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Ellan Vannin football team

Not to be confused with Isle of Man official football team or F.C. Isle of Man.

The Ellan Vannin Football Team is a football team that represents the Isle of Man. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or in the UEFA European Championship.

Ellan Vannin
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationManx International Football Alliance
ConfederationConIFA
Head coachChris Bass
CaptainFrank Jones
Most capsFrank Jones (30)
Top scorerFrank Jones
Calum Morrissey (11)
Home stadiumThe Bowl
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Ellan Vannin 10–0 Monaco 
(Douglas, Isle of Man; 6 April 2014)
Biggest win
 Ellan Vannin 14–0 Chagos Islands 
(Douglas, Isle of Man; 13 August 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Occitania 5–1 Ellan Vannin 
(Toulouse, France; 30 December 2014)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2014)
Best resultWinners(2014)

Unlike the Isle of Man official football team which selects players who play in for clubs in the Manx league regardless of nationality, the Ellan Vannin team selects those of Manx nationality no matter where they are based.

They competed first at the ConIFA World Football Cup in 2014, where they won their group and became runners-up to the County of Nice.[1]

History

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Ellan Vannin – Felvidék – Debrecen, 2015.06.21

Formation and early games

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Formed in 2013, the Ellan Vannin team was created by the newly formed Manx International Football Alliance (MIFA) in order to enter ConIFA and compete at the ConIFA World Football Cup. As opposed to the official Isle of Man team (run by the Isle of Man FA), which is composed entirely of Isle of Man Football League players – regardless of nationality, Ellan Vannin will allow only those with Manx ties to play for them, in line with FIFA eligibility rules.

Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the MIFA and Isle of Man FA, intended to set out a working relationship between the two organisations, the MIFA announced that the first international to be played by Ellan Vannin would be a home game against Monaco on 6 April 2014, to be played at The Bowl in Douglas.[2] Ellan Vannin won their first international 10–0.[3]

Entry into ConIFA and 2014 ConIFA World Cup

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Ellan Vannin were invited to participate in the first ConIFA World Football Cup in Sápmi, in 2014. Despite being a previously unknown quantity, they reached the final of the inaugural tournament, losing on penalties to County of Nice despite winning 4–2 over them in the Group Stage thanks to a Calum Morrissey hattrick.

2015 ConIFA European Cup and 2016 ConIFA World Cup

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While the Isle of Man were originally set to host the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup in June 2015, logistical problems eventually led to the tournament being moved to Székely Land.[4] Here, despite defeat to Padania in the Group Stage, they still achieved a semi-final place where they were again defeated by County of Nice. A penalty win over Felvidék in the play-off saw them finish third. The next year, Ellan Vannin were set to appear in the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, but withdrew after being advised by the British Home Office not to travel to Abkhazia, where the tournament was to be held.

2017 European Football Cup, 2018 World Football Cup and Expulsion

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The team returned to ConIFA activity in 2017 for the 2017 ConIFA European Football Cup in Northern Cyprus, finishing 6th. However, the team qualified for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup to be held in London (hosted by Barawa). In late 2017 it was announced that they would become the first opponents of the new Yorkshire national football team on January 28, 2018. After Yorkshire's membership to ConIFA was confirmed at the beginning of January, it meant that it would become an officially sanctioned friendly that would provide qualification points for future competitions. In May that year they took part in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup in London. However, after being knocked out by Barawa in the group stage, the MIFA protested at their opponents' alleged use of an ineligible player. After the other competing clubs voted to reject their appeal, Ellan Vannin withdrew from the tournament, and following a number of accusations made by the MIFA on social media against ConIFA, they were provisionally expelled from the organisation on 7 June 2018. Ellan Vannin were reinstated as full members at ConIFA's 2019 AGM in January 2019.

