Jersey official football team

Jersey
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Crapauds or Beans
AssociationJersey Football Association
Head coachMartin Cassidy
Most capsGreg Curtis (55)
Top scorerMike Harper (24)
Home stadiumSpringfield Stadium
FIFA codeJER
First colours
First international
 Jersey 0–1 Guernsey
(Saint Helier, Jersey; 27 April 1905)
Biggest win
 Jersey 18–0 Alderney 
(Saint Helier, Jersey; 19 March 1994)
Biggest defeat
 Jersey 1–7 Guernsey
(Saint Helier, Jersey; 18 April 1929)

The Jersey official football team represents the British Crown Dependency of Jersey in non-FIFA international matches.

The Jersey Football Association is affiliated to the English Football Association, as they are not affiliated to either FIFA or UEFA, the Jersey official football team is therefore not eligible 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 Men's Team 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
1 1GK Euan van der Vliet (1996-08-11) 11 August 1996 Jersey St. Paul's
12 1GK Danny Birrell Jersey Jersey Wanderers
2 2DF Harry Curtis Jersey St. Paul's
3 2DF Michael Weir Jersey St. Paul's
5 2DF Luke Campbell (1989-05-04) 4 May 1989 Jersey St. Peter
4 3MF James Queree (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 Jersey Jersey Wanderers
6 3MF Jack Cannon (1987-02-17) 17 February 1987 Jersey St. Paul's
7 3MF Jay Reid (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 Jersey St. Paul's
8 3MF Jack Boyle (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 Jersey Jersey Bulls
10 3MF Jake Baker (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 Jersey St. Peter
13 3MF Kamen Nafkha Jersey Jersey Wanderers
9 4FW Craig Russell (1987-11-04) 4 November 1987 Jersey St. Paul's
11 4FW Karl Hinds Jersey St. Paul's
14 4FW Adam Trotter Jersey St. Paul's
15 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 Southend United
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: 56 (55 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, 2018, 2019, 2022 (* shared)
  • Island Games: 3
    • 1993, 1997, 2009
  • FA Inter League Champions
    • 2021

Youth teams

Jersey under 16 have competed in their own Muratti Cup since 2007.[9]

Honours
  • U-16 Muratti Cup: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015 (shared), 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022

Women's team

The Jersey official women's team also compeated in their version on the Muratti Vase from its institution in 1997 to the 2017 when the Gurnsey women's team was disbanded.

Honours

See also

References
  1. Sport, Brent Pilnick BBC. "Jersey bids to join Uefa to play international football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. "Gibraltar given full Uefa membership at London Congress". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  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". BBC Sport. 22 February 2017.
  5. "Court of Arbitration in Sport orders Jersey case to be heard by Uefa congress". BBC Sport. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  6. "Jersey: Uefa congress rejects application to become international football nation". BBC Sport. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. "'Parishes of Jersey' accepted into Conifa". 11 September 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  8. "2017 Island Games Squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  9. "U16 Muratti 2022 | JFA Combination League".


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