The Guernsey official football team is the official football team representing the island of
Guernsey (which is not part of the
United Kingdom
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, but is a
Crown dependency) in
non-FIFA international football
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matches. It is not affiliated with
FIFA or
UEFA
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, and therefore cannot compete for the
FIFA World Cup
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or
UEFA European Football Championship
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.
Men's team
Since 1905, they have competed with
Alderney and
Jersey
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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
Island Games
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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)
Island Games
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* ''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
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were held.
Muratti Vase
Honours
*
Island Games
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: 3
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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
Island Games
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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
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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
References
See also
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Guernsey Football Association
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Guernsey F.C.
*
Island Games
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*
Football at the Island Games
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*
Muratti
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