British Virgin Islands Football Association

British Virgin Islands Football Association
CONCACAF
Short nameBVIFA
Founded1974
HeadquartersTortola
FIFA affiliation1996
CONCACAF affiliation1994 (Associate member),[1] 1996[2]
PresidentAvanell Morton
Websitehttp://bvifootball.com/

The British Virgin Islands Football Association is the governing body of football in the British Virgin Islands.The Association is also responsible for the British Virgin Islands men's national football team and its women's counterpart. It was founded in 1974.[3]

History

Prior to the British Virgin Islands forming a local football association, an unofficial football league was started in the colony organised by the Royal Engineers regiment of the British Army.[4] The British Virgin Islands Football Association was founded in 1974.[3] In 1994, they were granted membership of the North American football governing body CONCACAF.[1] After two years, they applied for membership of FIFA, which was granted. Shortly after, FIFA amended their statutes in 1996 and 2004 to state that only independent countries could be members. The British Virgin Islands Football Association, despite being a British Overseas Territory, remained members due to having joined before the changes.[5] The BVI Football Association is independent of the government but works alongside them in promoting football. In 2019, they leased Crown land to construct Greenland Stadium as a new football ground for the BVI. The construction of the stands were funded by a grant from FIFA.[6]

Association staff

Name Position Source
British Virgin Islands Avanell Morton President [7]
British Virgin Islands Andy Davis Vice-president [7]
British Virgin Islands Lorrelle Abrams 2nd Vice-president [7]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Juliana Luke General Secretary [7]
British Virgin Islands Kenrick Grant Treasurer [8]
British Virgin Islands Priya Mohamed Director [9]
Grenada Craig Grant Director [9]
British Virgin Islands Wendell Nichols Director [9]
Trinidad and Tobago Paul Decle Technical Director [8]
Spain David Pérez Head Coach (National Teams) [8]
Scotland James Baird Head Coach (Women's team) [10]
British Virgin Islands Alison Scatliffe Marketing/Communications Coordinator [8]
British Virgin Islands Norval Young Head/Director of the Referees Department [10]
British Virgin Islands Norval Young Referee Coordinator [10]

Competitions

The BVIFA oversees the administration of British Virgin Islands's football leagues; the BVIFA National Football League, BVIFA Women's League, BVIFA National Youth Leagues and the BVIFA Futsal League as well as the FA Cup, FA Presidents Cup, Super 6 and other BVIFA Sanctioned Tournaments.[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "This Week in CONCACAF History: 17–23 April". CONCACAF.com (2011). Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ↑ 13 April 1996: The Federations of Anguilla, British Virgin Islands and Monsterrat were granted full CONCACAF Membership during the 20th Ordinary Congress held in Guadalajara, Mexico "This Week in CONCACAF History: 10–16 April". CONCACAF.com (2011). Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Avanell Morton elected as new President of the BVIFA". BVI News. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "British Virgin Islands - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Cairns, Roddy (1 June 2026). "From Greenland to Gibraltar: the position of non-sovereign nations in international football". The International Sports Law Journal. 26 (2): 146–159. doi:10.1007/s40318-025-00318-8. Retrieved 31 May 2026 – via Springer Link.
  6. ↑ "BVIFA awaiting FIFA funding for Greenland stadium stands". BVI News. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Inside FIFA". inside.fifa.com. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Inside FIFA". inside.fifa.com. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 FIFA.com. "Member Association – British Virgin Islands – FIFA.com". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  10. 1 2 3 FIFA.com. "Member Association - British Virgin Islands". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "BVIFA's national football league kicks off". The BVI Beacon. Retrieved 31 May 2026.

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