Towns can apply for organising the GM 2012 tournaments
Amsterdam, September 13th 2011 - Up to October 10th 2011 cities and towns in Greenland can bid for organising a GM tournament in 2012. Besides the big GM (July/August), there are also GM tournaments planned in July & August for ladies, Ungdom (youth) and Born (children) . During February or March 2012 the ladies and men teams will play an indoor GM.

Celebations of Greenlandic Championship in Qeqertarsusaq
Amsterdam, August 22nd 2011 - On the youtube movie below you can get a glimps of the celebrations during the arrival home of the Greenlandic Champions, and the 'city-tour' afterwards.

G-44 Greenlandic Champions 2011
Amsterdam, August 20th 2011 - After beating B-67 from the capital of Nuuk with 7-6 G-44 defended its 2010 GM title with success. G-44 from Qeqertarsuaq and B-67 ended the first as well as the second half even. Without goals in the first half, both teams scored one goal each in the second. The prolongation saw no goals, so a penalties series had to decide about the 2011 Championship. Johan Ludvig Broberg won the title of Best player in the Final. T-41 from Aasiaat won the bronze medal after beating hosts SAK in the 3rd place match. Here you can find all results of the final phase of GM 2011.

Details of the 2011 fixtures online
Amsterdam, July 4th 2011 - Not only the results, but also all details on the 2011 games of the Greenland national team are visible online. Please note that they are a bit different from the official Island Games 2011 results website, because I took the details given by the Greenlandic team. This because there were several mistakes made in the official results pages.

First ever football medal for Greenland
Southampton, July 1st 2011 - A bronze medal for the Greenland ladies , after a 1-0 victory over Western Isles, was the reward for a splendid week for Greenlandic football. The men team did a good job. In spite of loosing all their groupgames, the strong oponents all strugled against the Polar Bamserne. Also positive was the fact that Greenland scored in every single game at least one goal. Below you find a link to a short summary of the final plus the medal ceremony.

Greenland finishes 11th after beating Western Islands 1-0
Southampton, June 30th 2011 - After a 88th minute winner by Petersen Greenland finished in 11th out of the 15 teams. Greenland played with 1 more player in the last 10 minutes after a red card for a player from Western Islands.

Ladies loose semi finals
Southampton, June 30th 2011 - A clear 6-1 loss makes Greenland ladies need to play Western Islands to decide who will win the bronze medal in the same town as the semi final, East Cowes FC, at 10:00 am local time.

Ladies reach semi finals
Southampton, June 29th 2011 - Finishing as best runner ups Greenland will play Aland in the semi finals in East Cowes at 12:00 local time.

Greenland plays Western Isles in play-off tomorrow in Shanklin
Southampton, June 29th 2011 - Due to the expulsion of Rhodes, Greenland will play in a play off for the 12th place. Oponents will be Western Islands from near Scotland. The game will be played tomorrow in Shanklin at 14:00 local time.

June 28th 2011 Freshwater (Isle of Whight) Greenland - Jersey 1-2
Southampton, June 28th 2011 - Due to the expulsion of Rhodes a win would have given opertunities to be even group winner after loosing out the first two games. Against Jersey that would have been quite a challenge though. But during the game eerything seems to be possible, Greenland gave tough oposition to the strong Jersey side. After 1-0 down at half time, Jersey scored 2-0 in the second half and thought they had won the game already. But Greenland kept on fighting and scored the 2-1. Sadly enough, two shots on the bar prevented Greenland from a draw today. But due to the penalty of Rhodes Greenland finished 3rd in the group.

June 27th 2011 East Cowes (Isle of Whight) Greenland - Menorca 2-3
Southampton, June 27th 2011 - After the previous 6-0 loss against the team of Menorca, today Greenland lost in a tight game with 3-2 due to a late winning goal of the Spaniards. Menorca took the lead twice, but Greenland fought back by equalising twice. Before the game Greenland coach would have signed for a draw. But during the game today even more would have been possible. " After the second equaliser I felt a victory was possible and brought another atacker on. In the end this gave Menorca more space and resulted in the injury time 3-2 score", said nationak coach Tonnes "Kaka" Berthelsen. "But we lost last time 6-0 against them, today a 3-2 loss, so next time we will beat them with 4-0!"

