Sealand national football team

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Sealand / Vestbjerg Vintage Idrætsforening

Nickname

Association

Danish Football Association?

Head coach

Christian Olsen

Most caps

Top scorer

FIFA code

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Home kit





Away kit

First international
Sealand 2 - 2 Checkia
(date unknown, announced 4 March 2004)
not FIFA regulated, non-international
Sealand vs. Åland Islands
announced 4 March 2004, no further reports

Largest win
not known

Worst defeat
Northern Cyprus 6 - 1 Sealand
(date unknown, announced 19 May 2006)

The Sealand national football team is the national football team of the micronation Sealand, represented by the Danish team Vestbjerg Vintage Idrætsforening.

On 30 May 2003, Christian Olsen received a letter [1] by the personal secretary of Prince Regent Michael Bates, who appointed his football team, Vestbjerg, to represent the Principality of Sealand. Also contained was a "Declaratio Regius", in which Michael declared that Vestbjerg was representing Sealand for the 2003-04 season of football.

On the 4 March 2004, in a press release, the Sealand government website claimed the Danish club team of Vestbjerg as its national team, and announced that they had drawn their first match 2-2 against Chechia. It also stated that there was a match scheduled against the Åland Islands, but no further reports of this match have been heard.

A later report from the 1 November 2004 stated that Sealand had completed a season of football and were going to play again next season. The report also indicated that they were trying to arrange a match against Tibet. No further news about the match has been heard since.

According to FIFI Wildcup website, the Northern Cyprus national football team beat Sealand 6-1, but it doesn't give any further details. The report is dated 19 May 2006.