British Virgin Islands national football team
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| British Virgin Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | British Virgin Islands Football Association |
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| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Craig Ward |
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| Home stadium | Sherly Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | VGB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 173 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 160 (March 2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 193 (January 2008, February 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 193 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Cayman Islands 2 - 1 BVI (Basseterre, SK&N; May 10, 1991) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BVI 5 - 0 Puerto Rico  (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; March 19, 1999) BVI 5 - 0 Anguilla  (Road Town, BVI; February 27, 2000) BVI 5 - 0 USVI  (Road Town, BVI; January 30, 2004) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Jamaica 12 - 0 BVI (Grand Cayman, Cayman Isls.; March 4, 1994) |
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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. Russell MacSporran is the captain of the side.
In the qualifying rounds for the 2006 World Cup they had a quite tough draw against St Lucia, and they were eliminated 10-0 on aggregate. [1]
In the qualifying rounds for the 2010 World Cup they were paired with the Bahamas. They put in a much improved performence but lost 3-3 due to the away goals rule. [2]
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[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Gold Cup record
- 1991 - Did not qualify
- 1993 - Did not qualify
- 1996 - Withdrew
- 1998 to 2005 - Did not qualify
- 2007 - Withdrew
[edit] Current squad
2010 World Cup qualification verse Bahamas on 30 March 2008.
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[edit] Recent call-ups
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