June 26th 2011 Brading (Isle of Whight) Rhodes - Greenland 2-1
Southampton, June 26th 2011 - At Sunday Greenland faced the Greek team of Rhodes. In front of about 200 fans, almost all of them cheering for Greenland, Greenland was the attacking team against a passive Rhodes. Greenland had most of the creativity of the game but could not prevent Rhodes from taking the three points in the pocket. At half time the score was 1-0 for Rhodes, who scored the 2-0 half way the second half. Pavia Molgaard did something back 5 minutes before the final wisle. In the last minute the goalkeeper of Rhodes was sent off, but after only one cornerkick the referee blew the gme to an end. Tow very tough games to come still.

Greenland practices in Iceland and score a win and a draw
Amsterdam, June 24th 2011 - Having played two friendly games against Icelandic club teams the team seems to be in very good form. Greenland national team drew against the 1st division team Grotta 3-3 with goals from Jensen, Abelsen and Mathaeusen. Against premiershipclubThrottur, who played with mostly reserve team players, a 5-1 victory was obtained.

We've met before: JERSEY
Amsterdam, June 1st 2011 - At Tuesday June 28th Greenland will face the team of Jersey in the 2011 Island Games at the stadium of West Wight FC in the Isle of Wight. Since both Jersey and Greenland were among the first islands to participate in the Island Games football tournament, they are no strangers to each other. In total Greenland and Jersey played each other at four successive Island Games Tournaments. The last match, however, dates from June 30th 1997. The Jersey team won all four games, 4-3 in 1991, 4-2 in 1993 (this game was also played in the Isle of Wight), 6-3 in 1995, and 2-1 in 1997.

We've met before: RHODES
Amsterdam, June 1st 2011 - At Sunday June 26th Greenland will face the team of Rhodes in the 2011 Island Games at the stadium of Brading Town FC in the Isle of Wight. Like the Menorca game his will be the second time in history that these teams play each other. The first time was back in 1999. At July 1st Greenland played Rhodes at the 1999 Island Games in Gotland. In the Farösund Sportspark, the Greeks beat Greenland with 2-0. As to be expected after thirteen years, the team has changed a lot, of this 2011 Island Games squad only John Kreutzmann faced the Rhodes team in Denmark.

We've met before: MENORCA
Amsterdam, June 1st 2011 - Monday June 27th Greenland will face the team of Menorca in the 2011 Island Games at the stadium of East Cowes Vics FC in the Isle of Wight. This will be the second time in history that these teams play each other. The first time was two years ago, also at the Island Games. In the Sportkila ground in Sund (Åland) Greenland did not have a chance against the Spanish. After a 0-3 half-time, Greenland lost with 6-0. The Greenland team has not changed drastically since this game. Among the players in the current team that played Menorca back in 2009 are Löke Svane, Maasi Maqe, Aputsiaq Birch, Lars N. Berthelsen (he played in 2nd half), Jim D. Olsvig, John Eldevig, Anders H. Petersen (he played in 1st half), Pavia Mølgård.

Barca fans in Nuuk celebrate the CL title
Nuuk, May 29th 2011 - Both Manchester United and Barcelona fans enjoyed the 2011 CL final that was played in London. After the final wisle and the 3-1 Spanish victory some fans celebrated with flags as you can see on the picture.



Tough oposition at The International Island Games
Amsterdam, May 19th 2011 - Greenland has played in their history all three opponents at the Island Games at least once before. Combined these games resulted in four losses in the same amount of games. Twenty years ago Jersey beat Greenland at the 1991 Island games with 4-3. Four years later, in Gibraltar, Jersey won again, now with 6-3. In 1999 Rhodos was an opponent of the Greenlandic team, a 0-2 loss. In the most recent Island Games Tournament, in Aland in 2009, Menorca was first met. A clear 6-0 victory of the Spaniards made an end to the Greenlandic dreams of the semi finals.

