Basque Country national football team

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Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationEuskadiko Futbol Federakundea
Head coachJosé María Amorrortu
Mikel Etxarri
Most capsGorka Iraizoz, Xabi Prieto (14)
Top scorerIsidro Lángara (17)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Catalonia Catalonia 0–1 Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community)
(Barcelona, Spain; Jun 8 1930)
Biggest win
Denmark Denmark 1–11 Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community)
(Denmark; August 29 1937)
Biggest defeat
Mexico Mexico 8–4 Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community)
(Mexico; October 16 1938)
Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country 1–5 Hungary Hungary
(Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; August 31 1980)

The Basque Country representative football team (officially, in Basque, 'Euskal selekzioa') represents the Basque Country in football. It selects players from the Basque Country autonomous community, Navarre and the French Basque Country and is organised by the Basque Football Federation. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore only allowed to play friendly matches against FIFA or non-FIFA affiliated teams.

The team has been referred to by various names including Euskadiko selekzioa, Euskal Herriko futbol selekzioa, Selección de Euskadi, Vasconia, Equipo Vasco, Euskadi XI and Basque XI.[1] Most of their home matches have been played in the San Mamés Stadium which was replaced in 2013 by the new San Mamés.

The Basque Country has had a football team of its own since 1930.[2] During the Second Spanish Republic, they played firstly under the name of 'Baskoniako selekzioa' (the Vasconia team) and then from 1936 as 'Euzkadiko selekzioa' (the Euskadi team). During Franco's 36 year dictatorship it only played two games. Then, after Franco's death in 1975, the team was reformed using the name 'Euskadiko selekzioa' and began playing regular friendly matches, usually during La Liga's Christmas break. Up to the present moment they have played 56 matches against a wide range of nations such as Russia, Uruguay, Nigeria and Denmark.

In 2007, the team's name was controversially changed to 'Euskal Herriko futbol selekzioa'. In 2008, a compromise was reached and it was changed again to 'Euskal selekzioa'. In the lower grades, the team is either called "Euskadiko selekzioa" or "Seleccíon del País Vasco" and exclusively represents the Basque Country autonomous community (Euskadi).

History

Beginnings, the North team (1913)

On 29 September 1913 the Royal Spanish Football Federation was formally created and along with it four regional federations (Norte, Oeste, Este and Centro). Each regional federation organised its own league, and also selected a team to play against other regions. The Basque Country was grouped with Cantabria in 'Norte' (North). As most of the biggest teams in the Norte federation were Basque, such as Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Real Unión, and Arenas Club de Getxo, so the team fielded by the federation was occasionally entirely composed of Basque players, and was called 'Vasconia', 'el equipo Vasco'[3](the Basque team), or sometimes just 'Norte'. On 3 January 1915 they played their first match which was against Catalonia in Bilbao and won 6–1,[4][5] and then on 7 February they played them again but in Barcelona, this time drawing 2–2.[6][7] On 13 May 1915 they won the inaugural 'Copa del Príncipe de Asturias' tournament in Madrid by beating Catalonia 1–0.[8] In the same competition they drew 1–1 with Centro[9] (a team formed by players from the centre of Spain). In May 1916, 'Norte' faced Catalonia twice in Barcelona, winning by 1–3 on the 21st,[10] and drawing 0–0 on the 22nd. On 4 June of the same year they beat Catalonia 5–0 in Bilbao.[11]

On 22 November 1916 the Cantabrian teams left the Northern Federation, joining the newly formed Cantabrian Federation (Federación Cantábrica de Clubes de Football), which encompassed Asturian and Cantabrian clubs. In 1918 Gipuzkoa formed its own federation leaving Biscay on their own in Federation Norte.[12] Gipuzkoa and Biscay organised their own separate teams.[13][14] In 1919 the Asturians decided to form their own federation (Federación Regional Asturiana de Clubes de Fútbol) so the Cantabrian teams rejoined 'Norte', but now it only had teams from Cantabria and Biscay. This complicated situation of federations splitting off continued for a few more years. In 1922 separate teams were created for Biscay and Cantabria because the former decided to form their own federation (Biscayan Federation).[15][16]

In the summer of 1922 a team calling itself 'the Basque team' (Equipo Vasco) was sent to South America. Although the trip was organised by the Gipuzkoan federation, 4 of the 19 players in the squad were from the Biscayan federation.[17][18] They played once against the Argentine national side, losing 4–0, then drew 1–1 against Porteño, and finally winning 0–4 against a team selected from Argentina's interior league.[19] The team also played the Uruguayan national side twice, losing both games,[20][21] before visiting Brazil where they played in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.[22] After the team had arrived back in Spain on 5 October 1922, the players resumed playing for either Biscay or Gipuzkoa. On the 12 November 1922 Asturias played Biscay in Gijón drawing 1–1 and the following day Asturias beat Biscay 4–3. On 18 November 1923, Biscay faced Asturias in Bilbao and won 4–2.[23]

The first Basque team (1930)

First match in the USSR against Locomotiv Moscow.

