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Andalusia autonomous football team

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Head coach
  
Paco Chaparro and Antonio Álvarez

Association
  
Andalusia Football Federation

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.

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History

The project for a football selection-team of Andalusia born in 1928, and started officially during the celebration of the Iberoamerican Expo in Seville, 1929, when Andalucia played a friendly match against Club Atlético Boca Juniors in Estadio de Heliopolis, known today as Estadio Benito Villamarín.

They did not play again until 1965, during the 50 years celebration of the Federación Andaluza de Fútbol, when they played against Paraguay national football team in Estadio Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville.

Current squad

Squad for the friendly against a selection of players from La Liga for the Champions for Life game on 29 December 2016. Ages, caps and goals are updated as of the day of the match.

Famous players

  • Antoñito
  • Juanito
  • Diego Capel
  • Fernando Hierro
  • Diego Tristán
  • Joaquín
  • José Antonio Reyes
  • Sergio Ramos
  • José Manuel Pinto
  • Coaches

  • Pepe Enríquez Diaz
  • Adolfo Aldana
  • Joaquín Caparrós
  • Manolo Ruiz Sosa
  • References

    Andalusia autonomous football team Wikipedia