The Raetia national football team () represents Grisons, formerly known as R(h)aetia, ( ) in ConIFA association football. The current head coach is Simone Fontana. The team is commonly referred to as The Grisons.
History Silvan Tomaschett, Alan Egli, Cafer Yildirim, Ugur Sihyürek, Simone Fontana, and Manuel Rodriguez, Kastrie, Mirco Oswald, Bulloni as part of Raetia's golden generation.
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 Current squad The following 23 players were called up for the 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup, to be played in Verano Brianza, Italy from 2 to 6 June 2026.
Notable players
Mirco Oswald - captain
Luca Good - Second captain
Franco Conzett - MVP
Paolo Bottoni - MVP
Andrea Rüttimann - MVP
Erion Kuqi - MVP
Corsin Schumacher - kein MVP
Silvan Roffler - MVP
Managers Name Nationality YearRudolf Schmid 2011Gian-Marco Schmid 2011–2012Ursin 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
Presidents Name Nationality YearGubert Luck a.k.a. Gubi 2020-present
Competitive record
VIVA World Cup VIVA World Cup RecordYearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGA 2006did not qualify 2008 2009 2010 2012Round of 88th4103113
ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA World Football Cup RecordYearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGA 2014did not qualify 2016Round of 1211th4013323 2018did not qualify 2024Qualified
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.
Benedikt Fontana Cup Benedikt Fontana Cup recordYearRoundPosition 2015Champions1st11030 2023Champions1st11051
Schedule
All time results and upcoming fixtures
DatePlaceHomeGuestScore3 January 2026 , Sausset-les-Pins Rouet-Provence 5–026 January 2025 , Casablanca Avadas Club Casablanca 5–217 March 2024 , Chur Tibet Schweiz 11–16 August 2023 , Domat/Ems Canton Ticino 5–117 June 2023 , Tenero-Contra Canton Ticino 1–8 4 Februar 2023 , Zürich Tibet Schweiz 2–5 13 November 2022 , The Hague 1–17 August 2022 , Chur Tibet Schweiz 3–316 July 2022 , Capoliveri Elba Island 5–025 June 2019 , Chur 3-4 (a.e.t.)23 March 2019 , Rome 2–212 March 2017 , Trubbach 0–53 June 2016 , Gagra 3-3 (penalties 2-4) 2 June 2016 , Gagra 7–031 May 2016 , Gagra 7–030 May 2016 , Gagra 0–66 September 2015 , Chur 6–08 November 2014 , Sepsiszentgyörgy 3–09 August 2014 , Chur 1–629 May 2014 , Lohr am Main 4–27 July 2013 , St John's 5–06 July 2013 , St John's 3–229 June 2013 , La Chaux 1–110 June 2012 , Beausoleil 1–29 June 2012 , Arbil 4–08 June 2012 , Arbil 3–05 June 2012 , Arbil 0–14 June 2012 , Arbil 6–014 January 2012 , Xewkija 17–14 December 2011 , Crawley 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
Honours
By Team
Benedikt Fontana Cup Champions (3): 2015, 2017, 2023 Finalist (2): 2019, 2025
Tynwald Hill International Football Tournament 4th: 2013
Individual awards By Players For Raetia
Kastrie - Golden boot (1): 2016
Bulloni - Silver boot (1): 2024
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"GimmaGimma
References