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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. Its governing body is the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) and it competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Organised football has been played in Gibraltar since the 19th century.[1] The GFA first applied for UEFA membership in 1997 which was rejected, as UEFA would only allow membership for applicants recognised as sovereign states by the United Nations.[2] They were unsuccessful in their second application in 2007 when only three of UEFA's 52 associations voted in their favour.[3] In October 2012, they reapplied for membership which was granted in March 2013.[4][5] 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, located between Faro and Loulé, Portugal, which Gibraltar used as their home stadium for competitive matches between 2014 and 2018, and again from 2023.[6]

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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.[7] They subsequently scheduled a match against Slovakia for 19 November 2013 which became Gibraltar's official debut, the match ended 0–0.[8] In 2014 Gibraltar entered its first major international competition: the qualifying rounds for UEFA Euro 2016, they lost all ten matches, scoring 2 goals and conceding 56, therefore failing to qualify for the main tournament.[2] On 13 May 2016, Gibraltar was accepted as a member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) after its original application in 2014 was denied;[9][10] as a result Gibraltar was allowed to participate in the qualification process for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[11][12]

The team recorded its first victory in June 2014, 1–0 against Malta in a friendly match. Their largest victory came in another friendly match in November 2022, 2–0 against Liechtenstein. Their worst loss is 14–0 against France in a UEFA European Championship qualifier on 18 November 2023. As of the match played on 25 March 2025, Gibraltar's overall record is 96 fixtures played, winning 10, drawing 14 and losing the remaining 72.

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International matches

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These are the official results of the Gibraltar national football team since being accepted into UEFA in 2013. Matches played before obtaining UEFA membership are unofficial matches and are not included. Gibraltar's score is shown first in each case. The colours listed below are also used to signify results combined with the scoreline.

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Head to head records

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Gibraltar playing against the Faroe Islands at the Victoria Stadium in 2014.
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Gibraltar players line-up before their match against Estonia in 2014.
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Goalkeeper Jordan Pérez is congratulated by his teammates after saving a penalty against Germany.
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Gibraltar and Republic of Ireland lining up before their match in 2015.
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Notes

  1. Table information sourced from the references listed in the statistics section below.
  2. This match was played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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