The Chameria national football team () 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 CONIFA World Football Cup recordQualifying recordYearRoundSquad 2014Team did not existcolspan="7" rowspan="4" 2016 2018Not a CONIFA member 2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2024Qualified210154Total—1/5000000—210154
UNPO World Cup UNPO World Cup recordYearRoundSquad 2017Champion1st3300123Total—1/13300123—
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 recordYearRoundSquad 2015 to 2017Team did not exist 2019Fourth place4th522194SquadTotal—1/3522194—
Fixtures and results 2017
2019
2023
Players Current squad The following players have been called up for the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup.
Head-to-head records against other countries
Opponent6 Countries
Managers ManagerPeriodPlayedWonDrawnLostWin %20172018 Arben Kasolli2019–Totals 13 7 2 4 53.84
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