Guernsey official football team

This article is about the representative football team of Guernsey. For the football club competing in the Isthmian League Division One South, part of the English football pyramid, see Guernsey F.C..
Guernsey
Nickname(s) Donkeys
Association Guernsey Football Association
Head coach Stephen Sharman
Home stadium The Track, Footes Lane or Corbet Field
FIFA code 212
First colours
Elo ranking
Current 215
First international
Guernsey Guernsey 6 - 0 Alderney Alderney
(17 April 1905)
Biggest win
Guernsey Guernsey 12 - 0 Alderney Alderney
(1 April 1978)
Biggest defeat
Jersey Jersey 7 - 0 Guernsey Guernsey
(11 April 1946)

The Guernsey official football team is the official football team for Guernsey part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which is not part of the United Kingdom but is a crown dependency. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Football Championship.

History

Since 1905, they have competed with Alderney and Jersey for the Muratti Vase, winning it 46 times, most recently in 2014. The players are selected from the Guernsey leagues, with the top Division being the FNB Priaulx League.

Guernsey Football went under a transformation at the start of the 2011–12 season when Guernsey F.C. was created, which led to the vast majority of the top Island players competing in the English non-league pyramid system for the very first time.

The team is coached by Stephen Sharman who was appointed in September 2013 after Kevin Graham stepped down.[1]

Achievements

2001, 2003, 2015[2]
winner since 2000
2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014[3]

Selected Internationals opponents

(Last update: 3 July, 2015)

Opponents Matches Win Draw Loss GF GA
 Åland Islands 2 0 1 1 2 4
 Alderney 53 52 01 250 22
 Cornwall 3 1 1 1 4 8
 Falkland Islands 1 1 0 0 3 0
 Frøya 3 3 0 0 15 2
 Gibraltar 3 2 1 0 6 1
 Gotland 1 1 0 0 3 0
 Greenland 2 1 1 0 6 0
Isle of Man Isle of Man 4 4 0 0 14 3
 Isle of Wight 5 2 2 1 9 8
 Jersey 109 46 12 53 189 211
 Minorca 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Orkney 2 2 0 0 13 0
 Rhodes 2 1 1 0 2 1
 Shetland 3 1 0 2 7 9
 Western Isles 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Ynys Môn 7 4 2 1 15 6
TOTAL 202 123 21 60 542 277

Island Games Record

1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
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References

  1. "Guernsey appoint Stephen Sharman as island team boss". BBC News. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. "Guernsey men beat Isle of Man to win gold". BBc Sport.
  3. "Muratti 2014: Guernsey crush Jersey 4-1 to retain Vase". BBC News. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

See also

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