Fixtures and Results

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2014

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6 April 2014 Friendly Ellan Vannin   10–0   Monaco Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund
Attendance: The Bowl, Douglas
1 June 2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup Ellan Vannin   3–2   Artsakh Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund
19:00 Ciaran McNulty   41'
Antony Moore   88'
Frank Jones   90'		 Mihran Manasyan   27', 31'
2 June 2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup Ellan Vannin   4–2   County of Nice Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund
19:00 Calum Morrissey   16', 31', 35'
Daniel Bell   87'		 Frank Delerue   37'
Malik Tchokounte   74'
4 June 2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup Ellan Vannin   1–1
(4–2 p)		   Kurdistan Region Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund
19:00 Seamus Sharkey   80' Khaled Mushir   23'
Penalties
Ciaran McNulty  
Calum Morrissey  
Chris Bass Jr  
Jack McVey  		   Khaled Mushir
  Sherzad Mohammed
  Younis Shakour
  Ahmed Salar
6 June 2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup Arameans Suryoye   1–4   Ellan Vannin Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund
19:00 Rabi Mourad   9' Frank Jones   23'
Jack McVey   60'
Chris Bass Jr   70'
Ciaran McNulty   72'
8 June 2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup County of Nice   0–0
(5–3 p)		   Ellan Vannin Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund
13:00 Report
Penalties
Gilles Noto  
Baptiste Delfino  
Loic Malitini  
Frank Delerue  
Hichem Ferreri  		 Ciaran McNulty  
Calum Morrisey  
Chris Bass  
Jack McVey  
30 December 2014 Friendly Occitania   5–4   Ellan Vannin Toulouse

2015

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30 May 2015 (2015-05-30) Niamh Challenge Cup Ellan Vannin   8–1   Panjab The Bowl, Douglas
15:00 BST Sean Quaye   11', 37'
Ciaran McNulty   15'
Conor Doyle   44'
Frank Jones   50', 55'
Furo Davies   67'
Liam Doyle   75'		 ?   28' Referee: Andrew Lodge (Isle of Man)
31 May 2015 (2015-05-31) Niamh Challenge Cup Final Felvidék   1–3   Ellan Vannin The Bowl, Douglas
17:30 BST Attila Dálnoky   72' Report Ciaran McNulty   20'
Sam Caine   25'
Conor Doyle   88'
18 June 2015 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup Romani people   1–3   Ellan Vannin Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen
16:00 Irhas   29' Report Sharkey   11'
Jones   49'
Bass   55'
19 June 2015 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup Padania   1–0   Ellan Vannin Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen
15:00 Prandelli  
20 June 2015 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup County of Nice   3–1   Ellan Vannin
15:00 Delerue  
Floridi  
Girand  		 Jones  
21 June 2015 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup Ellan Vannin   1–1
(5–3 p)		   Felvidék
13:00 Bass   Magyar  

2017

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5 June 2017 2017 ConIFA European Football Cup Padania   1–0   Ellan Vannin Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou
20:00 EEST Rota   70'
6 June 2017 2017 ConIFA European Football Cup Ellan Vannin   1–0   Felvidék Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou
20:00 EEST Bass   52'
7 June 2017 2017 ConIFA European Football Cup Ellan Vannin   2–4   Székely Land Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia
20:00 EEST McNultey   79', 86' Bajkó   13', 36', 69' (pen.), 75'
9 June 2017 2017 ConIFA European Football Cup Kárpátalja   3–3
(5–4 p)		   Ellan Vannin Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou
20:00 EEST Kelly   2' (o.g.)
Fodor   30'
Kész   61'		 Cown   23'
Cannell   61'
Doyle   83'
12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) Niamh Challenge Cup Ellan Vannin   6–2   Barawa London
13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) Niamh Challenge Cup Ellan Vannin   14–0   Chagos Islands London

2018

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28 January 2018 Friendly Yorkshire   1–1   Ellan Vannin Fitzwilliam, England
15:30 GMT Coduri   54' Davies   48' Stadium: Yorkshire NuBuilds Stadium
Attendance: 627
Referee: Steve Lynch
29 April 2018 Friendly Ellan Vannin   2–1   Panjab Sandbach, England
Gale   22'
Simpson   72'		 Report   90' Stadium: Sandbach Community Football Centre
31 May 2018 2018 ConIFA WFC Group A Ellan Vannin   4–1   Cascadia Sutton, England
12:00 BST Whitley   15'
Jones   41'
Caine   62'
McVey   70'		 Report Doughty   18' Stadium: Gander Green Lane
2 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WFC Group A Ellan Vannin   2–0   Tamil Eelam Carshalton, England
14:00 BST Whitley   47'
Caine   57'		 Report Stadium: Colston Avenue
Attendance: 276
Referee: Guastafierro Mario
3 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WFC Group A Barawa   2–0   Ellan Vannin Haringey, England
14:00 BST Bettamer   40'
Ismail   56'		 Report Stadium: Coles Park

