Catalonia national football team
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| Nickname | La Selecció (The National Team) |
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| Association | Federació Catalana de Futbol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Pere Gratacós (2006–) |
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| Captain | Roger García | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Roger García (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Mariano Martín (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Spanish XI 4 - 1 Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain; 30 May 1904) |
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Largest win Catalonia 9 - 0 Brussels XI  (Barcelona, Spain; 16 June 1927) |
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Worst defeat France 7 - 0 Catalonia (Paris, France; 20 February 1920) Catalonia 0 - 7 Spain (Barcelona, Spain; 13 March 1924) |
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Catalonia national football team represents the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain, and is managed by the Catalan Football Federation. Catalonia is neither a member of FIFA nor UEFA and does not participate in international tournaments. Since 1904, it has played occasional matches against other national teams.
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[edit] Latest Matches
- Catalonia 2 - 2 Euskadi
October 8, 2006 - Catalonia 2 - 0 Costa Rica
May 24, 2006 - Catalonia 1 - 1 Paraguay
December 28, 2005 - Catalonia 0 - 3 Argentina
December 29, 2004 - Catalonia 2 - 5 Brazil
May 25, 2004 - Catalonia 4 - 0 Ecuador
December 28, 2003 - Catalonia 2 - 0 China
December 28, 2002 - Catalonia 1 - 3 Brazil May 18, 2002
- Catalonia 1 - 0 Chile
December 28, 2001 - Catalonia 5 - 0 Lithuania
December 22, 2000 - Catalonia 1 - 0 Yugoslavia
December 23, 1999 - Catalonia 5 - 0 Nigeria
December 22, 1998 - Catalonia 1 - 1 Bulgaria
December 23, 1997
[edit] First Matches
- France 7 - 0 Catalonia February 21, 1912
- Catalonia 1 - 0 France December 1, 1912
[edit] Current squad
The following players named for friendly match against Euskadi on 8 October 2006
Caps and goals as of 15 November 2006, included against [Basque national football team|Euskadi]].
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[edit] Famous players
- Paulino Alcántara
- Sergi Barjuán
- Francisco Bru
- Albert Celades
- Jordi Cruijff
- Francesc Fàbregas
- Albert Ferrer
- Gabri
- Luis García
- Josep Guardiola
- Ladislav Kubala
- Gerard López
- Albert Luque
- Carles Puyol
- Carles Rexach
- Sagibarbá
- Josep Samitier
- Joan Segarra
- Víctor Valdés
- Xavi
- Ricardo Zamora
