The Cantabria autonomous football team is the regional football team for Cantabria

Cantabria

Cantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria...

, Spain

Spain

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. They are not affiliated with FIFA

FIFA

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 or UEFA

UEFA

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, because it is represented internationally by the Spanish National Football Team

Spain national football team

The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...

. It only plays friendly matches.

History

The Federación Cántabra de Fútbol was officially established in 1923.
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 the Cantabria team.

Selected internationals

Date	Venue	Home Team	Opponent	Score
Dec 22 2000	Santander	Cantabria		0-1
Dec 22 1997	Santander	Cantabria		3-0
May 3, 1925	Santander Santander, Cantabria The port city of Santander is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 183,446 .-History:...	Cantabria	Asturias Asturias autonomous football team The Asturias national football team is the national football team for Asturias. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spanish national football team. The team only plays friendly matches.-Matches played:...	1-3
Jun 21 1925	Gijón	Asturias Asturias autonomous football team The Asturias national football team is the national football team for Asturias. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA, because it is represented internationally by the Spanish national football team. The team only plays friendly matches.-Matches played:...	Cantabria	0-1
Apr 21 1924	Zaragoza		Cantabria	2-1
Apr 20 1924	Zaragoza		Cantabria	1-0
Mar 9 1924	Santander	Cantabria		3-0
May 10, 1917	Barcelona		Cantabria	1-0
191?	Biscay		Cantabria	?-?
191?	Cantabria	Cantabria		?-?

Cantabria international footballers

Pedro Munitis Pedro Munitis Pedro Munitis Álvarez is a Spanish footballer who plays for Racing de Santander usually as a forward, although he can also operate as winger....   Iván de la Peña Iván de la Peña Iván de la Peña López is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder. During his career, de la Peña earned the nicknames Little Buddha and Lo Pelat due to his shaven head and slight frame....   Iván Helguera  José Emilio Amavisca José Emilio Amavisca José Emilio Amavisca Gárate is a retired Spanish footballer who played mostly as a left winger.He was best known for his Real Madrid stint, but played for five other clubs, amassing 381 games and 57 goals in both major levels of Spanish football, over the course of 16 seasons.A Spanish...   Vicente Engonga Vicente Engonga Vicente Engonga Maté is a retired Spanish footballer of Equatorial Guinean descent.A central midfielder who on occasion filled in at sweeper, he played for six different professional clubs in his career – namely Mallorca, with which he had his best years in spite of arriving at the club at...   Gonzalo Colsa Gonzalo Colsa Gonzalo Colsa Albendea is a Spanish footballer who plays for Racing de Santander in the Spanish first division, usually as a central midfielder.-Football career:...

Álvaro Cervera Álvaro Cervera Álvaro Cervera Díaz is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a winger, and a current coach.-External links:*** * ** *...   Luis Fernández Luis Fernández Gutiérrez Luis Fernández Gutiérrez is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender.In a professional career which spanned almost 20 years, he is best known for his spell at Real Betis , in which he played one full decade.-Club career:After making his professional starts with lowly Gimnástica...   Jose María Ceballos  Angel de Juana Ángel de Juana García Ángel de Juana García, aka Geli , is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.-Football career:...

External links

• Web of Cantabrian Football Federation (Spanish)
• List of matches in Roon Ba