Corsica national football team
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Association | Ligue corse de football | ||
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Head coach | ![]() ![]() | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (28 February 1967) | |||
Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (7 June 2018) |
The Corsica national football team (Corsican: Squadra Corsa di Balò) is the unofficial football team for the island of Corsica, France. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA. The selection has played against national teams thirteen times.
In the past, the selection has also played against club teams, as in 1963 against Stade Reims, or Inter Milan 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 and Ajaccio. It has been said that from now on, the matches will be played alternatively in Bastia (Stade Armand Cesari) 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 to be played on 2 June 2019.[1]
Caps and goals as of 8 June 2018
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Nicolas Penneteau | 20 February 1981 | 6 | 0 | ![]() | |
GK | Jean-Louis Leca | 21 September 1985 | 4 | 0 | ![]() | |
GK | Francois-Joseph Sollacaro | 21 March 1994 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Gary Coulibaly | 30 March 1986 | 10 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Yohan Bocognano | 16 June 1990 | 9 | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Anthony Lippini | 7 November 1988 | 9 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Gilles Cioni | 14 June 1984 | 6 | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Louis Poggi | 13 June 1984 | 6 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Johan Cavalli | 12 September 1981 | 9 | 1 | ![]() | |
MF | Yannick Cahuzac | 18 January 1985 | 7 | 1 | ![]() | |
MF | Jean-François Grimaldi | 14 August 1988 | 5 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Baptiste Anziani | 3 May 1990 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Julien Benhaïm | 25 October 1996 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Vincent Marchetti | 4 July 1997 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Jean-Jacques Mandrichi | 3 June 1984 | 8 | 6 | ![]() | |
FW | Benjamin Santelli | 16 November 1991 | 5 | 1 | ![]() | |
FW | Jean-Jacques Rocchi | 1 June 1989 | 5 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Francescu Massoni | 7 January 1996 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Rémy Cabella | 8 March 1990 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Maxime Penneteau | 28 October 1999 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Félix Tomi | 31 August 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
Recent call-ups[]
The following players have been called up recently and are still eligible to represent:
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | 1 October 1996 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2018 Tournoi des 4 | |
GK | Thomas Vincensini | 12 September 1993 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
2018 Tournoi des 4 |
DF | Dominique Guidi | 6 February 1996 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
2018 Tournoi des 4 |
DF | Hugo Aine | 11 December 1995 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Thibault Campanini | 27 July 1998 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Christophe Vincent | 8 November 1992 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Mattéo Tramoni | 20 January 2000 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
2018 Tournoi des 4 |
MF | Julien Anziani | 23 June 1999 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
2018 Tournoi des 4 |
MF | 5 August 1992 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
2018 Tournoi des 4 | |
MF | 9 October 1986 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
2018 Tournoi des 4 | |
MF | 1 July 1995 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Michel Moretti | 26 May 1989 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Julian Palmieri | 7 December 1986 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi | 17 June 1985 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | 18 June 1996 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | 18 October 1993 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Julien Romain | 23 February 1996 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Results[]
28 February 1967 Friendly | France ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
Report | Sansonetti ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000 |
14 May 1998 Friendly | Corsica ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Stade Armand Cesari, Bastia |
6 June 2009 Friendly | Corsica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Stade Ange Casanova, Ajaccio |
Gaffory ![]() |
Report | Bakouboula ![]() |
Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gerard Dany (France) |
19 May 2010 Corsica Football Cup | Corsica ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Stade François Coty, Ajaccio |
Tibéri ![]() Mandrichi ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gerard Dany (France) |
21 May 2010 Corsica Football Cup | Corsica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Stade Armand Cesari, Bastia |
Berenguer ![]() |
Report | Do Marcolino ![]() |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gerard Dany (France) |
31 May 2011 Friendly | Corsica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Stade François Coty, Ajaccio |
Cavalli ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stéphane Bré (France) |
29 May 2015 Friendly | Corsica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Stade Armand Cesari, Bastia |
Bocognano ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Benoît Millot (France) |
27 May 2016 Friendly | Corsica ![]() | 1–1 (8–9 p) | ![]() | Ajaccio |
Santelli ![]() |
Report | Bergara ![]() |
Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova | |
Penalties | ||||
Modesto ![]() Cavalli ![]() Romain ![]() Hugo Aine ![]() Cabella ![]() Coulbaly ![]() Santelli ![]() Pierazzi ![]() Cioni ![]() Cahuzac ![]() |
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26 May 2017 Friendly | Corsica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Ajaccio |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 2,000 |
5 June 2018 2018 Tournoi des 4 | Guadeloupe ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Fort-de-France (Martinique) |
18:30 | Report | Mandrichi ![]() |
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Aliker Referee: ![]() |
7 June 2018 2018 Tournoi des 4 | Martinique ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | Fort-de-France (Martinique) |
20:30 | Stéphane Abaul ![]() Wesley Jobello ![]() Yann Thimon ![]() Bruno Grougi ![]() Grégory Pastel ![]() |
Report | Jean-Jacques Mandrichi ![]() |
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Aliker Referee: François Merille (French Guiana) |
2 June 2019 Friendly | Sardinia ![]() | 1–1 (1–4 p) | ![]() | Olbia |
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Cabella ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio Bruno Nespoli |
Corsican footballers who represented FIFA national teams[]
Chahir Belghazouani
Chaouki Ben Saada
Rémy Cabella
Dominique Colonna
Mathieu Flamini
Ludovic Giuly
Wahbi Khazri
Charles Orlanducci
Claude Papi
Robert Péri
Adil Rami
Sébastien Squillaci
Albert Vanucci
See also[]
Category:Footballers from Corsica
References[]
- ^ "A Selezzione" [The selection] (in Corsican). 22 May 2019.
External links[]
- Squad page at CorseFootball (in French)
- Corsica national football team
- European national and official selection-teams not affiliated to FIFA
- Football teams in France