The programme for the Isle of Wight Island Games has been published
Isle of Wight, May 11th 2011 - The organisation published the football programme for the International Island Games 2011.  Greenland will play their opening game on Sunday against the Greek isle of Rhodes. Greenland ladies start on Monday and they are in a group of three teams only. They will therefore only play tow games during their group phase. Via the the following links you can find the full fixture list of the men's football competition and the women's football competition.

Sunday 26th June 2011
15:00 Rhodes v Greenland
(Brading Town FC )

19:00 Greenland v Jersey
(West Wight FC)
19:00 Greenland v Gibraltar LADIES
(Cowes Sports FC)


Greenland plays Rhodes, Menorca and Jersey in group phase
Isle of Wight, May 9th 2011 - The Greenland men will face Spanish, Greek and British oposition. The Greenlandic ladies will only play 2 teams in their group of three. Isle of Man and Gibraltar will be the opponents to overcome to proceed to the semi finals. After the group face, either a semifinal or a play off game for the final ranking will be played.


Greenland National team squad anounced
Nuuk, May 2011 - The 2011 Island Games Greenland squad has been anounced: 1. John Kreutzmann, 2. Löke Svane, 3. Maasi Maqe, 4. Aputsiaq Birch, 5. Mika Davidsen, 6. Nukannguaq Zeeb, 7. Lars N. Berthelsen, 8. Jim D. Olsvig, 9. Niisinnguaq L Geisler, 10. Steve Broberg, 11. John-L. Broberg, 12. Aqissiaq Ludvigsen, 13. Norsaq Mathæussen, 14. John Eldevig, 15. Anders H. Petersen, 16. Tuuma Abelsen, 17. Markus Jensen, 18. Pavia Mølgård. Reserves: Nikolaj Mikaelsen, Mike Petersen, Piitannguaq Møller.


Two national coaches of Greenland National team until after the Island Games
Nuuk, April 2011 - The GBU (Greenlandic FA) decided to appoint two coaches who will be in charge of the national team. The first coach will be Rene Olsen, who was in charge of U-17 and U-19 until recently. For the second position no suitable candidate has been found so far, Tønnes 'Kaka' Berthelsen will be in charge until a candidate has been found.



Study tour for youth coach Kent Nielsen with DBU to FC Groningen
March 7th 2011 - National  YouthTeam coach Kent Nielsen from Qaqartoq made a learning visit to Holland together with a delegation of the Danish FA, DBU. Together they followed the Groningen team instensely between February 22nd and March 7th. They attended training facilities and games of the Reserves, the youth team and games of FC Groningen away at Feyenoord Rotterdam and at home against Heracles Almelo last weekend. At Groningen there are two Denmark borne players, Enevoldsen and Pedersen. The last mentioned is the son of the DBU director, who also attended this tour.

Nuuk, September 23^rd 2010 – The men pre-selection has 28 names, scouted during the GM 2010 finals. Teams that did not participate in the GM 2010 finals are demanded to submit alternative candidates that also may be added to the pre-selection. A final selection of 20 players will travel to the 2011 Island Games.

Nuuk, Wednesday September 15^th 2010 – During a visit to Nuuk and the new artificial pitch in Qaqartoq, Sepp Blatter was asked about possibilities in the near future to let Greenland join FIFA. As long as Greenland is not recognised as an independent nation by the United Nations Blatter sees no possibilities for Greenland joining FIFA. That Faroer Island, no UN member either, joined FIFA was because the FIFA regulations were less strict at the time.

Nuuk September 9th 2010 - With plans and drawings for a genuine covered stadium to be build in Nuuk, GBU hopes to impress Blatter during his Greenland visit. The plans may enlarge the chance of Greenland joining FIFA in the near future. 

Nuuk, September 2010 – B-67 is crowned Greenlandic Champion 2010. In the final the Nuuk based team trashed G-44 with 5-0. See here all results of the GM 2010.

GM 2010 Youth resultsQasigiannguit July 23^rd 2010 - B-67 youth team is champions of Greenland after a 2-0 victory over Nagdlúnguak.

