Nickname(s) | Team 54 | ||
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Association | Gibraltar Football Association | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | José Carlos Gil | ||
Captain | Naoufal El Andaloussi | ||
Most caps | Andrew Lopez (20) | ||
Top scorer | Andrew Lopez (10) | ||
Home stadium | Victoria Stadium | ||
FIFA code | GIB | ||
FIFA ranking | 113 (4 December 2020) [1] | ||
Highest FIFA ranking | 91 (19 October 2015) | ||
Lowest FIFA ranking | 113 (12 May 2020) | ||
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First international | |||
Gibraltar 2–10 Montenegro (Nice, France; 23 January 2013) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Gibraltar 4–1 Scotland (Bern, Switzerland; 13 April 2024) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Georgia 15–1 Gibraltar (Ciorescu, Moldova; 22 October 2015) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 0 |
The Gibraltar national futsal team represents Gibraltar in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association.
FIFA Futsal World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1989 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | |||||||||||||
1992 | |||||||||||||||
1996 | |||||||||||||||
2000 | |||||||||||||||
2004 | |||||||||||||||
2008 | |||||||||||||||
2012 | |||||||||||||||
2016 | Did not qualify | Group A 4th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 31 | |||||||
2021 | Group A 4th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||
2024 | Group A 3rd place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||
Total | 0/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 69 |
UEFA Futsal Euro record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Outcome | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1996 | Not a UEFA member | Not a UEFA member | |||||||||||||
1999 | |||||||||||||||
2001 | |||||||||||||||
2003 | |||||||||||||||
2005 | |||||||||||||||
2007 | |||||||||||||||
2010 | |||||||||||||||
2012 | |||||||||||||||
2014 | Did not qualify | Group A 3rd place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | |||||||
2016 | Group A 4th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
2018 | Group G 3rd place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
2022 | Group A 4th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||
2026 | Group C 3rd place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||
Total | 0/13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5/13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 81 |
The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 qualifying matches against Switzerland, Malta and Scotland on 10, 11 and 13 April 2024 respectively. [2]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Mark Moxham | 29 June 1983 | Europa FC | ||
13 | GK | Lee Mifsud | 14 December 2005 | Lynx FC | ||
3 | DF | Stefan Ramirez | 18 November 1998 | Europa FC | ||
4 | DF | Nicholas Castle | 18 January 1994 | Lynx FC | ||
5 | DF | Ethan Perez | 14 October 1998 | Lynx FC | ||
6 | DF | Karl Poggio | 8 June 1998 | Lions Gibraltar FC | ||
10 | DF | Ashley Rodriguez | 13 November 1989 | Europa FC | ||
2 | FW | James Castle | 13 June 1997 | Lions Gibraltar FC | ||
7 | FW | Naoufal El Andaloussi (captain) | 7 April 1991 | Europa FC | ||
8 | FW | Tyson Ruiz | 10 March 1988 | Europa FC | ||
9 | FW | Jay Pitaluga | 27 November 1998 | Bavaria FC | ||
11 | FW | Paul Gomez | 13 January 1998 | Bavaria FC | ||
12 | FW | Sean Perera | 29 February 2004 | Liverpool Futsal Club | ||
14 | FW | Alan Parker | 15 May 1996 | Europa FC |
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