Catalonia national football team
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 145 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5088-0889-1
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Catalonia national football team is the official football team of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. It is organised by the Catalonia Football Federation. The team has been referred to by various names including Seleccio Catalana, Seleccio de Barcelona and the Catalan XI. Catalonia is not affiliated to either FIFA or UEFA and is therefore not allowed to participate in either the FIFA World Cup or the European Championship because the Spanish region of Catalonia is not a state. Catalan players are full Spanish citizens who are eligible to play for Spain. However since 1904, the team has played nearly 200 games against various national, regional and club teams. Since 1997 they have played international friendly games more regularly. Among the teams they have played are Nigeria, Brazil and Argentina. Their most recent friendly games were a 4–2 win over Argentina at Camp Nou in December 2009, and a 4–0 win over Honduras in...