British Virgin Islands national football team

British Virgin Islands
Nickname(s)	The Nature Boyz
Association	British Virgin Islands Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Dan Neville
Captain	Troy Caesar
Most caps	Carlos Septus (21)
Top scorer	Avondale Williams (5)
Home stadium	A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground
FIFA code	VGB
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	208 (16 September 2021)
Highest	160 (March 2000, August–November 2002)
Lowest	208 (October 2019)
First international
	Anguilla 0–1 British Virgin Islands ; (Anguilla; October 1985)
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 Republic; 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.

It is a member of both 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.

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	0–3	Guatemala	showWillemstad, Curaçao
18:00 UTC−4		Report	Lom 21' Hernández 44' Betancourth 81'	Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium Referee: Oscar Moncada (Honduras)

30 March WC 1st Round Qualifying	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3–0	British Virgin Islands	showWillemstad, Curaçao
18:00 UTC−4	Anderson 10' Sam 20' Solomon 86'	Report		Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

2 June WC 1st Round Qualifying	Cuba	5–0	British Virgin Islands	showGuatemala City, Guatemala
15:30 UTC−6	Paradela 33' O. Hernández 68' M. Reyes 76' Cavafe 80' D. Reyes 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Jose Raul Torres Rivera (Puerto Rico)

5 June WC 1st Round Qualifying	British Virgin Islands	0–8	Curaçao	showGuatemala City, Guatemala
15:00 UTC−6		Report	Kuwas 7' Maria 9', 27' L. Bacuna 11' Benschop 18' (pen.), 22' Gorré 57', 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Felipe Carrera Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.^[7]
Match dates: 2 and 5 June 2021
Opposition: Cuba and Curaçao
Caps and goals correct as of: 8 June 2021, after the match against Curaçao.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
19	1GK	William Butler	(2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 (age 17)	1	0	Poole Town
18	1GK		(2001-03-03) 3 March 2001 (age 20)	0	0
1	1GK	Phillip Graham	(2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 21)	6	0	Panthers FC

-	2DF	Joshua Bertie	(1996-10-09) 9 October 1996 (age 24)	11	0	Andover Town
17	2DF	Giovanni Grant	(2002-12-28) 28 December 2002 (age 18)	5	0	Old Madrid
23	2DF	Charles Medway	(2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 19)	7	0	Poole Town
-	2DF		(2003-04-14) 14 April 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Rebels
5	2DF	Jerry Wiltshire	(1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 25)	7	2	Maidenhead United

11	3MF	Luka Chalwell	(2004-04-11) 11 April 2004 (age 17)	4	0	Poole Town
7	3MF	T'Sharne Gallimore	(2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 21)	8	0	Chesham United
16	3MF	Miguel Marshall	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 19)	8	0	Poole Town
2	3MF	Kristian Javier	(1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 (age 25)	14	0
10	3MF		(2003-07-29) 29 July 2003 (age 18)	4	0	Wolues
6	3MF	Carlos Septus	(1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 (age 30)	21	1
8	3MF	Jamie Wilson	(1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 25)	14	1	Bridgwater Town

9	4FW	Kevin Fisher	(1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 (age 26)	10	1	Islanders
20	4FW	Tyler Forbes	(2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 19)	11	3	Poole Town
-	4FW	Robbie Green	(1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 24)	10	0	Wolues
21	4FW			2	0	Rebels
12	4FW		(2003-08-12) 12 August 2003 (age 18)	3	0	One Love United
	4FW	Charley McMillan-Lopez	(1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 25)	2	0	Ashford United

Recent call-ups[]

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

DF	Liam Blok	(2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 20)	3	0	Unattached	vs. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 30 March 2021


FW		(2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Rebels	vs. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 30 March 2021
INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad TRA = Training player WD = Withdrew (non-injury) RET = Retired

Player records[]

As of 8 June 2021

Players in bold are still active with British Virgin Islands.

Most appearances[]

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Carlos Septus	21	1	2011–present
2	Troy Caesar	20	1	2010–2019
3	Trevor Peters	19	1	2010–2019
4	Andy Davis	17	0	2008–2015
5	Gregory James	16	0	2010–2015
6	Desire Montgomery Butler	15	0	2000–2012
	Christopher Telemaque	15	0	2010–2019
	Avondale Williams	15	5	2000–2012
9	Kristian Javier	14	0	2016–present
9	Jamie Wilson	14	1	2018–present

Most goals[]

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Avondale Williams	5	15	0.33	2000–2012
2	Jairo Morris	3	5	0.6	2004
2	Tyler Forbes	3	11	0.27	2018–present
4	Henroy Mitchell	2	2	1	2010
		2	2	1	2002
	Bailey Rowe	2	5	0.4	2018–present
		2	6	0.33	2000–2004
		2	6	0.33	2000–2004
	Jerry Wiltshire	2	7	0.29	2019–present
	Jordan Johnson	2	7	0.29	2015–2018
		2	8	0.25	2004–2008
		2	13	0.15	2000–2008

Coaching history[]

Gary White (1998–1999)
(2000)
William H. Moravek (2000–01)
Patrick Mitchell (2002)
Michael Tulloch (2004)
(2004)
Patrick Mitchell (2008)
Avondale Williams (2008–2018)
John Reilly (2018–2020)
Dan Neville (2021–)

Competitive record[]

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									4	0	0	4	0	19
2026	To be determined								Qualification yet to start
Total		0/22							14	0	3	11	7	53

Gold Cup record[]

Gold Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1993	Did not qualify
1996	Withdrew
1998	Did not qualify
2000
2002
2003
2005
2007	Withdrew
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
Total	0 titles	0/16	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	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	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	0/19	0	0	0	0	0	0

References[]

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.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. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
^ "The Men's National Team will be converging on Guatemala from Friday 28th May for the next round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022". British Virgin Islands Football Association. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

External links[]

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

[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-2] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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

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

[6] "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ – Qualifiers – North, Central America and Caribbean – All Matches". FIFA.com. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

[7] "The Men's National Team will be converging on Guatemala from Friday 28th May for the next round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022". British Virgin Islands Football Association. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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Venues	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
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Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
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