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British Virgin Islands
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Nature Boyz
Association	British Virgin Islands; Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Avondale Williams
Captain	Andy Davis
Most caps	Desire Montgomery Butler
Top scorer	Avondale Williams (5)
Home stadium	A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground
FIFA code	VGB
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	198 5
Highest	160 (March 2000, August–November 2002)
Lowest	200 (June 2012)
First international
	Cayman Islands 2 – 1 BVI ; (Basseterre, SK&N; May 10, 1991)
Biggest win
	BVI 5 – 0 Puerto Rico ; (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; March 19, 1999); BVI 5 – 0 USVI ; (Road Town, BVI; January 30, 2004)
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. The BVI are currently in rebuilding mode following the retirement of key players such as Desire Montgomery Butler, Avondale Williams and Rohan Lennon.

History

Early football games in the British Virgin Islands were between British Royal Navy crew, and expatriates. In 1968, the British Virgin Islands team was founded by a team of Royal Engineers, and soon after, in 1973 the British Virgin Islands Football Association was founded. In 1974, it was affiliated by FIFA.^[1] The current Tottenham manager, Portuguese André Villas-Boas had his first job as British Virgin Islands' head coach when only 21 years of age in 1998. In 1999, he resigned as manager.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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 U.S. 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.

World Cup record

1930 to 1998 – Did not enter
2002 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Gold Cup record

1991 to 1993 – Did not qualify
1996 – Withdrew
1998 to 2005 – Did not qualify
2007 – Withdrew
2009 to 2013 – Did not qualify

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Scorers for British Virgin Islands	Competition
10 July 2011	Tortola, British Virgin Islands	U.S. Virgin Islands	1–2	Peters 38'	World Cup Qualification
7 July 2012	Tortola, British Virgin Islands	Anguilla	1–0	Septus 75'	Friendly
5 September 2012	Martinique	Martinique	0-17	-	2012 Caribbean Championship
7 September 2012	Martinique	Suriname	0-4	-	2012 Caribbean Championship
9 September 2012	Martinique	Montserrat	0-7	-	2012 Caribbean Championship

Squad

Position	Name^[5]
Goalkeepers	Dolwyn Daley, Rickie Legair, Vesquever Frett
Defenders	Andy Davis (c), Javier Smith, Vanquever Frett, Errol Wellington, Jerry Jones, Gregory James, Marlon Edwin
Midfielders	Jevon Demming, Troy Caesar, Joel Fahie, Carlos Septus, Joseph Fahie, Frandy Felix
Forwards	Christopher Telemaque, Trevor Peters, Chevron Russell

Coaches

Gary White
André Villas-Boas (1998–1999)
William H. Moravek (2000)
Patrick Mitchell (2002)
Michael Tulloch (2004)
Patrick Mitchell (2008)
Avondale Williams (2010–present)

References

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[2] Virgin Islands recall their days in the sun under former coach - Independent

[3] www.islandsun.com

[4] www.fifa.com

[5] ttp://www.bvifootballassociation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=102

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