# Raetia football team

The Raetia football team (German: Fussballauswahl Raetia) represents Grisons, formerly known as R(h)aetia, (/ˈriːʃ(i)ə/ REE-sh(ee-)ə) in ConIFA association football. The current head coach is Simone Fontana. The team is commonly referred to as The Grisons.

## History

Raetia's first game was played in December 2011 against the Chagos Islands national football team. The second game took place in January 2012 on the island of Gozo against Gozo.
The first home game was on 26 May 2012 against the fifth Team of FC St. Pauli in Domat/Ems and Raetia won 6–0.
Raetia was qualified to play the 2012 VIVA World Cup in the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan. In the group matches they gained a victory against Tamil Eelam and a loss to Zanzibar the 2nd rank and missed the semi-finals only because of goal difference.
On 6 September 2015 Raetia beat Franconia 6–0 and qualified for the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup in Abkhazia.
In 2023, Raetia entered the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualifiers, where they beat Ticino 8-1, thus qualifying them for the competition. A few months later, they participated in their second Benedikt Fontana Cup, where they beat Ticino again, 5-1.

## Players and managers
### Notable players

* Mirco Oswald - captain

### Managers

| Name | Year |
| Rudolf Schmid | 2011 |
| Gian-Marco Schmid | 2011–2012 |
| Ursin Caviezel | 2012 |
| Costantino Demenga | 2012–2014 |
| Arsim Ramizi | 2014–2015 |
| Alen Bratelj | 2015–2016 |
| Pascal Amrein | 2016–2017 |
| Aziz Agirman | 2017–2020 |
| Simone Fontana | 2020–present |

## Competitive record
### VIVA World Cup

VIVA World Cup Record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 2006 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2008 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2010 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2012 | Round of 8 | 8th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 |

### ConIFA World Football Cup

ConIFA World Football Cup Record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 2014 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2016 | Round of 12 | 11th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 2018 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2024 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |

### EUROPEADA European Championship

In 2008, 2010 and 2012 the Raetian national team was not at the tournament but a selection of the Rhaeto-Romance speaking part of the canton of Grisons.

## Schedule
### All time results and upcoming fixtures

| Date | Place | Home | Guest | Score |
| 26 January 2025 | Morocco, Casablanca | Raetia | Avadas Club Casablanca | 2–5 |
| 17 March 2024 | Switzerland, Chur | Raetia | Tibet Schweiz | 11–1 |
| 6 August 2023 | Switzerland, Domat/Ems | Raetia | Canton Ticino | 5–1 |
| 17 June 2023 | Switzerland, Tenero-Contra | Canton Ticino | Raetia | 1–8 |
| 4 Februar 2023 | Switzerland, Zürich | Raetia | Tibet Schweiz | 2–5 |
| 13 November 2022 | Netherlands, The Hague | West Papua | Raetia | 1–1 |
| 7 August 2022 | Switzerland, Chur | Raetia | Tibet Schweiz | 3–3 |
| 16 July 2022 | Italy, Capoliveri | Elba Island | Raetia | 5–0 |
| 25 June 2019 | Switzerland, Chur | Raetia | Franconia | 3-4 (a.e.t.) |
| 23 March 2019 | Italy, Rome | Vatican City | Raetia | 2–2 |
| 12 March 2017 | Switzerland, Trubbach | Raetia | Tamil Eelam | 0–5 |
| 3 June 2016 | Abkhazia, Gagra | Chagos Islands | Raetia | 3-3 (penalties 2-4) |
| 2 June 2016 | Abkhazia, Gagra | Székely Land | Raetia | 7–0 |
| 31 May 2016 | Abkhazia, Gagra | Northern Cyprus | Raetia | 7–0 |
| 30 May 2016 | Abkhazia, Gagra | Raetia | Padania | 0–6 |
| 6 September 2015 | Switzerland, Chur | Raetia | Franconia | 6–0 |
| 8 November 2014 | Romania, Sepsiszentgyörgy | Székely Land | Raetia | 3–0 |
| 9 August 2014 | Switzerland, Chur | Raetia | Sealand | 1–6 |
| 29 May 2014 | Germany, Lohr am Main | Franconia | Raetia | 4–2 |
| 7 July 2013 | Isle of Man, St John's | Tamil Eelam | Raetia | 5–0 |
| 6 July 2013 | Isle of Man, St John's | Raetia | Alderney | 3–2 |
| 29 June 2013 | France, La Chaux | Saugeais | Raetia | 1–1 |
| 10 June 2012 | France, Beausoleil | Monaco | Raetia | 1–2 |
| 9 June 2012 | Iraq, Arbil | Tamil Eelam | Raetia | 4–0 |
| 8 June 2012 | Iraq, Arbil | Western Sahara | Raetia | 3–0 |
| 5 June 2012 | Iraq, Arbil | Tamil Eelam | Raetia | 0–1 |
| 4 June 2012 | Iraq, Arbil | Zanzibar | Raetia | 6–0 |
| 14 January 2012 | Malta, Xewkija | Gozo | Raetia | 17–1 |
| 4 December 2011 | United Kingdom, Crawley | Chagos Islands | Raetia | 6–1 |

## Home stadium

Raetia does not have a national stadium as such, though major matches are usually played in Chur, Ems or Trin. Other large grounds which could be used include Vaduz and Bellinzona.

## Colours

Raetia's traditional kit is a white jersey with black, accompanied by black shorts and socks while their current away kit is a royal blue shirt. As a reference to the 60th jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, Raetia has worn the blue shirts on 9 June 2012 against Tamil Eelam.
The colours blue-white-grey/black are the national colours of Raetia.

## Raetias's historical kits

Collections of kits used by The Grisons
| Home 2011 | Away 2011 | Home 2012 | Away 2012– | Home 2012–2014 | Home 2014– |

## Songs for competitions

Rapper Gimma made an unreleased song to encourage the national football team for the 2012 VIVA World Cup:
| Series | Anthem / Song | Performer(s) | Writer(s) / Producer(s) |
| 2012 VIVA World Cup | "FA RAETIA" | Gimma | Gimma |