Montserrat national football team
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| Association | Montserrat Football Association |
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| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Ottley Laborde |
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| Home stadium | Blakes Estate Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | MSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 199 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 197 (July 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 205 (June 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 220 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Saint Lucia 3 - 0 Montserrat (Saint Lucia; May 10, 1991) |
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Biggest win Montserrat 3 - 2 Anguilla  (Montserrat; March 26, 1995) Anguilla 0 - 1 Montserrat (Anguilla; April 2, 1995) |
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Biggest defeat Bermuda 13 - 0 Montserrat (Hamilton, Bermuda; February 29, 2004) |
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The Montserrat national football team represents the small Caribbean island of Montserrat in the CONCACAF football region. It was formed in 1973, and has twice entered the World Cup, both times being eliminated in the first qualifying round.
Due to the heavy volcanic activity on the island since 1995, the team has only played a handful of matches, and most of those have been away from home. Their only victories were against neighbouring Anguilla in the Caribbean Cup in 1991, Montserrat winning 3-2 at home and 1-0 away. Apart from one other draw against Anguilla, all their other matches have been lost.
On June 30, 2002, the day of the final match of the 2002 World Cup, Montserrat, then the lowest ranked team in the world, played against the second worst team Bhutan in a friendly match known jokingly as The Other Final, losing 4-0. Their current FIFA rank of 199 is joint last of all FIFA members. Notts County striker Junior Mendes remains one of their few professional players.
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[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Gold Cup record
- 1991 - Did not qualify
- 1993 - Did not enter
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Did not enter
- 2000 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2003 - Withdrew
- 2005 - Did not qualify
- 2007 - Did not enter
[edit] Team in World Cup 2006 qualifying
- Thomas Caton - 2 appearances
- Clive Maun - 2 appearances
- Richard Kelly - 2 appearances
- Alfred Johnson - 2 appearances
- Dave Mathers - 2 appearances
- Thomas Smith - 2 appearances
- Ashley Guest - 2 appearances
- Matthew Lowe - 2 appearances
- Craig Dyer - 2 appearances
- Nathan Evans - 1 appearance
- Chris Dyer - 1 appearance
- Andrew Rosicky - 1 appearance
- Charleston Farrell - 1 appearance
- Samuel McLean - 1 appearance
- Sean Howson - 1 appearance
- Crenston Buffonge - 1 appearance
- Michael Henry - 1 appearance
[edit] Notable players
| Name | Position | Date Of Birth | Place Of Birth | Club |
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| Tesfaye Bramble | Striker | July 20, 1980 |  Ipswich |
Stockport County |
| Wayne Dyer | Midfielder | November 24, 1977 | Birmingham |
Bromsgrove Rovers |
| Ruel Fox | Midfielder | January 4, 1968 | Ipswich |
Retired |
| Junior Mendes | Striker | September 15, 1976 | Balham |
Notts County |
