Association | Canton Ticino Football Association |
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Confederation | ConIFA |
Top scorer | Viola Sánchez (1) |
First international | |
Ticino 1–8
Raetia ( Tenero-Contra, Switzerland; 17 June 2023) | |
Biggest win | |
None | |
Biggest defeat | |
Ticino 1–8
Raetia ( Tenero-Contra, Switzerland; 17 June 2023) |
The Canton Ticino football team is a team representing the Swiss canton of Ticino ( /tɪˈtʃiːnoʊ/ 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 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 Record | ||||||||
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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 |