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 | |
Current | 205 1 (6 April 2017) |
Highest | 160 (March 2000, August–November 2002) |
Lowest | 205 (April 2017) |
Elo ranking | |
Current | 224 (10 July 2016) |
Highest | 190 (September 1998) |
Lowest | 225 (March 2015) |
First international | |
Cayman Islands 2–1 British Virgin Islands (Basseterre, SK&N; May 10, 1991) |
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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) |
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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.
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.
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.)