The Occitania national football team is the football team of

Occitania Occitania ( oc, Occitània , , or ) is the historical region in Western and Southern Europe where the Occitan language was historically spoken and where it is sometimes still used as a second language. This cultural area roughly encompasse ...

, which is the name given to areas of southern France, westernmost Italy and a small valley in northern Spain where the

Occitan Occitan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France. * Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...

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

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, and the team therefore is not eligible to enter either the

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or European Championship. They are members of the New Federations Board, and hosted the inaugural

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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 Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

as well as competing in 4

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

performance when they defeated

Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( it, Regno delle Due Sicilie) was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1860. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and size in Italy before Italian unification, comprising Sicily and all ...

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 The 2012 VIVA World Cup was the fifth and final VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football open to non-FIFA-affiliated teams, played in the Iraqi Kurdistan. It marked a new record in the competition's history, with nine teams compe ...

, before eventually finished 5th. They also participated in the ConIFA World Football Cup 2014 in

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...

, 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 The Abkhazia national football team is the team representing the partially recognised state of Abkhazia. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship. They comp ...

who won the ConIFA World Football Cup 2016 in Abkhazia. Occitania also play in the ''Europeada'', which is organised by the

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(FUEN).We have the official dates for Europaeda 2020

, 1 November 2018 In the Europeada 2008 Occitania reached the quarter finals, being eliminated by eventual tournament winner

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous area, Autonomous Provinces of Italy, province , image_skyline = ...

. 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

Europeada record

Results and upcoming fixtures

Current squad

Squad for the

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References

External links

Official Website - includes game summaries and rosters (in Occitan)Facebook PageYoutube ChannelConIFA memberFUEN memberConIFA presenting Occitania
{{DEFAULTSORT:Occitania National Football Team CONIFA member associations European N.F.-Board teams Occitania Football teams in France Football in Occitania (administrative region)