The Navarre autonomous football team is the regional football team for
Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
,
Spain
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, i ...
. It is not affiliated with
FIFA
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or
UEFA
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because it is represented internationally by the
Spain national team, and only plays in
friendly matches.
History
The
Navarre Football Federation created its selection in 2003. Until then, the Navarran players had been playing for the
Basque national team. The Navarre national team played their first international game on 28 December 2003, debuting against
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
. The match ended in a 4-0 win, with the author of the team's first-ever goal being
Txiki Acaz, while
De Carlos scored a brace.
They followed it up with two more matches in the next two years, both also being held in December. In 2004 they beat
Morocco
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2-1 with another goal from De Carlos
and in their last match on 26 December 2005, they managed to keep their 100% winning status by defeating
China PR 1-0, with the hero of the game being
Iñaki Muñoz
Iñaki Muñoz Oroz (born 2 July 1978) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.
He amassed La Liga totals of 150 matches and 11 goals over nine seasons, representing in the competition Osasuna an ...
, who netted the lonely goal in the second-half.
Selected internationals
List of players
Navarre women's autonomous football team
Results
See also
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Basque Country national football team
The Basque Country representative football team (officially, in Basque, 'Euskal selekzioa') represents the Basque Country in football. It selects players from the Basque Country autonomous community, Navarre and the French Basque Country and is ...
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Basque Country women's national football team
The Basque Country women's football team (officially, in Basque, ''Euskal Herriko emakumezkoen futbol selekzioa'') is considered the national team of the Basque Country greater region. It is organised by the Basque Football Federation (''Euskadi ...
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:Footballers from Navarre
References
External links
List of matches at RoonBa
{{Navarre Sports
Autonomous football team
Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
European national and official selection-teams not affiliated to FIFA
Sports organizations established in 2003
2003 establishments in Spain