Chagos Islands national football team

The Chagos Islands national football team is a football team representing the territory of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. However, this area, which falls under the administration of the British Indian Ocean Territory, is uninhabited save for the presence of a US military base on the island of Diego Garcia, after the United Kingdom evicted the local population between 1967 and 1973. As a consequence, the team in fact represents the Chagossian diaspora around the world. They are led by Sussex-based manager Jimmy Ferrar, who has previously managed at Oakwood, Crawley Down and Alfold where he won the Southern Combination Div 1 for season 2018/19.

Chagos Islands
AssociationChagos Football Association
ConfederationWorld Unity Football Alliance
Head coachJimmy Ferrar
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Chagos Islands 6–1 Raetia 
(Crawley, England; 4 December 2011)
Biggest win
 Chagos Islands 6–1 Raetia 
(Crawley, England; 4 December 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Ellan Vannin 14–0 Chagos Islands 
(London, England; 13 August 2017)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2016)
Best result12th, 2016
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.