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, the governing body of the sport there. It competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations, which encompasses the countries of Europe. Organised football has been played in Gibraltar since the 19th century. They first applied for UEFA membership in 1997 which was rejected. In October 2012, Gibraltar reapplied for full membership and it was granted in March 2013. 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.
Gibraltar's first announced matches were two friendlies scheduled for 5 March and 26 May 2014 as a home-and-away series against Estonia. Although it was not their first announced match, Gibraltar later scheduled a match against Slovakia for 19 November 2013 which became their official debut. They entered their first major international competition in 2014: the qualifying rounds for UEFA Euro 2016. On 13 May 2016, Gibraltar was accepted as a member of the International Federation of Association Football after their original application in 2014 was denied; as a result Gibraltar were allowed to participate in the qualification process for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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. 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. Liam Walker holds the appearance record for Gibraltar, having been capped 44 times during his international career. 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. Its highest ever ranking of 190th was achieved in October 2018.

International matches

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