Ellan Vannin football team
The Ellan Vannin Football Team is a football team that represents the Isle of Man. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or in the UEFA European Championship.
| Association | Manx International Football Alliance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | ConIFA | |||
| Head coach | Chris Bass | |||
| Captain | Frank Jones | |||
| Most caps | Frank Jones (30) | |||
| Top scorer | Frank Jones Calum Morrissey (11) | |||
| Home stadium | The Bowl | |||
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| First international | ||||
| Ellan Vannin 10–0 Monaco (Douglas, Isle of Man; 6 April 2014) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
| Ellan Vannin 14–0 Chagos Islands (Douglas, Isle of Man; 13 August 2017) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
| Occitania 5–1 Ellan Vannin (Toulouse, France; 30 December 2014) | ||||
| ConIFA World Football Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2014) | |||
| Best result | Winners(2014) | |||
Unlike the Isle of Man official football team which selects players who play in for clubs in the Manx league regardless of nationality, the Ellan Vannin team selects those of Manx nationality no matter where they are based.
They competed first at the ConIFA World Football Cup in 2014, where they won their group and became runners-up to the County of Nice.
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