The Kernow football team represents
Cornwall at international
association football since 2018. It uses the native Cornish name of the region, Kernow, to represent its team, and is managed by the Kernow Football Alliance. As the side is not a member of
UEFA or
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
, it cannot qualify for the
UEFA European Championship or
FIFA World Cup, although it is a member of
ConIFA and is eligible to participate in the
ConIFA World Football Cup and
ConIFA European Football Cup. The team is currently co-managed by Phil Lafferty and Darren Gilbert, and coached by
Darren Wright and Andrew Graham. In 2023 Kernow faced FA Sápmi in a deciding match to join the 2024
ConIFA World Football Cup. Kernow won 2-1 progressing to the
2024 CONIFA World Football Cup finals.
History
Following the
2018 ConIFA World Football Cup held in London, the Kernow Football Alliance was formed by Andrew Bragg and Jason Heaton, and officially joined
CONIFA in November 2018. They played their first game on 25 February 2019 against Foxhole Stars in an unofficial game, running out 3–2 winners. The next month, it was announced that they would take part in the
2019 Atlantic Heritage Cup
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, which was to act as a 2020
ConIFA World Football Cup qualification tournament. However, they withdrew before the tournament, to be replaced by
Chagos Islands. They played their first official international on 25 May 2019 against
Barawa, winning 5–0 in
Bodmin
Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor.
The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...
.Kernow have beaten Devon twice in a cup match .They beat Shropshire,Devon and Nottingham in a competition called the 4 teams (you can only get in the 4 teams by reaching the semi-finals of the county cup)
Kernow entered the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualification, where they were placed in Group A with Sápmi. They beat Sápmi 2-1 and qualified for the 2024 CONIFA World Cup
Tournament records
ConIFA World Football Cup record
Recent fixtures and results
Selected International Opponents
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up to a friendly against on 25 August 2019.
Squad Announcement.
Kernow FA. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
''Caps and goals correct as of 25 August 2019 after the game against . CONIFA includes unofficial friendlies towards the caps total.''
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up in the past twelve months or withdrew from the squad due to injury or suspension.
Cornish footballers who represented FIFA national teams
* Nigel Martyn
Antony Nigel Martyn (born 11 August 1966) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He notably played in the Premier League for Crystal Palace, Leeds United and Everton, having initially ...
* Chris Morris
References
External links
Kernow Football Alliance on Twitter
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Football in Cornwall
CONIFA member associations
European national and official selection-teams not affiliated to FIFA
Football teams in England