Here the results :

Final
B-67 - Nagdlúnguak 2-0

Bronze place match
Kugsak - UB-83 3-1 Final ranking
1. B-67
2. Nagdlúnguak
3. Kugsak
4. UB-83
5. Eqaluk 54
6. FC Malamuk

Friday July 23^rd 2010
Nagdlúnguak - Kugsak 2-1
B-67 - Eqaluk 54 3-2
UB-83 - FC Malamuk 2-0

Thursday July 22^nd 2010
B-67 - UB-83 2-1
Kugsak - FC Malamuk 5-0
Nagdlúnguak - Eqaluk 54 4-3

Wednesday July 21^st 2010
Kugsak - Eqaluk 54 2-0
Nagdlúnguak - UB-83 2-0
B-67 - FC Malamuk 4-1

First games for GM youth 2010 with shocking resultsQasigiannguit July 20^th 2010 - Monday and Tuesday the GM youth 2010 final tournament saw its kick-off in Qasigiannguit. In the hometown of last GM winner Kugsak, B-67 from capital Nuuk defeated last years' champions with no less then 0-7 !

Here all results :

20 july 2010
B-67 - Nagdlúnguak 1-1
Kugsak - UB-83 4-1
FC Malamuk - Eqaluk 54 2-2 19 july 2010
B-67 - Kugsak 7-0
Nagdlúnguak - FC Malamuk 2-1
UB-83 - Eqaluk 54 3-1

Jens Tang Olesen gives youth clinic in PaamiutNarsaq July 20^th 2010 - After a useful clinic in Narsaq, now Paamiut's youth received the honour of a clinic by national team coach Olesen. From Sunday till Wednesday 30 children between 6 and 12 years old enjoyed these special training sessions. After the clinic the participants received a diploma. Next clinic will be in august in Arsuk.


Jens Tang Olesen gives youth clinic in NarsaqNarsaq July 12^th 2010 - National Team coach Jens Tang Olesen gives a football clinic for the local youth in Narsaq, Southern Greenland. Together with the trainers / coaches Themothæus Kanuthsen, Pipaluk Thomassen, John Lynge, Gedion Poulsen, Alma Mikkelsen, Georg Poulsen og Vittus Poulsen about 50 boys will receive 4 days of extensive training.

Disko-76 from Qeqartasuaq wins U18 ladies championshipQeqertarsuaq July 9^th 2010 – In their hometown of Qeqartasuaq the ladies from Disko-76 conquered the national championship. Two days before the WC 2010 final in South Africa Disko beat I-69 from Ilulissat with 2-1. Manumina Reimer scored for I-69, Iidui Broberg and Arnarissoq Møller secured the final victory. N-48 from Nagdlúnguaq (N-48) from Ilulissat won the bronze medal.Disko-76 played with Arnarissoq Møller, Laila Brandt, Hansigne Broberg, Naja-Mattaliit Broberg, Henriette Svendsen, Iidui Broberg, Oline Kristiansen, Gitte Jensen Olrik, Pipaluk Stephensen and Kathrine Broberg. Inooraq Olrik was trainter, with assistants Johannes Svendsen and Arnaq Brandt.


A-51 wins Northern GM Qualification tournamentQaasuitsup July 8^th 2010 - A-51 from Akunnaaq won the Northern Bygdemesterskaber after a 2-1 win over Ukaleq from Qaarsut. Football stadium Qaqartoq has new clothing roomsQaqartoq July 3^rd 2010 - Since this month players can dress in genuine clothing rooms at the new football stadium in Qaqartoq. The container building that has cost 15.000 Danish Crones was build by a donation of Lions Club from Ry, to its sister club in Greenland.
Last year an artificial football pitch was finished which gives football players from the South the opportunity to practice all year round.


Eskomooligans in South Africa for Denmark – JapanCapetown June 24^th 2010 - Three fans from Greenland traveled from Nuuk to South Africa and saw in Capetown Denmark loose 3-1 to Japan. Nuuk born Gronkjaer did not play, and sadly enough Denmark saw their World Cup campaign finish after this loss.