Orkney representative football team
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| Association | Orkney Amateur Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Karl Adamson | ||
| Home stadium | The Pickaquoy Centre, formerly Bignold Park | ||
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| First international | |||
 Orkney 2–3 Shetland  (1919) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Orkney 7–1 Shetland (30 June 1972) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Jersey 12–0 Orkney (8 July 2001) | |||
The Orkney football team is the representative football team for the islands of Orkney, Scotland. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA. The team regularly competes in the Island Games and has a strong rivalry with the representative teams of Shetland and Caithness.[1][2]
This team should not be confused with Orkney F.C. which competes in the North Caledonian League.
Tournament records
Island Games record
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2001 |
11th Place Match | 12th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20 | −18 |
 2003 |
7th Place Match | 8th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 30 | −25 |
| 2005 |
9th Place Match | 9th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 |
 2017 |
9th Place Match | 9th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
| Total | 4/15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 67 | −47 |
Selected Internationals opponents
- Last update: November 2008
| Opponents | Matches | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alderney
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
 Falkland Islands
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 50.00 |
 Faroe Islands
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 40.00 |
 Gibraltar
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0.00 |
 Greenland
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Guernsey
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0.00 |
| Jersey
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0.00 |
 Rhodes
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0.00 |
 Saare County
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Shetland
|
86 | 32 | 4 | 50 | 156 | 207 | −51 | 37.21 |
 Western Isles
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Ynys Môn
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
References
- ^ "Inter-county football cancelled after Caithness no-show". The Orcadian. 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ Shields, Tom (22 July 2007). "Island Fling: Tom Shields investigates the very special rivalry between Orkney and Shetland". The Sunday Herald. Glasgow: Scottish Media Group.