Seborga national football team

The Seborga national football team is the team that represents the Principality of Seborga. It is not a member of FIFA or UEFA, but is an associate member of the N.F.-Board, an organisation for teams who are not members of FIFA. They were admitted to the N.F.-Board as a provisional member in 2014.[1]

Seborga
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationSeborga Football Federation (FCPS)
ConfederationN.F.-Board
Head coachFabrizio Gatti
Top scorerSiberie
Cutellè (2)
Home stadiumStadio Comunale, Ospedaletti
First colours
First international
Seborga 2–3 Sealand 
(Ospedaletti, Italy; 10 August 2014)
Biggest win
Seborga 2–0 SSD Bergamo Longuelo
(Ospedaletti, Italy; 9 May 2015)
Biggest defeat
Seborga 2–3 Sealand 
(Ospedaletti, Italy; 10 August 2014)

Seborga Football Federation

The Seborga Football Federation is the football association of Seborga.[2] It was founded on June 6, 2014, in conjunction with the national football team.[3]

History

Foundation

The team was then admitted to the N.F.-Board and the signing of the registration act to the federation took place in Seborga at the presence of the President of CONS Marcello Paris, the Crown Counselor for Sports Giuseppe Bernardi, the Crown Counselor for Foreign Affairs and Princess Consort Nina Menegatto and the Seborgan Representative for Alsace Marcel Mentil.[4] The board of directors of the FCPS is composed by Claudio Gazzano, Matteo Bianchini, Marcel Mentil and Linda Chittolini.

The first international game of the Seborgan team was disputed on August 10, 2014, in Ospedaletti against Sealand. For the occasion most of the Seborga players were lent by the local team ASD Ospedaletti.[5] The game ended 2-3 and Seborga lost.[6]

Overall record
Opponent Pld W D* L GF GA
 Sealand100123
SSD Bergamo Longuelo110020
Total210143
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

International results and upcoming fixtures
10-08-2014Ospedaletti, Italy Seborga Sealand2–3
09-05-2015Ospedaletti, Italy SeborgaSSD Bergamo Longuelo2–0

Kit

Seborga's kit has the same colors as the flag of Seborga. The main uniform of Seborga has a blue shirt with a white cross, blue shorts and white socks. The technical sponsor is FOOTEX.

References
  1. List Federations Affiliated to N.F.-Board Archived 2016-01-13 at the Wayback Machine, www.nfboard.org
  2. "La Federazione Calcistica di Seborga ottiene il primo titolo nazionale italiano". riviera24.it.
  3. "Seborga e la federazione calcistica del Principato: storia e presente di una realtà extra Fifa". rivieratime.news.
  4. Communication on the official site of the Principality of Seborga
  5. Riviera24, July 15, 2014
  6. Calcio: fantastico esordio per la nazionale di Seborga che sfiora un’epica rimonta contro Sealand, Sanremonews.it, August 11th, 2014
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