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 or Corbet Field
First colours
First international
Guernsey 6–0 Alderney
(17 April 1905)
Biggest win
Guernsey 12–0 Alderney
(1 April 1978)
Biggest defeat
Jersey 7–0 Guernsey
(11 April 1946)

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.

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. [2]

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. [3] 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

Achievements

winner since 2000
2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017[8]

Selected Internationals opponents

(Last update: 12 May 2018)

Opponents Matches Win Draw Loss GF GA
 Åland Islands201124
 Alderney55540125322
 Cornwall311148
 Falkland Islands110030
 Frøya3300152
 Gibraltar321061
 Gotland110030
 Greenland211060
 Isle of Man4400143
 Isle of Wight522198
 Jersey112471255191214
 Menorca110021
 Orkney2200130
 Rhodes211021
 Shetland310279
 Western Isles110021
 Ynys Môn7421156
TOTAL2061252162545279

Island Games Record

198919911993199519971999200120032005200720092011201320152017
dne6thdne5th4th9th1st1st2nddne3rd2nddne1st3rd
  • Blue square indicates host
  • dne – did not enter

Managers

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

References

See also

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