Gibraltar national football team results

The Gibraltar national football team is the representative association football team of Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It 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 Gibraltar since the 19th century.[1] They first applied for UEFA membership in 1997 which was rejected.[2] In October 2012, Gibraltar reapplied for full membership and it was granted in March 2013.[3][4] Before 2018 the team's home ground, Victoria Stadium, did not meet UEFA's standards for competitive internationals, although it could be used for international friendlies. Gibraltar's first full international was played at the Estádio Algarve in Faro/Loulé, Portugal which Gibraltar used as their home stadium for competitive matches between 2014 and 2018.[5]

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

Gibraltar's first announced matches were two friendlies scheduled for 5 March and 26 May 2014 as a home-and-away series against Estonia.[6] Although it was not their first announced match, Gibraltar later scheduled a match against Slovakia for 19 November 2013 which became their official debut.[7][8] They entered their first major international competition in 2014: the qualifying rounds for UEFA Euro 2016.[9] 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;[10][11] as a result Gibraltar were allowed to participate in the qualification process for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[12][13]

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 victory with 2–1 against Liechtenstein and one-nil wins against Latvia and Malta.[14] They have additionally drawn three matches since their acceptance into UEFA, against Slovakia, Estonia and Liechtenstein; all 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.[15] Liam Walker holds the appearance record for Gibraltar, having been capped 44 times during his international career.[16] The goalscoring record is held by Lee Casciaro who has scored three times in 33 matches. As of April 2020, Gibraltar are ranked 196th in the FIFA World Rankings.[17] Its highest ever ranking of 190th was achieved in October 2018.[18]

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
(N) – indicates the match was played at a neutral venue

2013

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

2014

1 March[20] FriendlyGibraltar 1–4 Faroe IslandsGibraltar (H)
19:00 Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Raymond Crangle (Northern Ireland)
5 March[21] FriendlyGibraltar 0–2 EstoniaGibraltar (H)
19:00 Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 1,906
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
26 May[21] FriendlyEstonia 1–1 GibraltarTallinn, Estonia (A)
19:00
Report
Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 4,805
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
4 June[14] FriendlyGibraltar 1–0 MaltaFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 500
Referee: João Capela (Portugal)
7 September[22] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifyingGibraltar 0–7 PolandFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 1,620
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
11 October[23] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifyingRepublic of Ireland 7–0 GibraltarDublin, Republic of Ireland (A)
17:00
Report Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 35,123
Referee: Leontios Trattou (Cyprus)
Man of the Match: Wes Hoolahan (Republic of Ireland)
14 October[24] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifyingGibraltar 0–3 GeorgiaFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 281
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
14 November[25] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifyingGermany 4–0 GibraltarNuremberg, Germany (A)
19:45
Report Stadium: Grundig-Stadion
Attendance: 44,380
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

2015

29 March[26] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifyingScotland 6–1 GibraltarGlasgow, Scotland (A)
17:00
Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 34,255
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
7 June[27] FriendlyCroatia 4–0 GibraltarVaraždin, Croatia (A)
18:00
Report
Stadium: Stadion Anđelko Herjavec
Attendance: 7,737
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
13 June[28] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifyingGibraltar 0–7 GermanyFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45 Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 7,467
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
4 September[29] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifyingGibraltar 0–4 Republic of IrelandFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 5,393
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
7 September[30] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifyingPoland 8–1 GibraltarWarsaw, Poland (A)
19:45
Report
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 27,763
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
8 October[31] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifyingGeorgia 4–0 GibraltarTbilisi, Georgia (A)
17:00
Report
Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena
Attendance: 11,330
Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)
11 October[32] UEFA Euro 2016 qualifyingGibraltar 0–6 ScotlandFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45 Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 12,401
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Man of the Match: Steven Fletcher (Scotland)