Personalities of Ellan Vannin's football team

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Squad

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The following players were called up to the 22 man squad for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup to commence on 31 May 2018.[5] Caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2018 after the game against   Barawa.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Andy Perry (1982-05-19) 19 May 1982 (age 42) 14 0   Ramsey AFC
25 1GK Dean Kearns (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 31) 5 0   Rushen United
14 2DF Jack McVey (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33) 21 3   St Georges
2 2DF Sam Caine (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 36) 18 4   St Georges
4 2DF Sean Quaye (1984-08-19) 19 August 1984 (age 40) 17 3   St Georges
17 2DF Cameron Lee (1993-08-22) 22 August 1993 (age 31) 3 0   Corinthians
15 2DF Darren Cain (1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 (age 36) 2 0   Corinthians
7 2DF Tom Callister (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30) 1 0   Corinthians
24 2DF Andrew Burkitt (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 24) 0 0   Laxey
8 3MF Frank Jones (captain) (1987-10-22) 22 October 1987 (age 37) 30 17   St Georges
11 3MF Joey Morling (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) 12 3   St Georges
18 3MF Dan Bell (1986-01-26) 26 January 1986 (age 38) 10 2   Peel
21 3MF Mike Williams (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 30) 7 3   Rushen United
5 3MF Daniel Simpson (1995-07-28) 28 July 1995 (age 29) 7 2   Corinthians
10 3MF Alex Holden (1996-01-12) 12 January 1996 (age 28) 6 3   Bottesford Town
3 3MF Joel Ibañez (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 (age 24) 4 0   St Georges
6 3MF Joey Quayle (1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 25) 4 0   St Georges
22 3MF Brodie Patience (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 26) 2 0   Corinthians
12 3MF Ryan Burns (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 30) 1 0   Corinthians
9 4FW Ciaran McNultey (1987-07-01) 1 July 1987 (age 37) 13 8   St Georges
16 4FW Stephen Whitley (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29) 9 5   Corinthians
20 4FW Furo Davies (1988-12-21) 21 December 1988 (age 35) 8 6   St Georges
23 4FW Sean Doyle (1994-07-11) 11 July 1994 (age 30) 7 3   Corinthians

Recent callups

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Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Séamus Sharkey (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 34) 9 2   Glenavon 2018 ConIFA World Football CupWD
DF Julian Ringham (1984-06-03) 3 June 1984 (age 40) 5 0   St Georges 2018 ConIFA World Football CupWD
DF Conor Doyle (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 (age 34) 7 1   Elite FC Dubai 2018 ConIFA World Football CupPRE
DF Thomas Smith (1997-10-23) 23 October 1997 (age 27) 3 0   Corinthians 2018 ConIFA World Football CupPRE
DF Sam Ingham (1991-08-21) 21 August 1991 (age 33) 1 0   St Johns United 2018 ConIFA World Football CupPRE
MF Lee Gale (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 33) 4 5   Peel 2018 ConIFA World Football CupWD
MF Stephen Riding (1988-04-30) 30 April 1988 (age 36) 5 0   Rushen United 2018 ConIFA World Football CupPRE
MF Rhys Oates (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 29) 4 0   St Johns United 2018 ConIFA World Football CupPRE
FW Stephen Priestnal (1984-01-04) 4 January 1984 (age 40) 0 0   St Mary's 2018 ConIFA World Football CupPRE

Managers

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N° Manager Period Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
1 Lee Dixon 2014–2015 13 7 3 3 053.8
2   Alan Rogers 2016 5 3 0 2 060.0
3   Christopher Bass Snr 2017–2018 12 7 2 3 058.3
Totals 30 17 5 8 56.66

Presidents of the Manx International Football Alliance

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N° Name Périod
1   Malcolm Blackburn 2014–?

Competitive Record

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ConIFA World Cup

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  2014 Final 2nd 5 3 2 0 12 6
  2016 Did not qualify
  2018 Group Stage 16th 3 2 0 1 6 3
  2020 Did not qualify

ConIFA European Cup

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  2015 Semi Final 3rd 4 1 1 2 5 6
  2017 Group Stage 6th 4 1 1 2 6 8
  2019 Did not qualify
  2022 Did not qualify

Honours

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Non-FIFA competitions

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Ellan Vannin". CONIFA. 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Ellan Vannin announce Monaco friendly". Non-FIFA Football Updates. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Ellan Vannin thrash Monaco 10–0 on international debut". BBC News. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Island to host ConIFA Euros". IOM Today. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. ^ WFC 2018 Team Squads CONIFA.
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