# Football at the 2023 Island Games – Men's tournament

The 2023 Island Games in Guernsey is the sixteenth edition in which a football tournament will be played at the multi-games competition.

## Participants

* Åland
* Bermuda U23
* Falkland Islands
* Frøya
* Gozo
* Greenland
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Isle of Wight
* Jersey
* Menorca
* Orkney
* Saint Helena
* Shetland
* Western Isles
* Ynys Môn

## Venues

| Ground | Parish | Capacity |
| Footes Lane | Saint Peter Port | 5,000 |
| The Track | Saint Sampson | 3,000 |
| The Corbet Field | Saint Sampson | 3,000 |
| College Field | Saint Peter Port | 1,200 |
| Northfield | Saint Sampson | 900 |
| Blanche Pierre Lane | Saint Martin | 750 |

## Group Phase

The group phase began on 9 July.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Isle of Wight (A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Guernsey (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Western Isles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Åland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ynys Môn (A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Shetland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Isle of Man | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Falkland Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bermuda U23 (A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Greenland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Orkney | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Frøya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jersey (A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Final Stage |
| 2 | Gozo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Menorca | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Saint Helena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |

## Final Stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 July – Blanche Pierre Lane | 13 July – Blanche Pierre Lane |
| Ynys Môn | 2 |
| Ynys Môn | 2 | 14 July – Footes Lane | 14 July – Footes Lane |
| Bermuda U23 | 0 | 14 July – Footes Lane | 14 July – Footes Lane |
| Bermuda U23 | 0 | Ynys Môn | 2 |
| 13 July – The Track | 13 July – The Track | | Ynys Môn | 2 |
| 13 July – The Track | 13 July – The Track | Jersey | 5 |
| Isle of Wight | 2 | Jersey | 5 |
| Jersey | 3 | | |
| Jersey | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 July – Blanche Pierre Lane | 14 July – Blanche Pierre Lane |
| | | Bermuda U23 | 1 |
| | | Isle of Wight | 2 |

### Final

* 2023 Island Games Winners
* Jersey 4th Title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 119 goals scored in 34 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match (as of 14 July 2023).
7 goals
* Jake Scrimshaw
6 goals
* Nemo Thomsen
5 goals
* Liam Morris
4 goals
* Jai Bean
* Tokia Russell
* Karl Hinds
* Toby Ritzema
3 goals
* Ross Allen
* Ryan Garland
* Lorne Bickley
* Sol Solomon
* Luis David Martínez
* Ronan Grant
* Sam Gregson
2 goals
* Joel Karlström
* Blaiz Hall
* Oliver Espnes
* Nataniel Furberg
* Jordi Parnis
* Charlton Gauvain
* Joseph Craig
* Luke Campbell
* Luke Watson
* Marc Urbina
* Jamie Flett
* Toby Macleod
* James Aitken
* Harry Thomson
* Sam Jones
* Matt Reynolds
1 goal
* Kashe Hall
* Rahzir Smith-Jones
* Ne-Jai Tucker
* Patricio Balladares Vergara
* Declan Bonner
* Ethan Gilson-Clarke
* Isak Espnes
* Kristoffer Gaasø
* Samuel Harland
* Niels-Erik Eriksen
* Keene Domaille
* Matt Loaring
* Brody Patience
* Philip Kelly
* Joshua Ridings
* Matthew Woods
* Roberto Pulido
* Craig Harrison
* Connan Rendall
* Rico Benjamin
* Shane Stroud
* Declan Adamson
* Stuart Copland
* Neil Laurenson
* Sam Maver
* Jack McShane
* Dominic MacAulay
* James Morrison
* Micheil Russell Smith
* Kaine Bentley
1 own goal
* Keith Yon (against Gozo)
* Eric Barber (against Western Isles)

### Final rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | Jersey |
| | Ynys Môn |
| | Isle of Wight |
| 4 | Bermuda |
| 5 | Guernsey |
| 6 | Gozo |
| 7 | Shetland |
| 8 | Greenland |
| 9 | Isle of Man |
| 10 | Orkney |
| 11 | Western Isles |
| 12 | Menorca |
| 13 | Åland |
| 14 | Falkland Islands |
| 15 | Frøya |
| 16 | Saint Helena |