2016

23 March[33] FriendlyGibraltar 0–0 LiechtensteinGibraltar (H)
19:00
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Referee: Ryan Stewart (Wales)
29 March[34] FriendlyGibraltar 0–5 LatviaGibraltar (H)
19:00 Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alan Mario Sant (Malta)
1 September[35] FriendlyPortugal 5–0 GibraltarPorto, Portugal (A)
19:45
Report Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)
6 September[36] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificationGibraltar 1–4 GreeceFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 460
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
7 October[37] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificationEstonia 4–0 GibraltarTallinn, Estonia (A)
19:45
Report Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 4,678
Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)
10 October[38] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificationGibraltar 0–6 BelgiumFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45 Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 1,959
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
13 November[39] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificationCyprus 3–1 GibraltarNicosia, Cyprus (A)
17:00
Report
Stadium: GSP Stadium
Attendance: 3,151
Referee: Aleksandr Aliyev (Kazakhstan)

2017

25 March[40] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificationBosnia and Herzegovina 5–0 GibraltarZenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (A)
19:45
Report Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium
Attendance: 8,285
Referee: Svein-Erik Edvartsen (Norway)
9 June[41] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificationGibraltar 1–2 CyprusFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 488
Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)
31 August[42] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificationBelgium 9–0 GibraltarLiège, Belgium (A)
19:45
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)
3 September[43] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificationGibraltar 0–4 Bosnia and HerzegovinaFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
19:45 Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 805
Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
7 October[44] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificationGibraltar 0–6 EstoniaFaro/Loulé, Portugal (H)
17:00
Report
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Attendance: 712
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
10 October[45] 2018 FIFA World Cup qualificationGreece 4–0 GibraltarPiraeus, Greece (A)
19:45
Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 12,739
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

2018

25 March[46] FriendlyGibraltar 1–0 LatviaGibraltar (H)
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 1,306
Referee: Trustin Farrufia Cann (Malta)
6 September[47] 2018–19 UEFA Nations League DGibraltar 0–2 MacedoniaGibraltar (H)
Report
  • Tričkovski  19'  89'
  • Alioski  35'  77'
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jens Maae (Denmark)
9 September[48] 2018–19 UEFA Nations League DLiechtenstein 2–0 GibraltarVaduz, Liechtenstein (A)
Report
Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sant Alan (Malta)
13 October[49] 2018–19 UEFA Nations League DArmenia 0–1 GibraltarYerevan, Armenia (A)
Report
Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
16 October[50] 2018–19 UEFA Nations League DGibraltar 2–1 LiechtensteinGibraltar (H)
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Vasilis Dimitriou (Cyprus)
16 November[51] 2018–19 UEFA Nations League DGibraltar 2–6 ArmeniaGibraltar (H)
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 1,955
Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)
19 November[52] 2018–19 UEFA Nations League DMacedonia 4–0 GibraltarSkopje, Macedonia (A)
Report Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 2,152
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

2019

23 March[53] UEFA Euro 2020 qualifyingGibraltar 0–1 Republic of IrelandGibraltar (H)
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)
26 March[54] FriendlyGibraltar 0–1 EstoniaGibraltar (H)
De Barr  90+2' Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
7 June[55] UEFA Euro 2020 qualifyingGeorgia 3–0 GibraltarTbilisi, Georgia (A)
Report
Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena
Attendance: 18,631
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)
10 June[56] UEFA Euro 2020 qualifyingRepublic of Ireland 2–0 GibraltarDublin, Republic of Ireland (A)
Report
Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 36,281
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
5 September[57] UEFA Euro 2020 qualifyingGibraltar 0–6 DenmarkGibraltar (H)
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 2,076
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
8 September[58] UEFA Euro 2020 qualifyingSwitzerland  4–0 GibraltarSion, Switzerland (A)
Report Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 8,318
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
10 October[59] FriendlyKosovo 1–0 GibraltarPristina, Kosovo (A)
Report Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)
15 October[60] UEFA Euro 2020 qualifyingGibraltar 2–3 GeorgiaGibraltar (H)
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 1,455
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
15 November[61] UEFA Euro 2020 qualifyingDenmark 6–0 GibraltarCopenhagen, Denmark (A)
Report
Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 24,033
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
18 November[62] UEFA Euro 2020 qualifyingGibraltar 1–6  SwitzerlandGibraltar (H)
Report
Stadium: Victoria Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)


See also

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