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The Gibraltar team lining up before the 2013 match against Slovakia, their first official match as a UEFA member.

The Gibraltar national football team represents the Gibraltar in association football and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA), the governing body of the sport there. It competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. Organised football has been played in the British Overseas Territory since the 19th century. Gibraltar first applied for UEFA membership in 1999 but was rejected because of intense opposition from Spain. In October 2012, Gibraltar reapplied for full membership and it was granted in March 2013.[1][2]

Gibraltar's first announced matches were two friendlies scheduled for 5 March and 26 May 2014 as a home-and-away series against Estonia.[3] Although it was not their first announced match, Gibraltar later scheduled a match against Slovakia for 19 November 2013 which became their official debut.[4][5] They entered their first major international competition in 2014: the qualifying rounds for UEFA Euro 2016.[6] On 13 May 2016, Gibraltar was accepted as a member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) after their original application in 2014 was denied;[7][8] as a result Gibraltar were allowed to participate in the qualification process for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[9][10]

The team won their first competitive match in October 2018, 1–0 against Armenia in the inaugural UEFA Nations League. It is their joint largest victories with one-nil wins against Latvia and Malta in friendly matches.[11] They have additionally drawn three matches since their acceptance into UEFA, against Slovakia, Estonia and Liechtenstein. All of three of which were friendly matches. Their worst loss is a 9–0 against Belgium in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 31 August 2017. Liam Walker holds the appearance record for Gibraltar, having been capped 32 times during his international career.[12] The goalscoring record is jointly held by Lee Casciaro, Jake Gosling and Liam Walker, who have scored two times in 22, 12 and 32 matches respectively.[13]

The team's home ground, Victoria Stadium, does not meet UEFA's standards for competitive internationals, although it can be used for international friendlies. To date, five friendly matches have been played by Gibraltar at the Victoria Stadium. Gibraltar's first full international was played at the Estádio Algarve in Faro/Loulé, Portugal as a test for its future temporary use. Since 2014, the stadium has been used as the team's home ground in competitive matches.[14] The stadium has hosted a couple of Gibraltar's international friendly matches, as well.

These are the official results of the national football team after being accepted into UEFA. Matches played by the team before obtaining UEFA membership are not considered official matches and are not included.[15][16] A list of unofficial matches played by Gibraltar can be found here.

International matches

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of the match:
  – indicates Gibraltar won the match
  – indicates Gibraltar's opposition won the match
  – indicates the match ended in a draw
 The letters next to the location indicate where the match was played:
(H) – indicates the match was a home game
(A) – indicates the match was an away game

2013

19 November[17] Friendly Gibraltar 0–0  Slovakia Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
18:30 Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 350
Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)
Man of the Match: Danny Higginbotham

2014

1 March[18] Friendly Gibraltar 1–4  Faroe Islands Gibraltar (H)
19:00
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Raymond Crangle (Northern Ireland)
5 March[19] Friendly Gibraltar 0–2  Estonia Gibraltar (H)
19:00 Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 1,906
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
26 May[19] Friendly Estonia  1–1  Gibraltar Tallinn, Estonia (A)
19:00
Report
Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 4,805
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
4 June[11] Friendly Gibraltar 1–0  Malta Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
 Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 500
Referee: João Capela (Portugal)
7 September[20] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Gibraltar 0–7  Poland Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 1,620
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
11 October[21] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Republic of Ireland  7–0  Gibraltar Dublin, Republic of Ireland (A)
17:00
Report Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 35,123
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Man of the Match: Wes Hoolahan
14 October[22] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Gibraltar 0–3  Georgia Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 281
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
14 November[23] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Germany  4–0  Gibraltar Nuremberg, Germany (A)
19:45
Report Stadium: Grundig-Stadion
Attendance: 44,380
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

2015

29 March[24] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Scotland  6–1  Gibraltar Glasgow, Scotland (A)
17:00
Report
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 34,255
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
7 June[25] Friendly Croatia  4–0  Gibraltar Varaždin, Croatia (A)
18:00
Report
Stadium: Stadion Anđelko Herjavec
Attendance: 7,737
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
13 June[26] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Gibraltar 0–7  Germany Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 7,467
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
4 September[27] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Gibraltar 0–4  Republic of Ireland Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 5,393
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
7 September[28] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Poland  8–1  Gibraltar Warsaw, Poland (A)
19:45
Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 27,763
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
8 October[29] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Georgia  4–0  Gibraltar Tbilisi, Georgia (A)
17:00
Report
Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena
Attendance: 11,330
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
11 October[30] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Gibraltar 0–6  Scotland Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45 Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 12,401
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Man of the Match: Steven Fletcher

