Chameria national football team

The Chameria national football team (Albanian: Përfaqësuesja e futbollit të Çamërisë, Greek: Εκπρόσωπος ποδοσφαίρου της Τσαμουριάς) represents Cham Albanians of Chameria, a coastal part of Epirus, Greece. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championships.

Chameria
AssociationFederata e Futbollit të Republikës së Çamërisë (FFRÇ)
ConfederationCONIFA
Head coachArben Kasolli
First colours
First international
 Chameria 6–0 Kurdistan Region 
(The Hague, Netherlands; 17 June 2017)
Biggest win
 Chameria 6–0 Kurdistan Region 
(The Hague, Netherlands; 17 June 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Abkhazia 3–1 Chameria 
(Askeran, Republic of Artsakh; 2 June 2019)
CONIFA European Football Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best result4th, (2019)

History

First match

The Chameria national football team was formed during mid-2017 and has played a number of friendly matches. On 17 June 2017, the first one that was simultaneously also the first biggest win and the first-ever competitive win was against Iraqi Kurdistan in the framework of the 2017 Unrepresented Nations Cup and the match ended with a 6–0 home win.[1][2]

Membership in CONIFA

On 24 May 2018, Chameria was accepted in CONIFA and would now play in the various tournaments and individual matches against other national teams.[3]

On 2 June 2019, Chameria played its first international match after the membership in CONIFA against Abkhazia in the framework of the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup and the match ended in a 3–1 defeat, that was simultaneously also the biggest defeat and the first defeat of Chameria.[4]

Competitive record

UNPO World Cup

UNPO World Cup record
Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
2017 Champion 1st3300123
Total 1/1 3 3 0 0 12 3

CONIFA European Football Cup

On 20 February 2019, in Krakow, it was decided that Chameria should be part in Group 2 of the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup, together with Abkhazia and County of Nice.[5] On 22 May 2019, CONIFA announced that County of Nice was withdrawal from competition and the group where the Chameria was is changed, where besides Abkhazia, will also faced with the host country, Artsakh and Sápmi.[6] On 2 June 2019, Chameria made his debut on CONIFA European Football Cup with a 3–1 away defeat against Abkhazia.[4]

CONIFA European Football Cup record
Year Round Pos Pld W D L GF GA Squad
2015 to 2017 Team did not exist
2019 Fourth place 4th522194 Squad
Total 1/3 5 2 2 1 9 4

Fixtures and results

2017

17 June 2017 UNPO World Cup2017 Chameria  6–0  Kurdistan Region The Hague, Netherlands
11:30 Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing
17 June 2017 UNPO World Cup2017 Chameria  3–1  Ambazonia The Hague, Netherlands
13:30 Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing
17 June 2017 UNPO World Cup2017 Chameria  3–2 FC Umubano The Hague, Netherlands
15:30 Stadium: Sportpark De Verademing

2019

2 June 2019 CONIFA EC GS Abkhazia  3–1  Chameria Askeran, Republic of Artsakh
16:00 Maskayev  48'
Logua  49', 74'
Report Prendi  30' Stadium: Askeran City Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed (Iraq Kurdistan)
3 June 2019 CONIFA EC GS Chameria  4–1  Artsakh Martuni, Republic of Artsakh
18:00 Çema  58', 90+3'
Mziu  85'
Gjoka  90+5'
Report Sargsyan  83' Stadium: Avakyan Arena
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj (Germany)
4 June 2019 CONIFA EC GS Chameria  4–0  Sápmi Martakert, Republic of Artsakh
18:00 Mziu  5'
Hoxha  22', 45'
Çema  78'
Report Stadium: Vigen Shirinyan Stadium
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Ivan Mrkalj (Germany)
6 June 2019 CONIFA EC SF South Ossetia  0–0
(6–5 p)
 Chameria Askeran, Republic of Artsakh
16:00 Report Stadium: Askeran City Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed (Iraq Kurdistan)
8 June 2019 CONIFA EC 3rd Abkhazia  0–0
(5–4 p)
 Chameria Stepanakert, Republic of Artsakh
Report Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Dmytro Zhukov (Donetsk People's Republic)

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup.[7]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
2 1GK Fatjon Çollari (1999-04-02) 2 April 1999 Elbasani

6 2DF Feliks Cane (1990-10-28) 28 October 1990 Devolli
3 2DF Xhorxhian Boçi (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 Iliria
14 2DF Flavio Prendi (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 Tërbuni

18 3MF Tedi Baholli (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 Luzi 2008
15 3MF Anxhelo Isaraj (1991-12-25) 25 December 1991 Tërbuni
4 3MF Jurgen Vogli (1993-06-12) 12 June 1993 Egnatia
10 3MF Kevis Gjeçi (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 Espaly
12 3MF Shyqyri Hasa (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 Luzi 2008
13 3MF Rei Zaimi (1998-10-30) 30 October 1998 Gramshi
8 3MF Klajdi Kryemadhi (1998-12-09) 9 December 1998 Besëlidhja

7 4FW Samet Gjoka (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990 Luzi 2008
17 4FW Vilson Mziu (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 Luzi 2008
11 4FW Edmond Hoxha (1997-05-16) 16 May 1997 Besëlidhja
9 4FW Marko Çema (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 Kukësi

Head-to-head records against other countries

As of 8 June 2019
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Abkhazia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 000.00
 Ambazonia 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
 Artsakh 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 Kurdistan Region 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00
 Sápmi 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
 South Ossetia 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
6 Countries 7 4 2 1 18 5 +13 057.14

Managers

Manager Period Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
2017 3 3 0 0 100.0
2018 5 2 0 3 040.0
Arben Kasolli 2019- 5 2 2 1 040.0
Totals1372453.84

References

  1. "Chameria vs Kurdistan". Football Federation of the Republic of Chameria. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019. As part of the Unrepresented Nations Cup
  2. "Chameria wins international tournament". Football Federation of the Republic of Chameria. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019. On Saturday 17 June 2017 an international footbal tournament was held in The Hague, the Netherlands. The event brought together eight teams from various nationalities who played for the World Cup of unrecognised nations. Teams from West Papua, Kurdistan, Chameria, Southern Cameroons and others played against each other in the tournament. Many of the players came from far away. There were also many supporters who showed their excitement for their team and nation through song and dance and traditional cuisine. Chameria won its group matches and subsequently went to the final, which they won with three to two
  3. "Chameria joins World Football Federation CONIFA". Football Federation of the Republic of Chameria. 24 May 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. "Abkhazia 3–1 Chameria". CONIFA. 2 June 2019.
  5. "Sportsbet.io sponsors the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup". Sportsbet.io. 20 February 2019. Looking at the draw, Group 2 is already being dubbed the "Group of Death", featuring as it does two former CONIFA World Football Cup Champions in the form of Abkhazia (winners in front of a home crowd in 2016) and the County of Nice, which one the inaugural tournament in 2014. The teams are drawn alongside Chameria, which is making its debut at the competition
  6. "Match schedule: CONIFA Sportsbet.io European Football Cup 2019". CONIFA. 22 May 2019. After the unfortunate late withdrawal of Sardinia, County of Nice, Donetsk and Luhansk, the previous four groups were merged into two, entitled A and B, and are as follows. Group A: Artsakh, Sápmi, Abkhazia, Chameria
  7. "Chameria squad" (PDF). CONIFA. May 2019.
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