Montserrat national football team
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| Association | Montserrat Football Association |
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| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach |  Ruel Fox |
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| Home stadium | Blakes Estate Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | MSR | ||
| FIFA ranking | 203 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 196 (July 2006) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 205 (June-September 2004) | ||
| Elo ranking | 221 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Saint Lucia 3 - 0 Montserrat (Saint Lucia; May 10, 1991) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Montserrat 3 - 2 Anguilla  (Montserrat; March 26, 1995) Anguilla 0 - 1 Montserrat (Anguilla; April 2, 1995) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Bermuda 13 - 0 Montserrat (Hamilton, Bermuda; February 29, 2004) |
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The Montserrat national football team represents the small Caribbean island of Montserrat in the CONCACAF football region. It was formed in 1973, and has entered World Cup qualifying three times, being eliminated in the first round on each occasion (2002, 2006, and 2010).
Due to the heavy volcanic activity on the island since 1995, the team has only played a handful of matches, and most of those have been away from home. Their only victories were against neighbouring Anguilla in the Caribbean Cup in 1991, Montserrat winning 3-2 at home and 1-0 away. Apart from one other draw against Anguilla, all their other matches have been lost.
On June 30, 2002, the day of the final match of the 2002 World Cup, Montserrat, then the lowest ranked team in the world, played against the second worst team Bhutan in a friendly match known jokingly as The Other Final, losing 4-0. Former Aldershot Town striker Junior Mendes remains one of their few professional players.
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[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Gold Cup record
- 1991 - Did not qualify
- 1993 - Did not enter
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Did not enter
- 2000 to 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2003 - Withdrew
- 2005 - Did not qualify
- 2007 - Did not enter
- 2009 - Did not enter
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Suriname on 26 March 2008.
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