Basque Country women's national football team

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)

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 and fixtures

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2 September 2006	Basque Country	2–4	Argentina	Irun
18:15	del Ama 33' Azagra 45'	Report	Gómez 20', 85' (pen.) Ferretti 66' Potassa 70'	Stadium: Stadium Gal Referee: Pérez Lasa

6 April 2007	Argentina	4–2	Basque Country	Buenos Aires
16:00	Potassa 12' Ojeda 17' Coronel 60' Vallejos 85'	Report	Rodríguez 63' Ferreira 75'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Pasquale

21 June 2008	Basque Country	2–1	Chile under-20	Irun
	Nekane Díez 63' Iturregi 85'		Quezada 46'	Stadium: Stadium Gal Referee: Bikandi Garrido

23 June 2012	Basque Country	1–0	Slovakia	San Sebastián
16:30	Orueta 8'	Report		Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 7,000

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

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

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

26 December 2015 Centenary Trophy	Catalonia	1–1 (3–4 p)	Basque Country	Barcelona
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

26 November 2016	Republic of Ireland	2–1	Basque Country	Dublin
15:30	Roche 26' Kiernan 52'	Report	Corres 33'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Referee: Paula Brady

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

21 February 2021

Czech Republic

canceled ^COV

Basque Country

Prague

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

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

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
Manager	From	To	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) 2 November 1998 (age 27)	1	0	Athletic Club
13	1GK	Maitane Zalba	(2000-01-15) 15 January 2000 (age 26)	1	0	unattached
Defender
2	2DF	Iraia Iparragirre	(1995-07-09) 9 July 1995 (age 30)	1	0	retired
3	2DF	Nerea Nevado	(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 25)	1	0	Athletic Club
4	2DF	Itziar Gastearena	(1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 33)	2	0	Alavés
5	2DF	Irati Urruzola	(2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 26)	1	0	unattached
12	2DF	Arene Altonaga	(1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 33)	1	0	Eibar
14	2DF	Leire Baños	(1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 29)	5	0	Athletic Bilbao
Midfielder
6	3MF	Ane Etxezarreta	(1995-08-24) 24 August 1995 (age 30)	1	0	Eibar
8	3MF	Jone Ibañez	(1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 28)	1	0	unattached
10	3MF	Nerea Eizagirre	(2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 26)	1	1	Real Sociedad
16	3MF	Maite Zubieta	(2004-05-28) 28 May 2004 (age 22)	1	0	Athletic Club
17	3MF	Patricia Zugasti	(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 25)	1	0	Athletic Bilbao
Forward
7	4FW	Amaiur Sarriegi	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 25)	1	1	Atlético Madrid
9	4FW	Marta San Adrián	(2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 26)	1	0	Alavés
11	4FW	Cecilia Marcos	(2001-11-03) 3 November 2001 (age 24)	1	0	Real Sociedad
15	4FW	Ane Miren Martínez de Lahidalga	(1992-09-05) 5 September 1992 (age 33)	1	1	retired
18	4FW	Maitane Vilariño	(2002-06-30) 30 June 2002 (age 24)	1	0	Athletic Bilbao

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) 11 February 1994 (age 32)	1	0	retired	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
GK	María Asunción Quiñones	(1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 (age 29)	2	0	ABB Fomget	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017
GK	Ainhoa Tirapu	(1984-09-04) 4 September 1984 (age 41)	6	0	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017

DF	Nerea Abancens	(1987-05-31) 31 May 1987 (age 39)	0	0	retired	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
DF	Eunate Arraiza	(1991-06-03) 3 June 1991 (age 35)	2	2	Osasuna	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
DF	María Díaz Cirauqui	(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 31)	3	1	Dijon	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
DF	Naroa Uriarte	(2001-02-05) 5 February 2001 (age 25)	0	0	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
DF	Ainhoa Vicente	(1995-08-20) 20 August 1995 (age 30)	4	0	Real sociedad	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
DF	Ane Bergara	(1987-02-03) 3 February 1987 (age 39)	7	0	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017
DF	Vanesa Gimbert	(1980-04-19) 19 April 1980 (age 46)	5	0	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017
DF	Sandra Ramajo	(1987-08-17) 17 August 1987 (age 38)	8	0	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017
DF	Garazi Murua	(1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 (age 31)	2	0	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017^PRE

MF	Sheila Elorza	(1996-06-08) 8 June 1996 (age 30)	0	0	Real Oviedo	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Sophie Istillart	(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 30)	0	0	retired	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Maite Oroz	(1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 28)	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Marta Perea	(1995-11-24) 24 November 1995 (age 30)	0	0	retired	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Itxaso Uriarte	(1991-09-01) 1 September 1991 (age 34)	1	0	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Oihane Valdezate	(2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 26)	0	0	AS Roma	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
MF	Naiara Beristain	(1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 (age 34)	5	3	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017
MF	Damaris Egurrola	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 26)	1	0	Olympique Lyonnais	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017
MF	Joana Flaviano	(1990-02-15) 15 February 1990 (age 36)	1	0	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017
MF	Marta Unzué	(1988-07-04) 4 July 1988 (age 38)	5	0	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017

FW	Ane Azkona	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 27)	0	0	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
FW	Ainize Barea	(1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 34)	0	0	Athletic Club	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
FW	Yulema Corres (c)	(1992-03-07) 7 March 1992 (age 34)	5	1	retired	Basque County International Women's Cup 2021
FW	Nekane Díez	(1991-08-13) 13 August 1991 (age 34)	7	2	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017
FW	Nahikari García	(1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 29)	3	1	Athletic Club	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017
FW	Manuela Lareo	(1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 (age 34)	3	0	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017
FW	Erika Vázquez	(1983-02-16) 16 February 1983 (age 43)	5	1	retired	v. Czech Republic; 25 November 2017