Canton Ticino football team

The Canton Ticino football team is a team representing the Swiss canton of Ticino in association football. It is a member of ConIFA, an umbrella association for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA.

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.

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.

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.