Jersey national football team
Overview
FIFA
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nor UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
or UEFA European Football Championship
UEFA European Football Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
. Since 1905, they have competed with Alderney
Alderney national football team
The Alderney official football team is the official football team for Alderney, the third largest of the Channel Islands. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA....
and Guernsey
Guernsey national football team
The Guernsey official football team is the official football team for the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which is not part of the United Kingdom but is a possession of the crown. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Football...
for the Muratti Vase
Muratti
The Muratti is the only annual men's football competition, inaugurated in 1905, between the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Jersey and Alderney, the prize for winning being a trophy called the Muratti Vase which is only relevant within the Islands. Both Matthew Le Tissier and Graeme Le Saux played in...
.
- Island GamesFootball at the Island GamesFootball has been a regular event since 1989 at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies...
: 3 times champion
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- 1993Football at the 1993 Island GamesThe 1993 Island Games on the Isle of Wight was the 3rd edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition...
, 1997Football at the 1997 Island GamesThe 1997 Island Games on the island of Gotland was the 5th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition...
, 2009Football at the 2009 Island GamesThe 2009 Island Games in Åland was the 11th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 16 teams.Jersey won the tournament for the third time.-Group A:...
- 1993
- Last game: 2-1 - Åland IslandsÅland IslandsThe Åland Islands form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. They are situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and form an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swedish-speaking region of Finland...
- 3 July 2009.
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