It wasn't until 1930 that the Biscayan and Gipuzkoan federations finally came together to create the first permanent team with the name 'Vasconia' ('Baskoniako selekzioa') to represent the Basque Country. Their first game was against Catalonia on 8 June 1930, which they won by 0–1 in Montjuïc, and they played Catalonia again on 1 January 1931 in Bilbao, winning that match 3–2.[2]

During the first year of the Spanish Civil War the Basque team changed its name to Euzkadiko selekzioa. Their first match with that name was against Cantabria on 29 November 1936 in Santander, when the Cantabrians won 3–2.[24][25] In 1937 the first president of the Basque autonomous region José Antonio Aguirre, who in his youth had been a player for Athletic Bilbao, decided to send a Basque football team abroad with the duel aim of raising money to fund the cost of the civil war, and also as a form of propaganda letting the world know about the conflict in Spain.[26] At the same time a choir called Eresoinka was formed to tour Europe for the same purpose. Money raised was reportedly used to fund a hospital in La Rosarie, France,[27] used by Spanish refugees, and also to help support the thousands of Basque children who had been sent abroad for safety.

The team consisted of the following players:

Also attached to the team were Perico Birichinaga, as a masseur, and Ricardo Irezábal and Manu de la Sota, both as delegates.[28]

The team made its debut on Monday 26 April 1937 in Paris's Parc des Princes against the French champions, Racing Paris, winning 0–3.[29] This happened to be the same day that Guernica was bombed by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe. In May 1937 they toured France beating Olympique Marseille 2–5,[30] losing 3–1 to Sète, and playing Racing Paris twice more, 3–3 and 2–3.

In May 1937, the team began to have problems with FIFA. Due to the civil war in Spain FIFA had banned all FIFA-affiliated countries and clubs from playing any Spanish teams.[31][32] A match due to take place on 30 May in the Netherlands against Rotterdam was cancelled by the Dutch Federation.[33][34] But many clubs and national sides continued to play the Basque team because they sympathised with Republican Spain which the team symbolised. The team's first match against a nation from outside of Spain was a 3–2 defeat, also in May 1937, to Czechoslovakia, who had been runners up in the 1934 World cup. In June, they played Czechoslovakia again losing 2–1. Then they played Silesia in Chorzów on 9 June.

When Bilbao was captured by Franco's forces on 19 June 1937 the team were in Moscow. They then toured the Soviet Union during that summer, playing against Lokomotiv Moscow (1–5), Dynamo Moscow twice (1–2) and (4–7), Dinamo Leningrad (2–2), Spartak Moscow (6–2), Dynamo Kiev (1–3), Dinamo Tbilisi (0–2), the Georgian football team (1–3), and finally Dinamo Minsk (1–6). Their only loss was against Spartak Moscow. The Soviet authorities were determined to win the final game in Moscow, so the Spartak team was improved by bringing players from other parts of the country to play for the team just for the one match.[35] Lastly they travelled to Norway and Denmark in August where they beat Norway (1–3), Norway AIF (2–3), and completed their biggest win to date against Denmark (1–11).

In the autumn of 1937 the team crossed the Atlantic to play in Mexico where FIFA had given them permission to play clubs and the national side.[36] After playing nine matches in the capital[37] and one in Guadalajara they crossed over to Cuba where their problems with FIFA got worse.[38] FIFA demanded that Cuba should not play the Basque Country. So the Basque team only played club sides, playing 4 matches, winning one and losing two. Next they travelled to Argentina, arriving on 25 February 1938. They stayed there 3 months but officially played no matches, due to their problems with FIFA. As they had run out of money and had no way of raising any, many of the big Argentine sides raised money for them.[39] They then crossed the Andes to Valparaiso, Chile, where on the 9 May 1938 they played Santiago Wanderers,[40] but the result is not known. Later in May they travelled again to Cuba,[41] this time playing the Cuban national team twice, before returning to Mexico. In the 1938-39 season they played under the name Club Deportivo Euzkadi in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association,[42] one of the two major leagues in Mexico at that time where they won 7, drew 1 and lost 4 games,[43] eventually coming runners up in the league. The Spanish civil war ended in April 1939 so when the season ended the team was broken up and as a reward each member received 10,000 pesetas. Some of the players stayed on in the Americas and joined teams there.

