Raetia football team

Unofficial national football team representing the region of Raetia

Raetia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Grisons
AssociationRaetia Football Association
(Fussballauswahl Raetia)
ConfederationConIFA
Head coachSimone Fontana
CaptainMirco Oswald
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Chagos Islands 6–1 Raetia 
(Crawley, England; 4 December 2011)
Biggest win
Ticino Ticino 1–8 Raetia 
(Tenero-Contra, Switzerland; 17 June 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Gozo 17–1 Raetia 
(Xewkija, Malta; 14 January 2012)

The Raetia football team (German: Fussballauswahl Raetia) represents Grisons, formerly known as R(h)aetia, (/ˈriːʃ(i)ə/ REE-sh(ee-)ə) in ConIFA association football.[1] The current head coach is Simone Fontana. The team is commonly referred to as The Grisons.[2]

History

Raetia's first game was played in December 2011 against the Chagos Islands national football team.[3][4] The second game took place in January 2012 on the island of Gozo against Gozo.[5][6]

The first home game was on 26 May 2012 against the fifth Team of FC St. Pauli in Domat/Ems and Raetia won 6–0.

Raetia was qualified to play the 2012 VIVA World Cup in the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan. In the group matches they gained a victory against Tamil Eelam and a loss to Zanzibar the 2nd rank and missed the semi-finals only because of goal difference.[7][8]

On 6 September 2015 Raetia beat Franconia 6–0 and qualified for the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup in Abkhazia.

In 2023, Raetia entered the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualifiers, where they beat Ticino 8-1, thus qualifying them for the competition. A few months later, they participated in their second Benedikt Fontana Cup, where they beat Ticino again, 5-1.

Players and managers

Notable players

Managers

Name Nationality Year
Rudolf Schmid
Switzerland
 2011
Gian-Marco Schmid
Switzerland
 2011–2012
Ursin Caviezel
Switzerland
 2012
Costantino Demenga
Switzerland
 2012–2014
Arsim Ramizi
SwitzerlandKosovo
 2014–2015
Alen Bratelj
SwitzerlandCroatia
 2015–2016
Pascal Amrein
Switzerland
 2016–2017
Aziz Agirman
Switzerland
 2017–2020
Simone Fontana
Switzerland
 2020–present

Competitive record

VIVA World Cup

VIVA World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Occitania 2006 did not qualify
Sápmi 2008
Padania 2009
Gozo 2010
Kurdistan Region 2012 Round of 8 8th 4 1 0 3 1 13

ConIFA World Football Cup

ConIFA World Football Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Sápmi 2014 did not qualify
Abkhazia 2016 Round of 12 11th 4 0 1 3 3 23
Barawa 2018 did not qualify
Kurdistan Region 2024 Qualified

EUROPEADA European Championship

In 2008, 2010 and 2012 the Raetian national team was not at the tournament but a selection of the Rhaeto-Romance speaking part of the canton of Grisons.[clarification needed][10]

Schedule

All time results and upcoming fixtures

Date Place Home Guest Score
17 March 2024  Switzerland, Chur  Raetia Tibet Schweiz 11–1
6 August 2023  Switzerland, Domat/Ems  Raetia Canton Ticino 5–1
17 June 2023  Switzerland, Tenero-Contra Canton Ticino  Raetia 1–8
4 Februar 2023  Switzerland, Zürich  Raetia Tibet Schweiz 2–5
13 November 2022  Netherlands, The Hague  West Papua  Raetia 1–1
7 August 2022  Switzerland, Chur  Raetia Tibet Schweiz 3–3
16 July 2022  Italy, Capoliveri Elba Island  Raetia 5–0
25 June 2019  Switzerland, Chur  Raetia  Franconia 3-4 (a.e.t.)
23 March 2019  Italy, Rome  Vatican City  Raetia 2–2
12 March 2017  Switzerland, Trubbach  Raetia  Tamil Eelam 0–5
3 June 2016  Abkhazia, Gagra  Chagos Islands  Raetia 3-3 (penalties 2-4)
2 June 2016  Abkhazia, Gagra  Székely Land  Raetia 7–0
31 May 2016  Abkhazia, Gagra  Northern Cyprus  Raetia 7–0
30 May 2016  Abkhazia, Gagra  Raetia  Padania 0–6
6 September 2015  Switzerland, Chur  Raetia  Franconia 6–0
8 November 2014  Romania, Sepsiszentgyörgy  Székely Land  Raetia 3–0
9 August 2014  Switzerland, Chur  Raetia  Sealand 1–6
29 May 2014  Germany, Lohr am Main  Franconia  Raetia 4–2
7 July 2013  Isle of Man, St John's  Tamil Eelam  Raetia 5–0
6 July 2013  Isle of Man, St John's  Raetia  Alderney 3–2
29 June 2013  France, La Chaux  Saugeais  Raetia 1–1
10 June 2012  France, Beausoleil  Monaco  Raetia 1–2
9 June 2012  Iraq, Arbil  Tamil Eelam  Raetia 4–0
8 June 2012  Iraq, Arbil  Western Sahara  Raetia 3–0
5 June 2012  Iraq, Arbil  Tamil Eelam  Raetia 0–1
4 June 2012  Iraq, Arbil  Zanzibar  Raetia 6–0
14 January 2012  Malta, Xewkija  Gozo  Raetia 17–1
4 December 2011  United Kingdom, Crawley  Chagos Islands  Raetia 6–1

Home stadium

Raetia does not have a national stadium as such, though major matches are usually played in Chur, Ems or Trin. Other large grounds which could be used include Vaduz and Bellinzona.

Colours

Raetia's traditional kit is a white jersey with black, accompanied by black shorts and socks while their current away kit is a royal blue shirt. As a reference to the 60th jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, Raetia has worn the blue shirts on 9 June 2012 against Tamil Eelam.

The colours blue-white-grey/black are the national colours of Raetia.

Raetias's historical kits

Collections of kits used by The Grisons

Home 2011
Away 2011
Home 2012
Away 2012–
Home 2012–2014
Home 2014–

Songs for competitions

Rapper Gimma made an unreleased song to encourage the national football team for the 2012 VIVA World Cup:

Series Anthem / Song Performer(s) Writer(s) /
Producer(s)
2012 VIVA World Cup "FA RAETIA" Gimma Gimma

References

  1. ^ "FA Raetia, die etwas andere Fussball-Nationalmannschaft". suedostschweiz.ch.
  2. ^ "Punktmagazin". Punktmagazin.
  3. ^ "Chagos footballers to play Swiss team in friendly match". Chagossupport.org.uk. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Vermischtes: FA Rätia verliert ohne Gimma". Suedostschweiz.ch. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Gozo Vs FA Ratia". Gfa.com.mt. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  6. ^ "2013 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers: STP's Mystery & Surprise". Footy-fever.com. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. ^ "20 Minuten Online – "Das Swat-Team auf der Tribüne war belustigend" – Fussball". 20min.ch. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  8. ^ "20 Minuten Online – Schweizer Kicker kämpften im Irak – Fussball". 20min.ch. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  9. ^ "DIE FA RAETIA DUELLIERTE SICH MIT DER PAPST-ELF". grheute.ch.
  10. ^ "Rätoromanische Mannschaft an der Europeada 2012". Liarumantscha.ch. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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