Silesia national football team

Silesia

Association

Silesian Football Association

Head coach

none

First colours

Second colours

First international

Silesia 1 - 2 Poland

(Katowice, October 4, 1933)

Biggest win

Silesia 7 - 2 Tanzania

(Chorzów, July 22, 1974)

Biggest defeat

Silesia 3 - 4 Basque Country

(Chorzów, June 9, 1937)

Silesia football team (Polish: Reprezentacja Śląska) is an informal regional football team made up of players from football clubs located in Silesia, under the auspices of the Silesian Football Association (Polish: Śląski Związek Piłki Nożnej). It is not affiliated to FIFA, and does not play in official international matches.

Matches Silesia vs Poland^[1]

No.	Date	Stadium	Match	Result	Turnout
1	October 4, 1933	KS Police Stadium in Katowice	Silesia - Poland	1:2	5 000
2	April 26, 1953	Ruch Stadium in Chorzów	Silesia - Poland	2:3	12 000
3	September 13, 1953	Polonia Stadium in Bytom	Silesia - Poland	3:3	3 000
4	December 9, 2006	Ruch Stadium in Chorzów	Silesia - Poland	1:1	5 000

Matches Silesia vs other national football teams

Date	Stadium	Match	Result	Turnout
June 9, 1937	Ruch Stadium in Chorzów	Silesia - Basque Country	3:4^[2]	?
April 20, 1948	AKS Stadium in Chorzów	Silesia - Czechoslovakia	2:1	?
August 24, 1952	Ruch Stadium in Chorzów	Silesia - China	5:1	15 000
July 22, 1974	Silesian Stadium	Silesia - Tanzania	7:2	37 000

Note: This is not a full list!

Silesian dream team

Although Silesia was never independently affiliated with FIFA, it is a place of origin of many notable football players playing mostly for the Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic national teams. In 2010, the following hypothetical "dream" Silesian team was presented of the current players of the Silesian background:^[3] Raphael Schäfer, Marek Jankulovski, Kamil Glik, Tomas Ujfalusi, Łukasz Piszczek, Adam Matuszczyk, Libor Sionko, Sebastian Tyrała, Lukas Podolski, Ireneusz Jeleń, Miroslav Klose.

References

↑ Paweł Czado, "Jak Górny Śląsk grał z reprezentacją Polski" (How Upper Silesia played against the Polish national team), Gazeta Wyborcza, 2006-12-06, (in Polish)
↑ "Baskowie zwyciezaja Slask 4:3". Przeglad Sportowy, 10/6/1937. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
↑ Konrad Kostorz, "Reprezentacja Śląska silniejsza od Polski?" (Is the Silesia team stronger than Poland?), Sportowe Fakty, 2010-08-04 (in Polish)

External links

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Women's football

Unaffiliated football teams competing internationally

Active	Basque Country Brittany Sardinia Catalonia Corsica Darfur Galicia Greenland Kosovo Monaco Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Tamil Eelam Tibet Vatican City

Defunct	Nauru Silesia Wallis and Futuna

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