Andalusia autonomous football team
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| Association | Federación Andaluza de Fútbol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Adolfo Aldana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Diego Tristan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Andalucia 1 - 4 Galicia  (14 January 1923) |
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Andalucia 5 - 1 Catalonia  (1936) |
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| Andalucia 1 - 4 Galicia (14 January 1923) |
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The Andalusia autonomous football team is the regional football team for Andalusia, Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spanish National Football Team. It only plays friendly matches.
The project for a football selection-team of Andalusia born in 1928, and started officially during the celebration of the Iberoamerican Expo in Sevilla, 1929, when Andalucia played a friendly match against Club Atlético Boca Juniors in Estadio de Heliopolis, known today as Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera.
They didn't played anymore till 1965, during the 50 years celebration of the Federación Andaluza de Fútbol, when they played against Paraguay national football team in Estadio Sánchez Pizjuán, Sevilla.
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[edit] Selected Internationals
| Date | Venue | Home Team | Opponent | Score |
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| Dec 27 2007 | Chapín | Andalucia |
 Zambia |
4-1 |
| Dec 27 2006 | La Cartuja | Andalucia |
  Peace Team |
3-1 |
| Dec 28 2005 | Ramón de Carranza | Andalucia |
 China PR |
4-1 |
| Jun 1 2005 | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | Andalucia |
Sevilla FC | 4-2 |
| Dec 2004 | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | Andalucia |
 Malta |
0-0 |
| Dec 2003 | Estadio Nuevo Colombino | Andalucia |
 Latvia |
1-0 |
| Dec 2002 | Malaga | Andalucia |
 Chile |
3-2 |
| Dec 27 2001 | La Cortuja | Andalucia |
 Tunisia |
3-3 |
| May 17 2001 | Vélez Málaga | Andalucia 'B' |
 Iraq |
3-1 |
| Dec 22 2000 | Cordoba | Andalucia |
 Morocco |
2-0 |
| Dec 1999 | Granada | Andalucia |
 Estonia |
1-0 |
| May 31 1990 | Cadiz | Andalucia |
 Yugoslavia |
0-0 |
| May 5 1990 | Sevilla | Andalucia |
 Uruguay |
1-1 |
| 1965 | Sevilla | Andalucia |
 Paraguay |
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| Jan 1 1936 | Andalucia |
Catalonia |
5-1 | |
| Sep 24 1935 | Andalucia |
Catalonia |
0-2 | |
| Jan 14 1923 | Andalucia |
Galicia |
1-4 |
[edit] Famous players
Antoñito- Fernando Hierro
- Antonio Puerta
- Carlos Marchena
- Diego Tristan
- Jesús Navas
- Joaquín Sánchez
- José Antonio Reyes
- Sergio Ramos
- José Manuel Pinto
[edit] Coaches
- Adolfo Aldana
- José Enríquez Díaz
- Joaquín Caparrós
- Lucas Alcaraz
- Jerónimo Barranca
