Basque Country representative football team represents the Basque Country in football. It selects players from the Basques Country autonomous community, Navarre and the French Basque country. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore only allowed to play friendly matches against FIFA or non-FIFA affiliated teams. Most of their home matches have been played in the San Mamés Stadium which was replaced in 2013 by the newSan Mamés.
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Basque Country representative football team represents the Basque Country in football. It selects players from the Basques Country autonomous community, Navarre and the French Basque country. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore only allowed to play friendly matches against FIFA or non-FIFA affiliated teams. The team has been referred to by various names including Euskadiko selekzioa, Selección de Euskadi, Vasconia, Equipo Vasco and Basque XI. Most of their home matches have been played in the San Mamés Stadium which was replaced in 2013 by the newSan Mamés. The BasqueCountry has had a football team of its own since 1930. Up to the present time they have played 40 matches against a wide range of FIFA national teams such as Russia, Nigeria, Uruguay, Serbia, Tunisia, Estonia, Venezuela and Costa Rica, plus others against non-fIFA teams of various types. On 3 January 1915 they played their first match which was against Catalonia in Bilbao and won 6–1, and then on 7 February they played them again but in Barcelona, this time drawing 2–2. On 13 May 1915 they won the inaugural ‘Copa del Príncipe de Asturias’ tournament in Madrid by beating Catalonia 1–0. In the summer of 1922 a team calling ‘the Basque federation’ was sent to South America. They played the Uruguayan national side twice, losing both games before visiting São Paulo, where they drew 1–1 and finally won 0–4 against a team selected from the interior league.
In 2007, the team’s name was controversially changed to Euskal Herriko futbol SelekZioa causing disagreements which led to the annual matches being cancelled. In 2008, a compromise was reached and it was changed again to EuzkadikoSelek zioa. In 2012, the name of the team was changed to Euskal Herriko Futbol Seguros (Euskadi Seleccíon del País Vasco) in the lower grades and exclusively represents the Basque Country autonomous community and Navarre competing separately. In 2014 the name was revised to Eusadiko Selezioa and the team is now known as Euskali Herrico futbol (Eusadi selek Zioa) The team was created for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and has played a friendly match against the Uruguayan national team in Rio de Janeiro. It has also played against the Argentine national side, losing 4–0, then drawing 1-0, and finally winning 1-1 against a visiting team from Porteño, before playing a friendly game against the Brazilian national side in Porto Alegre, where it lost 4–1. The national team has played against a number of other countries, including the Netherlands, the Netherlands and the United States.
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