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Occitania national football team

Occitania
Flag of Occitania.svg
Nickname(s)La Seleccion
AssociationOccitania Football Association
ConfederationConIFA
Head coachDidier Amiel
Most capsBoris Massaré (30)
Top scorerMickael Bertini (12)
Guillaume Lafuente (11)
Boris Massaré (9)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Occitania 0–0 Monaco
(Béziers, France; 12 February 2005)
Biggest win
Occitania 14–0 Chechnya
(Béziers, France; 3 September 2005)
Biggest defeat
Occitania 0–7 Sápmi
(Hyères, France; 15 April 2006)
VIVA World Cup/ConIFA Cup/Europeada
Appearances8 (first in 2006)
Best resultThird place (2006, 2010, 2016)

The Occitania national football team is the football team of Occitania, which is the name given to areas of southern France, westernmost Italy and a small valley in northern Spain where the Occitan language is spoken. It is controlled by the Associacion Occitania de Fotbol. As Occitania is not a recognised state it is neither a member of FIFA nor UEFA, and the team therefore is not eligible to enter either the World Cup or European Championship. They are members of the New Federations Board, and hosted the inaugural VIVA World Cup in November 2006 where they finished 3rd.

Since the Occitania team was established in 2004 they have played numerous friendly matches against sides such as Chechnya and Monaco as well as competing in 4 VIVA World Cup tournaments. In 2009 they finished 6th after their 5th-place match victory over Gozo was annulled, and a year later they completed their best-ever VIVA World Cup performance when they defeated Two Sicilies 2-0 to take 3rd-place. The Occitans were narrowly knocked out by hosts Iraqi Kurdistan national football team in the group stages of the 2012 VIVA World Cup, before eventually finished 5th.

They also participated in the ConIFA World Football Cup 2014 in Ostersund, city of Lapland in Sweden where they were unbeaten during the whole competition but losing in quarter finals on penalty against Arameans Suryoye football team. They finished at 7th place after beating Abkhazia national football team who won the ConIFA World Football Cup 2016 in Abkhazia.

Occitania also play in the Europeada, which is organised by the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN).[1] In the Europeada 2008 Occitania reached the quarter finals, being eliminated by eventual tournament winner South Tyrol. The Occitans again reached the quarter-finals in the 2012 tournament and finished in 5th place. They finally reached the final, again against South Tyrol, in the 2016 tournament and lost after extra time, finishing 2nd out of 24 teams.

Tournament records

World Cup record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
VIVA World Cup
Occitania 2006 Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 2 –10
Sápmi 2008
Did not enter
 – – – – – – –
Padania 2009 Quarterfinals 5th 3 1 0 2 2 –6
Gozo 2010 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 9 –3
Kurdistan Region 2012 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 0 1 16 –4
ConIFA World Football Cup
Sápmi 2014 Quarterfinals 7th 5 2 3 0 5 –3
Abkhazia 2016 Did not enter
Barawa 2018
Total 18 8 2 7 34 –26

Europeada record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Switzerland Europeada 2008 Quarterfinal 5th 4 2 0 2 8 –5
Germany Europeada 2012 Quarterfinal 5th 4 3 0 1 11 –5
Italy Europeada 2016 Second place 2nd 6 5 0 1 13 –5
Total 14 10 0 4 32 –15

