Alderney official football team

The Alderney official football team is the official football team representing Alderney (the third largest of the Channel Islands) in non-FIFA international football. They play their home matches at Arsenal Ground. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA.

Alderney
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationAlderney F.C.
Head coachJosh Concanen
Most capsJosh Concanen
Ross Benfield (10)
Top scorerRoss Benfield
Josh McCullouch (3)
Home stadiumArsenal Ground
First colours
First international
Guernsey 6–0 Alderney
(Saint Peter Port, Guernsey; 17 April 1905)
Biggest win
 Falkland Islands 0–3 Alderney 
(Visby, Gotland; 29 June 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Jersey 18–0 Alderney 
(Saint Helier, Jersey; 19 March 1994)

The team plays in the Muratti Vase, a cup competition started in 1905, in which the Channel Islands of Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey play against each other. Alderney have only won the competition once, in 1920. The Muratti format requires Alderney to play a semi-final match against the other islands on a rota basis but always with Alderney being the home side. The winner of the match goes on to play the remaining island in the final. Alderney also play the occasional game outside the Muratti competition including taking part in the Island Games football tournament in 2003 in which they finished 11th out of a pool of 15.[1]

An Alderney Football Club side was formed to play in the 2016–17 Guernsey Priaulx League.

The Alderney national football team won their first match in 14 years at the 2017 Island Games, beating the Falkland Islands 0–3 in a 15th place play off.

Results and fixtures

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18 June 2019 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament Isle of Man   6–1   Alderney Llannerch-y-medd, Anglesey
18:00
  • Jacob Crook   9'
  • Lee Gale   39', 62' (pen.)
  • Sean Doyle   40', 56'
  • Dan Simpson   89'
  • Josh McCullouch   ?'
Stadium: Tan Parc
20 June 2019 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament Orkney   1–2   Alderney Bodorgan, Anglesey
13:00
  • Owen Rendall   ?'
  • Josh McCullouch   44'
  • Joe Blackham   87'
Stadium: Trefdraeth
23 April 2022 2022 Muratti Vase Alderney   0–2   Guernsey Saint Anne, Alderney
13:00 Stadium: Arsenal Ground
25 March 2023 2023 Muratti Vase Alderney   1–6   Jersey Saint Anne, Alderney
13:00 Blackham   ?' Stadium: Arsenal Ground
23 March 2024 2024 Muratti Vase Alderney   1-4   Guernsey Saint Anne, Alderney
12:30 Stadium: Arsenal Ground

Selected Internationals opponents

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As of 23 March 2024 after match against   Guernsey
Opponent P W D L GF GA GD Win %
  Falkland Islands 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
  Felvidék 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
  Gibraltar 1 0 0 1 1 6 −5 000.00
  Greenland 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
  Guernsey 54 1 0 53 23 252 −229 001.85
  Hitra 2 0 0 2 3 9 −6 000.00
  Isle of Man 1 0 0 1 1 6 −5 000.00
  Isle of Wight 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
  Jersey 46 0 0 46 23 255 −232 000.00
  Menorca 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 000.00
  Orkney 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 033.33
  Panjab 1 0 0 1 1 9 −8 000.00
  Raetia 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
  Rhodes 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 000.00
  Saare County 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
  Sealand 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 000.00
  Ynys Môn 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 000.00
Total 121 4 1 116 66 579 −513 003.31

Competitive record

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Island Games

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Island Games record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  1989 Did not enter
  1991
  1993
  1995
  1997
  1999
  2001
  2003 Group stage 11th 5 1 0 4 4 18
  2005 Did not enter
  2007
  2009
  2011 Group stage 14th 4 0 0 4 1 18
  2013 Did not enter
  2015 Group stage 16th 4 0 0 4 3 21
  2017 15th 4 1 0 3 3 12
  2019[n 1] 7th 3 1 0 2 5 11
  2023 Did not participate
Total Group stage 5/17 20 3 0 17 16 80
  1. ^ Not held football tournament (Replaced by 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament in   Anglesey).

Muratti Vase

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Managers

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References

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  1. ^ "Island Games 2003 Football Results" (PDF). island Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  2. ^ "'The island lives in hope': Alderney out to end 102-year wait for win". theguardian.com.
  3. ^ "We can bank on Josh". guernseypress.com.
  4. ^ "Unbeaten Alderney 'quietly confident' of keeping pace with Priaulx leaders". itv.com.
  5. ^ "Alderney Nomads hope to "leave a legacy"". gsy.bailiwickexpress.com.
  6. ^ "Greens don't scare us – Concanen". guernseypress.com.
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