Association | Gozo Football Association (Assoċjazzjoni tal-Futbol Għawdxija) |
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Confederation | None |
Home stadium | Gozo Stadium |
Biggest win | |
Gozo 17–1 Raetia |
Gozo 17–1 Raetia
The Gozo representative football team represents the island of Gozo, Malta, in football. It is organised by the Gozo Football Association and its home stadium is the Gozo Stadium.
It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore is not eligible to enter either the World Cup or European Championship. The Gozo representative football team, however, competed in the 2009 Viva World Cup and hosted the subsequent edition in the following year. As of 2017, Gozo has also participated in the last three editions of the UEFA Regions' Cup, on top of their appearance in the inaugural edition in 1999. Occasionally, the Gozo representative football team also plays friendlies against football clubs, particularly those from the mainland.
Historical records suggest that a team representing the island of Gozo had already played a couple of matches way before the turn of the millennium. Indeed, during the 1970s a side representing Gozo was invited to join in the Independence celebrations and play 2 friendly matches against local sides. Other historical records indicate that a Gozitan team might have been involved in more matches during this period.