Andalusia autonomous football team

Andalucia

Nickname(s)	Los Linces
Association	Federación Andaluza de Fútbol
Head coach	Adolfo Aldana
Captain	?
Most caps	?
Top scorer	?
FIFA ranking	-
First colours Second colours
First international
Andalucia 1 - 4 Galicia  (14 January 1923)
Biggest win
Andalucia 5 - 1 Catalonia  (1936)
Biggest defeat
Andalucia 1 - 4 Galicia  (14 January 1923)
Appearances	(First in -)
Best result	-

The Andalusia autonomous football team is the regional football team for Andalusia, 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 project for a football selection-team of Andalusia born in 1928, and started officially during the celebration of the Iberoamerican Expo in Seville, 1929, when Andalucia played a friendly match against Club Atlético Boca Juniors in Estadio de Heliopolis, known today as Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera.

They did not play again until 1965, during the 50 years celebration of the Federación Andaluza de Fútbol, when they played against Paraguay national football team in Estadio Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville.

Current squad

Squad for the friendly against Madrid on 7 June 2013.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Adrián (1987-01-03) 3 January 1987 0 0 West Ham United 2DF Javi López (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 0 0 RCD Espanyol 2DF Domingo Cisma (1982-02-09) 9 February 1982 0 0 Atlético Madrid 2DF Carlos Marchena (1979-07-31) 31 July 1979 0 0 Deportivo de La Coruña 2DF Mané (1981-12-21) 21 December 1981 0 0 Getafe CF 2DF Álex Gálvez (1989-06-06) 6 June 1989 0 0 Rayo Vallecano 2DF José Ángel Crespo (1987-02-09) 9 February 1987 0 0 Hellas Verona F.C. 3MF Joaquín Sánchez (1981-07-21) 21 July 1981 0 0 Málaga CF 3MF Francisco Portillo (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 0 0 Málaga CF 3MF Salva Sevilla (1984-03-18) 18 March 1984 0 0 Real Betis 3MF Cañas (1987-05-27) 27 May 1987 0 0 Swansea City 3MF José Antonio Reyes (1983-09-01) 1 September 1983 0 0 Sevilla FC 3MF Raúl Baena (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 0 0 RCD Espanyol 3MF Álvaro Cejudo (1984-01-29) 29 January 1984 0 0 CA Osasuna 3MF Alejandro Alfaro (1986-11-23) 23 November 1986 0 0 RCD Mallorca 3MF Diego Capel (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 0 0 Sporting Lisbon 3MF Francisco Gallardo (1980-01-13) 13 January 1980 0 0 Diósgyőri VTK 3MF Israel (1987-03-16) 16 March 1987 0 0 Veria F.C. 4FW Nolito (1986-10-15) 15 October 1986 0 0 Granada CF 4FW David Barral (1983-05-10) 10 May 1983 0 0 Orduspor

Selected Internationals

18 December 1974	Andalusia	4-3	Romania	Huelva
22:00 CET				Stadium: Colombino

8 May 1990	Andalusia	1-1	Uruguay	Seville
22:00 CET	Aldana (17)		Correa (75)	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Navarrete (Spain)

31 May 1990	Andalusia	0-0	Yugoslavia	Cadiz
22:00 CET				Stadium: Carranza

28 December 1999	Andalusia	1-0	Estonia	Granada
22:00 CET				Stadium: Los Cármenes

22 December 2000	Andalusia	2-0	Morocco	Córdoba
22:00 CET				Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel

17 May 2001	Andalusia	3-1	Iraq	Vélez-Málaga
22:00 CET				Stadium: Vivar Téllez

27 December 2001	Andalusia	3-3	Tunisia	Seville
22:00 CET				Stadium: La Cartuja

27 December 2002	Andalusia	3-2	Chile	Málaga
22:00 CET				Stadium: La Rosaleda

27 December 2003	Andalusia	1-0	Latvia	Huelva
22:00 CET				Stadium: Colombino

29 December 2004	Andalusia	0-0	Malta	Seville
22:00 CET				Stadium: Carranza Attendance: 8,000 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

1 June 2005	Sevilla FC	2-4	Andalusia	Seville
22:00 CET	Diego Tristán  2' Jesús Navas  4' Antoñito (penalty)  57' Marchena  76'		Yi  52'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

28 December 2005	Andalusia	4-1	China PR	Cadiz
22:00 CET	Diego Tristán  2' Jesús Navas  4' Antoñito (penalty)  57' Marchena  76'		Yi  52'	Stadium: Carranza Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

27 December 2006	Andalusia	3-1	Israel/ Palestine	Seville
22:00 CET	Güiza  5', 22' Alfaro  69'		Saban  43'	Stadium: La Cartuja Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

27 December 2007	Andalusia	4-1	Zambia	Jerez
22:00 CET	Arzu  26' Barral (penalty)  39' Manu del Moral  49' Gallardo (penalty)  90+2'		Katongo  9'	Stadium: Chapín Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

7 June 2013	Madrid	1-2	Andalusia	Madrid
20:00 CET	Riki (penalty)  13'		Barral  8', 17'	Stadium: Vallecas Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

June 2015	Andalusia	v	Croatia	Sevilla
- CET				Stadium: Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: [[]]

Famous players

• Antoñito
• Fernando Hierro
• Antonio Puerta
• Carlos Marchena
• Diego Tristán
• Jesús Navas
• Joaquín Sánchez
• José Antonio Reyes
• Sergio Ramos
• José Manuel Pinto

Coaches

• Lucas Alcaraz
• Adolfo Aldana
• Jerónimo Barranca
• Joaquín Caparrós
• José Enríquez Díaz
• Manuel Ruiz Sosa

External links

• List of matches in Roon Ba