Basque Country women's national football team

Basque Country

Association	Euskadiko Futbol Federakundea
Head coach	Jose Álvarez
Captain	Irene Paredes
Most caps	Ane Bergara, Maite Lizaso (6)
Top scorer	Naiara Beristain (3)
First colours Second colours

The Basque Country women's football team (officially, in Basque, Euskal Herriko emakumezkoen futbol selekzioa) is considered the national team of the Basque Country greater region. It is organised by the Basque Football Federation (Euskadiko Futbol Federakundea). It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore it is only allowed to play friendly matches.

Results

Basque Country v  Argentina

2 September 2006	Basque Country	2–4	Argentina	Irún
	Del Ama  33' Azagra  45'		Gómez  20', 85' Ferretti  66' Potassa  70'	Stadium: Stadium Gal Referee: Pérez Lasa

Argentina  v Basque Country

6 April 2007	Argentina	4–2	Basque Country	Buenos Aires
	Potassa  12' Ojeda  17' Coronel  60' Vallejos  85'		Rodríguez  63' Ferreira  75'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Pasquale

Basque Country v  Chile

21 June 2008	Basque Country	2–1	Chile	Irún
	Nekane Díez  63' Iturregi  85'		Quezada  46'	Stadium: Stadium Gal Referee: Bikandi Garrido

Basque Country v  Slovakia

23 June 2012	Basque Country	1–0	Slovakia	San Sebastián
	Orueta  8'			Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 7,000

Basque Country v  Republic of Ireland

10 May 2014	Basque Country	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Azpeitia
	Beristain  13'  39'			Stadium: Garmendipe

Basque Country v Catalonia

27 Dec 2014	Basque Country	1–1	Catalonia	Barakaldo
18:30	Díaz Cirauqui  18'	[1]	6' Olga García	Stadium: Lasesarre Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Carlos Arriola

Estonia  v Basque Country

23 May 2015	Estonia	0–5	Basque Country	Tallinn
14:00			2'  6' Arraiza  11' Díez  35'  71' Encinas	Stadium: Le Coq Arena

Catalonia v Basque Country

26 Dec 2015	Catalonia	1–1 (3–4 p)	Basque Country	Barcelona
18:45	Corredera  90+1'		75' Beristain	Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 4,106 Referee: Rebollo López
		Penalties
	Serna Putellas Mendoza Corredera Carreras		Beristain Lareo Corres Baños

Republic of Ireland  v Basque Country

26 Nov 2016	Republic of Ireland	2–1	Basque Country	Dublin
15:30	Roche  26' Kiernan  52'		33' Corres	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium

Players

Current squad

Squad called up for the friendly match against Republic of Ireland on 26 November 2016.

Caps and goals as of 30 November 2016.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeeper
13	1GK	Elixabete Sarasola	(1991-04-12) April 12, 1991	1	0	AFC Ajax
1	1GK	Ainhoa Tirapu	(1984-09-04) September 4, 1984	5	0	Athletic Club
Defender
6	2DF	Estibaliz Aizpurua	(1988-09-07) September 7, 1988	4	0	Oiartzun KE
15	2DF	Joana Arranz	(1988-08-14) August 14, 1988	1	0	Oiartzun KE
10	2DF	Iraia Iturregi	(1985-04-24) April 24, 1985	6	1	Athletic Club
5	2DF	Garazi Murua	(1995-01-24) January 24, 1995	2	0	Athletic Club
3	2DF	Sandra Ramajo	(1987-08-17) August 17, 1987	7	0	Real Sociedad
2	2DF	Ainhoa Vicente	(1995-08-20) August 20, 1995	3	0	Athletic Club
Midfielder
14	3MF	Leire Baños	(1996-11-29) November 29, 1996	3	0	Real Sociedad
16	3MF	Naiara Beristain	(1992-01-04) January 4, 1992	4	3	Real Sociedad
7	3MF	María Díaz Cirauqui	(1995-05-05) May 5, 1995	3	1	Real Sociedad
18	3MF	Anne Mugarza	(1985-01-24) January 24, 1985	2	0	Oiartzun KE
4	3MF	Marta Unzué	(1988-07-04) July 4, 1988	4	0	FC Barcelona
8	3MF	Itxaso Uriarte	(1991-09-01) September 1, 1991	1	0	Real Sociedad
Forward
11	4FW	Yulema Corres	(1992-03-07) March 7, 1992	4	1	Athletic Club
17	4FW	Irintzu Ibarrola	(1996-04-13) April 13, 1996	1	0	Oiartzun KE
12	4FW	Manuela Lareo	(1992-05-29) May 29, 1992	2	0	Real Sociedad
9	4FW	Erika Vázquez	(1983-02-16) February 16, 1983	4	0	Athletic Club

