Gibraltar national football team

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Gibraltar

Nickname

The Giblets

Association

Gibraltar Football Association

Head coach

Joachim Buhagiar

Home stadium

Victoria Stadium

FIFA code

GBZ





First kit





Second kit

First international
Sevilla FC 2 - 0 Gibraltar

(Spain; 15 April 1923)
not FIFA regulated

Biggest win

Gibraltar 19 - 0 Sark

(Guernsey, Channel Islands; 29 June 2003)
not FIFA regulated

Biggest defeat
Sevilla FC 5 - 0 Gibraltar

(Spain; 18 April 1923)
not FIFA regulated

Greenland 5 - 0 Gibraltar

(Isle of Wight, England; 6 July 1993)
not FIFA regulated

Appearances

- (First in -)

Best result

The Gibraltar national football team represents Gibraltar in football competitions and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association. It is not a member of FIFA or UEFA and is therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup or the European Championship. On August 25, 2006, it was proposed that Gibraltar will become a provisional member of UEFA. However, a decision on granting this was postponed in October 2006 [1]. The decision was made on December 8, 2006 that Gibraltar will be made provisional members of UEFA: FIFA had announced two days earlier that their executive committee had "ruled that Gibraltar does not meet the statutory requirements to become a FIFA member", despite the fact that the Court of Arbitration in Sport had already ruled to the contrary. [2]. On January 26, 2007 Gibraltar membership had been rejected by the UEFA Board.

1 Island Games
2 FIFI Wild Cup
3 Application for membership of FIFA and UEFA
4 GFA Squad 2005/2006
5 External links

[edit] Island Games

The first competition the team entered was the 1993 Island Games. Gibraltar lost all of its matches, scoring only one goal and finishing in last place.

They had much more success in the 1995 Island Games, which they hosted. Despite losing their opening game against Greenland, Gibraltar bounced back to record their first competitive win, against the Isle of Man. Another victory over Anglesey saw Gibraltar finish second in the group, ahead of Anglesey only on goal difference, and qualify for the semi finals. There, they beat Jersey 1-0, before losing the final to the Isle of Wight by the same scoreline.

In the 1997 edition, two wins and two losses in the group stage, followed by a defeat to Shetland in a playoff, saw Gibraltar finish 6th out of 9 teams. Another poor performance in 1999 saw them finish 11th.

Results improved slightly in 2001, as they came 5th, and in 2003 Gibraltar recorded their biggest win ever, defeating Sark 19-0. Other good results against Greenland and Orkney saw them finish 6th out of 12. Despite these minor successes, Gibraltar did not even enter the 2005 tournament.

[edit] FIFI Wild Cup

In 2006 Gibraltar participated in the 2006 FIFI Wild Cup where it was ranked 3rd. In Gibraltar's opening match, they drew 1-1 with the hosts, the 'Republic of St. Pauli', before beating Tibet 5-0 in their second group game to qualify for the semi-finals. There they lost 2-0 to eventual champions Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. In the third place playoff, Gibraltar had a rematch against St. Pauli. This time Gibraltar were able to defeat the hosts, to finish in third place out of the six teams.

[edit] Application for membership of FIFA and UEFA

[edit] GFA Squad 2005/2006

The squad is selected from players in Gibraltar's 1st Division and of several who play for lower league clubs from Southern Spain.

Kevin De Los Santos (GK) Karon Macedo (GK) Dylan Moreno (DF) Lee Ferrary (DF) Joseph Chipolina (DF) Juan Luis Duarte (DF) Matthew Reoch (DF) Christian Sanchez (DF) Ryan Casciaro (DF) Daniel Duarte (MF) David Duarte (MF) Aaron Azquez (MF) Philip Navas (MF) Robert Guilling (MF) Keith Laguea (MF) Roy Chipolina (FWD) Lee Casciaro (FWD) John Paul Duarte (FWD) Graeme Alvez (FWD) Philip Davitt (FWD).