Guernsey official football team

This article is about the representative football team of Guernsey. For the football club competing in the Isthmian League Division One South, part of the English football pyramid, see Guernsey F.C.

Guernsey

Nickname(s)	Donkeys
Association	Guernsey Football Association
Head coach	Stephen Sharman
Home stadium	The Track Footes Lane Corbet Field
FIFA code	GGY
First colours
First international
Guernsey 6–0 Alderney (Saint Peter Port, Guernsey; 17 April 1905)
Biggest win
Guernsey 12–0 Alderney (Saint Peter Port, Guernsey; 1 April 1978)   Guernsey 12–0 Falkland Islands   (Douglas, Isle of Man; 9 July 2001)
Biggest defeat
Jersey 7–0 Guernsey   (Saint Helier, Jersey; 11 April 1946)

The Guernsey official football team is the official football team representing the island of Guernsey (which is not part of the United Kingdom, but is a Crown dependency) in non-FIFA international football matches. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Football Championship.

Players from Guernsey are however known to be eligible for all four Home Nations national teams ^[1] (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) in those competitions. Matt Le Tissier and Maya Le Tissier both chose England among those options.

Men's team

Since 1905, they have competed with Alderney and Jersey for the Muratti Vase, winning it 47 times, most recently in 2025. 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 first time.

The official team is coached by Chris Tardif who was appointed in 2017.

Guernsey also competes in Football at the Island Games. A technically separate team representing the Priaulx League competes in the FA Inter-League Cup, winning the latter in the 2009–10 season and qualifying for the 2011 UEFA Regions' Cup.

Managers

Name	Périod
Colin Fallaize	1993–1997
Phil Corbet	1997–2003
Colin Fallaize	2003 (one match)
Steve Ogier	2003–2009
Tony Vance	2009–2012
Kevin Graham	2012–2013
Steve Sharman	2013–2017
Chris Tardif	2017–present

Competitive record

• Last game:   Guernsey 1–0   Gozo

(Last update: 13 July 2023)

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
Åland	3	1	1	1	6	5	033.33
Alderney	140	139	0	1	253	22	099.29
Cornwall	3	1	1	1	4	8	033.33
Falkland Islands	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00
Frøya	3	3	0	0	15	2	100.00
Gibraltar	3	2	1	0	6	1	066.67
Gotland	1	1	0	0	3	0	100.00
Greenland	2	1	1	0	6	0	050.00
Gozo	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.00
Isle of Man	4	4	0	0	14	3	100.00
Isle of Wight	6	2	2	2	10	10	033.33
Jersey	114	47	12	55	191	214	041.23
Menorca	1	1	0	0	2	1	100.00
Orkney	2	2	0	0	13	0	100.00
Rhodes	2	1	1	0	2	1	050.00
Saint Helena	1	1	0	0	9	0	100.00
Shetland	4	2	0	2	9	10	050.00
Western Isles	2	2	0	0	3	1	100.00
Ynys Môn	8	4	2	2	16	8	050.00
Total	300	215	21	64	565	286	071.67

Island Games

1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	20191	2023	2025
dne	6th	dne	5th	4th	9th	1st	1st	2nd	dne	3rd	2nd	dne	1st	3rd	2nd	5th	wd

• Blue square indicates host
• dne – did not enter
• wd – withdrew after entering

¹Due to Gibraltar not having enough pitches there was no football at the 2019 games. In its place the 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament were held.

Muratti Vase

Main article: Muratti Vase § Results

Honours

• Island Games: 3

2001, 2003, 2015 ^[2]

• Muratti Vase: 46

Wins since 2000:

2001, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2025 ^[3]

Men's U-16 team

Guernsey's under 16 have competed in their own Muratti Cup since 2007. ^[4] In 2018, female player Maya Le Tissier made her debut for the Guernsey team, being the first female player to play for the team, ^[5] with the Guernsey 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. ^[6] Won: 6 Drawn: 0 Lost: 13 Guernsey Women have competed in the Island Games 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. ^[7] 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.

Island Games

2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	20191	2023	2025
6th	4th	5th	7th	8th	dne	dne	8th	dne	dne	10th	wd

• Blue square indicates host
• dne – did not enter
• wd – withdrew after entering

¹Due to Gibraltar not having enough pitches there was no football at the 2019 games. In its place the 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament were held.

Honours

• Muratti Cup: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2024, 2025

References

1. Nick Moore (1 October 2010). "Matt Le Tissier: One-on-One". FourFourTwo . Retrieved 9 July 2025.
2. "Guernsey men beat Isle of Man to win gold". BBc Sport. Archived from the original on 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
3. "Muratti 2014: Guernsey crush Jersey 4–1 to retain Vase". BBC News. 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
4. "U16 Muratti 2022 | JFA Combination League".
5. "Guernsey girl, 15, may make history in male under-16 match". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
6. "Muratti – Ladies". GuernseyFA.com. Archived from the original on 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
7. "Guernsey women's football team to enter UK leagues as Ormer FC". Guernsey Press. 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

See also

• Guernsey Football Association
• Guernsey F.C.
• Island Games
• Football at the Island Games
• Muratti