Franco years (1939–1975)

Between 1939 and 1975 the Basque football team played only twice due to General Franco's dictatorship which severely limited the freedoms previously enjoyed by the regions of Spain. The first time was on 25 June 1966 on the 50th anniversary of Real Unión's founding. A team made up of players from the Basque Country played Real Madrid in the Gal Stadium in Irun, losing 0–2.[44] Playing for the Basque Country were Carmelo Cedrún, (Alarcia), Gorriti, Martínez, Marigil, (Zabala), Azcárate, (Iruretagoyena), Iguarán, Amas, Dionisio Urreizti, Landa, (Chapela), Mauri, (Mendiluce) and Erro.[45] Don Santiago Bernabéu had the honour of kicking off.[46]

The second time was in San Mamés, Bilbao, on 21 February 1971 when a memorial match for Juan Gardeazábal was played between the Basque Country and Catalonia. The Basque Country lost 1–2.[47] Playing for the Basque Country were Zamora, Deusto, Irusquieta, Zugazaga, Echeberría, Lema, Guisasola, Estéfano, Santamaría, Arambarri, Ibáñez, Marañon, Fernando Ansola, Araquistáin, Rojo II, Urtiaga, and Ortuondo.[48]

Revival (1978)

The first game following the dictatorship was played on 2 March 1978 in San Mamés against the USSR.[49] The team were called the 'Selección Vasca' and drew 0–0.

On 16 August 1979 they played for the first time since 1938 under the name 'Euskadiko selekzioa' at San Mames stadium during the Great Week of Bilbao, winning against a League of Ireland XI (4–1). Controversy was caused before the match by the Spanish government deciding that the song of the Basque football Team (Gernikako Arbola - The Tree of Guernica) [50] should not be sung before the game. This resulted in the Lehendakari Carlos Garaikoetxea (the head of the Basque regional parliament) and the presidents of the regional councils and the mayors of the Basque capitals, all leaving the presidential box to sit elsewhere in the stadium, to show their protest. CA Osasuna was the only club with players called up who refused to release them for the match.[51] Iraragorri and Langara (two players from the 1937 team) kicked off and Iribar served as captain. The game was played as a fundraiser for a campaign promoting the Basque language called "Bai Euskarari", organized by Sustraiak, as a response to its suppression during the dictatorship.

A few months later the Basque team won again in San Sebastian's mythical Atotxa Stadium, against Bulgaria (4–0). In 1980, in Vitoria, they lost 1–5 to Bulgaria. Other key matches included defeats to Cameroon (0–1) and Wales (0–1), and victory over Serbia (4–0). Then, in 2007, after 69 years without playing outside Spain, the Basque Country faced Venezuela in San Cristobal (Venezuela), winning 4–3.[52] Their last game outside Spain before this had been during the Spanish Civil War on 18 June 1939 against Club Atlético Corrales in Mexico City.[53]

Name change (2007)

The Basque and Catalan teams in 2007 holding a banner asking for official recognition of their teams

In 2007 the team's name was changed to 'Euskal Herria' (Euskal Herriko Futbol Selekzioa), and on 29 December they played a match against Catalonia in San Mames. The result was Euskal Herria 1, Catalonia 1.[54]

The name change, driven by the Basque Football Federation, was denounced by politicians from the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV),[55][56] including the Lehendakari, Juan José Ibarretxe,[57] and also the main Spanish political parties such as the Partido Popular (PP) and PSOE. For this reason the Basque Football Federation proposed returning to the team's previous name, 'Euskadi' (Euskadiko Selekzioa), for the match scheduled for December 2008 against Iran. 165 Basque players signed a statement announcing that they would not play unless the team was called 'Euskal Herria'.[58][59] The controversy went beyond the sports arena and against this statement were positioned many political parties such as the PNV, PSE-PSOE and PP, and supporting it were Eusko Alkartasuna, Ezker Batua and Eusko Abertzale Ekintza. At the heart of this dispute were the meanings of the two terms 'Euskadi' and 'Euskal Herria'. For the politicians of the PNV who favoured the name 'Euskadi' they saw this as the historic name used by the Basque football team since the 1930s and geographically they said it always included the Spanish Basque Country, the French Basque Country and Navarre (from where the players are selected), but to the players and the politicians supporting them, only the term 'Euskal Herria' had this geographic meaning and to them 'Euskadi' only referred to the Spanish Basque Country. This difference of opinion encompassed the nuances of the names, their history known or unknown, and changing public opinions towards what name should be used when referring to all people of Basque culture. In the end the match was cancelled.

