The Chameria national football team ( sq, Përfaqësuesja e futbollit të Çamërisë, el, Εκπρόσωπος ποδοσφαίρου της Τσαμουριάς) represents

Cham Albanians Cham Albanians or Chams ( sq, Çamë; el, Τσάμηδες, ''Tsámidhes''), are a sub-group of Albanians who originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Chameria. T ...

Chameria Chameria ( sq, Çamëria; el, Τσαμουριά, ''Tsamouriá''; tr, Çamlık) is a term used today mostly by Albanians to refer to parts of the coastal region of Epirus in southern Albania and Greece, traditionally associated with the Alban ...

, a coastal part of

Epirus sq, Epiri rup, Epiru , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Historical region , image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg , map_alt = , map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinrich ...

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. It is not affiliated with

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and therefore cannot compete for the

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or the

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History

First match

The Chameria national football team was formed during mid-2017 and has played a number of

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. 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 Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan ( ku, باشووری کوردستان, Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of "Kurdistan" in Western Asia, which also incl ...

in the framework of the 2017 Unrepresented Nations Cup and the match ended with a 6–0 home win.

Membership in CONIFA

On 24 May 2018, Chameria was accepted in

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and would now play in the various tournaments and individual matches against other national teams. On 2 June 2019, Chameria played its first international match after the membership in CONIFA against

Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...

in the framework of the

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and the match ended in a 3–1 defeat, that was simultaneously also the biggest defeat and the first defeat of Chameria.

Competitive record

UNPO World Cup

CONIFA European Football Cup

On 20 February 2019, in Krakow, it was decided that Chameria should be part of Group 2 of the

, together with

and

County of Nice The County of Nice (french: Comté de Nice / Pays Niçois, it, Contea di Nizza/Paese Nizzardo, Niçard oc, Contèa de Niça/País Niçard) is a historical region of France located around the southeastern city of Nice and roughly equivalent t ...

. On 22 May 2019, CONIFA announced that County of Nice was withdrawing from competition and Chameria's group would include

Sápmi (, smj, Sábme / Sámeednam, sma, Saepmie, sju, Sábmie, , , sjd, Са̄мь е̄ммьне, Saam' jiemm'n'e) is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Sápmi is in Northern and Eastern Europe and includes the ...

and the host country Artsakh, as well as Abkhazia. On 2 June 2019, Chameria debuted at the CONIFA European Football Cup with an away match, losing to Abkhazia 3–1.

Fixtures and results

2017

2019

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the

Head-to-head records against other countries

Managers

References

External links

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Chameria national football team The Chameria national football team ( sq, Përfaqësuesja e futbollit të Çamërisë, el, Εκπρόσωπος ποδοσφαίρου της Τσαμουριάς) represents Cham Albanians of Chameria, a coastal part of Epirus, Greece. It is not ...

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