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Falkland Islands

Nickname(s)| Stanley / The Warrahs
Association| Falkland Islands Football League
Head coach| Jonny Wood
Most caps| Edward Robert Lloyd
Andres Balladares (15)
Top scorer| Wayne Clement (4)
Home stadium| Stanley Stadium

First colours

Second colours

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First international
Isle of Man 9–1 Falkland Islands
(Douglas, Isle of Man; 8 July 2001)
Biggest win
Falkland Islands 6–0 Frøya
(Hamilton, Bermuda; 18 July 2013)
Biggest defeat
Guernsey 12–0 Falkland Islands
(Douglas, Isle of Man; 9 July 2001)

The Falkland Islands official football team is a representative football team of the Falkland Islands, organised by the Falkland Islands Football League. The Falkland Islands Football League does not belong to the CONMEBOL, as its member countries support Argentina in the sovereignty conflict, and therefore neither can it be a member of FIFA.[2][3] Thus, the team is not eligible to play in official competitions such as the World Cup and the Copa América. The team has played in the Island Games in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. In 2013 the team enjoyed a record win and a 3rd place medal.

After two years with no League football it was decided that the Falkland Islands Football League (FIFL) would be completely revamped, a Constitution was drawn up and Committee members were put forward and accepted. After the Constitution was passed by interested players, a new league was organised with four teams, with players being picked by each of the team's captains. On 9 November the opening league fixtures were played.

At the same time, the Falkland Islands National team appointed manager Jimmy Curtis to lead the team at the 2009 Island Games in Åland. A squad of over 23 players was picked and training began in September 2008. The long distance needed to travel, the expensive cost to travel on RAF and LAN flights and the need to take between 16–18 players usually prevents the Football team from attending the Island Games more often than every four years. Due to the remoteness of the islands and the small population, the Stanley team can only play military teams or visiting warships.

The Falkland Islands football team most recently competed at the NatWest Island Games in 2017, held between 24 and 30 June in Gotland. This was the seventh time the Falkland Islands have competed in the Island Games. They were drawn in Group D with the Isle of Man, Ynys Môn and Hitra. After losing all 3 group matches they played Alderney in the 15th place play off, losing 3–0.

## List of matches played[edit]

Date  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score

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Jul 13, 2023 | Guernsey |  Åland | 1-1
Jul 11, 2023 | Guernsey |  Shetland | 1-4
Jul 10, 2023 | Guernsey |  Ynys Môn | 1-5
Jul 9, 2023 | Guernsey |  Isle of Man | 0-3
Jul 3, 2023 | Reigate, UK |  Chagos Islands | 0–4
Nov 11, 2018  | Falkland Islands  |  FA England Representative Team[4] | 1–3
Jun 29, 2017 | Gotland |  Alderney | 0–3
Jun 27, 2017 | Gotland |  Hitra | 1–2
Jun 26, 2017 | Gotland |  Isle of Man | 2–5
Jun 25, 2017 | Gotland |  Ynys Môn | 0–3
Jul 2, 2015 | Jersey |  Western Isles | 1–2
Jun 30, 2015 | Jersey |  Shetland | 0–5
Jun 29, 2015 | Jersey |  Isle of Wight | 0–3
Jun 28, 2015 | Jersey |  Hitra | 1–2
Jul 18, 2013 | Bermuda |  Frøya | 6–0
Jul 17, 2013 | Bermuda |  Greenland | 0–9
Jul 15, 2013 | Bermuda |  Bermuda | 0–8
Jul 14, 2013 | Bermuda |  Frøya | 2–1
Jun 30, 2011 | Isle of Wight |  Alderney | 3–0
Jun 28, 2011 | Isle of Wight |  Gotland | 1–6
Jun 27, 2011 | Isle of Wight |  Isle of Man | 0–6
Jun 26, 2011 | Isle of Wight |  Guernsey | 0–5
Jul 2, 2009 | Åland Islands |  Frøya | 1–3
Jun 30, 2009 | Åland Islands |  Western Isles | 1–7
Jun 29, 2009 | Åland Islands |  Gotland | 0–2
Jun 28, 2009 | Åland Islands |  Isle of Man | 1–2
Jul 15, 2005 | Shetland |  Orkney | 0–2
Jul 14, 2005 | Shetland |  Åland | 1–2
Jul 13, 2005 | Shetland |  Isle of Man | 0–9
Jul 12, 2005 | Shetland |  Saare County | 2–1
Jul 10, 2005 | Shetland |  Shetland | 0–4
Jul 13, 2001 | Isle of Man |  Orkney | 4–1
Jul 12, 2001 | Isle of Man |  Greenland | 0–4
Jul 9, 2001 | Isle of Man |  Guernsey | 0–12
Jul 8, 2001 | Isle of Man |  Isle of Man | 1–9