Results and upcoming fixtures

Date Venue Score
25 Jun 2016 Europeada 2016 – South Tyrol Occitania South Tyrol 1–2 a.e.t.
24 Jun 2016 Europeada 2016 – South Tyrol Occitania Serbia Croats of Serbia 3–0
23 Jun 2016 Europeada 2016 – South Tyrol Occitania Upper Hungary 1–1 (4-2)
21 Jun 2016 Europeada 2016 – South Tyrol Occitania Germany Danes of Germany 1–1
20 Jun 2016 Europeada 2016 – South Tyrol Occitania Hungary Slovaks in Hungary 4–1
19 Jun 2016 Europeada 2016 – South Tyrol Occitania Romania Aromanians of Romania 4–1
30 Dec 2014 Toulouse Occitania Ellan Vannin 5–1
7 Jun 2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup – Östersund Abkhazia Occitania 0–1
5 Jun 2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup – Östersund Kurdistan Region Occitania 2–2 (5–4)
4 Jun 2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup – Östersund Arameans Suryoye Occitania 0–0 (7–6)
3 Jun 2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup – Östersund Sápmi Occitania 0–1
1 Jun 2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup – Östersund Abkhazia Occitania 1–1
28 Dec 2013 Lugo Galicia Occitania 1–7
7 July 2013 Tynwald Hill Tournament – Isle of Man Isle of Man St Johns United A.F.C. Occitania 0–2
6 July 2013 Tynwald Hill Tournament – Isle of Man Tamil Eelam Occitania 0–5
5 July 2013 Tynwald Hill Tournament – Isle of Man Occitania Sealand 8–0
21 Jun 2012 Europeada 2012 – Lusatia Occitania South Tyrol 0–3
19 Jun 2012 Europeada 2012 – Lusatia Occitania Germany Danes of Germany 1–0
18 Jun 2012 Europeada 2012 – Lusatia Occitania Italy Cimbrians 5–0
17 Jun 2012 Europeada 2012 – Lusatia Occitania Wales Welsh 5–2
9 Jun 2012 2012 VIVA World Cup – Kurdistan Occitania Western Sahara 3–1
7 Jun 2012 2012 VIVA World Cup – Kurdistan Occitania Tamil Eelam 7–0
6 Jun 2012 2012 VIVA World Cup – Kurdistan Kurdistan Region Occitania 1–0
5 Jun 2012 2012 VIVA World Cup – Kurdistan Occitania Western Sahara 6–2
30 Mar 2012 Toulouse Occitania Sápmi 3–2
29 Dec 2011 Fontès Occitania Campania Cilento 2–0
28 May 2011 Olargues Occitania Romani people 11–2
5 Jun 2010 2010 VIVA World Cup – Gozo Occitania Two Sicilies 2–0
4 Jun 2010 2010 VIVA World Cup – Gozo Occitania Kurdistan Region 1–2
2 Jun 2010 2010 VIVA World Cup – Gozo Occitania Gozo 5–0
1 Jun 2010 2010 VIVA World Cup – Gozo Occitania Padania 0–1
3 Apr 2010 Saint-Dalmas-De-Tende Occitania Monaco 5–1
26 Jun 2009 2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Occitania Gozo 2–1
23 Jun 2009 2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Occitania Kurdistan Region 0–4
22 Jun 2009 2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Occitania Padania 0–1
8 Nov 2008 Caraglio Occitania Monaco 2–2
5 Jun 2008 Europeada 2008 – Rhaetia Occitania South Tyrol 0–2
3 Jun 2008 Europeada 2008 – Rhaetia Occitania Romania Croats of Romania 5–0
2 Jun 2008 Europeada 2008 – Rhaetia Occitania Germany Lusatia Sorbs 1–2
1 Jun 2008 Europeada 2008 – Rhaetia Occitania Italy Cimbrians 2–1
21 Nov 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup – Occitania Occitania Monaco 2–3
20 Nov 2006 2006 VIVA World Cup – Occitania Occitania Sápmi 0–7
17 Dec 2005 Monaco Occitania Monaco 1–2
3 Mar 2005 Occitania Occitania Chechnya 14–0
12 Feb 2005 Occitania Occitania Monaco 0–0

Current squad

Squad for the 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup: link here

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK Romain Ellien 20 December 1984 6 0 Olympique Girou FC
GK Lucas Orditz 22 April 1990 3 0 CA Béglais
DF Nicolas Dubois 27 April 1983 10 0 FC Pyramid Grande-Motte Littoral
DF Gerome Hernandez 10 April 1979 15 3 FC Portiragnes
DF Christophe Dalzon 15 April 1983 10 0 AS Fabrègues
DF Vivian Dors 09 October 1978 8 2 ES Paulhan-Pézenas
DF Joel Congré 28 September 1987 6 0 Toulouse St Jo
DF Sebastien Picard 6 January 1982 10 1 AS Bages Football
MF Renaud Thomas 01 February 1980 15 2 Occitania US Le Pontet
MF Amiel Jordan 31 March 1983 29 4 FC Portiragnes
MF Nabil Moussi 04 March 1988 6 0 Toulouse AC
MF Ronald Rodas 26 October 1976 10 2 Toulouse OAC
MF Brice Martinez 03 June 1989 10 5 AS Puissalicon Magalas
MF Bastien Cantier 19 January 1988 10 2 AS Montarnaud
MF Giovanni Giraudo 17 January 1994 3 0 Italy A.C.D. Pro Dronero
MF Boris Massaré 26 June 1986 25 8 Denmark Brabrand IF
FW Guillaume Lafuente 11 February 1983 20 9 AS Fabregues
FW Simon Delpech 21 February 1989 7 4 Auch Football
FW Pierre Bru 27 April 1984 10 4 AS Canet
FW Christophe Macia 28 October 1987 3 0 AS Montarnaud

References

  1. ^ We have the official dates for Europaeda 2020, Federal Union of European Nationalities, 1 November 2018

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