Guernsey official football team

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Guernsey
Nickname(s) Donkeys
Association Guernsey Football Association
Head coachStephen Sharman
Home stadium The Track
Footes Lane
Corbet Field
FIFA code GGY
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First colours
First international
Old Flag of Guernsey.svgGuernsey 6–0 Alderney Blason Aurigny.svg
(Saint Peter Port, Guernsey; 17 April 1905)
Biggest win
Flag of Guernsey (1936).svg  Guernsey 12–0 Alderney Blason Aurigny.svg
(Saint Peter Port, Guernsey; 1 April 1978)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Jersey (pre 1981).svg  Jersey 7–0 Guernsey  Flag of Guernsey (1936).svg
(Saint Helier, Jersey; 11 April 1946)

The Guernsey official football team is the official football team representing the island of Guernsey (which is not part of the United Kingdom, but is a Crown dependency) in non-FIFA international football matches. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Football Championship.

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Men's team

Since 1905, they have competed with Alderney and Jersey for the Muratti Vase, winning it 46 times, most recently in 2017. 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 first time.

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

Guernsey also competes in Football at the Island Games.

Managers

NamePériod
Flag of Guernsey.svg Colin Fallaize1993–1997
Flag of Guernsey.svg Phil Corbet1997–2003
Flag of Guernsey.svg Colin Fallaize2003 (one match)
Flag of Guernsey.svg Steve Ogier2003–2009
Flag of Guernsey.svg Tony Vance2009–2012
Flag of Guernsey.svg Kevin Graham2012–2013
Flag of Guernsey.svg Steve Sharman2013–2017
Flag of Guernsey.svg Chris Tardif 2017–present

Competitive record

(Last update: 21 June 2019)

OpponentsPldWDLGFGAWin%
Flag of Aland.svg  Åland 201124000.00
Flag of Alderney.svg  Alderney 1401390125322099.29
Flag of Cornwall.svg  Cornwall 311148033.33
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Falkland Islands 110030100.00
Flag of Froya.svg  Frøya 3300152100.00
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 321061066.67
Flag of Gotland.svg  Gotland 110030100.00
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 211060050.00
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 4400143100.00
Flag of the Isle of Wight.svg  Isle of Wight 522198040.00
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 114471255191214041.23
Bandera de Menorca.svg  Menorca 110021100.00
2007 Flag of Orkney.svg  Orkney 2200130100.00
Flag of Rhodes Island.svg  Rhodes 211021050.00
Flag of Saint Helena.svg  Saint Helena 110090100.00
Flag of Shetland.svg  Shetland 4202910050.00
Western Isles Council Flag.svg  Western Isles 110021100.00
Flag of Anglesey.svg  Ynys Môn 8422168050.00
Total2972132163559283071.72

Island Games

1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 20191 2023
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  • Blue square indicates host
  • dne – did not enter

1Due to Gibraltar not having enough pitches there was no football at the 2019 games. In its place the 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament were held.

Muratti Vase

Honours

2001, 2003, 2015 [2]
Wins since 2000:
2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 [3]

Men's U-16 team

Guernsey's under 16 have competed in their own Muratti Cup since 2007. [4] In 2018, female player Maya Le Tissier made her debut for the Guernsey team, being the first female player to play for the team, [5] with the Guernsey women's team being disbanded the year previous.

Honours

Women's team

The team is made up from players in the four local teams of women's football, Vale Rec, Rangers, Rovers and Sylvans. A women's team has competed annually against Jersey in the Muratti tournament since 1997. [6] Won: 6 Drawn: 0 Lost: 13 Guernsey Women have competed in the Island Games since 2001. The best result was 4th place in 2003.

In 2016, Ormer FC was created to allow Guernsey Women to compete in UK competitions, it is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association. [7] This was followed by GFA announcing they would create an alternative Women's team to do something similar. These changes led to the 2017 Ladies Muratti being cancelled following disputes.

Honours

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