Montserrat national football team

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The Montserrat national football team represents Montserrat in international football. Football is the second most popular sport in Montserrat, after cricket. The team is controlled by the Montserrat Football Association, it plays at the Blakes Estate Stadium. The Montserrat football team was formed in 1973, and has entered the World Cup qualifiers since the 2002 edition, being eliminated in the first round on each occasion.

Due to the volcanic activity on the island from 1995 to 2010, 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 draw against Anguilla, all their other matches before 2018 were losses. Since then, however, Montserrat has proven more competitive.

On 30 June 2002, the day of the 2002 World Cup final, Montserrat, then the lowest ranked team in the world, played against the second lowest ranked team, Bhutan, in a friendly match known as "The Other Final"; losing 4–0. The game took place in Bhutan in front of a crowd of 15,000.

History

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 3–0 defeat against Saint Lucia. The team's next match was against Anguilla; securing a 1–1 draw. Montserrat once again entered the Caribbean Cup the following year, but were once more knocked out in the group stage, with heavy defeats against Saint Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda. They were drawn against the same two teams in the 1994 Caribbean Cup, again being eliminated in the tournament's group stage, conceding 17 goals in two matches. In 1994, the Montserrat Football Association (MFA) was formed. Like all other football teams based in the Caribbean, the MFA became a member of CONCACAF.

On 26 March 1995, Montserrat played their first ever home international match. They defeated Anguilla 3–2, thus achieving their first win. The team beat Anguilla again in the next fixture, to ensure progression to the Second Qualifying Round of the 1995 Caribbean Cup. The 1–0 win in the second leg, was their only clean sheet in international football, and their most recent victory for the next seventeen years. The side exited the competition in the next stage, losing 20–0 against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Soon afterwards, the Soufrière Hills volcano became active and the eruptions destroyed Plymouth, the capital of Montserrat, severely disrupting life on the island.<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Despite the lack of football action, the MFA became a member of FIFA in 1996. However, it was a further three years before the Montserrat team played another match. This was mostly because many of the island's footballers had emigrated from the area, many of them to England.<ref name="auto"/>

After a four-year hiatus, the team entered the 1999 Caribbean Nations Cup. They were knocked out in the preliminary round of the tournament, losing 6–1 to the British Virgin Islands. Due to the volcanic activity on the island, Montserrat had been unable to enter the FIFA World Cup 1998 tournament, so their entry to the 2002 World Cup was their first; but it was not a success as they were defeated 6–1 by the Dominican Republic. In 2001, the MFA visited The Football Association to raise money for a new stadium. Shortly after this the Blakes Estate Stadium was opened. The team's next match was on 30 June 2002, the day of the World Cup Final, when Montserrat played Bhutan in a game known as "The Other Final". The friendly match between the two lowest-ranked teams in the world ended with a 4–0 win for Bhutan in front of 15,000 fans in Thimphu.

Montserrat entered the World Cup qualifiers once more for the 2006 competition, but again lost in the first qualifying round, this time losing 20–0 against Bermuda. Montserrat then competed in the 2005 Caribbean Cup, but once more failed to progress past the preliminary round. In 2008, they were defeated 7–1 by Suriname in the first qualifying round of the 2010 World Cup.

The team played a friendly match against a Network Rail XI on May 19, 2012, ending in a 4–4 draw.

Montserrat achieved their first victory since 1995 and their first ever victory since joining FIFA, beating the British Virgin Islands 7–0 in a 2012 Caribbean Championship qualifying match.

Montserrat's fortunes changed dramatically in 2018 with the arrival of Willie Donachie and the launch of the CONCACAF Nations League.<ref name="auto"/> The side won three of their four qualifying games, but missed out on qualification for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup on goal difference. The team went on to take second place in their group in the inaugural season with two wins, draws, and losses each, thus keeping their place in the second tier.

Following Willie Donachie, in 2022 Matt Lockwood took over for a spell as head coach and technical director, supported in March 2023 by assistant coaches Craig Easton and David Preece.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Just months later on September 8, Lee Bowyer took over as the Montserrat manager and Steve Gallen is the assistant. In their first game they beat Barbados with a 99th-minute winner to go second in their CONCACAF Nations League group.

World rankings

Due to the team's poor results, they have often been at the lower end of the FIFA World Rankings. The loss to Bhutan in "The Other Final" saw them fall to 203rd in the rankings, becoming the worst-ranked side in the world. After the addition of another two teams to FIFA, Montserrat achieved a new low of 205th between July and October 2004. In July 2006, they achieved a record high rank of 196th, but then fell to 198th the following month. Success in the qualifying tournament for the CONCACAF Nations League and the first edition of the league proper saw them rise to 184th.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The team have also languished in the lower reaches of the unofficial World Football Elo Ratings, which ranks teams directly based on their match results.

Colours

Since the team's first match in 1991, Montserrat have usually worn a first-choice kit of green, either plain green<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> or green and white hoops.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Currently, the away kit is a red jersey, shorts and socks.

Results and fixtures

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Template:Flagicon Angus Eve
Assistant Manager	Template:Flagicon Ignatius Reid
Goalkeeping Coach	Template:Flagicon Raheem Jefferson
Head Physiotherapist	Template:Flagicon Robinson Plymouth

Coaching history

• Template:Flagicon Paul Morris (2000–2002)
• Template:Flagicon William Lewis (2002–2004)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Template:Flagicon Scott Cooper (2004)
• Template:Flagicon Ruel Fox (2004)
• Template:Flagicon Cecil Lake (2008)
• Template:Flagicon Kenny Dyer (2008–2013)
• Template:Flagicon Lenny Hewlett (2013–2015)
• Template:Flagicon Willie Donachie (2018–2022)
• Template:Flagicon Matt Lockwood (2023)
• Template:Flagicon Lee Bowyer (2023–2025)
• Template:Flagicon Angus Eve (2025- )

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League B matches against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 14 November 2024 and El Salvador on 17 November 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2024, after the game against Template:Fb.

