British Virgin Islands national football team

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.

British Virgin Islands
Nickname(s)The Nature Boyz
AssociationBritish Virgin Islands
Football Association
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachJohn Reilly[1]
CaptainTroy Caesar
Most capsDesire Montgomery Butler (20)
Top scorerAvondale Williams (5)
Home stadiumA.O. Shirley Recreation Ground
FIFA codeVGB
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 208 (11 June 2020)[2]
Highest160 (March 2000, August–November 2002)
Lowest208 (October 2019)
Elo ranking
Current 229 3 (2 April 2020)[3]
Highest171 (1989)
Lowest230 (2017)
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)

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
Total 0/21 10 0 3 7 7 34

Gold Cup record

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
Total0/18000000

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 CBonaire 4–2 British Virgin IslandsWillemstad, Curaçao
15:00 Martha  74', 83'
Seinpaal  78'
Trinidad  81'
Report Forbes  32', 90+2' Stadium: Ergilio Hato Stadium
10 October Nations League CBritish Virgin Islands 0–4 BahamasBasseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
19:00 Report
Stadium: Warner Park
Referee: Trevester Richards (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
13 October Nations League CBritish Virgin Islands 3–4 BonaireBasseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
15:00
Report
Stadium: Warner Park
Referee: Moeth Gaymes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

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 10 0 Leek Town
33 1GK Philip Graham (2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 0 0 Panthers FC
1GK Daniel Gilford (2001-03-03) 3 March 2001 0 0 VG United

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

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

20 4FW Tyler Forbes (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 7 3 Heybridge Swifts
14 4FW Bailey Rowe (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 5 2 Portland United
9 4FW Andrew Ross (1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 4 0 Unattached
13 4FW Trevor Peters (1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 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 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 3 0 VG United
7 3MF Charles Medway (2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 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 1 0 Unknown
10 3MF T'Sharne Gallimore (2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 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 2 0 Leek Town
3MF Fladimir Septus (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 6 0 Ballstarz
10 3MF James Shearman (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986 12 0 Wolues FC[10]
4FW Bailey Rowe (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 4 1 Weymouth FC
9 4FW Jordan Johnson (1986-10-09) 9 October 1986 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 2 0 Ballstarz

Historical list of coaches

References

  1. https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=VGB/about.html
  2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-19.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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