The Padania representative football team is an unofficial football team promoted by the Italian political party Lega Nord which claim it represents eight northern regions of Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 they call Padania

Padania

Padania is an alternative name for the Po Valley in Italy. The term was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when Lega Nord, a political party in Italy, proposed Padania as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy...

. The team is not affiliated with FIFA

FIFA

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 or UEFA

UEFA

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, nor with the Italian Football Federation.
They have established the Lega Federale Calcio Padania.

Padania has gained provisional membership of the NF-Board in 2008 and was able to take part in the 2008 VIVA World Cup

2008 VIVA World Cup

The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....

 along with Aramean-Syriac people, Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr...

, Provence

Provence

Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...

 and Sápmi, which they won beating the Aramean-Syriac people in the final by 2–0.

VIVA World Cup record

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2006 2006 VIVA World Cup The 2006 Viva World Cup an international tournament for football, took place in Occitania from 20 November 2006 to 24 November 2006.-The Inaugural Tournament:...	Did not enter
2008 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....	Champion	5	5	0	0	16	3
2009	Champion	4	4	0	0	9	1
2010 2010 VIVA World Cup -Group B:-------------Knockout stage:-Semi-Finals:-------------5th Place Match:---------3rd Place Match:---------Final:...	Champion	4	4	0	0	6	1
Total	3 titles	13	13	0	0	31	5

Selected internationals

Date	Venue		Opponent	Score
11-03-2010	Rodengo Saiano			1–3
27-06-2009	2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Padania Padania is an alternative name for the Po Valley in Italy. The term was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when Lega Nord, a political party in Italy, proposed Padania as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy...			2–0
25-06-2009	2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Padania Padania is an alternative name for the Po Valley in Italy. The term was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when Lega Nord, a political party in Italy, proposed Padania as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy...			4–0
24-06-2009	2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Padania Padania is an alternative name for the Po Valley in Italy. The term was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when Lega Nord, a political party in Italy, proposed Padania as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy...			2–1
22-06-2009	2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Padania Padania is an alternative name for the Po Valley in Italy. The term was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when Lega Nord, a political party in Italy, proposed Padania as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy...			1–0
30-04-2009	Darfo Boario Terme Darfo Boario Terme Darfo Boario Terme is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. The name combines Darfo, the capoluogo, with Boario Terme, the largest frazione. It is bounded by other communes of Angolo Terme, Artogne, Esine, Gianico, Piancogno, Rogno.... , Brescia Brescia Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...		Kingdom of the Two Sicilies	0 – 0 (3–1 pk)
30-04-2009	Darfo Boario Terme Darfo Boario Terme Darfo Boario Terme is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. The name combines Darfo, the capoluogo, with Boario Terme, the largest frazione. It is bounded by other communes of Angolo Terme, Artogne, Esine, Gianico, Piancogno, Rogno.... , Brescia Brescia Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...	US Darfo Boario SSD		0–0
19-11-2008	Treviso Treviso Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...		NK Zagreb NK Zagreb NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...	2–1
13-07-2008				2–0
12-07-2008	2008 VIVA World Cup 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....  – Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			4–1
11-07-2008	2008 VIVA World Cup 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....  – Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			0–2
09-07-2008	2008 VIVA World Cup 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....  – Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			2–1
10-07-2008	2008 VIVA World Cup 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....  – Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			6–1
07-05-2008	Arena Civica Arena Civica Arena Civica is a multi-purpose stadium in Milan, Italy, which was opened on 18 August 1807 and is one of the city’s main examples of neoclassical architecture. During its history it has been used for many kinds of events, including the reconstruction of naval battles; William Frederick Cody ...  (Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,... )			13–2
18-06-2000	Monza Monza Monza is a city and comune on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15 km north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of Monza and Brianza. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.On June...		Kingdom of England All Stars	1 – 1 (2–4 pk)
04-07-1999	St. Pierre Saint-Pierre, Italy Saint-Pierre is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy....  (Aosta Valley)	Arpitania Arpitania Arpitania refers to the lands where the Arpitan language is spoken or used to be the prevalent idiom, but Arpitania is not a country or a nation....		2–1
23-06-1999	Lecco Lecco Lecco is a town of c. 47,760 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan, the capital of the province of Lecco. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como...		Olimpija Ljubljana NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1911) NK Olimpija Ljubljana was a Slovenian association football club based in Ljubljana. The club had traced its origin back to 1911 when it was originally founded as SK Ilirija. It had gone through a series of mergers in the first half of the 20th century before adopting the name Olimpija in 1962...	0 – 0 (5–4 pk)
05-04-1999	Corte Franca	Franciacorta Franciacorta The territory of Franciacorta is a section of the Province of Brescia in the Italian Region of Lombardy. Franciacorta extends north from the plain of the river Po to the shores of Lake Iseo, and from the river Oglio on the western border to the town of Cellatica in the east. The geography of...		3 – 3 (7–8 pk)
18-07-1998	Bassano del Grappa Bassano del Grappa Bassano del Grappa is a city and comune in the province of Vicenza, region Veneto, in northern Italy. It bounds the communes of Cassola, Marostica, Solagna, Pove del Grappa, Romano d'Ezzelino, Campolongo sul Brenta, Conco, Rosà, Cartigliano and Nove...		South Tyrol	12–0
07-06-1998	Marnaz Marnaz Marnaz is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-References:*...  (Savoy Savoy Savoy is a region of France. It comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps situated between Lake Geneva in the north and Monaco and the Mediterranean coast in the south.... )	Duchy of Savoy		3 – 3 (8–7 pk)
24-05-1998	Alassio Alassio Alassio is a town and "comune" of 11.312 inhabitants in the province of Savona situated in the North West of Italy and approximately 80 km from the French border.Alassio is known for its natural beauty and scenic views...		Còsta Azzura/Côte d'Azur French Riviera The Côte d'Azur, pronounced , often known in English as the French Riviera , is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France, also including the sovereign state of Monaco...	4–1
13-04-1998	Broni Broni Broni is a comune in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km south of Milan and about 15 km southeast of Pavia...	Oltrepò Oltrepò Oltrepò may refer to one of three geographical regions in Northern Italy, to a wine, and to a football team:...		1–0
22-03-1998	Stadio F. Ossola (Varese Varese Varese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :... )		Ausonia	3–0
01-03-1998	Benevento Benevento Benevento is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 km northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 130 m above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino and Sabato...	Ausonia		2–0

Squad

Team for VIVA World Cup

Viva World Cup

The VIVA World Cup is an international football tournament organized by the New Federation Board, an umbrella association for nations unaffiliated with FIFA, planned to be held every two years.-Inauguration:...

 2008.

Recent call-ups