Guernsey
Shirt badge/Association crest
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)
Biggest defeat
 Jersey 7–0 Guernsey 
(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.

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 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.

Managers

Name Périod
Guernsey Colin Fallaize1993–1997
Guernsey Phil Corbet1997–2003
Guernsey Colin Fallaize2003 (one match)
Guernsey Steve Ogier2003–2009
Guernsey Tony Vance2009–2012
Guernsey Kevin Graham2012–2013
Guernsey Steve Sharman2013–2017
Guernsey Chris Tardif2017–present

Competitive record

(Last update: 21 June 2019)

Opponents Pld W D L GF GA
 Åland201124
 Alderney1401390125322
 Cornwall311148
 Falkland Islands110030
 Frøya3300152
 Gibraltar321061
 Gotland110030
 Greenland211060
 Isle of Man4400143
 Isle of Wight522198
 Jersey112471255191214
 Menorca110021
 Orkney2200130
 Rhodes211021
 Saint Helena110090
 Shetland4202910
 Western Isles110021
 Ynys Môn8422168
TOTAL2091272163557282

Island Games

198919911993199519971999200120032005200720092011201320152017201912023
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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 Gurnsey team, being the first female player to play for the team,[5] with the Gurnsey 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

References

  1. "Guernsey appoint Stephen Sharman as island team boss". BBC News. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. "Guernsey men beat Isle of Man to win gold". BBc Sport. Archived from the original on 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  3. "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.
  4. "U16 Muratti 2022 | JFA Combination League".
  5. "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.
  6. "Muratti – Ladies". GuernseyFA.com. Archived from the original on 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  7. "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.

See also

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