The Orkney football team is the representative

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team for the islands of

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. They are not affiliated with

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. The team regularly competes in the

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and has a strong rivalry with the representative teams of

Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...

and Caithness. This team should not be confused with Orkney F.C. which competes in the North Caledonian League.

Tournament records

Island Games

''N.B. In 2019 football was controversially not officially part of the Island Games due to the hosts Gibraltar not having enough pitches. A replacement competition, the ten team

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, was held in

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, where Orkney finished 8th. They played four matches, winning one and losing three, with an overall goal record of four scored and eleven conceded.''

North Atlantic Cup

''Note: 2 points for a win era.'' * 1 North Atlantic Cup win

Milne Cup

''Including Kirkwall vs. Lerwick'' * 41 Milne Cup wins

Mitchell and Sutherland Shields

Mitchell Shield

Sutherland Shield

* 1 Sutherland Shield win

Selected Internationals opponents

:''Last update: November 2008''

Managers

* Karl Adamson (2016-)

References

External links

List of matches in Roon Ba
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