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) decision making under the Spanish and European governments. Under this intricate system, the "Diputaciones Forales" (Basque: "Foru Aldundiak") administer most of each of the provinces but are coordinated by the autonomous Basque Government (Spanish "Gobierno Vasco", Basque: "Eusko Jaurlaritza"). The autonomous community has its own police force (the Ertzaintza), controls Education and Health Systems, and has a Basque radio/TV station. These and only some of the powers acknowledge in the Gernika Statute have since 1980 been transferred to the Autonomous Community by the Cortes Generales under the Gernika Statute. The seats of the Basque Parliament and Government are in Vitoria-Gasteiz,