Recent call-ups

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Player records

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Players in bold are still active with Montserrat.

Most appearances

File:Dean Mason Montserrat.jpg

Dean Mason is one of Montserrat's most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Alex Dyer	36	0	2011–present
2	Craig Braham-Barrett	29	0	2018–present
3	Dean Mason	28	0	2012–present
4	Adrian Clifton	23	6	2015–present
	Joey Taylor	23	1	2018–present
	James Comley	23	1	2015–present
	Corrin Brooks-Meade	23	0	2015–present
8	Brandon Comley	22	0	2018–present
9	Lyle Taylor	20	13	2015–present
10	Template:Nowrap	19	4	2012–present

Top goalscorers

File:Lyle Taylor 2015.jpg

Lyle Taylor is Montserrat's top scorer with 12 goals.

#	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Lyle Taylor	13	20	{{#expr:13/20 round 2}}	2015–present
2	Adrian Clifton	6	23	{{#expr:6/23 round 2}}	2015–present
3	Jay'lee Hodgson	4	7	{{#expr:4/7 round 2}}	2011–2014
	Template:Nowrap	4	19	{{#expr:4/19 round 2}}	2012–present
	Brandon Barzey	4	17	{{#expr:4/17 round 2}}	2022–present
6	Vladimir Farrell	3	12	{{#expr:3/12 round 2}}	2000–2010
	Spencer Weir-Daley	3	18	{{#expr:3/18 round 2}}	2015–2023
	Kaleem Simon	3	18	{{#expr:3/18 round 2}}	2021–present
9	Marlon Campbell	2	3	{{#expr:2/3 round 2}}	2012
	Ellis Remy	2	6	{{#expr:2/6 round 2}}	2010–2014
	Nathan Pond	2	13	{{#expr:2/13 round 2}}	2019–2023

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup										Qualification
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip*	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip		Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1930 to 1994	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
Template:Flagicon 1998	Did not enter									Did not enter
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	1	6
Template:Flagicon 2006										2	0	0	2	0	20
Template:Flagicon 2010										1	0	0	1	1	7
Template:Flagicon 2014										2	0	0	2	3	8
Template:Flagicon 2018										2	0	1	1	3	4
Template:Flagicon 2022										4	2	2	0	9	4
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026	To be determined									2	0	0	2	2	7
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030										To be determined
Template:Flagicon 2034
Total	–	Template:Tooltip	–	–	–	–	–	–		15	2	3	10	19	56

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
Template:Flagicon 1991	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1993	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1996	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1998	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2000	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2002
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2003	Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 2005	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2007	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2009
Template:Flagicon 2011	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2013
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2015
Template:Flagicon 2017	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2019	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2021
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2023
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2025
Total	–	0/18	–	–	–	–	–

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
League											Finals
Season	Division	Group	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip		Finals	Result	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
2019–20	B	B	6	2	2	2	4	5	Template:Same position		Template:Flagicon 2021	Ineligible
2022–23	B	B	6	1	1	4	6	14	Template:Same position		Template:Flagicon 2023
2023–24	B	B	6	3	0	3	9	14	Template:Same position		Template:Flagicon 2024
2024–25	B	A	6	1	0	5	3	10	Template:Down		Template:Flagicon 2025
Total	—	—	24	7	3	14	21	43	—		Total	0 Titles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Caribbean Cup

Caribbean Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
Template:Flagicon 1989	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1990
Template:Flagicon 1991	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1992
Template:Flagicon 1993	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1994	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1995
Template:Flagicon 1996	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1997
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1998
Template:Flagicon 1999	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2001
Template:Flagicon 2005
Template:Flagicon 2007	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2008
Template:Flagicon 2010	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2012
Template:Flagicon 2014
Template:Flagicon 2017	Did not enter
Total	0 Titles	0/19	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head-to-head record

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Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	% Won
Template:Fb	4	2	1	1	6	7	−1	50%
Template:Fb	4	0	1	3	6	20	−14	0%
Template:Fb	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Template:Fb	3	2	0	1	7	9	−2	66%
Template:Fb	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	33%
Template:Fb	2	0	0	2	0	20	−20	0%
Template:Fb	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0%
Template:Fb	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	33.33%
Template:Fb	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	33%
Template:Fb	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	100%
Template:Fb	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	0%
Template:Fb	5	2	1	2	5	8	−3	40%
Template:Fb	5	0	1	4	3	10	−7	0%
Template:Fb (will be played in June 2025)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Template:Fb	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	0%
Template:Fb	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0%
Template:Fb	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0%
Template:Fb	4	0	0	4	2	29	−27	0%
Template:Fb	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	33%
Template:Fb	5	0	0	5	1	31	−30	0%
Template:Fb	2	0	0	2	2	14	−12	0%
Template:Fb	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Total	55	13	7	35	59	188	−129	23.63%

Note: teams in italic are not FIFA members.

External links

• RSSSF archive of Montserrat national team results
• National Football Teams
• Guardian article which refers to Montserrat's 2012 match against a Network Rail XI

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