Galicia autonomous football team

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Galicia

Nickname(s)

Association

[Galician Football Federation]

Head coach

Captain

N/A

N/A

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First kit





Second kit

First international

Galicia 4-1 Castille

(Coia, Galicia; November 19 1922)

Biggest win

Galicia 7-1 Ferrol/La Coruña XI

(Coia, Galicia; February 18 1923)

Biggest defeat

Galicia 1-3 Asturias

(1923)

The Galicia national football team is the national football team for Galicia, Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spanish National Football Team. It only plays friendly matches.

The first game of the Galician autonomous football team was on November 19, 1922 in Coia, Vigo. However, later political developments in Spain made it impossible for Galicia to take part at official competitions. Hence, all games were merely friendlies. The Galician autonomous football team as such ceased all activity during the time of the Spanish Civil War and dictatorship (1936-1975). The project was retaken in the early 1980s, although Galicia's first recent game only happened on December 29, 2005. It was a 3-2 win over Uruguay, and it was played at the packed stadium of San Lazaro, Santiago de Compostela. In December 2006, another game was contested against Ecuador, played in Riazor, A Coruña. The teams tied, 1-1.

Since the 1980s, there has been an intense public debate on whether or not Galicia should gain full official status, that is, the right to take part in official international competitions, apart from Spain. This includes the football team and any other sport. Quite often, the cases of Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and the Faroe Islands are quoted as examples of non-sovereign territories taking part in official international competitions. Still, Galician players are eligible to play for Spain, since Galicia is officially part of the Spanish State.

The team is nicknamed "A Irmandiña".

[edit] Matches

Date	Location	Home Team	Away Team	Score
19-11-1922	Coia, Vigo	Galicia	Castille	4 - 1
07-01-1923		Galicia	Lisbon XI	3 - 1
14-01-1923	Sevilla	Andalusia	Galicia	1 - 4
??-??-1923		Galicia	England	7 - 2
28-01-1923	Campo de Bouzas, Pontevedra	Pontevedra XI	Galicia	4 - 1
04-02-1923	Pontevedra	Galicia	Pontevedra XI	0 - 3
18-02-1923	Coia, Vigo	Galicia	Ferrol/Coruña XI	7 - 1
25-02-1923		Galicia	Asturias	1 - 3
27-05-1923		Lisbon XI	Galicia	2 - 1
??-??-1930	Chamartín, Madrid	Central Spain XI	Galicia	1 - 4
25-12-2005	San Lázaro, Compostela	Galicia	Uruguay	3 - 2
28-12-2006	Riazor, La Coruña	Galicia	Ecuador	1 - 1
27-12-2007	Balaídos, Vigo	Galicia	Cameroon	1 - 1

[edit] International players since 2005

Name	Pos.	Team	Date and Place of Birth
Diego López	GK	Villareal	3 November 1981, Sarria
Otero	DF	ex-jugador	28 January 1969, Nigrán
Barragán	DF	Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña	12 June 1987, Pontedeume
Rubén González	DF	Real Madrid B	29 January 1982, Santiago de Compostela
Capi	DF	Real Zaragoza	2 April 1981, Vigo
Viqueira	DF	Recreativo de Huelva	20 September 1974, Santiago de Compostela
Borja	MF	Real Mallorca	14 January 1981, Ourense
Julio Álvarez	MF	Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria	1 May 1981. Caracas
Pablo Álvarez	MF	Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña	14 May 1980, Oviedo
Nano	MF	Cádiz Club de Fútbol	20 April 1982, A Corunha
Losada	FW	UD Las Palmas	25 November 1976, Vigo
Dani Mallo	GK	Sporting de Braga	25 January 1979, A Corunha
Roberto	GK	Sporting de Gijón	25 January 1979,Chantada
Míchel Salgado	DF	Real Madrid	22 October 1975, As Neves
Noguerol	DF	Elche CF	9 June 1976, A Rúa
Iago Bouzón	DF	Recreativo de Huelva	16 June 1983. Redondela
Cabrejo	DF	Fútbol Club Cartagena	26 May 1975, Camariñas
Ricardo Cabanas	DF	FC Köln	17 January 1979, Zurich
Trashorras	MF	UD Las Palmas	28 February 1981, Rábade
Deus	FW	UD Salamanca	12 January 1977, Lausanne
Corredoira	MF	Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria	28 December 1979, Lugo
Juanito	MF	Racing de Ferrol	8 December 1969, Santiago de Compostela
Arsenio Iglesias	Coach
Fernando Vázquez	Coach