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 1âÂÂ0, which was also the first match in the team's 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.
In the qualifying rounds for the 2006 World Cup were drawn against St Lucia, and they were eliminated 10âÂÂ0 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 3âÂÂ3 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 2âÂÂ2. 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 2âÂÂ0 and the return leg 2âÂÂ1, 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 3âÂÂ2 defeat at 'home' and drew 0âÂÂ0 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 1âÂÂ1 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.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
The following players were called up for the friendly against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 30 May and the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification â CONCACAF second round matches against Dominican Republic and Jamaica on 4 and 7 June 2025; respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2024, after match against Cayman Islands.