdrew
- 1998 to 2005 – Did not qualify
- 2007 – Withdrew
- 2009 to 2011 – Did not qualify
[edit] Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Scorers for British Virgin Islands | Competition |
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| 14 October 2010 | San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic |  Dominican Republic |
0–17 | - | 2010 Caribbean Championship |
| 15 October 2010 | San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic |  Dominica |
0–10 | - | 2010 Caribbean Championship |
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U.S Virgin Islands |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
0–2 | - |
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Tortola, British Virgin Islands |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
1–2 | Trevor Peters |
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[edit] Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification against U.S. Virgin Islands on July 3, 2011 and July 10, 2011.
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[edit] Coaches
André Villas-Boas (2000–2001)
Patrick Mitchell (2002)
Michael Tulloch (2004)- Patrick Mitchell (2008)
- Avondale Williams (2010-present)
[edit] References
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