The Corsica national football team ( co, Squadra Corsa di Balò) is the unofficial football team for the island of Corsica,

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. It is not affiliated with FIFA or

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. The selection has played against national teams thirteen times. In the past, the selection has also played against club teams, as in 1963 against

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, or

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in 2012. The match against Congo was organized by the CFA (Corsica Football Association). In order to be called up for the team, a player had to fulfil two conditions: having at least one parent or grandparent from Corsica and being a professional player or being part of a professional club.

Venue of the team

The venue of the selection is not fixed : Corsica has played in both of the major cities of the island,

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...

and Ajaccio. It has been said that from now on, the matches will be played alternatively in Bastia (

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) and in Ajaccio (either Stade Ange Casanova or Stade François Coty).

Team

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly game against

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

to be played on 2 June 2019. ''Caps and goals as of 8 June 2018''

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up recently and are still eligible to represent:

Results

Corsican footballers who represented FIFA national teams

References

External links

Squad page
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