Basque Country national football team Several organisations including the Basque Government and the Basque Football Federation are trying to persuade FIFA and UEFA to accept the Basque Country as an affiliated member. There is a lot of support for this within the Basque Country. The United Kingdom provides one model for a sovereign state with more than one FIFA member, while the Faroe Islands is an example of an autonomous constituent country having a separate football team to the national team (Denmark). Squad for the friendly against Venezuela on 12 October 2018. Head coach: Mikel Etxarri and José María Amorrortu The following players have played
Basque Country (autonomous community) into a separate autonomous community. Currently there is no official capital in the autonomous community, but the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the province of Álava, is the de facto capital as the location of the Basque Parliament, the headquarters of the Basque Government, and the residence of the President of the Basque Autonomous Community (the Palace of Ajuria Enea). Whilst Vitoria-Gasteiz is the largest municipality in area, with 277 km (107 sq mi), Bilbao (or "Bilbo" in Basque) is the largest in population, with 353,187 people, located in the province of Biscay within a conurbation of 875,552 people. The term