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Aragon

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  Please also see my   All-Time World Cup Team Index . Spain All-Time Team   Spain All-Time Team without Real Madrid and Barcelona Basque ,  Catalonia ,  Castile without Madrid players ,   Madrid Community ,   Andalusia ,   Valencian Community ,  Galicia , Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla ,  Extremadura , Murcia . Real Zaragoza Aragon is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to south): Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza. The current Statute of Autonomy declares Aragon a historic nationality of Spain. People might assocate the region with Ferdinand II of Aragon.  The Crown of Aragon that Ferdinand inherited in 1479 included the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia, and Sicily, as well as the principality of Catalonia. His marriage to Queen Isabella I of Castil...

Murcia All-Time Best XI

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  Please also see my   All-Time World Cup Team Index . Spain All-Time Team   Basque ,  Catalonia ,  Castile without Madrid players ,   Madrid Community ,   Andalusia ,   Valencian Community ,  Galicia , Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla , Extremadura , Aragon .   The region is centered on a historical region of the same name in what is now southeastern Spain. It is heir to the ancient Kingdom of Murcia, which traditionally included, as a bi-provincial region, [6] the provinces of Albacete and Murcia. During the transition to democracy ( la Transición ), Albacete became part of Castilla–La Mancha. The region is 11,313 km 2 (4,368 sq mi) in area and had a population of 1,511,251 as at the start of 2020.   Football is not a major sport here.  Real Murcia is the main club in the region. Officially founded in 1919 as Levante Foot-ball Club (records show earlier denominations, such as 1903's Foot Ball Club de Murcia ...

Extremadura All-Time Best XI

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Fernando Morientes Please also see my   All-Time World Cup Team Index . Spain All-Time Team   Basque ,  Catalonia ,  Castile without Madrid players ,   Madrid Community ,   Andalusia ,   Valencian Community ,  Galicia ,  Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla , Murica ,  Aragon . This is my selection of All-time Best XI team for Extremadura.     Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, Extremadura is crossed from east to west by the Tagus and Guadiana rivers. The autonomous community is formed by the two largest provinces of Spain: Cáceres and Badajoz. Extremadura is bordered by Portugal to the west and by the autonomous communities of Castile and León (north), Castilla–La Mancha (east) and Andalusia (south). Founded in 1924, CF Extremadura was the region's major football team, but it folded in 2010.  Extremadura Unión Deportiva is the only major club left.  It was founded in 2007. ...