Are they going to be professional? Francesc Serra, co-ordinator at Plataforma, which has secured international recognition for Catalonia in minority sports such as darts and Korfball, says: “There is some fear that things might change too much and we might lose the Barca-Real Madrid rivalry. Despite these restrictions, the Catalan XI continued to play regularly during this period and even played Spain twice. “Barca have stated they would keep joining the Spanish league, that is a bit clear, but it is not certain what will happen.
Catalonia’s last game was a 1-1 draw with Nigeria on January 2.
An angry split with Spain could prompt the Spanish association, the RFEF, to take a spiteful line and force Barca to play in an independent Catalan league.
On 7 July 1926, the Catalan XI played Czechoslovakia in Prague.
For a list of recent Catalonia national team players.
01959 541444 “Catalonia will always be your home,” Quim Torra wrote on Twitter. Because Catalonia is not a member of either UEFA or FIFA due to it being a region of Spain and plays only in unofficial friendly matches, normal eligibility rules based on birthplace do not apply, and a number of players who were not born in Catalonia and played for other international teams have guested for the Catalan XI, although this is much less frequent in the 21st century. With so many Catalan clubs counting themselves out already, an independent top flight in a place so often defined in sporting terms by football could resemble the League of Wales more than a League of Catalonia. [2][12] Clubs are also not obligated to release their players, and the request is sometimes refused by clubs outwith the Spanish leagues, or when the fixture takes place during the domestic season and the club has important upcoming fixtures. Japanese youth players are being brought over, senior ones could follow and there are even Manga cartoons in the boardroom. In 1914, the Catalan XI played the Basque Country XI for the first time, but there is no record of the result. Teams from this league progress into the Tercera División group 5. Barca is one of the world’s biggest clubs with a stadium that holds nearly 100,000 people. Catalonia already has a national team that plays once a year as part of what Phil Ball in Morbo, his excellent history of Spanish football, describes as the Café Con Leche (white coffee for all) deal struck after the death of General Franco. It is organised by the Catalan Football Federation, founded in 1900.
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