The Guernsey official football team is the official football team representing the island of Guernsey (which is not part of the

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, but is a Crown dependency) in

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matches. It is not affiliated with FIFA or

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, and therefore cannot compete for the

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Men's team

Since 1905, they have competed with Alderney and

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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. Guernsey also compete in the

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and are the current champions having won the gold medal in Jersey in 2015.

Managers

Competitive Record

*Last game: 2–1 – The New Oval, Holyhead – 21 June 2019. (Last update: 21 June 2019)

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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

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were held.

Muratti Vase

Honours

: 3 :: 2001, 2003, 2015 * Muratti Vase: 46 :Wins since 2000: ::2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017

Men's U-16 team

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

Honours

* U-16 Muratti Cup: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 (shared), 2017

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. Won: 6 Drawn: 0 Lost: 13 Guernsey Women have competed in the

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

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. 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

* Muratti Cup: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008

Men's team

Managers

Competitive Record

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Muratti Vase

Honours

Men's U-16 team

Honours

Women's team

Honours

References

See also