2024-11-142024-11-142016-03-09https://gordailua.ueu.eus/handle/123456789/614Basque identity and football have gone hand-in-hand since the birth of both the Bas- que nationalism movement and the pioneering press that favoured it, which were created at the same time as the arrival of the British sport during the late Industrial Age. Football was the bastion of the symbols of the Basque nation during and since the long-lived Francoist dictatorship in Spain, and nowadays it has become a reflection of the complexity of the Bas- que nation. The absence of a Basque State, the divisions within the Basque movement, and the different perceptions to the sentiment of belonging to the Basque national collective have made it difficult for the Basque Country to embody an unitary notion of a nation. This article uses football culture as a social research tool to analyse the crossroad of the nation. It exami- nes the distinctive composition of the Basque clubs and the impossibility of having an officially recognised Basque national team.Euskal nazio-nortasuna eta futbol-ekitaldia elkar hartuta joan dira 1920ko hamarkadaz geroztik. Orduan, Industria Iraultza berantiarraren garai berberean gizarteratu ziren euskal nazionalismoak eta haren joerako prentsa idatziak berena egin zuten futbola. Frankismoaren lau hamarkadako debekuaren aldian euskal sinboloen azken gotorleku izan zen. XXI. mendeko aro eraberrituan, berriz, euskal nazioaren ispilu konplexua izatera igaro da futbol-ekitaldia. Estatu-gabeziaren auziak, euskal nazionalismoaren baitako zatiketek eta euskal komunitatearen partaide sentitzeko askotariko hautemate moduek zaildu egin dute era bateratuan euskal nazioa gorpuztea. Hala, artikulu honen helburua da futbol-ekitaldia erabiltzea euskal nazioaren gaur egungo bidegurutzea aztertzeko gizarte-zientziaren tresna modura. Euskal taldeen osaeraren berezitasuna eta euskal nazio-selekzioaren ezintasuna nabarmenduko dira horretarako.application/pdfCopyright (c) 2016 Uztarohttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0Futbola · Euskal Herria · Nazionalismoa · Kirola · SinboloaFootball · Basque Country · Nationalism · Sport · Symbolinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article