Valencian Community autonomous football team

The Valencian National football team is the national football team for the Valencian Community, Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spain national football team. It only plays friendly matches, and has not organised a fixture since 2006.[1][2]

Valencian Community
Nickname(s)Selecció Valenciana
AssociationValencian Football Federation
First colours
First international
Land of Valencia 5–0 Aragon 
(1918)
Biggest win
Land of Valencia 5–0 Aragon 
(1918)
Biggest defeat
 Catalonia 2–0 Land of Valencia
(18 October 1936)

Matches played

Historic fixtures

Date Home Team Opponent Score
1918 Land of Valencia Aragon5–0
1918 Land of Valencia Aragon3–0
8 January 1928 (1928-01-08) Friendly Andalusia  4–1  Valencian Community Jaén
Report
18 October 1936 (1936-10-18) Friendly Catalonia  2–0  Valencian Community Barcelona
Betancourt  15'
Juan Ramón  63' (o.g.)
Stadium: Camp de Les Corts
15 November 1936 (1936-11-15) Friendly Valencian Community  4–0  Catalonia Valencia
Goiburu
Langarita
Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Referee: Tamarit
27 March 1944 (1944-03-27) Friendly Valencian Community  3–4  Catalonia Valencia
Epi
Igoa
Gorostiza
Valle
Martín
César
Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Referee: Tamarit
  1. the Levante (Valencian Federation) team.
  2. the Sur (South Federation) team.
  • The team also played matches against the leading club in the region, Valencia CF, five times in the 1930s and 40s and one in 1996.[4]

Recent fixtures

27 December 2002 Valencian Community  1–2  FR Yugoslavia Valencia
V. Moreno  11'
Report Mijatovic  5'
Ljuboja  62'
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: M. A. Ayza Gámez
27 December 2003 Valencian Community  1–0  Cameroon Castellón de la Plana
J. Moreno  11'
Report Stadium: Nou Estadi Castàlia
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: V. Lizondo Cortés
28 December 2004 Valencian Community  1–2  Bulgaria Valencia
Javi Moreno  90' Report Berbatov  18'
Manchev  54'
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: V. Lizondo Cortés
28 December 2005 Valencian Community  2–1  Colombia Valencia
David Navarro  9'
Juanfran  84'
Report Castrillón  10' Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: M. A. Ayza Gámez
27 December 2006 Valencian Community  3–1  Peru Elche
Natalio  52'
Parri  53'
Redondo  77'
Report Vassallo  11' Stadium: Martínez Valero
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: V. Lizondo Cortés

See also

  • Category:Valencian footballers

References

  1. "Selecciones sin autonomía" [Selections without autonomy]. Público (in Spanish). 22 December 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. Auge y caída de la selección autonómica Valenciana [Rise and fall of the Valencian national team], Super Deporte (in Spanish), 3 January 2014
  3. Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  4. Ficha de rival: Selección Valenciana, CiberChe (in Spanish)
  5. La neu frustra el debut de la selecció valenciana de futbol [Snow breaks the debut of the Valencian football team] (in Catalan), Racó Català, 26 December 2001
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