Esperanto football team

The Esperanto football team (Esperanto: Esperanta nacia futbala teamo) is a football team representing Esperanto speakers worldwide.[1][2][3] The team is a member of the South American Board of New Football Federations and the N.F.-Board.[4][5]

Esperanto
AssociationTutmonda Esperanto Futbola Asocio
ConfederationCOSANFF
Head coachJorge Montanari
Top scorerAlejandro Demasi (2)
First colours
First international
Esperanto 3–8 Armenian Argentine Community
(Buenos AiresArgentina; 31 July 2014)
Biggest win
None
Biggest defeat
Mapuche 8–1 Esperanto
(Linares, Chile, 15 April 2017)
CSANF Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2014)
Best resultRunners-up (2014)

History

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The Esperanto national football team was founded in 2014.[6][7]

International results

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Esperanto's score is shown first in each case.

Esperanto national football team results
No. Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Esperanto scorers Att. Ref.
1 31 July 2014 Polideportivo Colegiales, Buenos Aires (N)   Armenian Argentine Community 3–8 2014 COSANFF Cup Demasi (2), Bohórquez [8]
2 31 July 2015 Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq (N)   Western Sahara 0–4 2015 Zamenhof Cup
3 15 April 2017 Estadio Fiscal de Linares, Linares (A)   Mapuche 1–8 Friendly Unknown

References

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  1. ^ "Con el idioma del fútbol". ole.com.ar. 30 July 2014.
  2. ^ "El Esperanto y su selección (inter)nacional de fútbol". tonicruzprensa.com. 3 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Esperanto vs Western Sahara Challenges Our Ideas Of What International Football Looks Like". pastemagazine.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  4. ^ "La gloria de la selección de Esperanto". vice.com. 9 April 2015.
  5. ^ "La Selección de Esperanto, el fútbol más allá de los países". diariopopular.com.ar. 26 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Un golazo con la lengua". pagina12.com.ar.
  7. ^ "Esperanto: la lengua universal ahora juega al fútbol". matadornetwork.com.
  8. ^ "Esperanto 3 – Comunidad Armenia Argentina 8".