Cantabria autonomous football team

Cantabria

Association	Federación Cántabra de Fútbol
Head coach	Paco Gento (1997–)
Most caps	Iván Helguera (2)
Top scorer	Iñaki (2)
First colours Second colours
First international
Cantabria 3 - 0 Aragon (March 9, 1924)
Biggest win
Cantabria 3 - 0 Latvia (December 23, 1997)
Biggest defeat
Cantabria 1 - 3 Asturias (May 3, 1925)
Appearances	(First in -)
Best result	-

The Cantabria autonomous football team is the regional football team for Cantabria, Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore are only allowed to play friendly matches.

History

The beginning, the Northern Federation

In the early twentieth century, the Cantabrian players fought encounters between the Spanish regions in a combined team created in 1915 under the name "Team North", which also included players from Basque Country. In the first tournament in Madrid they beat the Catalonian team 1-0 and drew with Centro (a team formed by players from the centre of Spain). In May 1916, the "Team North" faced Barcelona twice, winning by 1-3 away and 5-0 at home. In 1922 separate teams were created for Cantabrian and Basques because the first would not accept the renaming of the Northern Federation as the Biscay Federation.^[1]

The Cantabrian Federation

The Federación Cántabra de Fútbol was officially established in 1922. The first match of the Cantabria team as the official team of the Cantabrian Federation happened two years later, on March 9, 1924 against the team of the Aragonese federation, the result was 3-0 for the Cantabria team.

Selected internationals

North

Date	Venue	Home team	Away team	Score
May 13, 1915	Madrid	North	Catalonia	1–0[2]
May 14, 1915	Madrid	Center	North	1–1[2]
May 21, 1916	Barcelona	Catalonia	North	1–3
May 22, 1916	Barcelona	Catalonia	North	0–0
June 4, 1916	Bilbao	North	Catalonia	5–0

Cantabric

Date	Venue	Home team	Away team	Score
May 10, 1917	Madrid	Cantabric	Catalonia	1–1
May 11, 1917	Madrid	Center	Cantabric	3–2
January 20, 1918	Madrid	Center	Cantabric	3–2
January 23, 1918	Madrid	Center	Cantabric	3–1

Cantabria

Date	Venue	Home Team	Opponent	Score
March 9, 1924	Santander	Cantabria	Aragon	3-0
April 20, 1924	Zaragoza	Aragon	Cantabria	2-0
April 21, 1924	Zaragoza	Aragon	Cantabria	2-1
May 3, 1925	Santander	Cantabria	Asturias	1-3
June 21, 1925	Gijón	Asturias	Cantabria	0-1
September 5, 1936	Santander	Cantabria	Tolosa	0-3[3][4]
November 29, 1936	Santander	Cantabria	Basque Country	3:2[5][6][7]
December 22, 1997	Santander	Cantabria	Latvia	3-0[8]
December 22, 2000	Santander	Cantabria	Estonia	0-1[8]

Cantabria international footballers

• Pedro Munitis
• Iván de la Peña
• Iván Helguera
• José Emilio Amavisca
• Vicente Engonga
• Gonzalo Colsa
• Álvaro Cervera
• Luis Fernández
• Jose María Ceballos
• Angel de Juana

Honours

• Philippines Championship: 1

1924^[9]

References

1. El Mundo Deportivo (1922-10-30). "Los conflictos del fútbol español" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
2. "Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". El Mundo Deportivo. 1915-05-17. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
3. "El Athletic de Bilbao y el Racing.....". El Nervion, 31/8/1936. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
4. Diario ABC (September 15, 1936). "En Santander se han jugado unos partidos de fútbol a beneficio de Socorro Rojo Internacional" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
5. "Vascos y Montañeses". La Gaceta del Norte, 1/12/1936. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
6. "Selección Cántabra-Selección Vasca". La Gaceta del Norte, 28/11/1936. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
7. "La orgullosa génesis de la Selección Vasca de Fútbol". Deia. 12/02/201. Retrieved 2012-06-16. Check date values in: |date= (help)
8. El Diario Montañés (2011). "El breve sueño del fútbol cántabro" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-06-16.
9. Schöggl, Hans. "Philippines - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 May 2010.

External links

• Web of Cantabrian Football Federation (Spanish)
• List of matches in Roon Ba