Corsica national football team
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| Association | Ligue Corse de Football (LCF) | ||
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| Head coach | Jean-Michel Cavalli Charles Orlanducci | ||
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| First international | |||
 France 0–2 Corsica  (Marseille, France; 28 February 1967) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Guadeloupe 0–3 Corsica (Fort-de-France, Martinique; 5 June 2018) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Martinique 5–1 Corsica (Fort-de-France, Martinique; 7 June 2018) | |||
The Corsica national football team (Corsican: Squadra Corsa di Balò) is the unofficial football team for the island of Corsica, France. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA. The selection has played against national teams thirteen times.
In the past, the selection has also played against club teams, as in 1963 against Stade Reims, or Inter Milan in 2012.
The match against Congo was organized by the CFA (Corsica Football Association). In order to be called up for the team, a player had to fulfil two conditions: having at least one parent or grandparent from Corsica and being a professional player or being part of a professional club.
Venue of the team
The venue of the selection is not fixed : Corsica has played in both of the major cities of the island, Bastia and Ajaccio. It has been said that from now on, the matches will be played alternatively in Bastia (Stade Armand Cesari) and in Ajaccio (either Stade Ange Casanova or Stade François Coty).
Team
Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly game against Sardinia to be played on 2 June 2019.[1]
Caps and goals as of 8 June 2018
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Nicolas Penneteau | 20 February 1981 | 6 | 0 |  Sporting Charleroi
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| GK | Jean-Louis Leca | 21 September 1985 | 4 | 0 | Lens
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| GK | Francois-Joseph Sollacaro | 21 March 1994 | 2 | 0 | AC Ajaccio
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| DF | Gary Coulibaly | 30 March 1986 | 10 | 0 | SC Bastia
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| DF | Yohan Bocognano | 16 June 1990 | 9 | 1 | SC Bastia
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| DF | Anthony Lippini | 7 November 1988 | 9 | 0 | Tubize
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| DF | Gilles Cioni | 14 June 1984 | 6 | 1 | SC Bastia
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| DF | Louis Poggi | 13 June 1984 | 6 | 0 | SC Bastia
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| MF | Johan Cavalli | 12 September 1981 | 9 | 1 | AC Ajaccio
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| MF | Yannick Cahuzac | 18 January 1985 | 7 | 1 | Toulouse
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| MF | Jean-François Grimaldi | 14 August 1988 | 5 | 0 | FC Bastia-Borgo
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| MF | Baptiste Anziani | 3 May 1990 | 2 | 0 | Cannes
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| MF | Julien Benhaïm | 25 October 1996 | 2 | 0 | Marignane Gignac
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| MF | Vincent Marchetti | 4 July 1997 | 1 | 0 | Nancy
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| FW | Jean-Jacques Mandrichi | 3 June 1984 | 8 | 6 | Istres
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| FW | Benjamin Santelli | 16 November 1991 | 5 | 1 | SC Bastia
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| FW | Jean-Jacques Rocchi | 1 June 1989 | 5 | 0 | Annecy
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| FW | Francescu Massoni | 7 January 1996 | 3 | 0 | FC Fleury 91
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| FW | Rémy Cabella | 8 March 1990 | 2 | 0 | Saint-Étienne
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| FW | Maxime Penneteau | 28 October 1999 | 1 | 0 | Reims B
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| FW | Félix Tomi | 31 August 2000 | 0 | 0 | AC Ajaccio
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up recently and are still eligible to represent:
Results
| 28 February 1967 Friendly | France | 0–2 | Corsica | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
| Report | Sansonetti  2'Serra 58' |
Attendance: 12,000 |
| 14 May 1998 Friendly | Corsica | 0–1 |  Cameroon | Stade Armand Cesari, Bastia |
| 6 June 2009 Friendly | Corsica | 1–1 |  Congo | Stade Ange Casanova, Ajaccio |
| Gaffory 11' |
Report | Bakouboula 42' |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gerard Dany (France) |
| 19 May 2010 Corsica Football Cup | Corsica | 2–0 |  Brittany | Stade François Coty, Ajaccio |
| Tibéri 45' Mandrichi 60' |
Report | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gerard Dany (France) |
| 21 May 2010 Corsica Football Cup | Corsica | 1–1 |  Gabon | Stade Armand Cesari, Bastia |
| Berenguer 51' |
Report | Do Marcolino 82' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gerard Dany (France) |
| 31 May 2011 Friendly | Corsica | 1–0 |  Bulgaria | Stade François Coty, Ajaccio |
| Cavalli 62' |
Report | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stéphane Bré (France) |
| 29 May 2015 Friendly | Corsica | 1–0 |  Burkina Faso | Stade Armand Cesari, Bastia |
| Bocognano 34' |
Report | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Benoît Millot (France) |
| 27 May 2016 Friendly | Corsica | 1–1 (8–9 p) |  Basque Country | Ajaccio |
| Santelli 20' |
Report | Bergara 48' |
Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova | |
| Penalties | ||||
Modesto  Cavalli  Romain Hugo Aine Cabella Coulbaly Santelli Pierazzi Cioni Cahuzac |
M.González Eraso Susaeta Zurutuza Dani García Berchiche Sabin M. Zaldua Ansotegi Bergara |
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| 26 May 2017 Friendly | Corsica | 1–1 |  Nigeria | Ajaccio |
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Report | Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 2,000 |
| 5 June 2018 2018 Tournoi des 4 | Guadeloupe | 0–3 | Corsica | Fort-de-France (Martinique) |
| 18:30 | Report | Mandrichi 1', 55', 79' |
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Aliker Referee:  Hugues Nirennold |
| 7 June 2018 2018 Tournoi des 4 | Martinique | 5–1 | Corsica | Fort-de-France (Martinique) |
| 20:30 | Stéphane Abaul 9' Wesley Jobello 40'Yann Thimon 45+1' (pen.)Bruno Grougi 66'Grégory Pastel 88' |
Report | Jean-Jacques Mandrichi 74' |
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Aliker Referee: François Merille (French Guiana) |
| 2 June 2019 Friendly | Sardinia  | 1–1 (1–4 p) | Corsica | Olbia |
| Cabeccia 8' |
Cabella 10' |
Stadium: Stadio Bruno Nespoli |
Corsican footballers who represented FIFA national teams
See also
Category:Footballers from Corsica
References
- ^ "A Selezzione" [The selection] (in Corsican). 22 May 2019.
External links
- Squad page at CorseFootball (in French)
French Football Federation (President: Philippe Diallo (interim)) Ligue féminine de football professionnel (President: Jean-Michel Aulas) | |||||||
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