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British Virgin Islands national football team

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Nickname(s)
  
The Nature Boyz

Top scorer
  
Avondale Williams (5)

Founded
  
1974

Confederation
  
CONCACAF

Captain
  
Andy Davis

Most caps
  
Andy Davis (14)

FIFA code
  
VGB

Manager
  
Avondale Williams

Head coach
  
Avondale Williams

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Association
  
British Virgin Islands Football Association

Home stadium
  
A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground

Arena/Stadium
  
A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground

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.

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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. 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.

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.

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. 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

  • 1930 to 1998 – Did not enter
  • 2002 to 2018 – Did not qualify
  • 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

    Current squad

    The following players were called up to the 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification Caps and goals as of 29 March 2015

    Past Squads

    The following players were called up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

    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–)
  • References

    British Virgin Islands national football team Wikipedia