The Sardinia national football team ( Sardinian: Natzionale sarda de Bòcia ) is the official football team of Sardinia. It is organised by the sardinian National Sports Federation ( Federatzione Isport Natzionale Sardu ), founded in 2012. The team has been colloquially referred with the appoint Sa Natzionale. Sardinia is not affiliated with either FIFA or UEFA and is therefore not allowed to participate in either the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA european Championship.
however, since 2018 the National Federation is associated with the CONIFA, consequently the team can participate in the CONIFA World Football Cup and in CONIFA European Football Cup .
history [edit ]
The first two international matches [edit ]
The first official documented appearance of a sardinian national team dates back to 1990. The England national football team was in Sardinia for a train camp in decree to prepare the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, where, among other things, it would have played two of the three matches of the group stage in Cagliari ( against Egypt and Ireland ). [ 2 ] Therefore, it had been set up a xi formed by the best sardinian players caught between Serie C and Amateurs to face the Lions in their first friendly match. The beginning players to wear the new jersey of the sardinian national team, under the orders of Mariano Dessì, dean of the sardinian coaches of that time, were Nioi as goalkeeper, Spano, Moro, Bortolini and Tomasso in defense, the future sporting conductor of Cagliari Calcio Francesco Marroccu, Martinez, Tolu and Ennas in the midfield, Corda and Gianfranco Zola, the only master and at that time belligerent in fresh Scudetto ‘s winners S.S.C. Napoli. In the moment one-half, Toffolon, Laconi, Carta, Nieddu, Di Laura, Mura, Napoli, Fara, and Angioni besides entered. The plot ended 10–2 for England : curiously, Sardinia went ahead, but lone thanks to a voluntary own finish by Steve McMahon in the first minute before the island players still touched the ball. This gesture metaphorically symbolized what would have been any fierce actions of the Hooligans, the most frenzied bang of English fans, at the time feared throughout Europe. After this demonstration, given the imbalance of might, the game was dominated by England who scored with McMahon himself, a hat-trick by Neil Webb and one by Peter Beardsley, a double by Steve Bull and a goal by David Platt. however, for Tomasso there was the glory of scoring the beginning finish in the history of the Natzionale. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Seven years were needed ahead watching again a sardinian choice in a football battlefield. In July 1997, at the Stadio Quadrivio in Nuoro, thanks to the sardinian leader of the Sardinian separatist party Sardinia Nation Francesco Cesaraccio, a friendly match was organized between the national teams of the sister Islands, Sardinia and the Corsica home football team. Compared to previous calls-up against England, the roll contained several professional players and basically the best of sardinian football at the time. The coach was Gustavo Giagnoni who called Gianfranco Pinna and Giuseppe Nioi as keepers. In defensive structure Gian Battista Scugugia, Vittorio Pusceddu, Gianluca Festa and Salvatore Matrecano. In midfield Pier Giovanni Rutzittu, Marco Sanna, Pietro Garau, Massimiliano Pani, Alessandro Manca, Igor Marziano and two sons of emigrants : the Sardinian-German Sergio Allievi and the Sardinian-Dutch Daniel Agus. In attack Gianfranco Zola, Tomaso Tatti, Roberto Manca, Roberto Cau, Emanuele Matzuzzi and another emigrant, the Sardinian-Belgian Antonio Lai. The goalkeeper Nioi and Zola were the only ones called in both appointments, frankincense becoming record holders in the caps ranking. The game itself had been balanced and Sardinia won by 1–0 with a finish at the twentieth minute of the second half by the future Chelsea F.C. ‘s striker Gianfranco Zola. [ 5 ]
First attempts of association as international member [edit ]