In 2009 a consensus was reached to use the name 'Euskal Selekzioa'. However, discrepancies between the federation, players and ESAIT led to the match, scheduled again to be played against Iran, not to be played. In 2010 however, although there was still no agreement between players and federation, the players agreed to play the match to be played on 29 December in San Mames, between the Basque Country and Venezuela, which ended 3–1.[60][61] At this match the gold badge of honour of the Basque Football Federation was presented to Joseba Etxeberria, former player of Athletic Club Bilbao, for being the most capped player of the Basque team, and he was allowed to take the kick-off.

Recent activity

The Basque Country playing Catalonia in San Mames, 28 December 2014

In 2011 the Basque football team played 2 matches. Firstly on 25 May they visited Estonia winning 1–2,[62] and then on 28 December they played their last game in the old San Mamés against Tunisia, losing 0–2.[63]

In December 2012 they played Bolivia in San Sebastian winning 6–1.[64]

On 28 December 2013 the Basque team played its first match in the new San Mames stadium against Peru[65] winning 6–0.[66]

On 28 December 2014 a centenary match was played in San Mames against Catalonia to celebrate 100 years since the first match between these two sides. The game ended 1–1.

FIFA and UEFA membership

Several organisations including the Basque Government[67] and the Basque Football Federation are trying to persuade FIFA and UEFA to accept the Basque Country as an affiliated member.[68][69][70][71] There is a lot of support for this within the Basque Country. The United Kingdom provides one model for a sovereign state with more than one FIFA member, and the Irish Rugby Football Union provides another model for a team composed of players from two sovereign states. The Irish Rugby Football Union squad has players from both Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) and from the Republic of Ireland.

Current squad

Squad for the friendly against Tunisia on 30 December 2016.

Caps and goals as of 31 December 2016

Head coach: Mikel Etxarri and José María Amorrortu

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Gorka Iraizoz (1981-03-06) 6 March 1981 (age 43) 14 0 Spain Girona FC
13 1GK Oier Olazábal (1989-09-14) 14 September 1989 (age 34) 1 0 Spain Granada CF
2 2DF Mikel Balenziaga (1988-02-29) 29 February 1988 (age 36) 5 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao
3 2DF Yuri Berchiche (1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 (age 34) 4 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad
4 2DF Eneko Bóveda (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 35) 3 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao
5 2DF Xabier Etxeita (1987-10-31) 31 October 1987 (age 36) 3 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao
6 2DF Mikel González (1985-09-24) 24 September 1985 (age 38) 7 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad
12 2DF Iñigo Martínez (1991-05-17) 17 May 1991 (age 33) 6 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad
14 2DF Mikel San José (1989-05-30) 30 May 1989 (age 35) 6 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao
15 2DF Joseba Zaldúa (1992-06-24) 24 June 1992 (age 31) 2 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad
7 3MF Dani García (1990-05-24) 24 May 1990 (age 34) 3 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) SD Eibar
8 3MF Manuel García (1986-04-26) 26 April 1986 (age 38) 1 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Deportivo Alavés
9 3MF Asier Illarramendi (1990-03-08) 8 March 1990 (age 34) 3 1 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad
10 3MF Ander Iturraspe (1989-03-08) 8 March 1989 (age 35) 6 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao
11 3MF Mikel Oyarzabal (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 27) 1 1 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad
16 3MF Xabi Prieto (captain) (1983-08-29) 29 August 1983 (age 40) 14 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad
17 3MF Markel Susaeta (1987-12-14) 14 December 1987 (age 36) 7 1 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao
18 4FW Aritz Aduriz (1981-02-11) 11 February 1981 (age 43) 11 12 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao
19 4FW Ander Capa (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992 (age 32) 4 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) SD Eibar
20 4FW Sabin Merino (1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 (age 32) 2 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao
21 4FW Iker Muniain (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 31) 3 1 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao
22 4FW Gaizka Toquero (1984-08-09) 9 August 1984 (age 39) 6 2 Basque Country (autonomous community) Deportivo Alavés

