Catalonia national amateur football team

Catalonia
Association	Catalan Football Federation (Federació Catalana de Futbol)
Confederation	None
	First colours
	First colours
First international
	Catalonia 2–4 Castile-La Mancha ; (Valencian Community, Spain)
Biggest win
	Telenești 0–10 Catalonia ; (Vadul lui Vodă, Moldova; 25 September 2014)
Biggest defeat
	Catalonia 2–4 Castile-La Mancha ; (Valencian Community, Spain)
UEFA Regions' Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2013)
Best result	Runners-up (2013)
Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1999–2000)
Best result	Winners (2011–12, 2013–14)

The Catalonia national amateur football team (Template:Lang-ca) is the official amateur football team of Catalonia. It is controlled by the Catalan Football Federation.

History

Composition

The team is composed of players who play in the Tercera División Group 5 and regional lower divisions - all operated autonomously within Catalonia but under the pyramid of the Spanish football league system - with eligibility criteria being club (must play for a club in the territory), age (must be between 18 and 35) and amateur status (must never have signed a contract as a professional).^[1]^[2]

Participation in competitions

The team plays in the biennial UEFA Regions' Cup and they were runners-up in the overall pan-European tournament in 2013,^[3]^[4] having won the preceding Spanish qualifying tournament in 2011–12.^[5] The Catalans retained the national stage title (where they compete against equivalent teams from each of the autonomous communities of Spain) in 2013–14,^[6] but did not progress from their intermediate group in the subsequent 2015 UEFA Regions' Cup.^[7]

Matches

Catalonia score listed first in all matches.

URC edition	Round	Opponent	Score
2001	1999–00 Spanish first round^[a]	Castile-La Mancha	2–4
		Balearic Islands	1–1
		Valencian Community	1–0
2003	2001–02 Spanish first round^[b]	Balearic Islands	0–1
2003	2001–02 Spanish first round^[b]	Basque Country	1–4
2005	2003–04 Spanish first round^[c]	Murcia	2–3
2005	2003–04 Spanish first round^[c]	Madrid	2–4
2007	2005–06 Spanish first round ^[b]	Ceuta	3–0
	2005–06 Spanish first round ^[b]	Galicia	4–3
	Spanish quarter-final	Castile-La Mancha	1–1
	Spanish quarter-final	Castile-La Mancha	a0–0
	Spanish semi-final^[d]	Asturias	1–0
	Spanish final^[d]	Basque Country	1–1p^[e]
2009	2007–08 Spanish first round^[f]	Canary Islands	5–1
	2007–08 Spanish first round^[f]	Galicia	2–0
	Spanish quarter-final	Valencian Community	0–0
	Spanish quarter-final	Valencian Community	3–1
	Spanish semi-final^[g]	Andalusia	0–1
2011	2009–10 Spanish first round^[h]	Andalusia	0–1
2011	2009–10 Spanish first round^[h]	Cantabria	3–1
2013^[8]^[4]	2011–12 Spanish first round^[a]	Extremadura	2–1
	2011–12 Spanish first round^[a]	Basque Country	4–0
	Spanish semi-final^[i]	Castile and León	3–2
	Spanish final^[5]^[i]	Asturias	2–1
	European Intermediate round^[j]	Ardennes	2–1
		Ljubljana	2–0
		Nove Zhytya	4–1
	European Final group^[k]	Isloch	2–0
		Yugoiztochen	2–2
		Olimp Moscow	1–0
	European final^[k]	Veneto	0–0p^[l]
2015^[7]	2013–14 Spanish first round^[b]	Aragon	2–1
	2013–14 Spanish first round^[b]	Balearic Islands	1–1
	Spanish semi-final^[m]	Murcia	2–2^[n]
	Spanish final^[6]^[m]	Andalusia	0–0^[o]
	European Intermediate round^[p]	AF Pyatykhatska	4–0
		Telenești District	10–0
		Eastern NI Region	0–1
2017	2015–16 Spanish first round^[q]	Murcia	1–2
2017	2015–16 Spanish first round^[q]	Castile-La Mancha	1–2
2019	2017–18 Spanish first round^[b]	Navarre	1–1
	2017–18 Spanish first round^[b]	Extremadura	9–0
	Spanish quarter-final	Castile and León	3–1
	Spanish quarter-final	Castile and León	a0–2

^ ^a ^b Held in Valencian Community.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Held in Catalonia.
^ Held in Murcia.
^ ^a ^b Held in Left Bank (Biscay).
^ Basque Country won a penalty shootout 3–0.
^ Held in Navarre.
^ Held in El Vendrell.
^ Held in Andalusia.
^ ^a ^b Held in Asturias.
^ Held in Kyiv Oblast.
^ ^a ^b Held in Veneto.
^ Veneto won a penalty shootout 5–4.
^ ^a ^b Held in Segovia.
^ Catalonia won a penalty shootout 5–4.
^ Catalonia won a penalty shootout 5–4.
^ Held in Moldova.
^ Held in Murcia.

Results summary

As of December 2017^[update]

Overall				Spanish phase				International phase
Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L
44	22	11	11	34	15	9	10	10	7	2	1

Head-to-head against other Autonomous Communities