2016

23 March[31] Friendly Gibraltar 0–0  Liechtenstein Gibraltar (H)
19:00
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Referee: Ryan Stewart (Wales)
29 March[32] Friendly Gibraltar 0–5  Latvia Gibraltar (H)
19:00
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
1 September[33] Friendly Portugal  5–0  Gibraltar Porto, Portugal (A)
19:45
Report Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)
6 September[34] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Gibraltar 1–4  Greece Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 460
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
7 October[35] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Estonia  4–0  Gibraltar Tallinn, Estonia (A)
19:45
Report Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 4,678
Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)
10 October[36] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Gibraltar 0–6  Belgium Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 1,959
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
13 November[37] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Cyprus  3–1  Gibraltar Nicosia, Cyprus (A)
17:00
Report
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 3,151
Referee: Aleksandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)

2017

25 March[38] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Bosnia and Herzegovina  5–0  Gibraltar Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (A)
19:45
Report Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium
Attendance: 8,285
Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)
9 June[39] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Gibraltar 1–2  Cyprus Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 488
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)
31 August[40] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Belgium  9–0  Gibraltar Liège, Belgium (A)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)
3 September[41] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Gibraltar 0–4  Bosnia and Herzegovina Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45 Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 805
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
7 October[42] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Gibraltar 0–6  Estonia Faro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
17:00
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 712
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
10 October[43] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Greece  4–0  Gibraltar Piraeus, Greece (A)
19:45
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 12,739
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

2018

25 March[44] Friendly Gibraltar 1–0  Latvia Gibraltar (H)
 Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 1,306
Referee: Trustin Farrufia Cann (Malta)
6 September[45] 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D Gibraltar 0–2  North Macedonia Gibraltar (H)
 Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
9 September[46] 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D Liechtenstein  2–0  Gibraltar Vaduz, Liechtenstein (A)
 Report
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sant Alan (Malta)
13 October[47] 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D Armenia  0–1  Gibraltar Yerevan, Armenia (A)
 Report
Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

All-time record

Gibraltar playing against the Faroe Islands in 2014; during this match Gibraltar scored and conceded their first goals of international football.
The players of Gibraltar and Germany lining up before their UEFA Euro qualifying match in 2015.

Gibraltar's first team has competed in one league tournament, two qualifying tournaments and a number of friendlies, and their record against each team faced in these competitions is listed below. Since their first official match against Slovakia in November 2013 Gibraltar have faced a total of nineteen teams,[15] they met their most recent different opponent, Armenia, in October 2018.[16]

Opponents Pld W D L GF GA GD W% First Last
 Andorra 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 066.67 2021 2024
 Armenia 2 1 0 1 3 6 −3 050.00 2018 2018
 Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 15 −15 000.00 2016 2017
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 000.00 2017 2017
 Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 000.00 2020 2022
 Croatia 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 000.00 2015 2015
 Cyprus 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 000.00 2016 2017
 Denmark 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 000.00 2019 2019
 Estonia 5 0 1 4 1 14 −13 000.00 2014 2019
 Faroe Islands 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 000.00 2014 2022
 France 2 0 0 2 0 17 −17 000.00 2023 2023
 Georgia 6 0 0 6 3 19 −16 000.00 2014 2022
 Germany 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 000.00 2014 2015
 Greece 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 000.00 2016 2023
 Grenada 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00 2022 2022
 Kosovo 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00 2019 2019
 Latvia 4 1 0 3 3 11 −8 025.00 2016 2021
 Liechtenstein 8 3 4 1 8 6 +2 037.50 2016 2024
 Lithuania 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 000.00 2024 2024
 Malta 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 033.33 2014 2023
 Montenegro 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 000.00 2021 2021
 Netherlands 4 0 0 4 0 22 −22 000.00 2021 2023
 North Macedonia 4 0 0 4 0 12 −12 000.00 2018 2022
 Norway 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 000.00 2021 2021
 Poland 2 0 0 2 1 15 −14 000.00 2014 2015
 Portugal 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 000.00 2016 2016
 Republic of Ireland 6 0 0 6 0 21 −21 000.00 2014 2023
 San Marino 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 066.67 2020 2024
 Scotland 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 000.00 2015 2024
 Slovakia 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00 2013 2013
 Slovenia 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 000.00 2021 2021
  Switzerland 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 000.00 2019 2019
 Turkey 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 000.00 2021 2021
 Wales 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 000.00 2023 2024
Total 92 10 12 70 34 297 −263 010.87 2013 2024

See also

References

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