Galicia official football team

Galicia

Nickname(s)	A Irmandiña (The Brotherhood)
Association	Galician Football Federation
Head coach	Fernando Vázquez & Arsenio Iglesias
Captain	Míchel Salgado
FIFA code	N/A
Elo ranking	N/A
Home colours
First international
Galicia 4-1 Castille (Vigo, Galicia; 19 November 1922)
Biggest win
Galicia 9-0 CD Paraguayo (Santiago, Galicia; 18 February 1923)
Biggest defeat
Galicia 1-3 Asturias (Vigo, Galicia; 25 February 1923)

The Galicia official football team is the official football team of Galicia, Spain. It is organized by the Galician Football Federation. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because the nationality is represented internationally by the Spanish national team. The Galicia team only plays friendly matches, usually during the winter-break. Galicia's biggest supporters are known as Siareiros Galegos. They should not be confused with the term Siareiros, used to refer to all Galicia's supporters, no matter if they are or not part of that group. The team has been referred to by various names including A irmandiña, As tropas de Breogán or the Tropa da Tralla.

History

The first game of the Galician national football team was on November 19, 1922 in Coia, Vigo - This was at a time when there was no national championship per se, Galician teams would play each other in the Galician Championship and the winner would then go on to face the other regional champions in the Spanish Championship. However, later political developments in Spain made it impossible for Galicia to take part at official competitions. Hence, all games were merely friendlies. The Galician national football team as such ceased all activity during the time of the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent dictatorship (1936-1975).

The project was retaken in the early 1980s, although Galicia's first recent game only happened on 29 December 2005. It was a 3-2 win over Uruguay, and it was played at the packed stadium of San Lazaro, Santiago de Compostela. In December 2006, another game was contested against Ecuador, played in Riazor, A Coruña. The teams tied 1-1. Against Cameroon, on the next year, the result was the same, 1-1. Once again, in 2008, the Irmandinha played again, this time against Iran. The result was 3-2.

Friendly matches

19 November 1922	Galicia	4 – 1	Castille	Campo de Coia, Vigo, Spain
	Ramón Polo Pinilla (p) Ramón González		Monjardín

7 January 1923	Galicia	3 – 1	Lisbon XI	Campo de Coia
	Ramón Polo Reigosa			Referee: Ventura Lago

14 January 1923	Andalusia	1 – 4	Galicia	Sevilla, Spain
			Ramón González Ramón Polo Chiarroni

21 January 1923	Galicia	7 – 2	Royal Navy XI

28 January 1923	Pontevedra XI	1 – 4	Galicia	Campo de Bouzas, Vigo, Spain
			Correa Ramón Polo Chiarroni

4 February 1923	Pontevedra XI	0 – 3	Galicia	A Xunqueira, Pontevedra, Spain

18 February 1923	Galicia	7 – 1	Ferrol/A Coruña XI	Campo de Coia, Vigo, Spain

25 February 1923	Galicia	1 – 3	Asturias
	Ramón Polo

27 May 1923	Lisbon XI	2 – 1	Galicia
	João Francisco Jaime Gonçalves		Pinilla

8 June 1930	Central Spain XI	1 – 4	Galicia	Chamartín, Madrid, Spain

25 December 2005	Galicia	3 – 2	Uruguay	San Lázaro, Compostela, Spain
	Nano  9' Deus  48'  79'		Maxi Pereira  83' Juan Albín  91'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Galicia)

28 December 2006	Galicia	1 – 1	Ecuador	Riazor, A Coruña, Spain
	Jonathan Pereira  68'	Report	Renán Calle  63'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Galicia)

27 December 2007	Galicia	1 – 1	Cameroon	Balaídos, Vigo, Spain
	Julio Álvarez  73'		Rigobert Song  90' (pen.)	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)

27 December 2008	Galicia	3 – 2	Iran	Riazor, A Coruña, Spain
20:45	Nacho Novo  23', 59' Roberto Losada  66'	Report	Arash Borhani  32' Mohammad Reza Khalatbari  82'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia)

26 December 2009	Galicia	9 – 0	CD Paraguayo	Santa Isabel, Santiago, Spain
	Álex Colón Rubén Mariño ???	Report

23 December 2010	Galicia	6 – 3	Palestine	Santa Isabel, Santiago, Spain
		Report		Attendance: 1,300

23 December 2011	Galicia	2 – 1	Western Sahara	Cacheiras, Teo, Spain

Players

Current squad

Players in the squad for the friendly against Iran on 27 December, 2008.

Name	D.O.B	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Goalkeepers
Diego López	3 November 1981 (age 28)	Villarreal CF	3 (0)	v Uruguay, 27 December, 2005
Roberto	25 January 1979 (age 31)	CA Osasuna
Defenders
Rubén	29 January 1982 (age 28)	Celta de Vigo		v Uruguay, 27 December, 2005
Noguerol	9 June 1976 (age 32)	Celta de Vigo
Piscu	25 February 1987 (age 23)	Deportivo
Capi	2 April 1981 (age 29)	SD Ciudad de Santiago		v Uruguay, 27 December, 2005
J. Aspas	28 February 1982 (age 28)	Piacenza
R. Lago	30 August 1985 (age 24)	Celta de Vigo
Sito Castro	21 May 1980 (age 30)	UD Salamanca
Midfielders
Álex B.	7 June 1985 (age 25)	Xerez CD
Cabanas	17 January 1979 (age 31)	Grasshoppers		v Uruguay, 27 December, 2005
Borja	14 January 1981 (age 29)	Real Valladolid		v Uruguay, 27 December, 2005
Julio Álvarez	1 May 1981 (age 29)	UD Almería		v Uruguay, 27 December, 2005
Pablo Álvarez	14 May 1980 (age 30)	Deportivo		v Uruguay, 27 December, 2005
Trashorras	28 February 1981 (age 29)	Celta de Vigo
J. Vila	6 March 1986 (age 24)	Celta de Vigo
Nano	20 April 1982 (age 28)	Racing Ferrol		v Uruguay, 27 December, 2005
Strikers
Losada	25 October 1976 (age 34)	Kitchee SC		v Uruguay, 27 December, 2005
Novo	26 March 1979 (age 31)	Legia Warsaw	2 (2)	v Cameroon, 27 December, 2007

External links

• Galician Football Federation
• Siareiros Galegos (Fans of the Galician Team)
• A Irmandiña (nickname of the team)
• List of matches in Roon Ba