Recent callups

The following players have played for the team in the last four matches.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Xabi Irureta (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) 1 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) SD Eibar v.  Catalonia, 28 December 2014
GK Asier Riesgo (1983-10-06) 6 October 1983 (age 40) 9 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) SD Eibar v.  Corsica, 27 May 2016
GK Eñaut Zubikarai (1984-02-26) 26 February 1984 (age 40) 2 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad v.  Peru, 23 December 2013
DF Ion Ansotegi (1982-07-13) 13 July 1982 (age 41) 7 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) SD Eibar v.  Corsica, 27 May 2016
DF Anaitz Arbilla (1987-05-15) 15 May 1987 (age 37) 0 0 Spain Rayo Vallecano v.  Peru, 23 December 2013
DF Jon Aurtenetxe (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 32) 5 0 Spain CD Tenerife v.  Catalonia, 26 December 2015
DF Borja Ekiza (1988-03-06) 6 March 1988 (age 36) 1 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao v.  Peru, 23 December 2013
DF Gorka Elustondo (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37) 2 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao v.  Corsica, 27 May 2016
DF Javier Garrido (1985-03-15) 15 March 1985 (age 39) 2 0 Spain UD Las Palmas v.  Corsica, 27 May 2016
DF Carlos Gurpegi (1980-08-19) 19 August 1980 (age 43) 1 0 retired v.  Corsica, 27 May 2016
DF Andoni Iraola (1982-06-22) 22 June 1982 (age 41) 9 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao v.  Peru, 23 December 2013
DF Carlos Martínez (1986-04-09) 9 April 1986 (age 38) 3 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad v.  Catalonia, 26 December 2015
MF Markel Bergara (1986-05-05) 5 May 1986 (age 38) 5 1 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad v.  Corsica, 27 May 2016
MF Javier Eraso (1990-03-22) 22 March 1990 (age 34) 2 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao v.  Corsica, 27 May 2016
MF Beñat Etxebarria (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 37) 4 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao v.  Catalonia, 28 December 2014
MF Raúl García (1986-07-11) 11 July 1986 (age 37) 5 2 Spain Atlético Madrid v.  Peru, 23 December 2013
MF Óscar de Marcos (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 35) 1 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao v.  Peru, 23 December 2013
MF Mikel Rico (1984-11-04) 4 November 1984 (age 39) 4 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao v.  Corsica, 27 May 2016
MF Roberto Torres (1989-03-07) 7 March 1989 (age 35) 3 1 Basque Country (autonomous community) Osasuna v.  Catalonia, 26 December 2015
MF France David Zurutuza (1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 37) 4 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad v.  Corsica, 27 May 2016
FW Imanol Agirretxe (1987-02-24) 24 February 1987 (age 37) 5 3 Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad v.  Peru, 23 December 2013
FW Mikel Arruabarrena (1983-02-09) 9 February 1983 (age 41) 1 0 Basque Country (autonomous community) SD Eibar v.  Catalonia, 28 December 2014
FW Ibai Gómez (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 34) 3 1 Basque Country (autonomous community) Athletic Bilbao v.  Catalonia, 28 December 2014

