Andorran adventures: Cross border clubs, squirrel costumes & micro-state uproar

Andorran adventures: Cross border clubs, squirrel costumes & micro-state uproar

We have come to a tiny landlocked country where nine out of 10 footballers are foreigners.


Welcome to beautiful Andorra – a micro-state home to a football scene brimming with curiosities and quirks.


In this episode, we’re unpacking the madness: Why are there virtually no Andorrans in the local Primera Divisió? How did Gerard Piqué’s FC Andorra move over the border to play in Spain’s La Liga 2? And why on earth do fans of UE Santa Coloma dress up as squirrels?


Plus: UEFA has totally revamped qualification for international competitions with a tiered Swiss-style system – and the continent's smaller nations are up in arms about it.


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Chapters:

00:00 – Intro

01:26 – FC Andorra: The history

03:15 – FC Andorra: Piqué & Ceuta

12:50 – The Copa Constitució final

17:03 – No homegrown players

24:10 – The micro-state ranking list

30:08 – UEFA’s qualification revamp

31:25 – A message from the minnows

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