Recent call-ups

The following players have played for the team in the last four matches.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Cristina Cornejo	(1992-01-01) January 1, 1992	3	0	Real Sociedad	v. Estonia; May 15, 2015
GK	Jone Guarrotxena	(1993-09-03) September 3, 1993	2	0	Athletic Club	v. Estonia; May 15, 2015
GK	Andrea de la Nava	(1994-02-11) February 11, 1994	1	0	EDF Logroño	v. Catalonia; December 26, 2015
GK	María Asunción Quiñones	(1996-10-29) October 29, 1996	1	0	Real Sociedad	v. Catalonia; December 26, 2015
DF	Ane Bergara	(1987-02-03) February 3, 1987	6	0	FC Barcelona	v. Estonia; May 15, 2015
DF	Leire Landa	(1986-12-19) December 19, 1986	3	0	FC Barcelona	v. Republic of Ireland; May 10, 2014
DF	Irene Paredes	(1991-07-04) July 4, 1991	4	0	Paris Saint-Germain	v. Catalonia; December 26, 2015
MF	Ainhoa Álvarez	(1994-06-25) June 25, 1994	2	0	Athletic Club	v. Estonia; May 15, 2015
MF	Eunate Arraiza	(1991-06-03) June 3, 1991	2	2	Athletic Club	v. Estonia; May 15, 2015
MF	Elixabet Ibarra	(1981-06-29) June 29, 1981	4	0	Athletic Club	v. Catalonia; December 27, 2014
MF	Vanesa Gimbert	(1980-04-19) April 19, 1980	4	0	Athletic Club	v. Catalonia; December 26, 2015
MF	Maite Lizaso	(1983-10-25) October 25, 1983	6	0	Athletic Club	v. Estonia; May 15, 2015
MF	Itsaso Nabaskues	(1990-10-06) October 6, 1990	1	0	Oiartzun KE	v. Catalonia; December 26, 2015
MF	Arrate Orueta	(1984-08-08) August 8, 1984	4	1	retired	v. Catalonia; December 27, 2014
FW	Estibaliz Bajo	(1987-02-22) February 22, 1987	1	0	Athletic Club	v. Catalonia; December 26, 2015
FW	Nekane Díez	(1991-08-13) August 13, 1991	6	2	Athletic Club	v. Catalonia; December 26, 2015
FW	Aintzane Encinas	(1988-04-22) April 22, 1988	4	2	Real Sociedad	v. Catalonia; December 26, 2015
FW	Nahikari García	(1997-03-10) March 10, 1997	2	0	Real Sociedad	v. Catalonia; December 26, 2015
FW	Eguzkiñe Peña	(1992-03-05) March 5, 1992	1	0	Oiartzun KE	v. Republic of Ireland; May 10, 2014
FW	Maialen Zelaia	(1988-08-21) August 21, 1988	3	0	Real Sociedad	v. Estonia; May 15, 2015

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List of Basque footballers who also represented FIFA teams in international matches

See also

• Basque Country men's national football team

References

External links

• EFF site
• soccerway profile