Results and fixtures

21 February 1971 Basque Country  1–2 Catalonia Catalonia Bilbao
Stadium: San Mamés
2 March 1978 Basque Country  0–0 Soviet Union USSR Bilbao
Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Sainz Elizondo
16 August 1979 Basque Country  4–1 Republic of Ireland League of Ireland XI Bilbao
Dani 11', 70' (pen.)
Satrústegui 16'
Zamora 87'		 [1] Vilan 42' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio
23 December 1979 Basque Country  4–0  Bulgaria San Sebastián
Dani 57', 61'
Idígoras 68'
Satrústegui 83'		 [2] Stadium: Estadio Atocha
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio
3 August 1980 Basque Country  1–5  Hungary Vitoria-Gasteiz
Amorrortu 40' Garaba 37'
Nyilasi 70', 82'
Kiss 77'
Pásztor 86'		 Stadium: Mendizorroza
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio
21 March 1990 Basque Country  2–2  Romania Bilbao
00:00 CET Goikoetxea 29'
Urrutia 40'		 Rotariu 34'
Balint 65'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Urizar Azpitarte
22 December 1993 Basque Country  3–1  Bolivia San Sebastián
20:30 CET Guerrero 24'
Salinas 63', 83'		 Moreno 15' Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Urio Velazquez
23 December 1994 Basque Country  1–0 Russia Russia Bilbao
20:30 CET Guerrero 25' Report Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Contador Crespo
22 December 1995 Basque Country  1–1  Paraguay Bilbao
20:30 CET Ziganda 25' Blanco 81' Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
26 December 1996 Basque Country  3–1  Estonia Bilbao
20:30 CET Ziganda 33'
Idiakez 61'		 Andrinúa 70' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Xabier Losantos Omar
26 December 1997 Basque Country  3–1  Yugoslavia Bilbao
20:30 CET Guerrero 47', 69', 83' Stević 79' Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Miguel Angel Pérez Lasa
22 December 1998 Basque Country  5–1  Uruguay San Sebastián
20:30 CET De Paula 49'
Idiakez 51'
Ziganda 68', 88'
Urrutia 82'		 Poyet 10' Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
29 December 1999 Basque Country  5–1  Nigeria Bilbao
20:30 CET Guerrero 5'
Mendieta 49'
De Paula 56', 59'
De Pedro 70'		 Julius 21' Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Xabier Losantos Omar
29 December 2000 Basque Country  3–2  Morocco Bilbao
20:30 CET Urzaiz 9', 26'
De Pedro 89'		 Hadda 55'
Regragui 65'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa
29 December 2001 Basque Country  3–2  Ghana Bilbao
20:30 CET Bolo 46'
De Paula 60', 67'		 Boateng 13'
Taky-Mensah 70'		 Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
28 December 2002 Basque Country  1–1  North Macedonia Bilbao
20:30 CET Bolo 75' Šakiri 82' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa
27 December 2003 Basque Country  2–1  Uruguay Bilbao
20:30 CET Bolo 44', 47' Vigneri 55' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Xabier Losantos Omar
29 December 2004 Basque Country  2–0  Honduras San Sebastián
20:30 CET Yeste 20', 35' Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
28 December 2005 Basque Country  0–1  Cameroon Bilbao
20:30 CET Ocio 1' (o.g.) Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Miguel Angel Pérez Lasa
21 May 2006 Basque Country  0–1  Wales Bilbao
20:30 CET Report Giggs 76' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
08 October 2006 Catalonia  2–2  Basque Country Barcelona
20:00 CET Verdú 67'
Luque 84'		 Report Aduriz 19'
Llorente 64'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
Referee: Lizondo Cortés
27 December 2006 Basque Country  4–0  Serbia Bilbao
20:30 CET Yeste 33'
Urzaiz 41'
Sarriegui 60'
Uranga 87'		 Report Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro
20 June 2007 Venezuela  3–4  Basque Country San Cristóbal, Táchira
18:00 CET Torrealba 27'
Arango 80', 82'		 Report Aduriz 8'
Etxeberría 20', 40'
Gabilondo 30'		 Stadium: Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo
Referee: Hector Parra
29 December 2007 Basque Country  1–1  Catalonia Bilbao
20:30 CET Aduriz 69' Report Bojan 29' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Miguel Angel Pérez Lasa
23 December 2008 Basque Country  Called off  Iran Bilbao
Stadium: San Mamés
29 December 2010 Basque Country  3–1  Venezuela Bilbao
20:45 CET Gurpegui 55'
Labaka 69'
Muniain 86'		 Report Vizcarrondo 32' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
25 May 2011 Estonia  1–2  Basque Country Tallinn
20:45 CET Kink 57' Report Aduriz 51', 62' Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Referee: Anders Hermansen
28 December 2011 Basque Country  0–2  Tunisia Bilbao
20:45 CET Report Msakni 66'
Chedli 82'		 Stadium: San Mamés (1913 stadium)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
29 December 2012 Basque Country  6–1  Bolivia San Sebastián
20:00 CET Aduriz 9', 16'
Toquero 22', 57'
Ibai 57'
Agirretxe 90'		 Report Pontons 78' Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa
28 December 2013 Basque Country  6–0  Peru Bilbao
20:45 CET Aduriz 12', 40'
Torres 22'
Agirretxe 48', 52'
Susaeta 80'		 Report Stadium: San Mamés (2013 stadium)
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro
28 December 2014 Basque Country  1–1 Catalonia Catalonia Bilbao
20:30 CET Aduriz 3' Report Sergio García 44' Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Bikandi Garrido
26 December 2015 Catalonia  0–1  Basque Country Barcelona
21:30 CET Report Aduriz 39' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 51,224
Referee: Estrada Fernández
27 May 2016 Corsica  1–1
(8–9 p)		  Basque Country Ajaccio
20:00 Santelli 20' Report Bergara 48' Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Willian Laviz
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30 December 2016 Basque Country  3–1  Tunisia Bilbao
20:30 Illarramendi 6'
Aduriz 19'
Oyarzabal 44'		 Report Sassi 16' Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: De Burgos Bengoetxea

Pre-1940 international matches

Date Venue Home Team Score Visitor
30 Oct 1938 Parque Asturias, Mexico City Mexico Mexico 1–3  Basque Country[72]
23 Oct 1938 Parque Necaxa, Mexico City Mexico Mexico 2–6  Basque Country[73]
16 Oct 1938 Parque Asturias, Mexico City Mexico Mexico 8–4  Basque Country[74][75]
20 June 1938 Havana Cuba Cuba 3–4  Basque Country [76]
29 May 1938 La Polar, Havana Cuba Cuba 0–4  Basque Country [77][76]
9 Jan 1938 Mexico City Mexico Mexico 3–1  Basque Country[78]
12 Dec 1937 Mexico City Mexico Mexico 0–4  Basque Country[79]
5 Dec 1937 Mexico City Mexico Mexico 1–2  Basque Country[80]
28 Nov 1937 Mexico City Mexico Mexico 1–4  Basque Country[81]
29 Aug 1937 Copenhagen  Denmark 1–11  Basque Country
22 Aug 1937 Oslo Norway Norway 1–3  Basque Country
30 July 1937 Tbilisi Georgia 1–3  Basque Country [82]
9 June 1937 Ruch Stadium, Chorzów Silesia Silesia 3–4  Basque Country[83][84]
June 1937 Prague Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2–1  Basque Country
6 May 1937 Prague Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3–2  Basque Country
1 Jan 1931 San Mamés, Bilbao  Basque Country 3–2  Catalonia[2]
8 June 1930 Montjuïc, Barcelona Catalonia Catalonia 0–1  Basque Country[85]

