Cantabria autonomous football team


The Cantabria autonomous football team is the regional football team for Cantabria, Spain. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore are only allowed to play friendly matches.

History

The beginning, the Northern Federation

In the early 20th century, the Cantabrian players fought encounters between the Spanish regions in a combined team created in 1915 under the name "Team North", which was dominated by players from the Basque Country. In the first Prince of Asturias Cup tournament in Madrid, they beat the Catalan team 1–0 and drew with Centro. In May 1916, "Team North" faced Catalonia twice, winning by 1–3 away and 5–0 at home.
In 1917, the Cantabrians joined forces with the Province of Oviedo - soon to be renamed Asturias - and competed in two more editions of the Prince's Cup as the 'Cantabric Team', before returning to the North Federation while Asturias went it alone. In 1922, separate teams were created for Cantabria and Biscay because the former would not accept the renaming of the Northern Federation as the Biscay Federation.

The Cantabrian Federation

The Federación Cántabra de Fútbol was officially established in 1922.
The first match of the Cantabria team as the official team of the Cantabrian Federation happened two years later, on March 9, 1924 against the team of the Aragonese federation; the result was 3–0 for Cantabria.

Selected internationals

North

DateVenueHome teamAway teamScore
May 13, 1915Madrid North1–0
May 14, 1915Madrid Center North1–1
May 21, 1916Barcelona North1–3
May 22, 1916Barcelona North0–0
June 4, 1916Bilbao North5–0

Cantabric

DateVenueHome teamAway teamScore
May 10, 1917Madrid Cantabric1–1
May 11, 1917Madrid Center Cantabric3–2
January 20, 1918Madrid Center Cantabric3–2
January 23, 1918Madrid Center Cantabric3–1

Cantabria

Honours

The women's team made its debut on 19 May 2019 in Santa Cruz de Bezana. They defeated Asturias by 3–2.