Football in Montserrat

The sport of association football in the island of Montserrat is run by the Montserrat Football Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the national football league.[1][2] They are one of the few remaining FIFA members that have never had proven women's football. Financial reports for 2020 mention expenditures for women's football initiatives and domestic competition though, so it is possible that limited activity has been starting.[3]

The sport is thought to have been introduced in the late 1960's/early 1970's with the league forming in 1974, but actual historical evidence is limited.[4] The eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano interrupted league football in 1997, with the subsequent emigration of a significant proportion of the populace and establishment of an exclusion zone over much of the island removing any chance of consistent football.[5] Since then the league has been sporadic and small in scale, with the national team primarily relying on players in their overseas disapora. Clubs have participated twice in the Caribbean Club Championship, in 2004 and 2017, but never to date in the Caribbean Club Shield. Both Ideal SC in 2004 and Police FC in 2017 lost their matches heavily.

The national team would debut in 1991, in the Caribbean Cup, though they wouldn't form the modern FA until 1994, where they would join the Caribbean Football Union and later, in 1996, FIFA.[6][7] Matches would remain relatively sporadic, with the eruptions preventing them from playing for 4 years and they quickly found themselves towards the bottom of the FIFA rankings. This led to their participation in The Other Final, a match organised to mirror the 2002 World Cup final but between the two lowest ranked countries: Montserrat and Bhutan.[8] Losing 4-0, they would not win an official match until 2012, when they'd defeat the British Virgin Islands in 2012 Caribbean Championship qualification. Strong across Nations League qualification, they'd qualify for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B but would fail to reach the 2019 Gold Cup. As of October 2022 they would be ranked 179th in the world.[9]

## League system

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Level  | League(s)/Division(s)

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1  | Montserrat Championship
5 clubs

## National football stadium

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Stadium | Capacity | City

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Blakes Estate Stadium | 1,000 | St John's

## References

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1. ^ "Bhutan scores Worst Cup victory | Football | theguardian.com". The Guardian. theguardian.com. July 2002. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
2. ^ "USATODAY.com - It's Bhutan vs. Montserrat for all the marbles". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
3. ^ "Montserrat 2020 Financial Report" (PDF). mfainc.ms. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
4. ^ "RSSSF - Montserrat". RSSSF. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
5. ^ Schuessler, Ryan (14 February 2016). "20 years after Montserrat volcano eruption, many still in shelter housing". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 23 November 2016. "Montserrat's population has grown to nearly 5,000 people since the eruption — mostly due to an influx of immigrants from other Caribbean nations."
6. ^ "CFU - Montserrat". cfufootball.org. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
7. ^ "FIFA - Montserrat". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
8. ^ "Bhutan victorious in 'other final'". cnn.com. Reuters. 30 June 2002. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
9. ^ "FIFA Rankings - October 2022". fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.

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Football in Montserrat

Montserrat Football Association

National teams|

| Men|

* National team
* Olympic (U-23)
* U-20
* U-17

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Women|

* National team
* U-23
* U-20
* U-17

League system|

| Men|

* Montserrat Championship

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Domestic cups|

| Men|

Police Cup (1974-1980)

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Awards|

* Footballer of the Year
* Top scorers

Lists|

* All-time Table
* Champions
* Clubs
* International competitions
* International footballers
* Foreign players
* Venues

Notable matches|

* Bhutan 4–0 Montserrat

* Men's clubs
* Women's clubs
* Men's players
* Women's players
* Expatriate players
* Managers
* Referees
* Venues
* Seasons
* Records

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Association football in North America

Sovereign states|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

Dependencies and
other territories

* Anguilla
* Aruba
* Bermuda
* Bonaire
* British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Curaçao
* Greenland
* Guadeloupe
* Martinique
* Montserrat
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Martin
* Saint Pierre and Miquelon
* Saba
* Sint Eustatius
* Sint Maarten
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* United States Virgin Islands

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League systems in sport

* League system
* Sports league
* Professional sports league organization
* Division (sport)
* Promotion and relegation
* Closed league
* Semi-closed league

Association
football|

| AFC|

* Afghanistan
* Australia
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* China
* East Timor
* Guam
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Pakistan
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Vietnam

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CAF|

* Algeria
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Comoros
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Ghana
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Nigeria
* Réunion
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Seychelles
* Somalia
* South Africa
* Tunisia

CONCACAF|

* Anguilla
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bermuda
* Bonaire
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Curaçao
* Dominican Republic
* El Salvador
* French Guiana
* Guadeloupe
* Guatemala
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Martinique
* Mexico
* Montserrat
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Martin
* Sint Maarten
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* United States
* United States Virgin Islands

CONMEBOL|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

OFC|

* French Polynesia
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tuvalu

UEFA|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England (women's)
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany (women's)
* Gibraltar
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey (women's)
* Ukraine
* Wales

Basketball|

| Continental|

* Europe
* South America

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National|

* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Japan
* Poland
* Russia
* Serbia
* Spain
* Turkey

Handball|

* Denmark
* Hungary

Rugby league|

* Great Britain
* France

Rugby union|

* England
* France
* Ireland
* New Zealand
* Scotland
* Wales

Water polo|

* Hungary

Tennis|

* Davis Cup
* Fed Cup

Ice hockey|

* United States

American football|

* Germany

Shinty|

* Scotland

Sumo|

* Japan

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