Canton Ticino football team

The Canton Ticino football team is a team representing the Swiss canton of Ticino (/tɪˈn/ tih-CHEE-no) in association football.[1] It is a member of ConIFA, an umbrella association for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA.[2][3]

Canton Ticino
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationCanton Ticino Football Association
ConfederationConIFA
Top scorerViola Sánchez (1)
First international
Ticino Ticino 1–8 Raetia 
(Tenero-Contra, Switzerland; 17 June 2023)
Biggest win
None
Biggest defeat
Ticino Ticino 1–8 Raetia 
(Tenero-Contra, Switzerland; 17 June 2023)
Map of Switzerland, with Ticino in orange

History

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Canton Ticino joined ConIFA in 2022. The ConIFA site describes Ticino as "a Canton and a Republic", noting that Ticinese are a cultural and ethnic minority in Switzerland as the only Italian-speaking canton.[4]

It was named as one of the reserve sides for the 2023 CONIFA European Football Cup; Ticino may take the place of a team if they withdraw from the competition.[5][6]

Canton Ticino participated in the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualification, drawn in Group B against Raetia. Their only match in the tournament would be a 8–1 defeat, knocking Canton Ticino out. Their only goalscorer in the competition was Viola Sanchez. A few months later, they played Raetia again, this time in the Benedikt Fontana Cup. They lost again, this time 5-1. In November 2023 Ticino were selected for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup, which will take place in Iraqi Kurdistan in June/July 2024.[7]

ConIFA World Football Cup

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ConIFA World Football Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
  2014 Not a CONIFA member
  2016 Not a CONIFA member
  2018 Not a CONIFA member
  2024 Qualified

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "La nazionale Elbana a Cipro 2023". www.elbareport.it.
  2. ^ "Karpatalya". CONIFA. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. ^ "Anche il Canton Ticino ha la sua Nazionale di calcio". Ticinonline. June 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Canton Ticino".
  5. ^ "North Cyprus announced as hosts of CONIFA European Football Cup 2023". www.t-vine.com.
  6. ^ "Cipro ospiterà l'Europeo CONIFA 2023 dei territori non riconosciuti". September 27, 2022.
  7. ^ "La Nazionale del Ticino e la tortuosa strada verso i Mondiali". laRegione. March 15, 2024.