Romani people official football team

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Romani people
Flag of the Romani people.svg
AssociationFederación Romaní de fútbol
Head coachAndrea Luigi Mazza
Top scorerJ. Oivido
I. Irhas
. Horvath (2 goals each)
First international
Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg  Southern Cameroons 1–3 Romani people Roma flag.svg
(Montreuil, France; 9 June 2007)
Biggest win
Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg  Southern Cameroons 1–3 Romani people Roma flag.svg
(Montreuil, France; 9 June 2007)
Flag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land 2–4 Romani people Roma flag.svg
(Debrecen, Hungary; 19 June 2015)
Biggest defeat
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Ellan Vannin 3–1 Romani people Roma flag.svg
(Debrecen, Hungary; 17 June 2015)
Flag of Padania.svg  Padania 2–0 Romani people Roma flag.svg
(Milan, Italy; 16 May 2016)
ConIFA European Football Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2015 )
Best result5th (2015)

The Romani people official football team is a national football team representing the Romani people.

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Affiliation

It is not affiliated to any FIFA confederation, so it cannot play in any of their tournaments. It was, however, affiliated to ConIFA, and play in the ConIFA European Football Cup.

History

They played in the 2015 edition, where they finished 5th out of 6, above the hosts Székely Land. They showed good form and skill, and they narrowly lost to Ellan Vannin and Padania. Since January 2016 the third football team of Milan – Brera Calcio –, whose chairman is Alessandro Aleotti, is managing the Romani People national team as a tool to fight the ongoing discrimination of the Romani People across Europe.

Brera Calcio is launching a new project which aims to use football as a way for changing the perception and growing the awareness of Romani People. The football club is working in collaboration with the international activist Dijana Pavlovic, a Romani actress with a Serbian passport living in Milan. Staff at Brera Calcio is selecting the players from this certain ethnicity in 18 European countries, who will proudly wear the T-shirts of “National” being the largest ethnic minority in Europe. The team is coached by Brera Calcio coach Andrea Mazza [1] and they were due to compete at the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, but later withdrew. [2] [3]

International matches

DateLocationVenueCompetitionOpponentScore (1)
9 June 2007 Montreuil, France Unknown Friendly Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg  Southern Cameroons 3–1
17 June 2015 Debrecen, Hungary Stadion Oláh Gábor Út 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup – Group StageFlag of Padania.svg  Padania 2–3
18 June 2015 Debrecen, Hungary Stadion Oláh Gábor Út 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup – Group StageFlag of the Isle of Man.svg  Ellan Vannin 1–3
19 June 2015 Debrecen, Hungary Stadion Oláh Gábor Út 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup – 5th/6th place gameFlag of Szekely Land.svg  Székely Land 4–2
(1) In the Score column, the Romani People's score is shown first.

References

  1. "Romani People". CONIFA. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  2. "Stateless populations find an international stage at the 2016 ConIFA World Cup". Fusion. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  3. "ROMANI PEOPLE FOOTBALL TEAM AI MONDIALI CONIFA". 24orenews.it (in Italian). 31 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-18.