| Founded | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Region | International |
| Current champions | Men - Isle of Wight (2nd title) Women - Åland Islands (3rd title) |
| Most successful team | Men - Jersey (3 titles) Women - Åland Islands Faroe Islands (3 titles) |
Bermuda 2013 - Men's Bermuda 2013 - Women's |
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Football has been a regular event since 1989 at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies. A 5-a-side competition for under-16s was held at the inaugural event on the Isle of Man, and the success this minor competition brought to the games meant senior men's football was included on the itinerary for the first time in the Faroe Islands, in 1989. Women's football was included on the games' schedule for the first time in 2001.
Over the years, the competition has grown in stature, becoming one of the most important competitions for 'national' teams in non-FIFA football, and has grown from a five-team round robin competition to a 16-team tournament larger in size than the UEFA European Championship Finals.
Contents |
| Team | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey | 3 (93', 97', 09') | 5 (91', 95', 01', 03', 11') | |
| Guernsey | 2 (01', 03') | 2 (05', 11') | 1 (09') |
| Isle of Wight | 2 (95', 11') | 2 (97', 99') | |
| Faroe Islands | 2 (89', 91') | ||
| Ynys Môn | 1 (99') | 4 (89', 91', 97', 01') | |
| Gibraltar | 1 (07') | 1 (95') | |
| Shetland | 1 (05') | ||
| Isle of Man | 3 (93', 99', 03') | ||
| Åland | 1 (05') | 2 (89', 93') | |
| Rhodes | 1 (07') | ||
| Western Isles | 2 (05', 07') |
| Year Participants |
1989 5 |
1991 8 |
1993 8 |
1995 8 |
1997 9 |
1999 14 |
2001 12 |
2003 15 |
2005 10 |
2007 11 |
2009 16 |
2011 15 |
2013 - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Åland Islands | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 2nd | 4th | ||||
| Alderney | 11th | 14th | |||||||||||
| Bermuda | 4th | ||||||||||||
| Falkland Islands | 11th | 10th | 16th | 13th | |||||||||
| Faroe Islands | 1st | 1st | |||||||||||
| Frøya | 7th | 12th | 13th | 8th | 15th | ||||||||
| Gibraltar | 8th | 2nd | 6th | 11th | 5th | 6th | 1st | 9th | 5th | ||||
| Gotland | 7th | 9th | 6th | 11th | 10th | ||||||||
| Greenland | 4th | 8th | 4th | 4th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 12th | 11th | ||
| Guernsey | 6th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | ||||
| Hitra | 8th | 13th | |||||||||||
| Isle of Man | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 8th | |||||
| Isle of Wight | 7th | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 10th | 1st | ||||
| Jersey | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | |||
| Minorca | 9th | 7th | 7th | ||||||||||
| Orkney | 12th | 8th | 9th | ||||||||||
| Rhodes | 5th | 6th | 15th | 2nd | 5th | DSQ | |||||||
| Saaremaa | 14th | 10th | 12th | 6th | 10th | 14th | 6th | ||||||
| Sark | 14th | ||||||||||||
| Shetland | 5th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 10th | 8th | 7th | 1st | 13th | ||||
| Western Isles | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 12th | |||||||||
| Ynys Môn | 2nd | 2nd | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 11th | 6th | 9th |
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Bergur Magnussen | 11 |
| 1991 | Jens Erik Rasmussen | 6 |
| 1993 | Adam Greig | 7 |
| 1995 | Adam Barsdell | 4 |
| 1997 | Eifion Williams | 6 |
| 1999 | Peter Langridge | 9 |
| 2001 | Chris Higgins Daniel Craven |
5 |
| 2003 | ? | |
| 2005 | Peter Langridge Johnny Myers Martti Pukk |
4 |
| 2007 | ? | |
| 2009 | Lee Casciaro Ross Allen |
5 |
| 2011 | Peter Lundberg | 5 |
| Games | Year | Host | Final | Third Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | |||
| VII | 2001 details |
Isle of Man |
Faroe Islands | 5 - 4 | Åland Islands | Jersey | 3 - 2 | Isle of Man |
| VIII | 2003 details |
Guernsey |
Faroe Islands | 5 - 2 | Gotland | Jersey | 3 - 2 | Guernsey |
| IX | 2005 details |
Shetland |
Faroe Islands | Group stage | Åland Islands | Bermuda | Group stage | Isle of Man |
| X | 2007 details |
Rhodes |
Åland Islands | 3 - 0 | Prince Edward Island | Bermuda | 0 - 0 (p.s.o) |
Isle of Man |
| XI | 2009 details |
Åland |
Åland Islands | 2 - 0 | Gotland | Isle of Man | 3 - 1 | Isle of Wight |
| XII | 2011 details |
Isle of Wight |
Åland Islands | 5 - 1 | Isle of Man | Greenland | 1 - 0 | Western Isles |
| XIII | 2013 details |
Bermuda |
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| Team | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Åland | 3 (07', 09', 11') | 2 (01', 05') | |
| Faroe Islands | 3 (01', 03', 05') | ||
| Gotland | 2 (03', 09') | ||
| Isle of Man | 1 (11') | 1 (09') | |
| Prince Edward Island | 1 (07') | ||
| Jersey | 2 (01', 03') | ||
| Bermuda | 2 (05', 07') | ||
| Greenland | 1 (11') |
| Year Participants |
2001 7 |
2003 8 |
2005 6 |
2007 11 |
2009 10 |
2011 10 |
2013 - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Åland Islands | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Bermuda | 3rd | 3rd | |||||
| Faroe Islands | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Gibraltar | 10th | ||||||
| Gotland | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 7th | |||
| Greenland | 8th | 5= | 3rd | ||||
| Guernsey | 6th | 4th | 5th | 7th | 5= | ||
| Hitra | 5= | 9th | |||||
| Isle of Man | 4th | 8th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | |
| Isle of Wight | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | ||
| Jersey | 3rd | 3rd | 5= | 8th | |||
| Prince Edward Island | 2nd | ||||||
| Rhodes | 7th | 10th | |||||
| Saaremaa | 5= | 6th | |||||
| Shetland | 6th | ||||||
| Western Isles | 9th | 5= | 4th | ||||
| Ynys Môn | 7th | 6th |
5= - Finished below 4th place (no placement play-off matches were played in 2009)
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | ? | |
| 2003 | ? | |
| 2005 | Rannvá B. Andreasen | 7 |
| 2007 | ? | |
| 2009 | Donna Shimmin | 8 |
| 2011 | Adelina Engman Jade Burden Eleanor Gawne |
5 |
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