Jersey official football team

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Jersey
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Crapauds or Beans
AssociationJersey Football Association
Head coachMartin Cassidy
Home stadiumSpringfield Stadium
First colours
First international
Jersey Jersey 0–1 Guernsey 
(27 April 1905)
Biggest win
Jersey Jersey 18–0 Alderney 
(19 March 1994)
Biggest defeat
Jersey Jersey 1–7 Guernsey 
(18 April 1929)

The Jersey official football team represents the British Crown Dependency of Jersey in non-FIFA international matches.

The Jersey Football Association is affiliated to the English Football Association, as they are not affiliated to either FIFA or UEFA, the Jersey official football team is therefore not eligible to take part in qualification for both the FIFA World Cup and the European Football Championship.

In December 2015 an application was submitted to UEFA to allow Jersey to take part in international matches,[1] following on from Gibraltar's admission two years earlier.[2] In October 2016, Jersey's bid to join UEFA was rejected,[3] but this decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in June 2017.[4] In September 2017, the CAS ordered the UEFA Congress to hear Jersey's case.[5] In February 2018 a majority of the member associations of UEFA voted against admitting Jersey as a member.[6] An independent Parishes of Jersey team subsequently formed in August 2018, joining ConIFA in September that year.[7]

Jersey's main fixtures are currently the annual Muratti Vase against fellow Channel Islanders Alderney and Guernsey, as well as the biennial Island Games.

Current squad[]

The following 16 players were called up to play in the 2018 Muratti Vase Final against Guernsey Guernsey in May 2018[8]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Euan van der Vliet (1996-08-11) 11 August 1996 (age 25) Jersey St. Paul's
12 1GK Danny Birrell Jersey Jersey Wanderers
2 2DF Harry Curtis Jersey St. Paul's
3 2DF Michael Weir Jersey St. Paul's
5 2DF Luke Campbell (1989-05-04) 4 May 1989 (age 32) Jersey St. Peter
4 3MF James Queree (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 31) Jersey Jersey Wanderers
6 3MF Jack Cannon (1987-02-17) 17 February 1987 (age 35) Jersey St. Paul's
7 3MF Jay Reid (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 31) Jersey St. Paul's
8 3MF Jack Boyle (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 31) Jersey Jersey Bulls
10 3MF Jake Baker (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 29) Jersey St. Peter
13 3MF Kamen Nafkha Jersey Jersey Wanderers
9 4FW Craig Russell (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 (age 34) Jersey St. Paul's
11 4FW Karl Hinds Jersey St. Paul's
14 4FW Adam Trotter Jersey St. Paul's
15 4FW Jake Prince Jersey St. Peter

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have also been called up to the Jersey squad within the last twelve months.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
2DF James Scott (1980-08-20) 20 August 1980 (age 41) Jersey Jersey Scottish
2DF Stuart Andre (1984-03-18) 18 March 1984 (age 37) Jersey St. Paul's
2DF Rob McBey (1986-11-12) 12 November 1986 (age 35) Jersey St. Clement
2DF Connor O'Shea Jersey St. Clement
2DF Jonny Le Quesne Jersey St. Paul's
3MF Cav Miley (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 26) England Eastleigh
3MF Joe Kilshaw Jersey St. Paul's
3MF Ben Gallichan (1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 (age 33) Jersey St. Peter
4FW Kieran Lester Jersey St. Paul's

Honours[]

  • Muratti Vase: 54 (53 outright, 1 shared)
    • 1908, 1910, 1911, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1937*, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016 (* shared)
  • Island Games: 3
    • 1993, 1997, 2009

FA Inter League Champions

    • 2021

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Sport, Brent Pilnick BBC. "Jersey bids to join Uefa to play international football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Gibraltar given full Uefa membership at London Congress". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Jersey to appeal to CAS after Uefa rejects membership application". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Uefa should have second tier for 'smaller' national teams, says Jersey FA boss". 22 February 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Court of Arbitration in Sport orders Jersey case to be heard by Uefa congress". 28 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Jersey: Uefa congress rejects application to become international football nation". 26 February 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
  7. ^ "'Parishes of Jersey' accepted into Conifa". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  8. ^ "2017 Island Games Squad". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

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