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.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see British Virgin Islands women's national football team.
British Virgin Islands
Nickname(s)The Nature Boyz
AssociationBritish Virgin Islands
Football Association
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachJohn Reilly[1]
CaptainTroy Caesar
Most capsDesire Montgomery Butler
Troy Caesar
(20 each)
Top scorerAvondale Williams(5)
Home stadiumA.O. Shirley Recreation Ground
FIFA codeVGB
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 208 (16 July 2020)[2]
Highest160 (March 2000, August–November 2002)
Lowest208 (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)

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.[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.

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
Main article: British Virgin Islands national football team results

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)
14 November Nations League CBahamas 3–0 British Virgin IslandsNassau, Bahamas
18:00
Report Stadium: Thomas Robinson Stadium
Referee: Tristley Bassue (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Current squad

Squad called for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C match against  Bahamas on 14 November 2019.[7][8]
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 1 0 Panthers
23 1GK Daniel Gilford (2001-03-03) 3 March 2001 0 0 VG United
15 2DF Philip Nelson (1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 8 0 Wolues
3 2DF Joshua Bertie (1996-10-09) 9 October 1996 7 0 Andover Town
13 2DF Charles Medway (2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 5 0 New Milton Town
2 2DF Jazeel Castello (2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 1 0
17 2DF Giovanni Grant (2002-12-28) 28 December 2002 1 0 South Bronx United
10 3MF Carlos Septus (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 17 1 Rebels
11 3MF Kristian Javier (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 10 0 Lionsbridge FC
8 3MF Jamie Wilson (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 9 1 Wolues
7 3MF T'Sharne Gallimore (2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 4 0 Westfield
12 3MF Miguel Marshall (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 4 0
14 4FW Trevor Peters (1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 19 1 Rebels
20 4FW Tyler Forbes (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 7 3 Heybridge Swifts
5 4FW Marcus Butler (2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 1 0

Recent call-ups
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Ben Chapman (1991-05-03) 3 May 1991 10 0 Leek Town v.  Bonaire; 13 October 2019
GK Martin Smith 0 0 v.  Bonaire; 24 March 2019
DF James Drury (1986-07-16) 16 July 1986 8 0 Wolues v.  Bonaire; 13 October 2019
DF Jerry Wiltshire (1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 4 2 Des Moines Menace v.  Bonaire; 13 October 2019
DF Troy Caesar (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 20 1 Life University v.  Bonaire; 6 September 2019
DF Christopher Pease (1985-05-13) 13 May 1985 3 0 Wolues v.  Bonaire; 24 March 2019
MF Robbie Green (1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 7 0 Andover Town v.  Bonaire; 13 October 2019
FW Bailey Rowe (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 5 2 Portland United v.  Bonaire; 13 October 2019
FW Andrew Ross (1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 4 0 v.  Bonaire; 13 October 2019
FW Leo Forte (1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 6 0 Wolues v.  Bonaire; 6 September 2019
FW Liam Blok (2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 3 0 Road Town v.  Bonaire; 6 September 2019
  • INJ = Withdrew due to injury
  • PRE = Preliminary squad
  • TRA = Training player
  • WD = Withdrew (non-injury)
  • RET = Retired

Historical list of coaches

References
  1. https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=VGB/about.html
  2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-19.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. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  7. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "British Virgin Islands (2019)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  8. "Bahamas vs British Virgin Islands - 14 November 2019". Concacaf. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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