Santander (EFE).- Cantabrian football will celebrate its centenary this year with a match between legends from Spain and Argentina, a new corporate image, several congresses and tributes, and the already announced qualifying match for the 2024 Euro Cup that will face the senior national team against Cyprus on September 12.
In addition, the Cantabrian Football Federation has requested the title of “royal”, as announced by its president, José Ángel Peláez, who has also advanced that to commemorate these one hundred years it is intended to call a match of the Cantabrian Football Team.
All these announcements have been made in a ceremony held this Monday at the Palacio de Exposiciones before a broad institutional and soccer representation of Cantabria, where this year there will be 16,000 licenses in this sport, Peláez has assured.
“Recently we received a letter from Casa Real, they had already received all the documentation and everything was correct. We hope that soon the Majesty of the King will grant us the title of royal ”, he affirmed.
In addition, the logo of the Cantabrian Football Federation becomes red and white, like the colors of the Cantabrian flag, thus leaving behind the green and yellow that had predominated until now.
The new corporate image also has a more sober and modern line and updated fonts. “It reflects the identity of Cantabria”, highlighted Peláez.
Luis de la Fuente in Santander
Among the events for the centenary, the National Football Congress stands out, on July 7, 8 and 9 at the European University of the Atlantic, in Santander, where the main names of this sport in Spain will meet, with the absolute coach , Luis de la Fuente, as one of the most relevant figures.
Santander will also host the International Strategy Congress, which will bring together representatives from FIFA and UEFA, and also the veterans match between Spain and Argentina, which will be held at Los Campos de Sport in El Sardinero at the beginning of September.
Then the Spain-Cyprus will arrive and, on a date to be confirmed, the Cantabrian team will be summoned again. “We have very good players,” stressed the president of the regional federation.
As is now traditional, the Cantabrian Football Gala will arrive in November, but this year will be marked by the centenary of the Federation and with tributes such as the one proposed by the journalist and specialist in football from the region, Raúl Gómez Samperio, to the 28 founding clubs of the first soccer championship in Cantabria.
Finally, the Cantabrian Football Federation will tour the town halls of the autonomous community in the last months of the year to bring sport and clubs closer to the institutional level.