Shetland official football team
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The Shetland official football team represents Shetland and takes its squad from various local teams.
It is not a member of FIFA or UEFA and is therefore ineligible to enter the World Cup or the European Championships (see below). The team regularly competes in the NatWest Island Games.
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History
First game:
Orkney 2 - 3 Shetland
(1919)
Biggest win:
Orkney 0 - 7 Shetland
(29 June 2000)
Biggest defeat:
Orkney 7 - 1 Shetland
(30 June 1972)
Current Squad
For full squad please see main article Shetland Official Football Team Squad
Stadium
Shetland Football Club normally play their home matches at Gilbertson Park. While the capacity of it is unknown, it reached approximately 5000 during the final of the Island Games. Some matches, particularly friendlies, are occasionally played elsewhere, often at Seafield and Harbison Park.
The latest most noticeable event to take place in Shetland was the Island Games with many of the group matches being played on Pitches all around Shetland and the final taking place on Gilbertson Park (sometimes referred to as "the Gibbie").
Official Status
Neither the Shetland official team nor the Shetland domestic teams are recognised by FIFA or UEFA, while Faroese teams are. The reason for this is that Faroe gained devolution from Denmark whereas Shetland is part of Scotland. Due to this the Shetland team does not play often, however the domestic teams play every week.
The Scottish FA refers to the Shetland Team as 'Shetland FA Select' [1].
Achievements
Island Games: GOLD
2005
Match: Final
Shetland Islands 2 (0) V 0 (0) Guernsey
Time: 16:00 Date: Friday 15th July 2005 Venue: Gilbertson Park
Table
| Played | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | Shetland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Isle of Man | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |
| 3 | Saaremaa | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Åland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Falkland Island | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 3 |
Statistics
Association: Shetland Football Association
Head coach: John Johnson
Most caps: ?
Top scorer: ?
