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; Troy Caesar (20)
Top scorer	Avondale Williams (5)
Home stadium	A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground
FIFA code	VGB
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	207 (4 April 2024)
Highest	160 (March 2000, August–November 2002)
Lowest	208 (October 2019)
First international
	Cayman Islands 2–1 British Virgin Islands ; (Basseterre, SK&N; 10 May 1991)
Biggest win
	British Virgin Islands 6–0 Anguilla ; (Saint Martin; 28 March 1990)
Biggest defeat
	Dominican Republic 17–0 British Virgin Islands ; (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 and FIFA.

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

Gold Cup record
Year	Round	Position	MP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1993	Did not qualify
1996	Withdrew
1998	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Withdrew
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Did not qualify
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Did not qualify
2021	Did not qualify
Total	0 titles	0/15	0	0	0	0	0	0

CONCACAF Nations League record

CONCACAF Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2019−20	C	B	4	0	0	4	5	15		40th
2022–23	C	To be determined
Total			4	0	0	4	5	15	40th

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

2021

27 March WC 1st Round Qualifying	British Virgin Islands	v	Guatemala	Road Town, British Virgin Islands
				Stadium: A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground

30 March WC 1st Round Qualifying	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	v	British Virgin Islands	Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
				Stadium: Arnos Vale Stadium

2 June WC 1st Round Qualifying	Cuba	v	British Virgin Islands	Havana, Cuba
				Stadium: Estadio Pedro Marrero

5 June WC 1st Round Qualifying	British Virgin Islands	v	Curaçao	Road Town, British Virgin Islands
				Stadium: A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground

Current squad

Squad called for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C match against Bahamas on 14 November 2019.^[8]^[9]
Caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019 after the game against Bahamas.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
18	1GK	Philip Graham	(2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Panthers
23	1GK	Daniel Gilford	(2001-03-03) 3 March 2001 (age 23)	0	0	VG United

15	2DF	Philip Nelson	(1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 36)	8	0	Wolues
3	2DF	Joshua Bertie	(1996-10-09) 9 October 1996 (age 27)	7	0	Andover Town
13	2DF	Charles Medway	(2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 21)	5	0	Poole Town
2	2DF	Jazeel Castello	(2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 (age 24)	1	0
17	2DF	Giovanni Grant	(2002-12-28) 28 December 2002 (age 21)	1	0	South Bronx United

10	3MF	Carlos Septus	(1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 32)	17	1	Rebels
11	3MF	Kristian Javier	(1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 (age 28)	10	0	Lionsbridge FC
8	3MF	Jamie Wilson	(1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 28)	9	1	Bournemouth F.C.
7	3MF	T'Sharne Gallimore	(2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 23)	4	0	Chesham United
12	3MF	Miguel Marshall	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Champion Academy

14	4FW	Trevor Peters	(1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 35)	19	1	Rebels
20	4FW	Tyler Forbes	(2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 22)	7	3	Maldon & Tiptree
5	4FW	Marcus Butler	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 21)	1	0

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up



INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad TRA = Training player WD = Withdrew (non-injury) RET = Retired

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 World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 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.
^ Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "British Virgin Islands (2019)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ "Bahamas vs British Virgin Islands - 14 November 2019". Concacaf. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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 World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-3] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 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] Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "British Virgin Islands (2019)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[9] "Bahamas vs British Virgin Islands - 14 November 2019". Concacaf. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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