Montserrat national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Emerald Boys |
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| Association | Montserrat Football Association |
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) |
| Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) |
| Head coach | vacant |
| Top scorer | Jaylee Hodgson (4) |
| Home stadium | Blakes Estate Stadium |
| FIFA code | MSR |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 199  1 (24 November 2016)
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| Highest | 165 (August 2014) |
| Lowest | 206 (January 2011–January 2012, June 2012, August 2012–September 2012) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 219 |
| First international | |
 Saint Lucia 3–0 Montserrat  (Saint Lucia; May 10, 1991) |
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| Biggest win | |
Montserrat 7–0 British Virgin Islands  (Fort-de-France, Martinique; September 9, 2012) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Bermuda 13–0 Montserrat (Hamilton, Bermuda; February 29, 2004) |
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The Montserrat national football team represents the small Caribbean island of Montserrat in the CONCACAF football region. Football is the second most popular sport in Montserrat, after cricket. The team play at the Blakes Estate Stadium, near the village of Look Out. The Montserrat football team was formed in 1973, and has entered World Cup qualifying since the 2002 tournament, being eliminated in the first round on each occasion.
Due to the heavy volcanic activity on the island since 1995, the team has only played a handful of matches, and most of those have been away from home. Their only victories were against neighboring Anguilla in the qualifying tournament of the 1995 Caribbean Cup, winning 3–2 at home and 1–0 away. Apart from one other draw against Anguilla, all their other matches before 2012 have been lost.
On June 30, 2002, the day of the final match of the 2002 World Cup, Montserrat, then the lowest ranked team in the world, played against the second lowest team, Bhutan, in a friendly match known jokingly as "The Other Final", but lost 4–0 to become the worst team in the world. In June 2014, the team achieved a record-high FIFA rank of #166. Although the Montserrat team in the past has not had strong squads, this year the squad has looked a lot stronger with players Lyle Taylor, Anthony Griffith and James Comley.
The Montserrat national team is one of the newest in international football, having played its first senior match on 10 May 1991 during the 1991 Caribbean Cup tournament. The team suffered a 0–3 defeat to Saint Lucia at the Vieux Fort National Stadium in Saint Lucia. The team played their next match at the same venue, securing a 1–1 draw with Anguilla. This is the team's only draw in international matches to date. Montserrat again entered the Caribbean Cup the following year but were once more knocked out in the Group Stage following heavy defeats to Saint Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda. They were drawn against the same two teams for the 1994 Caribbean Cup, but again left the tournament at the Group Stage after conceding 17 goals in just two matches. In 1994, the Montserrat Football Association (MFA) was formed. Like all other Caribbean football teams, the MFA became a member of CONCACAF.
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