The Basque Country has had a football team of its own since 1930. During the Second Spanish Republic, they played firstly under the name of " Baskoniako selekzioa" (the Vasconia team) and then from 1936 as "Euzkadiko selekzioa" (the Euskadi team). During Franco's 36-year dictatorship it only played two games. After Franco's death in 1975, the team was reformed using the name "Euskadiko selekzioa" and from the early 1990s began playing regular friendly matches, usually during La Liga's Christmas break. Up to the present time they have played 40 matches against a wide range of FIFA national teams such as Russia, Nigeria, Uruguay, Serbia, Tunisia, Estonia, Venezuela and Costa Rica, plus others against non-FIFA teams of various types.