Catalonia national football team

Catalonia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationCatalan Football Federation (Federació Catalana de Futbol)
ConfederationNone
Head coachGerard López
CaptainMarc Bartra
Most capsSergio García (16)[1]
Top scorerSergio García (9)
Home stadiumCamp Nou
Stage Front Stadium
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Estadi Montilivi
FIFA codeCAT
First colours
Second colours
First international
Not FIFA results
Paris Paris 3–1 Catalonia 
(San Sebastián, Spain; 24 July 1910)
FIFA results
 France 7–0 Catalonia 
(Paris, France; 21 February 1912)
Biggest win
Not FIFA results
 Catalonia 9–0 Brussels Brussels
(Barcelona, Spain; 16 June 1927)
FIFA results
 Catalonia 6–0 Jamaica 
(Girona, Spain; 25 May 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 7–0 Catalonia 
(Barcelona, Spain; 13 March 1924)
 France 7–0 Catalonia 
(Paris, France; 21 February 1912)

The Catalonia national football team (Catalan: Selecció de futbol de Catalunya) is the official football team of Catalonia. It is organised by the Catalan Football Federation, founded in 1900. The team has been referred to by various names including Selecció Catalana,[citation needed] Selecció de Barcelona[citation needed] and the Catalan XI.[citation needed]

As the Catalan Federation is affiliated with the Royal Spanish Football Federation as one of the several Spanish regional football federations, Catalonia cannot be affiliated with either FIFA or UEFA as a national member association and is therefore not allowed to participate in official competitions for national teams such as the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship. Other than in certain cases where other nationalities are involved, Catalan players are full Spanish citizens who are eligible to play for Spain, and often do.[2]

Since 1904, the team has played nearly 200 games against various national, regional and club teams.[3] International friendly games have been played more regularly since 1997. Among the teams they have played are Nigeria, Brazil, and Argentina.

  1. ^ Melgar, Blai (25 March 2019). "Sergio García fa història amb la selecció catalana" [Sergio García makes history with the Catalan national team]. El Món (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference reignite was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ esportcatala.com Archived 10 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine