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Chameria national football team

{{Short description|Unofficial national football team representing the region of Chameria}}

{{Infobox national football team

| Name = Chameria

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| Association = {{Tooltip|Federata e Futbollit të Republikës së Çamërisë|Football Federation of the Republic of Chameria}} (FFRÇ)

| Confederation = CONIFA

| Coach = Arben Kasolli

| Captain =

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| Top scorer =

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| First game = {{fb|Chameria}} 6–0 {{fb-rt|Kurdistan Region}}
(The Hague, Netherlands; 17 June 2017)

| Largest win = {{fb|Chameria}} 6–0 {{fb-rt|Kurdistan Region}}
(The Hague, Netherlands; 17 June 2017)

| Largest loss = {{fb|Abkhazia}} 3–1 {{fb-rt|Chameria}}
(Askeran, Republic of Artsakh; 2 June 2019)

| Regional name = CONIFA European Football Cup

| Regional cup apps = 1

| Regional cup first = 2019

| Regional cup best = 4th, (2019)

| medaltemplates =

}}

The Chameria national football team ({{langx|sq|Përfaqësuesja e futbollit së Çamërisë}}) represents Cham Albanians of Chameria, a coastal part of Epirus, Greece. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship.

History

=First match=

The Chameria national football team was formed during mid-2017 and has played a number of friendly matches. On 17 June 2017, the first one that was simultaneously also the first biggest win and the first-ever competitive win was against Kurdistan Region in the framework of the 2017 Unrepresented Nations Cup and the match ended with a 6–0 home win.{{cite news|url=http://www.footballfederationrepublicofchameria.org/?sp_event=chameria-vs-kurdistan|title=Chameria vs Kurdistan|quote=As part of the Unrepresented Nations Cup|website=Football Federation of the Republic of Chameria|date=17 June 2017|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711095629/http://www.footballfederationrepublicofchameria.org/%3Fsp_event%3Dchameria-vs-kurdistan/|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.footballfederationrepublicofchameria.org/?p=1017|title=Chameria wins international tournament|quote=On Saturday 17 June 2017 an international football tournament was held in The Hague, the Netherlands. The event brought together eight teams from various nationalities who played for the World Cup of unrecognised nations. Teams from West Papua, Kurdistan, Chameria, Southern Cameroons and others played against each other in the tournament. Many of the players came from far away. There were also many supporters who showed their excitement for their team and nation through song and dance and traditional cuisine. Chameria won its group matches and subsequently went to the final, which they won with three to two|website=Football Federation of the Republic of Chameria|date=17 June 2017|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711095440/http://www.footballfederationrepublicofchameria.org/%3Fp%3D1017/|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=dead}}

=Membership in CONIFA=

On 24 May 2018, Chameria was accepted in CONIFA and would now play in the various tournaments and individual matches against other national teams.{{cite news|url=http://www.footballfederationrepublicofchameria.org/?p=1021|title=Chameria joins World Football Federation CONIFA|website=Football Federation of the Republic of Chameria|date=24 May 2018|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711095623/http://www.footballfederationrepublicofchameria.org/%3Fp%3D1021/|archive-date=11 July 2019|url-status=dead}}

On 2 June 2019, Chameria played its first international match after the membership in CONIFA against Abkhazia in the framework of the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup and the match ended in a 3–1 defeat, that was simultaneously also the biggest defeat and the first defeat of Chameria.{{cite news|url=http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/06/02/abkhazia-3-1-chameria/|title=Abkhazia 3–1 Chameria|publisher=CONIFA|date=2 June 2019|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-date=9 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609040251/http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/06/02/abkhazia-3-1-chameria/|url-status=dead}}

In 2023, Chameria participated in the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualification. They were placed in Group C with Sekler Land and Two Sicilies. Chameria ended up losing 3-2 to Sekler Land, but bounced back and beat Two Sicilies 3-1, which qualified them through to the main tournament.

Competitive record

=CONIFA World Football Cup=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan="10"|CONIFA World Football Cup record

!rowspan="8"|

!colspan="6"|Qualifying record

Year

!Round

!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!Squad

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

{{flagicon|Sapmi}} 2014

|rowspan="2" colspan="9"|Team did not exist

|colspan="7" rowspan="4" {{N/A

}

|-

|{{flagicon|Abkhazia}} 2016

|-

|{{flagicon|Barawa}} 2018

|colspan="9"|Not a CONIFA member

|-

|{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} 2020

|colspan="9"|Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

|-

|{{flagicon|Kurdistan}} 2024

|colspan="9"|Qualified

|2||1||0||1||5||4

|-

!Total

!—

!1/5

!0

!0

!0

!0

!0

!0

!—

!2

!1

!0

!1

!5

!4

|}

=UNPO World Cup=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan="10"|UNPO World Cup record

Year

!Round

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!Squad

style="background:gold;"

|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} 2017

|Champion

|1st

|3300123

|

Total

!—

!1/1

!3

!3

!0

!0

!12

!3

!—

=CONIFA European Football Cup=

On 20 February 2019, in Krakow, it was decided that Chameria should be part of Group 2 of the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup, together with Abkhazia and County of Nice.{{cite news|url=https://sportsbet.io/sports/soccer/news/2019-conifa-european-football-cup|title=Sportsbet.io sponsors the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup|quote=Looking at the draw, Group 2 is already being dubbed the "Group of Death", featuring as it does two former CONIFA World Football Cup Champions in the form of Abkhazia (winners in front of a home crowd in 2016) and the County of Nice, which one the inaugural tournament in 2014. The teams are drawn alongside Chameria, which is making its debut at the competition|publisher=Sportsbet.io|date=20 February 2019|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228065703/https://sportsbet.io/sports/soccer/news/2019-conifa-european-football-cup|url-status=dead}} On 22 May 2019, CONIFA announced that County of Nice was withdrawing from competition and Chameria's group would include Sápmi and the host country Artsakh, as well as Abkhazia.{{cite news|url=http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/05/22/match-schedule-conifa-sportsbet-io-european-football-cup-2019/|title=Match schedule: CONIFA Sportsbet.io European Football Cup 2019|quote=After the unfortunate late withdrawal of Sardinia, County of Nice, Donetsk and Luhansk, the previous four groups were merged into two, entitled A and B, and are as follows. Group A: Artsakh, Sápmi, Abkhazia, Chameria|publisher=CONIFA|date=22 May 2019|access-date=11 July 2019|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190525132706/http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/05/22/match-schedule-conifa-sportsbet-io-european-football-cup-2019/|url-status=dead}} On 2 June 2019, Chameria debuted at the CONIFA European Football Cup with an away match, losing to Abkhazia 3–1.

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!colspan="10"|CONIFA European Football Cup record

Year

!Round

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width="28"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!Squad

{{flagicon|Székely Land}} 2015 to {{flagicon|TRNC}} 2017

|colspan="9"|Team did not exist

style="background:#9acdff"

|{{flagicon|Artsakh}} 2019

|Fourth place

|4th

|522194

|Squad

Total

!—

!1/3

!5

!2

!2

!1

!9

!4

!—

Fixtures and results

=2017=

{{football box collapsible

|format = 1

|date = 17 June

|time = 11:30

|round = 2017 UNPO World Cup

|score = 6–0

|report =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Chameria}}

|goals1 =

|team2 = {{fb|Kurdistan Region}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sportpark De Verademing

|location = The Hague, Netherlands

|attendance =

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|format = 1

|date = 17 June

|time = 13:30

|round = 2017 UNPO World Cup

|score = 3–1

|report =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Chameria}}

|goals1 =

|team2 = {{fb|Ambazonia}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sportpark De Verademing

|location = The Hague, Netherlands

|attendance =

|referee =

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|format = 1

|date = 17 June

|time = 15:30

|round = 2017 UNPO World Cup

|score = 3–2

|report =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Chameria}}

|goals1 =

|team2 = {{fbaicon|Burundi}} FC Umubano

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sportpark De Verademing

|location = The Hague, Netherlands

|attendance =

|referee =

|result = W

}}

=2019=

{{football box collapsible

|format = 1

|date = 2 June

|time = 16:00

|round = 2019 CONIFA European Cup group stage

|score = 3–1

|report = http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/06/02/abkhazia-3-1-chameria/

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Abkhazia}}

|goals1 = Maskayev {{goal|48}}
Logua {{goal|49||74}}

|team2 = {{fb|Chameria}}

|goals2 = Prendi {{goal|30}}

|stadium = Askeran City Stadium

|location = Askeran, Republic of Artsakh

|attendance = 500

|referee = Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed (Kurdistan Region)

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|format = 1

|date = 3 June

|time = 18:00

|round = 2019 CONIFA European Cup group stage

|score = 4–1

|report = http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/06/03/efc-2019-recap-day-2-june-03/#wes-sou

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Chameria}}

|goals1 = Çema {{goal|58||90+3}}
Mziu {{goal|85}}
Gjoka {{goal|90+5}}

|team2 = {{fb|Artsakh}}

|goals2 = Sargsyan {{goal|83}}

|stadium = Avakyan Arena

|location = Martuni, Republic of Artsakh

|attendance = 1,080

|referee = Ivan Mrkalj (Germany)

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|format = 1

|date = 4 June

|time = 18:00

|round = 2019 CONIFA European Cup group stage

|score = 4–0

|report = http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/06/04/chameria-sapmi-efc-2019/

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Chameria}}

|goals1 = Mziu {{goal|5}}
Hoxha {{goal|22||45}}
Çema {{goal|78}}

|team2 = {{fb|Sápmi}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Vigen Shirinyan Stadium

|location = Martakert, Republic of Artsakh

|attendance = 2,300

|referee = Ivan Mrkalj (Germany)

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|format = 1

|date = 6 June

|time = 16:00

|round = 2019 CONIFA European Cup semi-final

|score = 0–0

|report = http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/06/06/south-ossetia-chameria-efc-2019/

|team1 = {{fb-rt|South Ossetia}}

|goals1 =

|team2 = {{fb|Chameria}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Askeran City Stadium

|location = Askeran, Republic of Artsakh

|attendance = 500

|referee = Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed (Kurdistan Region)

|penaltyscore = 6–5

|penalties1 =

|penalties2 =

|result = D

}}

{{football box collapsible

|format = 1

|date = 8 June

|time =

|round = 2019 CONIFA European Cup third place

|score = 0–0

|report = http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/06/08/abkhazia-chameria-efc-2019/

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Abkhazia}}

|goals1 =

|team2 = {{fb|Chameria}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stepanakert Republican Stadium

|location = Stepanakert, Republic of Artsakh

|attendance = 6,200

|referee = Dmytro Zhukov (Donetsk People's Republic)

|penaltyscore = 5–4

|penalties1 =

|penalties2 =

|result = D

}}

=2023=

{{football box collapsible

|format = 1

|date = 30 June

|time = 19:00 (CEST)

|round = 2024 CONIFA World Cup qualification

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Székely Land}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fb|Chameria}}

|goals1 = Magyari {{goal}}
Veres {{goal}}
Kovács {{goal}}

|goals2 = Sejdini {{goal}}
Gjeci {{goal}}

|stadium = Eross Zsolt Stadium

|location = Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

|result = L

}}

{{football box collapsible

|format = 1

|date = 1 July

|time = 19:00 (CEST)

|round = 2024 CONIFA World Cup qualification

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Chameria}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|Two Sicilies}}

|goals1 = Sejdini {{goal}}
Gjoka {{goal|?||?}}

|goals2 = Mendil {{goal}}

|stadium = Eross Zsolt Stadium

|location = Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

|attendance =

|referee =

|report =

|result = W

}}

Players

=Current squad=

The following players have been called up for the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.conifa.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EFC-2019-Chameria-squad.pdf|title=Chameria squad|publisher=CONIFA|date=May 2019}}

{{nat fs start no caps}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=1|pos=GK|name=Fatjon Çollari|age={{Birth date and age|1999|4|2|df=y}}|club=Elbasani|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=2|pos=DF|name=Xhorxhian Boçi|age={{Birth date and age|1994|2|14|df=y}}|club=Dinamo Tirana|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=3|pos=MF|name=Jurgen Vogli|age={{Birth date and age|1993|6|12|df=y}}|club=Egnatia|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=4|pos=DF|name=Feliks Cane|age={{Birth date and age|1990|10|28|df=y}}|club=Devolli|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=5|pos=MF|name=Rei Zaimi|age={{Birth date and age|1998|10|30|df=y}}|club=Apolonia Fier|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=6|pos=DF|name=Flavio Prendi|age={{Birth date and age|1995|10|12|df=y}}|club=Dinamo Tirana|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=7|pos=MF|name=Klajdi Kryemadhi|age={{Birth date and age|1998|12|9|df=y}}|club=Elbasani|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=8|pos=MF|name=Kevis Gjeçi|age={{Birth date and age|1996|8|26|df=y}}|club=Espaly|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=9|pos=FW|name=Marko Çema|age={{Birth date and age|1998|1|16|df=y}}|club=Partizani Tirana B|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=10|pos=FW|name=Samet Gjoka|age={{Birth date and age|1990|1|9|df=y}}|club=Shkumbini|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=11|pos=MF|name=Tedi Baholli|age={{Birth date and age|1990|1|24|df=y}}|club=Shkumbini|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=19|pos=FW|name=Vilson Mziu|age={{Birth date and age|1991|7|15|df=y}}|club=Sopoti|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=20|pos=MF|name=Shyqyri Hasa|age={{Birth date and age|1996|10|17|df=y}}|club=Luzi 2008|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=21|pos=MF|name=Anxhelo Isaraj|age={{Birth date and age|1991|12|25|df=y}}|club=Tërbuni|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs player no caps|no=22|pos=FW|name=Edmond Hoxha|age={{Birth date and age|1997|5|16|df=y}}|club=Besëlidhja Lezhë|clubnat=ALB}}

{{nat fs end}}

Head-to-head records against other countries

{{updated|8 June 2019}}

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Opponent

!{{Abbr|Pld|Played}}

!{{Abbr|W|Won}}

!{{Abbr|D|Drawn}}

!{{Abbr|L|Lost}}

!{{Abbr|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Abbr|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Abbr|GD|Goal difference}}

!{{Abbr|Win %|Percentage of games won}}

style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Abkhazia}}

{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=1|against=3|diff=yes}}

style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Ambazonia}}

{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=3|against=1|diff=yes}}

style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Artsakh}}

{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=4|against=1|diff=yes}}

style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Kurdistan}}

{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=6|against=0|diff=yes}}

style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Sápmi}}

{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=4|against=0|diff=yes}}

style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|South Ossetia}}

{{WDL|1|0|1|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}}

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!6 Countries

{{WDLtot|7|4|2|1|for=18|against=5|diff=yes}}

Managers

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Manager

!Period

!Played

!Won

!Drawn

!Lost

!Win %

style="text-align: left;"|

|2017

{{WDL|decimals=1|3

|3

|0

|0}}

style="text-align: left;"|

|2018

{{WDL|decimals=1|5

|2

|0

|3}}

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Albania}} Arben Kasolli

|2019–

{{WDL|decimals=1|5

|2

|2

|1}}

colspan="2"|Totals1372453.84

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.footballfederationrepublicofchameria.org}} {{in lang|en}}

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