Esperanto football team

Esperanto

Association	Tutmonda Esperanto Futbola Asocio
Confederation	COSANFF
Head coach	Jorge Montanari
Top scorer	Alejandro Demasi (2)
First colours
First international
Esperanto 3–8  Armenian Argentine Community (Buenos Aires,  Argentina; 31 July 2014)
Biggest win
None
Biggest defeat
Mapuche 8–1 Esperanto (Linares, Chile, 15 April 2017)
CSANF Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2014)
Best result	Runners-up (2014)

The Esperanto football team (Esperanto: Esperanta nacia futbala teamo) is a football team representing Esperanto speakers worldwide. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The team is a member of the South American Board of New Football Federations and the N.F.-Board. ^{[4] [5]}

History

The Esperanto national football team was founded in 2014. ^{[6] [7]}

International results

Esperanto's score is shown first in each case.

Esperanto national football team results

No.	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Esperanto scorers	Att.	Ref.
1	31 July 2014	Polideportivo Colegiales, Buenos Aires (N)	Armenian Argentine Community	3–8	2014 COSANFF Cup	Demasi (2), Bohórquez	—	[8]
2	31 July 2015	Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq (N)	Western Sahara	0–4	2015 Zamenhof Cup		—
3	15 April 2017	Estadio Fiscal de Linares, Linares (A)	Mapuche	1–8	Friendly	Unknown	—

References

1. "Con el idioma del fútbol". ole.com.ar. 30 July 2014.
2. "El Esperanto y su selección (inter)nacional de fútbol". tonicruzprensa.com. 3 August 2018.
3. "Esperanto vs Western Sahara Challenges Our Ideas Of What International Football Looks Like". pastemagazine.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
4. "La gloria de la selección de Esperanto". vice.com. 9 April 2015.
5. "La Selección de Esperanto, el fútbol más allá de los países". diariopopular.com.ar. 26 July 2017.
6. "Un golazo con la lengua". pagina12.com.ar.
7. "Esperanto: la lengua universal ahora juega al fútbol". matadornetwork.com.
8. "Esperanto 3 – Comunidad Armenia Argentina 8". Archived from the original on July 2, 2018.