British Virgin Islands national football team

British Virgin Islands
Nickname(s)	The Nature Boyz
Association	British Virgin Islands; Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	John Reilly
Captain	Troy Caesar
Most caps	Desire Montgomery Butler (20)
Top scorer	Avondale Williams (5)
Home stadium	A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground
FIFA code	VGB
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	208 1 (19 September 2024)
Highest	160 (March 2000, August–November 2002)
Lowest	208 (October 2019)
First international
	Cayman Islands 2–1 BVI ; (Basseterre, SK&N; 10 May 1991)
Biggest win
	BVI 5–0 Puerto Rico ; (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 19 March 1999); BVI 5–0 U.S. Virgin Islands ; (Road Town, BVI; 30 January 2004)
Biggest defeat
	Dominican Republic 17–0 BVI ; (San Cristobal, Dominican Rep.; 14 October 2010)

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.

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.^[4] The former Tottenham, Chelsea and Porto manager, Portuguese André Villas-Boas had his first job as Technical Director of the national team British Virgin Islands in 2000 and 2001.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7] 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 favorites to win their two-legged tie against neighbors 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.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds saw British Virgin Islands take on Dominica with both legs taking place in Dominica, with the first leg acting as BVI's 'home ground' due to the away goal ruling. Despite taking the lead twice, the Islanders fell to a 3 – 2 defeat at 'home' and drew 0 – 0 away. Meaning that once again first round qualification remained elusive.

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter								Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	1	14
2006									2	0	0	2	0	10
2010									2	0	2	0	3	3
2014									2	0	0	2	1	4
2018									2	0	1	1	2	3
2022	To be determined								Qualification yet to start
2026	To be determined								Qualification yet to start
Total		0/21							10	0	3	7	7	34

Gold Cup record

1991 to 1993 – Did not qualify
1996 – Withdrew
1998 to 2005 – Did not qualify
2007 – Withdrew
2009 to 2021 – Did not qualify

Caribbean Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989 to 1994	Did not qualify
1995	Withdrew
1996	Did not enter
1997 to 2005	Did not qualify
2007	Withdrew
2008 to 2017	Did not qualify
Total	0/18	0	0	0	0	0	0

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. Win Draw Loss

2019

6 September Nations League C	Bonaire	4–2	British Virgin Islands	Willemstad, Curaçao
15:00	Martha 74', 83' Seinpaal 78' Trinidad 81'	Report	Forbes 32', 90+2'	Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium

10 October Nations League C	British Virgin Islands	0–4	Bahamas	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
19:00		Report	St. Fleur 37' (pen.), 49' Hall 55' Carey 81'	Stadium: Warner Park Referee: Trevester Richards (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

13 October Nations League C	British Virgin Islands	3–4	Bonaire	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
15:00	Rowe 45+3' Forbes 65' Wiltshire 84'	Report	Cicilia 25' (pen.) R. Janga 88' Medway 90+3' (o.g.) Koffy 90+5'	Stadium: Warner Park Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

14 November Nations League C	Bahamas	3–0	British Virgin Islands	Nassau, Bahamas
18:00	Joseph 9' St. Fleur 11' Carey 36'	Report		Stadium: Thomas Robinson Stadium Referee: Tristley Bassue (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Current squad

The following players were called up to the CONCACAF Nations League ^[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ben Chapman	(1991-05-03) 3 May 1991 (age 33)	10	0	Leek Town
33	1GK	Philip Graham	(2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Panthers FC
	1GK	Daniel Gilford	(2001-03-03) 3 March 2001 (age 23)	0	0	VG United

2	2DF	Jerry Wiltshire	(1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 28)	4	2	Des Moines Menace
6	2DF	James Drury	(1986-07-16) 16 July 1986 (age 38)	8	0	Wolues FC
16	2DF	Charles Medway	(2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 22)	5	0	New Milton Town
17	2DF	Giovanni Grant	(2002-12-28) 28 December 2002 (age 21)	0	0	South Bronx United
21	2DF	Phil Nelson	(1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 36)	7	0	Wolues FC

10	3MF	Carlos Septus	(1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 33)	15	1	Rebels FC
11	3MF	Kristian Javier	(1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 (age 28)	9	0	Quake FC
15	3MF	T'Sharne Gallimore	(2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 24)	5	0	Westfield FC
7	3MF	Miguel Marshall	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)	3	0	Miami FC U18
8	3MF	Jamie Wilson	(1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 28)	8	1	Wolues FC
12	3MF	Robbie Green	(1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 27)	7	0	Andover Town