## Tournament records[edit]

### Island Games[edit]

Island Games record

Year  | Round  | Position  | GP  | W  | D  | L  | GS  | GA
1989 | did not enter
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001 | Group stage | 11th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 26
2003 | did not enter
2005 | Group stage | 10th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18
2007 | did not enter
2009 | Group stage | 16th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14
2011 | 13th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17
2013 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 18
2015 | Group stage | 12th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11
2017 | 16th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13
2019[n 1] | did not enter
2023 | qualified
Total | Third place | 7/16 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 117

1. ^ Not held football tournament (Replaced by 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament in  Anglesey).

## Current squad[edit]

Parts of this article (those related to this section) need to be updated. The reason given is: Martyn Gilson-Clarke is probably dead. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (September 2023)

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The following players have been called up for the 2017 Island Games which took place in Gotland from 24 to 30 June 2017. Caps correct as of 18 July 2013.

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Goals  | Club

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1  | 1GK | Ben Hoyles |  (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 28) | 11  | 0  |  Falkland Islands Holidays FC
13  | 1GK | Ross Peters |  (1994-08-22) 22 August 1994 (age 29) | 3  | 0  |  C&R Construction FC
2  | 2DF | Luke Clark |  (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 35) | 10  | 0  |  C&R Construction FC
3  | 2DF | Shupikaya Chipunza  |  (1988-10-28) 28 October 1988 (age 35) | 7  | 1  |  C&R Construction FC
5  | 2DF | Ron Mills jnr  |  | 13  | 0  |  Malvina House Hotel FC
12  | 2DF | Jean Paul |  | 0  | 0  |  Falkland Island Holidays FC
15  | 2DF | Torin Harte |  | 0  | 0  |  Crescent Valley Raiders
4  | 3MF | Wayne Clement |  | 15  | 4  |  C&R Construction FC
6  | 3MF | Daniel Biggs |  | 13  | 0  |  Unattached
7  | 3MF | Joshee Peck |  | 13  | 1  |  Malvina House Hotel FC
8  | 3MF | Michael Betts |  (1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 29) | 5  | 0  |  Malvina House Hotel FC
11  | 3MF | Sam Toolan |  (1986-11-28) 28 November 1986 (age 37) | 3  | 0  |  Worthing United F.C.U18
17  | 3MF | Jordan Betts |  (1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 29) | 0  | 0  |  Malvina House Hotel FC
18  | 3MF | Andres Balladares |  | 15  | 0  |  Falkland Island Holidays FC
\-  | 3MF | Joshua Ennis | –  | 0  | 0  |  Sheffield United
9  | 4FW | Rafael Sotomayor Morales |  (1979-05-30)30 May 1979 (aged 38)  | 12  | 3  |  Falkland Island Holidays FC
10  | 4FW | Aiden Morris |  | 4  | 0  |  Malvina House Hotel FC
14  | 4FW | Declan Bonner |  | 2  | 0  |  BGC F.C.
16  | 4FW | Ethan Gilson-Clarke |  | 0  | 0  |  Cheltenham Town F.C. Academy
19  | 4FW | Martyn Gilson-Clarke |  | 0  | 0  |  C&R Construction FC

## References[edit]

1. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
2. ^ "When Saturday Comes – Military tactics". Wsc.co.uk. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
3. ^ "When Saturday Comes – The football archipelago". Wsc.co.uk. 2011-06-25. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
4. ^ "What Liam Ferdinand will be up to on the Falkland Islands". Football In Bracknell. Retrieved 8 November 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Fedefútbol profile Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
* List of matches in Roon Ba
* Stadium profile at Worldstadia
* CSANF Website
* The Remotest Football Website

