British Virgin Islands national football team

The British Virgin Islands national football team represents the British Virgin Islands (British overseas territory) in men's international football, which is governed by the British Virgin Islands Football Association founded in 1974. It has been a member of FIFA since 1996, an associate member of CONCACAF since 1994 and becoming a full member in 1996. Regionally, it is a member of CFU in the Caribbean Zone.

The British Virgin Islands has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup, but has participated four times in League C of the CONCACAF Nations League.

The British Virgin Islands' debut in international competitions was in the 1989 Caribbean Cup qualifying tournament. Their first appearance in World Cup qualifiers was in the 2002 CONCACAF qualification. The team achieved its first victory in 1985, defeating Anguilla 1–0, which was also the first match in the team's history.

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 1974 the British Virgin Islands Football Association was founded. 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.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds saw British Virgin Islands again knocked out in the first round, having lost all four of their group matches without scoring a goal.

At the commencement of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification, BVI advanced beyond the first round of qualifying for the first time in their history after beating the U.S. Virgin Islands 1–1 on aggregate after penalties. In the second round, they were drawn into Group E with Guatemala, Dominica, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic and finished bottom without even scoring a single goal.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2025

2026

Coaching history

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 (2008–2018)
John Reilly (2018–2020)
Dan Neville (2021)
Chris Kiwomya (2021–2025)
David Pérez (2025-)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendlis against Gibraltar and Bonaire on 3 and 6 June 2026.

Caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2026, after match against Anguilla.

Recent call-ups

= Withdrew due to injury
= Preliminary squad
= Training player
= Withdrew (non-injury)
= Retired

Player records

:Players in bold are still active with British Virgin Islands.

Most appearances

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=30px|Rank

! style="width:175px;"|Player

!width=50px|Caps

!width=50px|Goals

! style="width:100px;"|Career

|style="text-align: left;"|Kristian Javier

|33

|2016–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Tyler Forbes

|32

|2018–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Troy Caesar

|29

|2010–present

|style="text-align: left;"|T'Sharne Gallimore

|27

|2018–present

|rowspan=2|5

|style="text-align: left;"|Luka Chalwell

|26

|2021–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Miguel Marshall

|26

|2019–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Joshua Bertie

|22

|2018–present

|rowspan=2|8

|style="text-align: left;"|Robert Green

|21

|2018–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Ikyjah Williams

|21

|2021–present

|10

|style="text-align: left;"|Carlos Septus

|19

|2011–present

Top goalscorers

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=30px|Rank

! style="width:175px;"|Player

!width=50px|Goals

!width=50px|Caps

!width=50px|Ratio

! style="width:100px;"|Career

|rowspan=3|1

|style="text-align: left;"|Javaun Splatt

|2025–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Avondale Williams

|14

|2000–2012

|style="text-align: left;"|Luka Chalwell

|26

|2021–present

|style="text-align: left;"|Tyler Forbes

|32

|2018–present

|rowspan=2|5

|style="text-align: left;"|Jairo Morris

|2004

|style="text-align: left;"|Troy Caesar

|37

|2010–present

|rowspan=7|7

|style="text-align: left;"|Henroy Mitchell

|2010

|style="text-align: left;"|Michael Huggins

|2002

|style="text-align: left;"|Peterson Azille

|2000–2004

|style="text-align: left;"|Garret Ferron

|2000–2004

|style="text-align: left;"|Venton James

|2004–2008

|style="text-align: left;"|Rohan Lennon

|13

|2000–2008

|style="text-align: left;"|Kristian Javier

|33

|2016–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=10|FIFA World Cup record

!rowspan=13|

!colspan=6|Qualification record

!Year

!Round

!Squad

|1930 to 1998||colspan=9|Not a FIFA member

|colspan=6|Not a FIFA member

| 2002||colspan=9 rowspan=7|Did not qualify

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 1

| 14

| 2006

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 10

| 2010

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 0

| 3

| 2014

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 1

| 4

| 2018

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 2022

| 4

| 0

| 4

| 0

| 19

| 2026

| 6

| 0

| 2

| 4

| 1

| 12

| 2030||colspan=9 rowspan=2|To be determined

|colspan=6 rowspan=2|To be determined

| 2034

!Total!!—!!0/7!!colspan=7|—

!20!!0!!5!!15!!8!!65

CONCACAF Gold Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=10|CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup record

!Year

!Round

!Squad

|1963 to 1993||colspan=9|Not a CONCACAF member

| 1996||colspan=9|Withdrew

| 1998||colspan=9 rowspan=5|Did not qualify

| 2000

| 2002

| 2003

| 2005

| 2007||colspan=9|Withdrew

| 2009||colspan=9 rowspan=9|Did not qualify

| 2011

| 2013

| 2015

| 2017

| 2019

| 2021

| 2023

| 2025

!Total!!—!!0/14!!colspan=7|—

CONCACAF Nations League

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=22|CONCACAF Nations League record

!colspan=11|League phase

!rowspan=8|

!colspan=10|Final phase

!Season

!Group

!Finals

!Round

|2019–20

|12th||4||0||0||4||5||15||

| 2021||colspan=9 rowspan=5|Ineligible

|2022–23

|13th||4||0||2||2||3||11||

| 2023

|2023–24

|4th||4||1||2||1||7||6||

| 2024

|2024–25

|9th||4||0||0||4||1||7||

| 2025

|2026–27

|C||colspan=9|To be determined

|2027

!colspan=4|Total!!16!!1!!4!!11!!16!!39!!—

!Total!!colspan=9|—

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"

!colspan=2|CONCACAF Nations League history

!First match

| 4–2 <br>(6 September 2019; Willemstad, Curaçao)

!Biggest Win

| 3–1 <br>(9 September 2023; Road Town, British Virgin Islands)

!Biggest Defeat

| 6–0 <br>(12 June 2022; Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)

!Best Result

|4th – League C (2023–24)

!Worst Result

|13th – League C (2022–23)

Caribbean Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=9|CFU Championship / Caribbean Cup record

!Year

!Round

|1978 to 1988||colspan=8|Not a CFU member

| 1989||colspan=8 rowspan=6|Did not qualify

| 1990

| 1991

| 1992

| 1993

| 1994

| 1995||colspan=8|Withdrew

| 1996||colspan=8|Did not participate

| 1997||colspan=9 rowspan=5|Did not qualify

| 1998

| 1999

| 2001

| 2005

| 2007||colspan=8|Withdrew

| 2008||colspan=8 rowspan=5|Did not qualify

| 2010

| 2012

| 2014

| 2017

!Total!!—!!0/16!!colspan=7|—

Honours

Friendly

Leeward Islands Tournament (1): 1986

References

External links

British Virgin Islands – FIFA.com (archived 7 January 2014)
British Virgin Islands. . caribbeanfootballdatabase.com.