Guernsey official football team

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.

Guernsey
Nickname(s)Donkeys
AssociationGuernsey Football Association
Head coachStephen Sharman
Home stadiumThe Track
Footes Lane
Corbet Field
FIFA codeGGY
First colours
First international
Guernsey 6–0 Alderney
(Saint Peter Port, Guernsey; 17 April 1905)
Biggest win
 Guernsey 12–0 Alderney
(Saint Peter Port, Guernsey; 1 April 1978)
 Guernsey 12–0 Falkland Islands 
(Douglas, Isle of Man; 9 July 2001)
Biggest defeat
 Jersey 7–0 Guernsey 
(Saint Helier, Jersey; 11 April 1946)

Men's team

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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 Chris Tardif who was appointed in 2017.

Guernsey also competes in Football at the Island Games.

Managers

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

Competitive record

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(Last update: 21 June 2019)

Opponents Pld W D L GF GA Win%
  Åland 2 0 1 1 2 4 000.00
  Alderney 140 139 0 1 253 22 099.29
  Cornwall 3 1 1 1 4 8 033.33
  Falkland Islands 1 1 0 0 3 0 100.00
  Frøya 3 3 0 0 15 2 100.00
  Gibraltar 3 2 1 0 6 1 066.67
  Gotland 1 1 0 0 3 0 100.00
  Greenland 2 1 1 0 6 0 050.00
  Isle of Man 4 4 0 0 14 3 100.00
  Isle of Wight 5 2 2 1 9 8 040.00
  Jersey 114 47 12 55 191 214 041.23
  Menorca 1 1 0 0 2 1 100.00
  Orkney 2 2 0 0 13 0 100.00
  Rhodes 2 1 1 0 2 1 050.00
  Saint Helena 1 1 0 0 9 0 100.00
  Shetland 4 2 0 2 9 10 050.00
  Western Isles 1 1 0 0 2 1 100.00
  Ynys Môn 8 4 2 2 16 8 050.00
Total 297 213 21 63 559 283 071.72
1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 20191 2023
dne 6th dne 5th 4th 9th 1st 1st 2nd dne 3rd 2nd dne 1st 3rd 2nd 5th
  • 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.

Honours

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2001, 2003, 2015[1]
Wins since 2000:
2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017[2]

Men's U-16 team

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Guernsey's under 16 have competed in their own Muratti Cup since 2007.[3] In 2018, female player Maya Le Tissier made her debut for the Guernsey team, being the first female player to play for the team,[4] with the Guernsey women's team being disbanded the year previous.

Honours

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Women's team

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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.[5] 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.[6] 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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References

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  1. ^ "Guernsey men beat Isle of Man to win gold". BBc Sport. Archived from the original on 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  2. ^ "Muratti 2014: Guernsey crush Jersey 4–1 to retain Vase". BBC News. 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ^ "U16 Muratti 2022 | JFA Combination League".
  4. ^ "Guernsey girl, 15, may make history in male under-16 match". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  5. ^ "Muratti – Ladies". GuernseyFA.com. Archived from the original on 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  6. ^ "Guernsey women's football team to enter UK leagues as Ormer FC". Guernsey Press. 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

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