Basque Country women's national football team

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.

Basque Country

Association	Euskadiko Futbol Federakundea
Head coach	Juanjo Arregi
Captain	Irene Paredes
Most caps	Sandra Ramajo (8)
Top scorer	Naiara Beristain (3)
First colours Second colours
First international
Basque Country 2–4 Argentina  (Irun, Spain; 2 September 2006)
Biggest win
Estonia 0–5 Basque Country  (Tallinn, Estonia; 23 May 2015)
Biggest defeat
Basque Country 2–4 Argentina  (Irun, Spain; 2 September 2006)  Argentina 4–2 Basque Country  (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 6 April 2007)

Results and fixtures

See also: 2023 in association football and 2023 in sports by month

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

Basque Country   v   Argentina

2 September 2006	Basque Country	2–4	Argentina	Irun, Spain
	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, Argentina
	Potassa   12' Ojeda   17' Coronel   60' Vallejos   85'		Rodríguez   63' Ferreira   75'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Pasquale

Basque Country   v   Chile under-20

21 June 2008	Basque Country	2–1	Chile under-20	Irun, Spain
	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, Spain
16:30	Orueta   8'	Report		Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 7,000

Basque Country   v   Republic of Ireland

10 May 2014	Basque Country	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Azpeitia, Spain
	Beristain   13', 39'	Report		Stadium: Garmendipe Attendance: 1,500

Basque Country   v   Catalonia

27 December 2014 Centenary Trophy	Basque Country	1–1	Catalonia	Barakaldo, Spain
18:30	Díaz Cirauqui   18'	Report	Olga García   6'	Stadium: Lasesarre Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Carlos Arriola

Estonia   v   Basque Country

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

Catalonia   v   Basque Country

26 December 2015 Centenary Trophy	Catalonia	1–1 (3–4 p)	Basque Country	Barcelona, Spain
18:45	Corredera   90+1'	Report	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 November 2016	Republic of Ireland	2–1	Basque Country	Dublin, Ireland
15:30	Roche   26' Kiernan   52'	Report	Corres   33'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Referee: Paula Brady

Basque Country   v   Czech Republic

25 November 2017	Basque Country	2–1	Czech Republic	Eibar, Spain
17:00	Vázquez   8' Nahikari   49'	Report	Bartoňová   66'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Beatriz Arregui

Czech Republic   v   Basque Country

21 February 2021

Czech Republic

canceled ^COV

Basque Country

Prague, Czech Republic

Basque Country XI   v   Argentina XI

11 April 2021 Basque County International Women's Cup	Basque Country XI	1–0	Argentina XI	San Sebastián, Spain
12:10	Corres   4'			Stadium: Campo José Luis Orbegozo Referee: Beatriz Arregui

Basque Country XI   v   Venezuela XI

11 April 2021 Basque County International Women's Cup	Basque Country XI	0–0	Venezuela XI	San Sebastián, Spain
13:20				Stadium: Campo José Luis Orbegozo Referee: Olatz Rivera

Basque Country   v   Chile

20 December 2022 Friendly	Basque Country	3–0	Chile	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:00 UTC+1	Eizagirre   41' Sarriegi   70' Martínez de Lahidalga   84'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 2,410

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Juanjo Arregi
Assistant coach	Ainhoa Tirapu
Assistant coach	Andrea Leguina
Fitness coach	June Mendizabal
Doctor	Arrate Orueta
Physiotherapist	Olatz Fernández Itziar Muriel
Delegate	Sandra Ramajo

Manager history

As of 21 December 2022

Manager	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Sebastián Martija	2006	2007	2	0	0	2	4	8	−4	000.00
Arantza del Puerto	2008	2008	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Iñigo Juaristi and   Garbiñe Etxeberria	2012	2012	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
José Álvarez and   Sergio Rivera	2014	June 2015	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	066.67
Juan José Arregi	September 2015	December 2016	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Iñigo Juaristi	25 October 2017	June 2022	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Juanjo Arregi	December 2022	current	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total			11	6	2	3	22	14	+8	054.55

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly match against Chile on 20 December 2022.

Caps and goals as of 21 December 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeeper
1	1GK	Amaia Peña	(1998-11-02) November 2, 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Athletic Club
13	1GK	Maitane Zalba	(2000-01-15) January 15, 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Osasuna
Defender
2	2DF	Iraia Iparragirre	(1995-07-09) July 9, 1995 (age 28)	1	0	Real Sociedad
3	2DF	Nerea Nevado	(2001-04-27) April 27, 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Athletic Club
4	2DF	Itziar Gastearena	(1993-05-04) May 4, 1993 (age 30)	2	0	Granada
5	2DF	Irati Urruzola	(2000-01-03) January 3, 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Osasuna
12	2DF	Arene Altonaga	(1993-02-25) February 25, 1993 (age 30)	1	0	Eibar
14	2DF	Leire Baños	(1996-11-29) November 29, 1996 (age 26)	5	0	Levante UD
Midfielder
6	3MF	Ane Etxezarreta	(1995-08-24) August 24, 1995 (age 28)	1	0	Real Sociedad
8	3MF	Jone Ibañez	(1997-07-22) July 22, 1997 (age 26)	1	0	Eibar
10	3MF	Nerea Eizagirre	(2000-01-04) January 4, 2000 (age 23)	1	1	Real Sociedad
16	3MF	Maite Zubieta	(2004-05-28) May 28, 2004 (age 19)	1	0	Athletic Club
17	3MF	Patricia Zugasti	(2000-08-07) August 7, 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Osasuna
Forward
7	4FW	Amaiur Sarriegi	(2000-12-13) December 13, 2000 (age 22)	1	1	Real Sociedad
9	4FW	Marta San Adrián	(2000-02-22) February 22, 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Alavés
11	4FW	Cecilia Marcos	(2001-11-03) November 3, 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Real Sociedad
15	4FW	Ane Miren Martínez de Lahidalga	(1992-09-05) September 5, 1992 (age 31)	1	1	Alavés
18	4FW	Maitane Vilariño	(2002-06-30) June 30, 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Osasuna