20	4FW	Tyler Forbes	(2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 22)	7	3	Heybridge Swifts
14	4FW	Bailey Rowe	(2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22)	5	2	Portland United
9	4FW	Andrew Ross	(1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 (age 36)	4	0	Unattached
13	4FW	Trevor Peters	(1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 35)	12	1	Rebels FC

Past Squads

The following players were called up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification^[9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Desire Montgomery Butler	(1967-01-05) 5 January 1967 (age 57)	20	0	Islanders FC
	1GK	Will Skingly	17 January 2001 (age 17)	0	0	Shortford F.C.
	1GK	Alexander Keen	13 April 2002 (age 16)	0	0	Unknown
	2DF	Allon Williams	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 27)	3	0	VG United
7	3MF	Charles Medway	(2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 22)	4	0	New Milton Town
		Karl Tuitt		0	0	unknown
	2DF	Ryan Dicker	22 September 1986 (age 31)	5	0	Leek Town FC
	2DF	Josh Fines	7 July 1996 (age 21)	2	0	Memphis City FC
	2DF	Peter Monks	3 October 1986 (age 31)	6	0	Chippenham Town F.C.
	2DF	James Felix	(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 30)	1	0	Unknown
10	3MF	T'Sharne Gallimore	(2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 24)	4	0	Westfield F.C.
	3MF	Karl Espley	24 March 1986 (age 32)	4	0	Kidsgrove Athletic
	3MF	James Quinn	6 July 1994 (age 23)	2	0	Wayland Baptist University
	3MF	Matthew Bell	(1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 32)	2	0	Leek Town
	3MF	Fladimir Septus	(1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 33)	6	0	Ballstarz
10	3MF	James Shearman	(1986-02-11) 11 February 1986 (age 38)	12	0	Wolues FC^[10]
	4FW	Bailey Rowe	(2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22)	4	1	Weymouth FC
9	4FW	Jordan Johnson	(1986-10-09) 9 October 1986 (age 38)	8	2	Leek Town
	4FW	Lewis Jones	25 December 1994 (age 23)	2	0	Unattached^[11]
11	4FW	Shamoy Thompson	(1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Ballstarz

Historical list of coaches

Gary White (1998–1999)
? Gregory Grant (2000)
William H. Moravek (2000–01)
Patrick Mitchell (2002)
Michael Tulloch (2004)

? Ben Davies (2004)
Patrick Mitchell (2008)
Avondale Williams (2010–2017)
John Reilly (2018–)

References

^ https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=VGB/about.html
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Virgin Islands recall their days in the sun under former coach – Independent
^ St. Lucia flogs BVI 9–0 in World Cup qualifier Archived May 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ – Qualifiers – North, Central America and Caribbean – All Matches". FIFA.com. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
^ "British Virgin Islands Roster". CONCACAF Nations League. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "BVI to play Antigua ahead of 2018 WC Qualifiers". Virgin Islands News Online. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
^ "Reigatians Football Club duo handed international call ups". Surrey Mirror. 2014-09-18. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
^ "Fisher heads off to Jr College Life in Colorado". Virgin Islands News Online. Retrieved 2017-03-01.

External links

British Virgin Islands FIFA.com
British Virgin Islands caribbeanfootballdatabase.com

[1] ttps://www.fifa.com/associations/association=VGB/about.html

[FIFA_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-3] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] Virgin Islands recall their days in the sun under former coach – Independent

[6] St. Lucia flogs BVI 9–0 in World Cup qualifier Archived May 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[7] "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ – Qualifiers – North, Central America and Caribbean – All Matches". FIFA.com. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-03-01.

[8] "British Virgin Islands Roster". CONCACAF Nations League. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[9] "BVI to play Antigua ahead of 2018 WC Qualifiers". Virgin Islands News Online. Retrieved 2017-03-01.

[10] "Reigatians Football Club duo handed international call ups". Surrey Mirror. 2014-09-18. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-03-01.

[11] "Fisher heads off to Jr College Life in Colorado". Virgin Islands News Online. Retrieved 2017-03-01.

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