Jersey official football team

Jersey
Nickname(s) Crapauds or Beans
Association Jersey Football Association
Head coach Martin Cassidy
Home stadium Springfield Stadium
First colours
First international
Jersey Jersey 0–1 Guernsey Guernsey
(27 April 1905)
Biggest win
Jersey Jersey 18–0 Alderney Alderney
(19 March 1994)
Biggest defeat
Jersey Jersey 1–7 Guernsey Guernsey
(18 April 1929)

The Jersey official football team represents the island of Jersey in non-FIFA international football matches.

As the Jersey Football Association is not affiliated with either FIFA or UEFA, the Jersey official football team is ineligible to take part in qualification for both the FIFA World Cup and the European Football Championship.

In December 2015 an application was submitted to UEFA to allow Jersey to take part in international matches,[1] following on from Gibraltar's admission two years earlier.[2] In October 2016, Jersey's bid to join UEFA was rejected,[3] but this decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in June 2017.[4] In September 2017, the CAS ordered the UEFA congress to hear Jersey's case.[5] In February 2018 a majority of the member associations of UEFA voted against admitting Jersey as a member.[6] An independent Parishes of Jersey team subsequently formed in August 2018, joining ConIFA in September that year.[7]

Jersey's main fixtures are currently the annual Muratti Vase against fellow Channel Islanders Alderney and Guernsey, as well as the biennial Island Games.

Current squad

The following 16 players were called up to play in the 2018 Muratti Vase Final against Guernsey Guernsey in May 2018[8]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Euan van der Vliet (1996-08-11) 11 August 1996 Jersey St. Paul's
1GK Danny Birrell Jersey Jersey Wanderers
2DF Calvin Weir Jersey St. Peter
2DF Harry Curtis Jersey St. Paul's
2DF Michael Weir Jersey St. Paul's
2DF Luke Campbell (1989-05-04) 4 May 1989 Jersey St. Peter
3MF James Queree (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 Jersey Jersey Wanderers
3MF Jack Cannon (1987-02-17) 17 February 1987 Jersey St. Paul's
3MF Jay Reid (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 Jersey St. Paul's
3MF Jack Boyle (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 Jersey St. Paul's
3MF Jake Baker (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 Jersey St. Peter
3MF Kamen Nafkha Jersey Jersey Wanderers
4FW Craig Russell (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 Jersey St. Paul's
4FW Karl Hinds Jersey St. Paul's
4FW Adam Trotter Jersey St. Paul's
4FW Jake Prince Jersey St. Peter

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Jersey squad within the last twelve months.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
2DF James Scott (1980-08-20) 20 August 1980 Jersey Jersey Scottish
2DF Stuart Andre (1984-03-18) 18 March 1984 Jersey St. Paul's
2DF Rob McBey (1986-11-12) 12 November 1986 Jersey St. Clement
2DF Connor O'Shea Jersey St. Clement
2DF Jonny Le Quesne Jersey St. Paul's
3MF Cav Miley (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 England Eastleigh
3MF Joe Kilshaw Jersey St. Paul's
3MF Ben Gallichan (1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 Jersey St. Peter
4FW Kieran Lester Jersey St. Paul's

Honours

  • Muratti Vase: 54 (53 outright, 1 shared)
    • 1908, 1910, 1911, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1937*, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016 (* shared)
  • Island Games: 3
    • 1993, 1997, 2009

References

  1. ↑ Sport, Brent Pilnick BBC. "Jersey bids to join Uefa to play international football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Gibraltar given full Uefa membership at London Congress". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Jersey to appeal to CAS after Uefa rejects membership application". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Uefa should have second tier for 'smaller' national teams, says Jersey FA boss". 22 February 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41130338
  6. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43183023
  7. ↑ http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2018-09-11/parishes-of-jersey-accepted-into-conifa
  8. ↑ "2017 Island Games Squad". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2018.


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