Recent call-ups

The following players have played for a team in the last calls.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Andrea de la Nava	(1994-02-11) February 11, 1994 (age 29)	1	0	DUX Logroño	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
GK	María Asunción Quiñones	(1996-10-29) October 29, 1996 (age 27)	2	0	Athletic Club	v.  Czech Republic; November 25, 2017
DF	Nerea Abancens	(1987-05-31) May 31, 1987 (age 36)	0	0	retired	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
DF	Eunate Arraiza	(1991-06-03) June 3, 1991 (age 32)	2	2	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
DF	María Díaz Cirauqui	(1995-05-05) May 5, 1995 (age 28)	3	1	Dijon	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
DF	Naroa Uriarte	(2001-02-05) February 5, 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
DF	Ainhoa Vicente	(1995-08-20) August 20, 1995 (age 28)	4	0	Atlético de Madrid	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
DF	Garazi Murua	(1995-01-24) January 24, 1995 (age 28)	2	0	Athletic Club	v.  Czech Republic; November 25, 2017^PRE
MF	Sheila Elorza	(1996-06-08) June 8, 1996 (age 27)	0	0	SD Eibar	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Sophie Istillart	(1996-04-23) April 23, 1996 (age 27)	0	0	retired	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Maite Oroz	(1998-03-25) March 25, 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Real Madrid	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Marta Perea	(1995-11-24) November 24, 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Itxaso Uriarte	(1991-09-01) September 1, 1991 (age 32)	1	0	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Oihane Valdezate	(2000-04-10) April 10, 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Damaris Egurrola	(1999-08-26) August 26, 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Olympique Lyonnais	v.  Czech Republic; November 25, 2017
MF	Marta Unzué	(1988-07-04) July 4, 1988 (age 35)	5	0	Athletic Club	v.  Czech Republic; November 25, 2017
FW	Ane Azkona	(1998-07-15) July 15, 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
FW	Ainize Barea	(1992-01-25) January 25, 1992 (age 31)	0	0	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
FW	Yulema Corres (c)	(1992-03-07) March 7, 1992 (age 31)	5	1	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
FW	Nekane Díez	(1991-08-13) August 13, 1991 (age 32)	7	2	Athletic Club	v.  Czech Republic; November 25, 2017
FW	Nahikari García	(1997-03-10) March 10, 1997 (age 26)	3	1	Real Madrid	v.  Czech Republic; November 25, 2017
FW	Manuela Lareo	(1992-05-29) May 29, 1992 (age 31)	3	0	RCD Espanyol	v.  Czech Republic; November 25, 2017

Notable players

Basque players who represented FIFA international teams.

•   Nagore Alberdi
•   Idoia Álvarez
•   Angeles Arizeta
•   Eunate Arraiza
•   Eli Artola
•   Uxue Astiz
•   Ana María Astobieta
•   María Paz Azagra
•   Ane Azkona
•   Ainhoa Bakero
•   Ixiar Bakero
•   Miren Agurtzane Berdegue
•   Ane Bergara
•   Camino Berrozpe
•   Itziar Canellada
•   Elixabete Capa
•   Maider Castillo
•   Palmira Chivite
•   Damaris Egurrola
•   Nerea Eizagirre
•   Miriam Erkizia
•   Gurutze Fernández
•   Eba Ferreira
•   Joana Flaviano
•   Sorkunde Garate
•   Beatriz García
•   Lucía García
•   Nahikari García
•   María Ángeles Gil
•   Vanesa Gimbert
•   Arrate Gisasola
•   Arantxa Gómez
•   Arantza Gondra
•   Mónica "Gelo" González
•   Itziar Gurrutxaga
•   Oihane Hernández
•   Elixabet Ibarra
•   Arantza Iradi
•   Begoña Iriarte
•   Iraia Iturregi
•   Begoña Jauregi
•   Inès Jaurena
•   Aitziber Juaristi
•   Paula Kasares
•   Leire Landa
•   Manuela Lareo
•   María Pilar Legarra
•   Elene Lete
•   Maitane López
•   Tamara López
•   Yolanda Mateos
•   Amaia Mendióroz
•   Carolina Miranda
•   Marta Moreno
•   Maite Muguruza
•   Irune Murua
•   Lydia Muruzabal
•   Amaia Olabarrieta
•   Maite Oroz
•   Lierni Oyaga
•   Marta Ozkoidi
•   Laura Pardo
•   Irene Paredes
•   Virginia Pérez
•   Ana Isabel Pozo
•   Arantza del Puerto
•   Elena Quevedo
•   María Asunción Quiñones
•   Vanessa Rodríguez
•   Ana Ruiz
•   Mariatxi Sánchez
•   Idoia Sarasa
•   Amaiur Sarriegi
•   Natalia Seijo
•   Ainhoa Tirapu
•   Nerea Urkola
•   Erika Vázquez
•   Ainhoa Vicente
•   Nuria Zufia

Álava (1)

Biscay (16)

Gipuzkoa (38)

Labourd (1)

Lower Navarre

Navarre (23)

Soule

See also

• Football in the Basque Country
• Basque Country men's national football team

References

External links

• EFF official website
• soccerway profile