history showed that the project of a National team of Sardinia remained casual and it came back under the apparition. entirely 11 years late it returned to talking about Nazionale Sarda. In 2008, in fact, in Gonnosfanadiga was founded the Lega Federale Calcio Sardegna ( on the path of the Lega Federale Calcio Padania ) by the tuscan Giampiero Sogus, son of a sardinian migrant, with the involvement, as frailty president of the united states of the Gonnosfanadiga ‘s mayor Sisinnio Zanda at that time, as advocate the hotelier Marco Sardu and as secretary the lawyer Franco Loi. The League is immediately associated at the NF-Board, in that era the chief board of the Non-FIFA external football, who organized the VIVA World Cup. While remaining officially affiliated with this alliance until its dissolution in 2008, no sardinian national team will ever be formed, not even for friendly matches, except for an amateurish tournament in Tuscany in which Sogus himself entered a team named “ Sardinia ” but with Tuscan players without island origins. [ 6 ]
The FINS era and the affiliation to CONIFA [edit ]
In 2012, thanks to the cultural initiatives by Project Republic of Sardinia, another breakaway party, the sardinian National Sports Federation ( Federatzione Isport Natzionale Sardu ) was created with the target of creating sardinian national selections, not only limited to football. The first experiences has been indeed related to the creation of the sardinian futsal team, which played in 2012 and 2013 first at Fordongianus and then in Nuoro for some friendlies against the homologous choice of Catalonia. [ 7 ] simultaneously, in 2013, due to the unfortunate happening of the Cyclone Cleopatra in Sardinia, which caused 19 victims, the sardinian society returned to propose the constitution of a football choice, even if only for a charity meet able to raise funds for the victims and for the reconstruction of the dwell centers hit by the natural catastrophe. Vittorio Sanna, diarist from Assemini ( one of the towns crashed by the catastrophe ) but above all radio observer of the Cagliari Calcio matches for the private radio place Radiolina, proposed himself for this organization and got in touch with the diverse professional sardinian football players at the prison term. At the beginning the organization moved for a friendly match against Serie A ‘s team Cagliari Calcio but the president of the united states Massimo Cellino did not give accept. Subsequently, an try was made to organize another friendly match against Corsica and the date was set for May of the be class, but finally the plan had been abandoned. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] entirely 5 years former, the Sanna ‘s projects and the FINS plans coincided and on 13 October 2018 the Federation announced the affiliation to the CONIFA, the maximum international organization for football not affiliated to FIFA, which groups all the “ National teams without a State ” and organizes, among other competitions, the CONIFA World Football Cup, a trophy that replaced the VIVA World Cup. simultaneously with the entrance into CONIFA, FINS announced its engagement in the 2019 european Championships in Artsakh. [ 10 ] The keep up workweek the raw technical commissioner was announced, the sardinian Bernardo Mereu, historic sardinian bus who led island formations in the diverse professional and interregional championships. [ 11 ] The first plot of the FINS era, the third base in total of the history of the Natzionale, was held on 19 March 2019 at the Stadio Franco Frogheri in Nuoro against the Istrangios de Sardigna, a excerpt formed by the best extraneous militants in the sardinian amateur formations, and won by the Sardinians 7–1. Francesco Virdis from Savona F.B.C. scored a hat-trick, Daniele Molino from Sanremese, Samuele Spano, Toni Gianni and Daniele Bianchi one finish each. For the occasion, over 50 players were called : the professional club, however, given the current clean season, did not give the “ green light ” for engagement. The squad was therefore composed only by amateur players with the exception of two Arzachena Costa Smeralda ‘s players, Robert Acquafresca ( FC Sion ) and Paolo Dametto ( FeralpiSalò ) with the latter two sitting on the bench, though. [ 12 ] however, on 6 May 2019, FINS announced the withdrawal from participation in the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup in Artsakh, accusing the absence of organizational and logistic guarantees to allow the Natzionale, composed by professional players, to face such a demand trip, deciding to divert the commitment to the organization of the friendly match against Corsica. Despite the desertion of the event, the federation has guaranteed the permanence in CONIFA. [ 13 ] On 25 January 2020, the FINS, the sardinian Federation, announced the fresh coach Vittorio Pusceddu ( early defender who played, among all the other teams in his career, for Cagliari Calcio, S.S.C. Napoli, A.C.F. Fiorentina and Torino F.C. ) who took the stead of Bernardo Mereu after one class of management. [ 14 ]