The Gipuzkoan federation matches

Date Venue Home Team Score Visitor
15 June 1924 Real Sociedad Hípica, Barcelona Catalonia Catalonia 1–2  Basque Country[86]
27 Aug 1922 Montevideo Uruguay Uruguay 3–1  Basque Country[20]
20 Aug 1922 Montevideo Uruguay Uruguay 4–0  Basque Country[87]
16 July 1922 Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina 4–0  Basque Country[88]

The North federation matches

Date Venue Home Team Score Visitor
4 June 1916 San Mamés, Bilbao Basque Country Cantabria North 5–0 Catalonia Catalonia[11]
22 May 1916 Campo del Español, Barcelona Catalonia Catalonia 0–0 Basque Country Cantabria North[89]
21 May 1916 Campo del Español, Barcelona Catalonia Catalonia 1–3 Basque Country Cantabria North[10]
13 May 1915 Campo del Athletic, Madrid Basque Country Cantabria North 1–0 Catalonia Catalonia[8]
7 Feb 1915 Campo del Español, Barcelona Catalonia Catalonia 2–2 Basque Country Cantabria North[6]
3 Jan 1915 San Mamés, Bilbao Basque Country Cantabria North 6–1 Catalonia Catalonia[4]

Non-International matches

Date Venue Home Team Score Visitor
22 Jun 1993 Atotxa, San Sebastián Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad 0–0  Basque Country
10 May 1988 San Mamés, Bilbao  Basque Country 4–0 EnglandTottenham Hotspur [90]
13 Aug 1976 José Zorrilla, Valladolid Spain Real Valladolid [91] 2–1  Basque Country
25 Jun 1966 Gal Stadium, Irun  Basque Country 0–2 Spain Real Madrid [44]
18 Jun 1939 Parque Necaxa, Mexico City Paraguay Club Atlético Corrales 4–4  Basque Country [53][92][93]
9 Apr 1939 Mexico City Mexico Atlante/Marte XI 2–8  Basque Country [94]
1 Jan 1939 Parque España, Mexico City Mexico Atlante/Marte XI 5–4  Basque Country [95]
13 Nov 1938 Parque Oro, Guadalajara Mexico Club América 0–5  Basque Country [96]
6 Nov 1938 Guadalajara Mexico Jalisco State 0–4  Basque Country [97]
1 Nov 1938 Guadalajara Mexico Jalisco State 1–3  Basque Country [98]
2 Oct 1938 Parque Asturias, Mexico City Mexico Asturias/España XI 6–3  Basque Country [99][75]
25 Sep 1938 Parque Necaxa, Mexico City Mexico Club América 2–8  Basque Country [100]
18 Sep 1938 Parque Asturias, Mexico City Mexico Asturias/España XI 3–4  Basque Country [101]
11 Sep 1938 Parque Asturias, Mexico City Mexico Club Necaxa 3–7  Basque Country [102]
4 Sep 1938 Parque Asturias, Mexico City Mexico Club Necaxa 1–4  Basque Country [103]
21 Aug 1938 Veracruz Mexico Iberia de Córdoba 0–15  Basque Country [104]
14 Aug 1938 Orizaba Mexico Moctezuma de Orizaba 2–6  Basque Country [104]
7 Aug 1938 Veracruz Mexico Club España de Veracruz 0–8  Basque Country [105][106]
5 Jun 1938 Havana Cuba La Habana XI 0–2  Basque Country
9 May 1938 Playa Ancha, Valparaiso Chile Santiago Wanderers 2–4  Basque Country[107]
30 Jan 1938 La Tropical, Havana Cuba Joventud Asturiana 3–2  Basque Country [108]
28 Jan 1938 La Polar, Havana Cuba La Habana XI 0–2  Basque Country [109]
23 Jan 1938 La Tropical, Havana Cuba Centro Gallego 3–0  Basque Country [110]
16 Jan 1938 La Polar, Havana Cuba Joventud Asturiana 4–4  Basque Country [111]
2 Jan 1938 Mexico City Mexico C.F. Atlante 0–3  Basque Country [112]
26 Dec 1937 Mexico City Mexico Asturias/España XI 2–3  Basque Country [113][114]
19 Dec 1937 Mexico City Mexico Asturias/España XI 3–1  Basque Country [115][116]
21 Nov 1937 Guadalajara Mexico Jalisco State 1–5  Basque Country [117][118]
14 Nov 1937 Mexico City Mexico Club Necaxa 1–2  Basque Country [119]
7 Nov 1937 Mexico City Mexico Club América 2–2  Basque Country [120]
27 Aug 1937 Sarpsborg Norway Norway AIF 2–3  Basque Country
9 Aug 1937 Minsk Soviet Union FC Dinamo Minsk 1–6  Basque Country [121]
24 Jul 1937 Lavrenti Beria Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi Soviet Union FC Dinamo Tbilisi 0–2  Basque Country [122][123]
15 Jul 1937 Kiev Soviet Union FC Dynamo Kiev 1–3  Basque Country [124]
8 Jul 1937 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Soviet Union FC Spartak Moscow 6–2  Basque Country [125][126]
4 Jul 1937 Moscow Soviet Union FC Dynamo Moscow 4–7  Basque Country[127]
30 Jun 1937 Leningrad Soviet Union FC Dinamo Leningrad 2–2  Basque Country [127]
