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Not to be confused with Ellan Vannin football team or F.C. Isle of Man.

Isle of Man
Nickname(s)The Yellows
AssociationIsle of Man Football Association
Head coachPaul Jones [1]
Most capsPeter Langridge
Top scorerPeter Langridge
Home stadiumThe Bowl, Douglas
First colours
Second colours
First international
Isle of Wight Isle of Wight 1–0 Isle of Man Isle of Man
(Isle of Wight, England; 4 July 1993)
not FIFA regulated
Biggest win
Isle of Man Isle of Man 13–0 Hitra
(Gotland Island, Sweden; 28 June 1999)
not FIFA regulated
Biggest defeat
Jersey Jersey 5–1 Isle of Man Isle of Man
(Isle of Wight, England; 9 July 1993)
not FIFA regulated
Greenland Greenland 4–0 Isle of Man Isle of Man
(Gibraltar; 18 July 1995)
not FIFA regulated
Western Isles 4–0 Isle of Man Isle of Man
(Shetland Islands, Scotland; 15 July 2005)
not FIFA regulated

The Isle of Man Representative County football team is the IOMFA football team of the Isle of Man and is controlled by the Isle of Man Football Association. The team plays in a yellow and red home kit and an all navy blue away kit.

History

The Isle of Man are not members of FIFA or UEFA, as the Isle of Man FA are members of The Football Association (The FA), with similar status to an English county. Since they are not a member of either FIFA or UEFA, they are not eligible to enter either the World Cup or European Championship. The Isle of Man therefore is limited to different forms of competition. The main competition the Isle of Man national football team takes part in is the biennial Football at the Island Games tournament. Isle of Man has won the tournament once, and came in runner-up four times.

They play in the International Quadrangular Tournament, a tournament for semi-professional and amateur national teams from the Isle of Man, Scotland, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. They won the tournament in 2000, beating Scotland 1–0 in the final, despite the Isle of Man possessing the only truly all-amateur set-up while the other teams fielded semi-professional players.

Another regular competition played in is the Steam Packet Football Festival, which usually features the Isle of Man along with lower division teams from The Football League. The Isle of Man's best result to date in the tournament, was beating Burnley F.C. 1–0 in 2000.

In the 2005–06 season, the Isle of Man national team won The FA National League System Cup, a competition for amateur teams representing the leagues at Step 7 of the National League System with a few other leagues permitted by the FA. The Isle of Man beat the Cambridgeshire Football Association County League team 4–0 in the final and represented England in the UEFA Regions' Cup.

In 2014, a new team, Ellan Vannin, was created by the Manx Independent Football Association in order to enter ConIFA and compete at the ConIFA World Football Cup. As opposed to the official Isle of Man team, which is composed only of Isle of Man Football League players, Ellan Vannin will allow only those with Manx ties to play for them, in line with FIFA eligibility rules. Initially, the IoMFA was reluctant to allow MIFA to run the Ellan Vannin side, but the two associations agreed to work together in February 2014 to allow both the IoMFA side and Ellan Vannin to continue.[3]

Tournament records

Island Games record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Isle of Wight 1993 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 8 7
Gibraltar 1995 7th place 8th 4 0 0 4 2 12
Gotland 1999 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 20 6
Isle of Man 2001 7th place 7th 4 1 1 2 12 6
Guernsey 2003 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 9 5
Shetland 2005 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 12 7
Åland 2009 Fourth place 4th 5 3 0 2 12 10
Isle of Wight 2011 7th place 8th 4 2 1 1 16 9
Jersey 2015 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 22 5
Gotland 2017 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 24 5
Total 10/14 45 25 4 16 137 72

Selected Internationals opponents

Last update: 10 July 2009
Opponents Matches Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Win%
 Åland 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 050.00
 Falkland Islands 3 3 0 0 20 1 +19 100.00
 Gibraltar 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 000.00
 Gotland 2 1 1 0 8 6 +2 050.00
 Greenland 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 000.00
 Guernsey 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 000.00
 Hitra 1 1 0 0 13 0 +13 100.00
 Isle of Wight 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 050.00
 Jersey 3 2 0 1 4 6 −2 066.67
 Rhodes 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
 Saare County 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 050.00
 Shetland 4 2 1 1 9 5 +4 050.00
 Western Isles 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 050.00
 Ynys Môn 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 033.33

References

  1. ^ "Paul Jones appointed new Isle of Man football manager". Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  2. ^ "Nick Hurt appointed new Isle of Man football manager". 8 December 2014 – via www.bbc.com.
  3. ^ Association, The Football. "Sorry. Something's wrong with the pitch. - Isle of Man FA". www.isleofmanfa.com.
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