Colours and crown [edit ]
Colours [edit ]
From the FINS earned run average, the chief color used is light green, according to the confederation “a historical reminder and a wish that Sardinia will return, also in the football field, to a period of cultural and economic prosperity, playing and opening up in first person to the world”. [ 15 ]
crest [edit ]
The emblem of the Natzionale is a round harbor with unlike elements taken from the sardinian culture. In the upper part, on a green background there is the letter, in sardinian terminology, “ Natzionale Sarda de Bòcia ”. In the independent part there are the classical Quattro mori ‘ although with the Saint George ‘s hybrid in green version alternatively of crimson. At the center of the cross then, set in a green pentagon extrapolated from the iconic standard of the soccer ball, a stylized eliminate tree, symbol of the Judicate of Arborea, the concluding entity representing the freelancer Sardinia and symbol that still characterizes the coats of arms in the most unlike variants of more than 80 municipalities of the island. [ 15 ]
Kits [edit ]
In the first catch against England in 1990 the sardinian XI played with a white jersey with bluing details and a polo-style collar, while the shorts were crimson. [ 16 ] In the moment have in 1997 the formation used a sum red befit with a big iris of the four Moors in the chest. In 2018, with the rebuilding of the National team, the new official jerseys, produced by the made in Sardinia technical patron Eye Sportswear, were presented. For the base jersey was chosen a white uniform embellished with green details, colours derived by the Judicate of Arborea and a practice inspired by the distinctive embellishment of sardinian craft in the central separate of the shirt. meanwhile, for the away jersey, it was decided to a completely crimson uniform with white lapels, in honor of the masthead of the four Moors. [ 17 ]
development [edit ]
         1990
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     2018–
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Captains [edit ]
Managers [edit ]
- 1990: Mariano Dessì
- 1997: Gustavo Giagnoni
- 2018–2020: Bernardo Mereu
- 2020- : Vittorio Pusceddu
competitive record [edit ]
Players [edit ]
current team [edit ]
list of players called for the friendly pit on 2 June 2019 at Stadio Bruno Nespoli in Olbia against Corsica .
- Manager:
Caps, goals and numbers as per 2 June 2019. [ 18 ]
holocene call-ups [edit ]
The follow players were involved in the other ( first ) couple held in 2019, and are still available for selection .
Fixtures and results [edit ]
This is a list of results for the matches played since 1990, including friendly matches against wax FIFA international teams and others against chap example teams which are not aligned to FIFA and against professional or amateur clubs .
Sardinia
England
| 5 June 1990 Friendly | 2–10 | Oristano | ||
McMahon  ‘ (o.g.)Tomasso 50
‘ |
Report | Webb 7
‘ , 33 ‘ , 41 ‘ Beardsley 65
‘ , 75 ‘ , 85 ‘ Bull 2
‘ , 70 ‘ McMahon 80
‘ Platt 31
‘ |
Stadium: Stadio Tharros Attendance: 2000 Referee: Guzzardo |
Sardinia
Corsica
| July 1997
( ) Friendly |
1–0 | Nuoro | ||
| Zola 65
‘ |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Quadrivio |
Sardinia
Istrangios de Sardigna
| 19 March 2019 Friendly | 7–1 | Nuoro | ||
| Virdis 59
‘ , 75 ‘ , 78 ‘ Bianchi 1
‘ Molino 29
‘ Spano 71
‘ Gianni 83
‘ |
Report | Andruetto 68
‘ |
Stadium: Stadio Franco Froghieri |
Sardinia Corsica
| 2 June 2019 Friendly | 1–1 (1–4 p) |
Olbia | ||
| Cabeccia 8
‘ |
Cabella 10
‘ |
Stadium: Stadio Bruno Nespoli |
References [edit ]
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