Falkland Islands official football team

Falkland Islands

Nickname(s)	Oilers
Association	Falkland Islands Football League
First colours Second colours
First international
Isle of Man 9 - 0 Falkland Islands (8 July, 2001)
Biggest win
Falkland Islands 4 - 1 Orkney (13 July, 2001)
Biggest defeat
Isle of Man 9 - 0 Falkland Islands (8 July, 2001) Isle of Man 9 - 0 Falkland Islands (13 July, 2005)

The Falkland Islands national football team are the official football team of the Falkland Islands.

The team played in the Island Games in 2001 and 2005.

After two years of 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 captain. On the 9th of November the opening league fixtures were played. Details of the League, its teams and players will be shown once the official FIFL website is finished.

At the same time the Falkland Islands National team went through a process to pick a manager to lead the team to the 2009 Island Games in Åland. A large squad of over 23 players was picked and training began in September. The squad will be trimmed down to either 18 or 16 players depending on the success of the Fund Raising. At the moment, the Falkland Islands football team has raised a quarter of the money needed to take the team to Åland. The long distance needed to travel, the expensive cost to travel on RAF flights and the need to take between 16-18 players ensures that the Football team can only go to the Island Games every four years. The National Team is known as "Stanley" when playing in the Falkland Islands and so far in the 2008/2009, have made light work of opposition. Due to the remoteness of the islands and the small population, the Stanley team can only play military teams or visiting warships.

Selected internationals

Date	Venue		Opponent	Score
Jul 15 2005	Shetland	Falkland Islands	Orkney	0 - 2
Jul 14 2005	Shetland	Falkland Islands	Åland Islands	1 - 2
Jul 13 2005	Shetland	Falkland Islands	Isle of Man	0 - 9
Jul 12 2005	Shetland	Falkland Islands	Saaremaa	2 - 1
Jul 10 2005	Shetland	Falkland Islands	Shetland	0 - 4
Jul 13 2001	Isle of Man	Falkland Islands	Orkney	4 - 1
Jul 12 2001	Isle of Man	Falkland Islands	Greenland	0 - 4
Jul 9 2001	Isle of Man	Falkland Islands	Guernsey	0 - 3
Jul 8 2001	Isle of Man	Falkland Islands	Isle of Man	0 - 9

Tournament records

Island Games record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2001	11th Place Match	11th	4	1	0	3	4	17
2005	9th Place Match	10th	5	1	0	4	3	18
Total	2/10		9	2	0	7	7	35

Squad

• ALDRIDGE Stephen
• BALLADERES Andreas
• BESLEY-CLARK Craig
• BESLEY-CLARK Douglas
• BETTS Ian
• BIGGS Daniel
• BIGGS Kyle
• CHATER Bill
• CLARK Doug
• CLARKE Christopher
• CLARKE Luke
• CLEMENT Wayne
• GILBERT Christopher
• GILSON-CLARKE Martyn
• HENRY Jeremy
• LENNON Mark
• PECK James
• ROSS Claudio
• WALLACE Tom

References

• Fedefútbol profile
• List of matches in Roon Ba
• Stadium profile at Worldstadia
• CSANF Website
• The Remotest Football Website