Tag: Gibraltar Football Association

• Tuesday, June 4th 2013 - 08:13 UTC

  Gibraltar celebrates becoming UEFA 54th member with a 54p stamp

  

  A stamp has been issued to commemorate Gibraltar’s historic achievement of becoming the 54th Uefa member. The Government opted for a 54p value as Gibraltar is now the 54th member country. Stephen Perera photographed the embroidered badge from a new GFA team jersey and the GFA’s founding year of 1895 is clearly visible for the world to see

• Saturday, May 25th 2013 - 04:17 UTC

  Gibraltar becomes 54th member of UEFA and will dispute the Euro Cup 2016

  

  Gibraltar has been accepted as a full member of UEFA, European football's governing body. The application was approved on Friday on a majority vote at the organisation's congress in London, with no votes against and no abstentions.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 04:42 UTC

  Spain warns it will block all ‘by all means’ Gibraltar attempts to join UEFA

  

  The Spanish Government has declared that it will back legal action by the Spanish Football Federation to block Gibraltar’s membership of UEFA. “We will take the necessary measures in our power to avoid a situation which is contrary to the sporting strategy of the Spanish state.”

• Thursday, December 6th 2012 - 21:26 UTC

  Gibraltar will be competing in UEFA 2013 Euro Futsal and U17 and U19

  

  The Union of European Football Associations, UEFA, has included Gibraltar in the Futsal qualifiers for the Euro 2013 Cup to be played in France next month and in the U17 and U19 tournaments to be disputed beginning next autumn. This is considered a remarkable step for Gibraltar’s football on the Uefa/GFA ‘road map’