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Falkland Islands

Capital: Port Stanley

History|

* 1770 Falklands crisis
* 1833 British Reassertion
* Hope Place
* Port Egmont
* Puerto Soledad
* 1982 invasion
* Falklands War

Geography|

| Islands|

* Arch
* Bald
* Barclay
* Barren
* Beaver
* Becher
* Beauchene
* Beef
* Bird
* Bleaker
* Bobs
* Box
* Brandy
* Broken
* Burdwood Bank
* Burnt
* Carcass
* Cochon
* Coffin
* Dunbar
* Dyke
* Ear
* East Falkland
* Lafonia
* East
* Eddystone Rock
* Elephant Cays
* Eddystone Rock
* Fox
* George
* Golding
* Great
* Green
* Halt
* High
* Hog
* Hummock
* Jason
* Kelp
* Keppel
* Kidney
* Lively
* Long
* New
* North East
* North Point
* Passage
* Pebble
* Penn
* Phillimore
* Pleasant
* Quaker
* Rabbit
* Ruggles
* Rum
* Samuel
* Sandy Bay
* Saunders
* Sea Dog
* Sea Lion
* Seal Rocks
* Shag
* Speedwell
* Split
* Staats
* Swan
* Tea
* Tussac
* Tyssen
* Weddell
* West Falkland
* West Point
* Whisky

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Locations|

* Airport
* Ajax Bay
* Bay of Harbours
* Bertha's Beach
* Brenton Loch
* Bull Point
* Byron Heights
* Camp
* Cape Bougainville
* Cape Pembroke
* Chatham
* Circum Peak
* Darwin
* Eagle Passage
* Falkland Sound
* Fox Bay
* French
* Goose Green
* Grantham Sound
* Green Patch
* Gull
* Hill Cove
* Hope Harbour
* Hornby Mountains
* Horse
* Johnson's Harbour
* Lafonia
* Loop
* Mount Adam
* Mount Alice
* Mount Maria
* Mount Usborne
* Mount Weddell
* New Haven
* New Year Cove
* North Arm
* Pebble Island Settlement
* Pillar
* Pleasant Peak
* Port Albemarle
* Port Howard
* Port Louis
* Port Patterson
* Port San Carlos
* Port Stephens
* Quaker Harbour
* Race
* Salvador
* San Carlos
* Seal Bay
* Smylie Channel
* Stanley
* Stanley Harbour
* Swan
* Volunteer Point
* Weddell Point
* Weddell Settlement

Military|

* Falkland Islands Defence Force
* Mare Harbour
* RAF Mount Pleasant
* RRH Mount Kent
* RRH Byron Heights
* RRH Mount Alice

Politics|

* Chief Executive
* Constitution
* Falkland Islands pound (currency)
* Government House
* Governor
* list
* Legislative Assembly
* Representative Office, London
* Sovereignty dispute

Economy|

* Falkland Islands Company
* Falkland Islands Development Corporation
* Falkland Islands General Employees Union
* Falkland Landholdings Corporation
* Falklands Oil and Gas

Society|

* Education
* Falkland Islands Community School(*)
* Falkland Islanders
* Origins
* Falklands Conservation
* Human rights
* LGBT
* Languages
* Falkland Islands English
* Telecommunications
* Internet domain
* Transport
* Law Enforcement

Culture|

* Anglican parish
* Coat of arms
* Flag
* Motto
* Religion
* Christ Church Cathedral
* Roman Catholicism
* Scouting and Guiding

Sport|

* Commonwealth Games
* Cricket team
* Football team
* Rifle Association
* Rugby union

(*) Sixth-formers attend Peter Symonds College in England and national diploma/NVQ students attend Chichester College in England

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National and regional football teams representing the United Kingdom, overseas territories or Crown Dependencies

Home Nations|

| UEFA|

* England
* Wales
* Scotland
* Northern Ireland

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Olympics1|

* Great Britain

Island Games1|

* Western Isles
* Shetland
* Orkney
* Anglesey
* Isle of Wight

CONIFA / WUFA1|

* Kernow
* Surrey
* Yorkshire

Overseas territories and
Crown Dependencies|

| UEFA|

* Gibraltar

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CONCACAF and CFU|

* Anguilla
* Bermuda
* British Virgin Islands
* Cayman Islands
* Montserrat
* Turks and Caicos Islands

