Rappresentativa OPBG

Rappresentativa OPBG
Full nameRappresentativa Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
Founded25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)
PresidentAlessandro Adducci[1]
LeagueVatican City Championship
20231st

Rappresentativa OPBG is a Vatican football team,[2] made up of employees from the Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù children's hospital in Rome, which is under extraterritorial jurisdiction by the Holy See.[3][4][5][6]

History

Rappresentativa OPBG was founded on 25 October 2015, when it played a match against a Vatican Amateur Sports Association representative team to raise funds for meal vouchers for the families of hospital patients.[7] The team first competed in the 2016–17 Vatican City Championship, where they finished third behind Santos F.C. and Musei Vaticani. That season, they also won their first trophy, the Coppa Sergio Valci, beating Santos 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out during the final, which had ended in a 0–0 draw.[8]

On 21 September 2018, the team played their first derby match, a friendly against the Polo Didattico Frassati, a team made up of nursing students from the hospital, which ended in an 8–8 draw.[9]

During the 2018–19 season, they won the league title and finished the season unbeaten, winning 10 matches and drawing four,[10] becoming the first team in the Vatican City to go unbeaten in a league season.[11] In the 2021–22 season, they won a domestic treble, winning the Vatican City Championship, Coppa Sergio Valci, and Supercoppa.[12] After winning the 2022–23 Vatican City Championship, the team did not compete in the 2023–24 season.[13]

Honours

Women's football

The OPBG's women's football team was launched on 10 June 2018, and played in the first women's football match in the Vatican City against a team of female employees in the Holy See.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Cenadi Gala Bambino Gesù CUFA". Ancosromaeprovincia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 April 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Football thrives in Vatican City". FIFA. 14 May 2020. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Esteban, Marina García (6 May 2025). "El Vaticano, sin papa pero con liga" [The Vatican, without a pope but with a league]. AS (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 October 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Laloyaux, Clément (18 February 2022). "Le saviez-vous ? Le Vatican dispose d'une équipe nationale de football". CathoBel (in French). Archived from the original on 17 July 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Festa della Famiglia, dipendenti vaticani uniti da sport e solidarietà – Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Italian). 11 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Muñiz, Manuel (5 April 2023). "La Guardia Suiza contra el Archivo Secreto: El fútbol en el Vaticano también existe. – Jot Down Sport". Jot Down Sport (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 July 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  7. 1 2 "La rappresentativa di calcio OPBG". www.fondazionebambinogesu.it (in Italian). 24 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  8. ↑ Schöggl, Hans (28 January 2021). "Vatican City 2016/17". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 17 November 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "La squadra Polo Didattico Frassati incontra in un'amichevole la Rappresentativa OPBG". ospedalebambingesu.it (in Italian). 25 September 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Schöggl, Hans (22 July 2021). "Vatican City 2018/19". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 11 December 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  11. ↑ Diehl, Alexander; Stokkermans, Karel (25 May 2026). "Unbeaten". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  12. ↑ Márton, Székely (29 April 2023). "A Kisjézus végül a csúcsra jutott". index.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Schöggl, Hans (4 March 2025). "Vatican City 2023/24". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 7 December 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  14. ↑ Rota, Davide; Santos, Carlos; Schöggl, Hans (7 July 2025). "Vatican City – List of Champions". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  15. 1 2 Rota, Davide; Schöggl, Hans (22 April 2025). "Vatican City – List of Cup Winners". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
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