# Chameria national football team

The Chameria national football team (Albanian: Përfaqësuesja e futbollit së Çamërisë) represents Cham Albanians of Chameria, a coastal part of Epirus, Greece. It is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship.

## History
### First match

The Chameria national football team was formed during mid-2017 and has played a number of friendly matches. On 17 June 2017, the first one that was simultaneously also the first biggest win and the first-ever competitive win was against Kurdistan Region in the framework of the 2017 Unrepresented Nations Cup and the match ended with a 6–0 home win.

### Membership in CONIFA

On 24 May 2018, Chameria was accepted in CONIFA and would now play in the various tournaments and individual matches against other national teams.
On 2 June 2019, Chameria played its first international match after the membership in CONIFA against Abkhazia in the framework of the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup and the match ended in a 3–1 defeat, that was simultaneously also the biggest defeat and the first defeat of Chameria.
In 2023, Chameria participated in the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualification. They were placed in Group C with Sekler Land and Two Sicilies. Chameria ended up losing 3-2 to Sekler Land, but bounced back and beat Two Sicilies 3-1, which qualified them through to the main tournament.

## Competitive record
### CONIFA World Football Cup

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| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2014 | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | | | | | | |
| 2016 | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | | | | | | |
| 2018 | Not a CONIFA member | Not a CONIFA member | Not a CONIFA member | Not a CONIFA member | Not a CONIFA member | Not a CONIFA member | Not a CONIFA member | Not a CONIFA member | Not a CONIFA member | | | | | | |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | | | | | | |
| 2024 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Total | — | 1/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |

### UNPO World Cup

UNPO World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 2017 | Champion | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
| Total | — | 1/1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — |

### CONIFA European Football Cup

On 20 February 2019, in Krakow, it was decided that Chameria should be part of Group 2 of the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup, together with Abkhazia and County of Nice. On 22 May 2019, CONIFA announced that County of Nice was withdrawing from competition and Chameria's group would include Sápmi and the host country Artsakh, as well as Abkhazia. On 2 June 2019, Chameria debuted at the CONIFA European Football Cup with an away match, losing to Abkhazia 3–1.
CONIFA European Football Cup record :
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 2015 to 2017 | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist | Team did not exist |
| 2019 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | Squad |
| Total | — | 1/3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | — |

## Players
### Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Fatjon Çollari | (1999-04-02) 2 April 1999 (age 25) | Elbasani |
| 2 | 2DF | Xhorxhian Boçi | (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30) | Dinamo Tirana |
| 3 | 3MF | Jurgen Vogli | (1993-06-12) 12 June 1993 (age 31) | Egnatia |
| 4 | 2DF | Feliks Cane | (1990-10-28) 28 October 1990 (age 34) | Devolli |
| 5 | 3MF | Rei Zaimi | (1998-10-30) 30 October 1998 (age 26) | Apolonia Fier |
| 6 | 2DF | Flavio Prendi | (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 29) | Dinamo Tirana |
| 7 | 3MF | Klajdi Kryemadhi | (1998-12-09) 9 December 1998 (age 25) | Elbasani |
| 8 | 3MF | Kevis Gjeçi | (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28) | Espaly |
| 9 | 4FW | Marko Çema | (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 (age 26) | Partizani Tirana B |
| 10 | 4FW | Samet Gjoka | (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990 (age 34) | Shkumbini |
| 11 | 3MF | Tedi Baholli | (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 34) | Shkumbini |
| 19 | 4FW | Vilson Mziu | (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 33) | Sopoti |
| 20 | 3MF | Shyqyri Hasa | (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 28) | Luzi 2008 |
| 21 | 3MF | Anxhelo Isaraj | (1991-12-25) 25 December 1991 (age 32) | Tërbuni |
| 22 | 4FW | Edmond Hoxha | (1997-05-16) 16 May 1997 (age 27) | Besëlidhja Lezhë |

## Head-to-head records against other countries

    As of 8 June 2019
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Abkhazia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Ambazonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Artsakh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Kurdistan Region | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
| Sápmi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| South Ossetia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| 6 Countries | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 057.14 |

## Managers

| Manager | Period | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
| | 2017 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| | 2018 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 040.0 |
| Arben Kasolli | 2019– | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 040.0 |
| Totals | Totals | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 53.84 |