CONIFA / WUFA1|

* Ellan Vannin
* Parishes of Jersey

Unaffiliated1|

* Alderney
* Falkland Islands
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Saint Helena
* Sark
* Chagos Islands

Former1|

* Sealand

* 1: Unrecognised teams, with no regional affiliation

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National sports teams of the Falkland Islands

* Badminton
* Cricket
* Football

* Commonwealth Games

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Non-FIFA and unaffiliated football teams competing internationally

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ConiFA|

| Europe|

* Abkhazia
* Canton Ticino
* Chameria
* County of Nice
* Donetsk PR
* Elba
* Ellan Vannin
* Felvidék
* Franconia
* Kárpátalja
* Kernow
* Luhansk PR
* Monaco
* Northern Cyprus
* Occitania
* Padania
* Provence
* Raetia
* Romani People
* Sápmi
* Sardinia
* Sicily
* South Ossetia
* Székely Land
* Two Sicilies
* Western Armenia

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Asia|

* Arameans Suryoye
* East Turkestan
* Hmong
* Karen
* Kashmir
* Kurdistan
* Lezghian
* Pakistan All-Stars
* Panjab
* Rohingya
* Ryūkyū
* Tamil Eelam
* Tibet
* United Koreans in Japan
* West Papua

Africa|

* Barawa
* Barotseland
* Basotho
* Biafra
* Chagos Islands
* Darfur
* Kabylia
* Katanga
* Matabeland
* Somaliland
* Yoruba
* Western Sahara
* Zanzibar

Americas|

* ANBM
* Armenian Argentine
* Aymara
* Cascadia
* Guna People
* Kiskeya
* Kuskatan
* Mapuche
* Maule Sur
* Quebéc
* Rapa Nui
* São Paulo FAD

Oceania|

* Hawaiʻi
* Kiribati
* Mariya
* Tuvalu

Sovereign states|

* Marshall Islands
* Micronesia
* Nauru
* Niue
* Palau
* Vatican City

Non-sovereign|

| Spain|

* Andalusia
* Aragon
* Asturias
* Balearic Islands
* Basque Country
* Canary Islands
* Cantabria
* Castile and León
* Catalonia
* Ceuta
* Community of Madrid
* Extremadura
* Galicia
* Melilla
* Murcia
* Navarre
* Valencian Community

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France|

* Brittany
* Corsica
* Mayotte
* Réunion
* Saint Barthélemy
* Saint Pierre and Miquelon
* Wallis and Futuna

Brazil|

* Minas Gerais
* Rio de Janeiro
* São Paulo

UK|

* Parishes of Jersey
* Surrey
* Yorkshire

Netherlands|

* Saba
* Sint Eustatius

Germany|

* Württemberg

Italy|

* Seborga

Malta|

* Gozo

Moldova|

* Gagauzia
* Transnistria

Poland|

* Silesia

Ukraine|

* Crimean Tatars

Island Games|

* Åland
* Alderney
* Falkland Islands
* Frøya
* Gotland
* Greenland
* Guernsey
* Hitra
* Isle of Man
* Isle of Wight
* Jersey
* Menorca
* Orkney
* Rhodes
* Saare County
* Saint Helena
* Sark
* Shetland
* Ynys Môn
* Western Isles

CSANF|

* Chiloé
* Fernando de Noronha
* Indigenous peoples of Panama
* Juan Fernandez Islands
* Roraima
* Tierra del Fuego

Defunct and NF Board|

* Ambazonia
* Chechnya
* Cilento
* Sealand
* South Moluccas

Languages|

* Esperanto

Micronesian Games|

* Chuuk
* Palau B
* Pohnpeii
* Yap

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Island Games football teams

* Åland
* Alderney
* Bermuda
* Falkland Islands
* Faroe Islands
* Frøya
* Gibraltar
* Gotland
* Greenland
* Guernsey
* Hitra
* Isle of Man
* Isle of Wight
* Jersey
* Menorca
* Orkney
* Rhodes
* Saaremaa
* Sark
* Shetland
* Western Isles
* Ynys Môn

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