Basque: Euskal Selekzioa 2011 Shirt
The Basque Football Federation has launched its new shirt which is manufactured by Astore. The team is referred to by various names includingEuskal Herriko Selekzioa, Selección de Euskadi, Euskal Selekzioa, Euskadi XI and Basque XI.
Since they are not affiliated neither with FIFA nor with UEFA they are only allowed to play friendlies. Players eligbile to play with the Basque team come from the Basque Country greater region which includes the Basque Country Autonomous Community, Navarre and the Northern Basque Country (France).
Famous players who played for the team include Didier Deschamps, Manuel Almunia, Xabi Alonso, Mikel Arteta and Bixente Lizarazu.
The shirt is primarily green featuring diagonal thin white strips running running across the front of the shirt. A red and white band is featured diagonally across the left part of the shirt.
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whats liam gallagher doing in the picture ? lol as for the shirt i actually quite like it ! what manufacturer is that ? But the Jacket that Liam is modeling is awful ! Very 80’s.
Nice entry, but players elegible for this team are only from spanish basque region, navarra (also in Spain) has its own team and french basque region has not got team.
Nice shirt, I like it, but it will be only used in two, maximum three, friendly matches… We can not say it is not an official football shirt.
i think it’s quite nice to be honest.
not bad the red isn’t the best
alligator you are wrong there. french basque players are also elegible, hence deschamps/lizarazu/grenet/siriex all representing.
sorry to dissapoint.
lovely shirt though.
remember watching them against wales a few years ago.
yeh they play friendlies with other countries. Didn’t Catlunya play Argentina a couple of years ago?
not saying they r catalunya just referring to the fact that the team is very much lie the catalan 1 🙂
yes Catalonia also has a team that plays friendlies twice a year against other countries the last being honduras and including argentina three times and brazil twice, but our dream is to play against spain and see what they’d do without xavi, busquets, piqué, puyol,fàbregas, capdevila or valdès (catalans all of them)
In reply to the person who said only spanish basque country players were legible to play, that is completely wrong as Didier Deschamps is from the French part of the Basque country and played for them
Sorry, also Bixente Lizarazu. There is no definitive split for Basques between French and Spanish as the Basque Country has it’s own regions
I want to buy this but cant find a link anywhere? anyone help?