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 | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Head coach | Avondale Williams | ||
| Captain | Andy Davis | ||
| Most caps | Andy Davis (14) | ||
| Top scorer | Avondale Williams (5) | ||
| Home stadium | A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground | ||
| FIFA code | VGB | ||
| FIFA ranking |
198  3 (9 April 2015) | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 160 (March 2000, August–November 2002) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 203 (October 2014) | ||
| Elo ranking | 225 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 190 (September 1998) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 225 (March 2015) | ||
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| First international | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} Cayman Islands 2 – 1 British Virgin Islands  (Basseterre, SK&N; May 10, 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
British Virgin Islands 5 – 0 Puerto Rico  (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; March 19, 1999) British Virgin Islands 5 – 0 U.S. Virgin Islands  (Road Town, BVI; January 30, 2004) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Dominican Republic 17 – 0 British Virgin Islands (San Cristobal, Dom. Rep.; October 14, 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. The BVI are currently in rebuilding mode following the retirement of key players such as 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 former Tottenham, Chelsea and Porto 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
Gold Cup record
- 1991 to 1993 – Did not qualify
- 1996 – Withdrew
- 1998 to 2005 – Did not qualify
- 2007 – Withdrew
- 2009 to 2015 – Did not qualify
Caribbean Cup record
- 1989 to 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1995 - Withdrew
- 1996 - Did not enter
- 1997 to 2005 - Did not qualify
- 2007 - Withdrew
- 2008 to 2014 - Did not qualify
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
Win Draw Loss
2014
| 2014 Caribbean Cup qualification May 30, 2014 |  French Guiana |
6-0 | British Virgin Islands |
Oranjestad, Aruba, Aruba | ||
Anthony Soubervie  18'Gabriel Pigrée 50'Sergilio Atooman 53'Fabrice Awong 55'Michael Solvi 81'Orphéo Nalie 90' |
Report | Stadium: Trinidad Stadium Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown | ||||
| 2014 Caribbean Cup qualification June 1, 2014 |  Aruba |
7-0 | British Virgin Islands |
Oranjestad, Aruba, Aruba | ||
| Rensy Barradas 3' Annuar Kock 20'Dwaynalex Raven 22' 52' 61'Jelano Cruden 85'Erik Santos de Gouveia 90' |
Report | Stadium: Trinidad Stadium Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown | ||||
| 2014 Caribbean Cup qualification June 3, 2014 | British Virgin Islands |
0-2 | Turks and Caicos Islands  |
Oranjestad, Aruba, Aruba | ||
| Report | Marco Fenelus 32' Stevens Derilien 52' |
Stadium: Trinidad Stadium Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown | ||||
| Friendly August 16, 2014 | British Virgin Islands |
2-4 | Saint-Martin |
Road Town, British Virgin Islands | ||
| Rushedo Robinson ??' Kevin Fisher 55' |
Report | Laurent Samer ??' ??' Philemont Louis ??'Danilo Cocks 90' |
Stadium: A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown | |||
| Friendly September 21, 2014 | British Virgin Islands |
0–6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  |
Road Town, British Virgin Islands | ||
| Report | Myron Samuel 14' Azinho Solomon 25' 36'Emerald George 42'Roy Richards 52'Shandel Samuel 88' |
Stadium: A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown | ||||
2015
| Non-Official Friendly February 28, 2015 | Anguilla  |
1-0 | British Virgin Islands |
The Valley, Anguilla, Anguilla | ||
| Kapil Battice |
Report | Stadium: Ronald Webster Park Attendance: unknown Referee: Bryan Willett (Antigua and Barbuda) | ||||
| Non-Official Friendly March 1, 2015 | Anguilla |
3–1 | British Virgin Islands |
The Valley, Anguilla, Anguilla | ||
| Kapil Battice Ruvin Richardson Girdon Connor |
Report | Karl Tuitt |
Stadium: Ronald Webster Park Attendance: unknown Referee: Kerry Skepple (Antigua and Barbuda) | |||
| Friendly March 22, 2015 | Antigua and Barbuda  |
1-0 | British Virgin Islands |
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda | ||
| Mervyn Hazelwood |
Report | Stadium: Antigua Recreation Ground Attendance: unknown Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados) | ||||
| 2018 World Cup Qualification March 26, 2015 | British Virgin Islands |
2-3 | Dominica  |
Roseau, Dominica | ||
| 19:00 | Matthew Moss 42' Jordan Johnson 53' |
Report | Glenworth Elizee 45' Mitchell Joseph 65'Randolph Peltier 82' |
Stadium: Windsor Park (Dominica) | ||
| 2018 World Cup Qualification March 29, 2015 | Dominica |
0-0 | British Virgin Islands |
Roseau, Dominica | ||
| 17:00 | Stadium: Windsor Park (Dominica) Referee: TBA | |||||
Current Squad
The following players were called up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification[5] Caps and goals as of 29 March 2015
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Coaches
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Gary White (1998–1999) - ? Gregory Grant (2000)
- William H. Moravek (2000)
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André Villas-Boas (2000–2001) - Patrick Mitchell (2002)
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Michael Tulloch (2004) - ? Ben Davies (2004)
- Patrick Mitchell (2008)
- Avondale Williams (2010–)
References
- ↑
- ↑ Virgin Islands recall their days in the sun under former coach - Independent
- ↑ www.islandsun.com
- ↑ www.fifa.com
- ↑ http://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/en/news/bvi-to-play-antigua-ahead-of-2018-wc-qualifiers
- ↑ http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/ctfc/11509992.CHIPPENHAM_TOWN__Pete_s_a_Caribbean_Bluebird/?ref=rss
- ↑ http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/International-chance-amateur-stars/story-22940644-detail/story.html
- ↑ http://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/en/news/fisher-heads-off-to-jr-college-life-in-colorado
External Links
- British Virgin Islands FIFA.com
- British Virgin Islands caribbeanfootballdatabase.com
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