The Seborga national football team is the team that represents the

Principality of Seborga The Principality of Seborga ( it, Principato di Seborga) is an unrecognised micronation that claims a area located in the northwestern Italy, Italian Province of Imperia in Liguria, near the France, French border, and about from Monaco. The pr ...

. It is not a member of

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

, but is an associate member of the

N.F.-Board The N.F.-Board (french: Nouvelle Fédération-Board) was a federation of football associations established on 12 December 2003. It was made up of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, re ...

, an organisation for teams who are not members of FIFA. They were admitted to the N.F.-Board as a provisional member in 2014.

Seborga Football Federation

The

Seborga Football Federation The Seborga national football team is the team that represents the Principality of Seborga. It is not a member of FIFA or UEFA, but is an associate member of the N.F.-Board, an organisation for teams who are not members of FIFA. They were admitt ...

is the football association of Seborga. It was founded on June 6, 2014, in conjunction with the national football team.

History

Foundation

The team was then admitted to the

and the signing of the registration act to the federation took place in

Seborga Seborga ( lij, A Seborca) is a small village and self-proclaimed principality in the region of Liguria near the French border. Administratively, it is a ''comune'' of the Italian province of Imperia. The main economic activities are horticulture ...

at the presence of the President of CONS Marcello Paris, the Crown Counselor for Sports Giuseppe Bernardi, the Crown Counselor for Foreign Affairs and Princess Consort

Nina Menegatto Princess Nina Daniela Menegatto (born Nina Daniela Döbler, 6 November 1978) is a German businesswoman who currently reigns as the head of state of the Principality of Seborga, a micronation encompassing the Italian city of Seborga, from 10 Nov ...

and the Seborgan Representative for Alsace Marcel Mentil. The board of directors of the FCPS is composed by Claudio Gazzano, Matteo Bianchini, Marcel Mentil and Linda Chittolini. The first international game of the Seborgan team was disputed on August 10, 2014, in

Ospedaletti Ospedaletti ( lij, Spiareti) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region of Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Imperia. Ospedaletti borders the following municipalities: Bordigh ...

against

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. For the occasion most of the Seborga players were lent by the local team ASD Ospedaletti. The game ended 2-3 and Seborga lost.Calcio: fantastico esordio per la nazionale di Seborga che sfiora un’epica rimonta contro Sealand
''Sanremonews.it'', August 11th, 2014

Overall record

:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

International results and upcoming fixtures

Coaches

Kit

Seborga's kit has the same colors as the flag of Seborga. The main uniform of Seborga has a blue shirt with a white cross, blue shorts and white socks. The technical sponsor is FOOTEX.

References

External links

Official website
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