Gibraltar national football team results – unofficial matches Gibraltar national football team results – unofficial matches The Gibraltar national football team represents the Gibraltar in association football and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA), the governing body of the sport there. It competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. Organised football has been played in the country since the 19th century. Gibraltar first applied for UEFA membership in 1999 but was rejected because of intense opposition from Spain. In October 2012, Gibraltar reapplied for full membership and it was granted in March 2013. On 13
National symbols of Catalonia flower", Catalonia does not have much in the way of tongue-in-cheek popular established symbols, even though the yellow weaver's broom ("Spartium junceum") has often been regarded as such in literature, specially in combination with red poppies. The ""ruc català"" or ""burro català"" (Catalan donkey) is a relatively recent creation when the need was felt to produce something Catalan to oppose to the Central Spanish Osborne bull, widely perceived by Catalans as a centralistic symbol, alien to their culture. Still, certain traditional and "typical" symbols deserve mention, like Patufet, the St George's Day red rose, the "Nit de Sant Joan" bonfires,