The Canton Ticino football team is a team representing the Swiss canton of Ticino (/tɪˈtʃiːnoʊ/ tih-CHEE-no) in association football.[1] It is a member of ConIFA, an umbrella association for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA.[2][3]
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| Association | Canton Ticino Football Association |
|---|---|
| Confederation | ConIFA |
| Top scorer | Viola Sánchez (1) |
| First international | |
 Ticino 1–8 Raetia  (Tenero-Contra, Switzerland; 17 June 2023) | |
| Biggest win | |
| None | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Ticino 1–8 Raetia (Tenero-Contra, Switzerland; 17 June 2023) | |
History
Canton Ticino joined ConIFA in 2022. The ConIFA site describes Ticino as "a Canton and a Republic", noting that Ticinese are a cultural and ethnic minority in Switzerland as the only Italian-speaking canton.[4]
It was named as one of the reserve sides for the 2023 CONIFA European Football Cup; Ticino may take the place of a team if they withdraw from the competition.[5][6]
Canton Ticino participated in the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualification, drawn in Group B against Raetia. Their only match in the tournament would be a 8–1 defeat, knocking Canton Ticino out. Their only goalscorer in the competition was Viola Sanchez. A few months later, they played Raetia again, this time in the Benedikt Fontana Cup. They lost again, this time 5-1. In November 2023 Ticino were selected for the 2024 CONIFA World Football Cup, which will take place in Iraqi Kurdistan in June/July 2024.[7]
ConIFA World Football Cup
| ConIFA World Football Cup Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 2014 | Not a CONIFA member | |||||||
 2016 | Not a CONIFA member | |||||||
 2018 | Not a CONIFA member | |||||||
 2024 | Qualified | |||||||