Guernsey official football team

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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
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Donkeys
AssociationGuernsey Football Association
Head coachStephen Sharman
Home stadiumThe Track, Footes Lane or Corbet Field
First colours
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 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.

History[]

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 very first time.

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

Guernsey also compete in the Island Games and are the current champions having won the gold medal in Jersey in 2015.

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

Selected Internationals opponents[]

(Last update: 21 June 2019)

Opponents Matches Win Draw Loss GF GA
 Åland 2 0 1 1 2 4
 Alderney 55 54 0 1 253 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 4 4 0 0 14 3
 Isle of Wight 5 2 2 1 9 8
 Jersey 112 47 12 55 191 214
 Menorca 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Orkney 2 2 0 0 13 0
 Rhodes 2 1 1 0 2 1
 Saint Helena 1 1 0 0 9 0
 Shetland 4 2 0 2 9 10
 Western Isles 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Ynys Môn 8 4 2 2 16 8
TOTAL 209 127 21 63 557 282

Island Games Record[]

1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 20191
dne 6th dne 5th 4th 9th 1st 1st 2nd dne 3rd 2nd dne 1st 3rd 2nd
  • 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.

Managers[]

Name Périod
Guernsey Colin Fallaize 1993–1997
Guernsey Phil Corbet 1997–2003
Guernsey Colin Fallaize 2003 (one match)
Guernsey Steve Ogier 2003–2009
Guernsey Tony Vance 2009–2012
Guernsey Kevin Graham 2012–2013
Guernsey Steve Sharman 2013–2017
Guernsey Chris Tardif 2017–present

Achievements[]

Ladies team[]

The team is made up from players in the four local teams of women's football, Vale Rec, Rangers, Rovers and Sylvans. A Woman's team has competed annually against Jersey in the Muratti tournament since 1997. [4] 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. [5] 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.

Women's Muratti cup results[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Guernsey appoint Stephen Sharman as island team boss". BBC News. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Muratti 2014: Guernsey crush Jersey 4–1 to retain Vase". BBC News. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Guernsey men beat Isle of Man to win gold". BBc Sport.
  4. ^ "Muratti – Ladies". GuernseyFA.com.
  5. ^ "Guernsey women's football team to enter UK leagues as Ormer FC". Guernsey Press. 9 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Women's Muratti: Botterill stars as Jersey beat Guernsey again". BBC. 10 May 2014.
  7. ^ "2016 Muratti Vase: Jersey thrash Guernsey in record-breaking women's match". BBC. 15 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Guernsey FA withdraw from 2017 Women's Muratti". Guernsey Press. 8 February 2017.

See also[]

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