Romani people official football team

Romani People
Association Federación Romaní de fútbol
Confederation ConIFA
Head coach Andrea Luigi Mazza[1]
Top scorer J. Oivido, I. Irhas, S. Horvath (2 goals each)
First international
 Southern Cameroons 1–3 Romani Romani people
(Montreuil, France; 9 June, 2007)
Biggest win

 Southern Cameroons 1–3 Romani Romani people
(Montreuil, France; 9 June, 2007)

Székely Land Székely Land 2–4 Romani Romani people
(Debrecen, Hungary; 19 June, 2015)
Biggest defeat
Isle of Man Ellan Vannin 3–1 Romani Romani people
(Debrecen, Hungary; 17 June, 2015)
 Padania 2–0 Romani Romani people
(Milan, Italy; 16 May, 2016)
ConIFA European Football Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2015)
Best result 5th (2015)

The Romani people official football team is a national football team representing the Romani people. It is not affiliated to any FIFA confederation, so it cannot play in any of their tournaments. It is, however, affiliated to ConIFA, and play in the ConIFA European Football Cup. They played in the 2015 edition, where they finished 5th out of 6, above the hosts Székely Land. They showed good form and skill, and they narrowly lost to Ellan Vannin and Padania. Since January 2016 the third football team of Milan – Brera Calcio – ,whose chairman is Alessandro Aleotti, is managing the Romani People national team as a tool to fight the ongoing discrimination of the Romani People across Europe. Brera Calcio is launching a new project which aims to use football as a way for changing the perception and growing the awareness of Romani People. The football club is working in collaboration with the international activist Dijana Pavlovic, a Romani actress with a Serbian passport living in Milan. Staff at Brera Calcio is selecting the players from this certain ethnicity in 18 European countries, who will proudly wear the t-shirts of “National” being the largest ethnic minority in Europe. The team is coached by Brera Calcio coach Andrea Mazza and they will compete at the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup[2][3][4]

International matches

Date Location Venue Competition Opponent Score (1)
9 June 2007 Montreuil, France Unknown Friendly  Southern Cameroons 3–1
17 June 2015 Debrecen, Hungary Stadion Oláh Gábor Út 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup - Group Stage  Padania 2–3
18 June 2015 Debrecen, Hungary Stadion Oláh Gábor Út 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup - Group Stage Isle of Man Ellan Vannin 1–3
19 June 2015 Debrecen, Hungary Stadion Oláh Gábor Út 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup - 5th/6th place game Székely Land Székely Land 4–2
(1) In the Score column, the Romani People's score is shown first.

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