27 Jun 1937 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Soviet Union FC Dynamo Moscow 1–2  Basque Country [128][129]
24 Jun 1937 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Soviet Union FC Lokomotiv Moscow 1–5  Basque Country [130]
30 May 1937 Sète France FC Sète 3–1  Basque Country [131]
23 May 1937 Stade de l'Huveaune, Marseille France Olympic Marseille 2–5  Basque Country [30]
19 May 1937 Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris France Racing Paris 2–3  Basque Country [132][133]
9 May 1937 Toulouse France Racing Paris 3–3  Basque Country [134]
26 April 1937 Parc des Princes, Paris France Racing Paris 0–3  Basque Country [29][135]
29 Nov 1936 Campo del Sardinero, Santander Cantabria 3–2  Basque Country [24][25]
26 Jun 1932 Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona Catalonia FC Barcelona 2–1  Basque Country [136]
24 Jun 1932 Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona Catalonia FC Barcelona 3–1  Basque Country [137]
11 Sept 1922 São Paulo Brazil São Paulo 2–1  Basque Country [138]
7 Sept 1922 Santos [139] Brazil Santos XI 0–5  Basque Country
6 Aug 1922 Rosario, Santa Fe Argentina Rosario (Santa Fé) 2–1  Basque Country[140]
30 July 1922 Estadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires Argentina Liga del Interior XI 0–4  Basque Country[141]
23 July 1922 Buenos Aires Argentina Porteño 1–1  Basque Country[142]
23 May 1921 San Mamés, Bilbao  Basque Country 0–1 England West Ham United[143]

All-time team record

As of 31 December 2016
Rival Pld W D L GF GA GD Pct
 Bolivia 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 1.000
 Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 1.000
 Cameroon 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1 .000
 Catalonia 7 3 3 1 9 7 +2 .429
 Corsica 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .000
 Cuba 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5 1.000
 Czechoslovakia 2 0 0 2 3 5 –2 .000
 Denmark 1 1 0 0 11 1 +10 1.000
 Estonia 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 1.000
 Georgia 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 1.000
 Ghana 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 1.000
 Honduras 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 1.000
 Hungary 1 0 0 1 1 5 –4 .000
 North Macedonia 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 .000
 Mexico 7 5 0 2 24 16 +8 .714
 Morocco 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 1.000
 Nigeria 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 1.000
 Norway 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 1.000
 Paraguay 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .000
 Peru 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 1.000
 Romania 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 .000
 Russia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 1.000
 Serbia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 1.000
 Silesia 1 1 0 0 4 3 +1 1.000
 Soviet Union 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 .000
 Tunisia 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 .500
 Uruguay 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 1.000
 Venezuela 2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 1.000
 Wales 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1 .000
 Yugoslavia 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 1.000
Summary 49 32 8 9 136 71 +65 .653

Estimated Elo

The Elo rating system was adapted for football by adding a weighting for the kind of match, an adjustment for the home team advantage, and an adjustment for goal difference in the match result.

Its estimated Elo is 1880 (current fantasy rank: 14th). Its highest Elo were 1892 points (after winning against Mexico on October 30th 1938).
At that time it would have been the third world national football team in the World behind Italy and Argentina; and above Scotland, Spain, England, Hungary and among those.

List of Basque players who also represented FIFA international teams in International and Olympic matches

 France

 Venezuela

 Spain

Managers

See also

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