Formation | 15 August 2013; 10 years ago (15 August 2013) |
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Type | Federation of associations |
Headquarters | Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden |
Membership | 41 Members |
Official languages | English is the official language for minutes, correspondence and announcements. French, German,Spanish and Italian are additional languages[1] |
President | Per-Anders Blind |
Website | conifa.org |
The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) is the international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA.
All members of CONIFA are encouraged to invest in women's football in their communities, and to create female national selections to play and compete against other CONIFA members.
CONIFA's first ever official women's football match took place on 10 November 2018 in Northern Cyprus, with Sápmi ladies beating their Northern Cyprus hosts 4–0 in the Women's Friendship Cup.[2] CONIFA announced their first Women's World Football Cup on 31 January 2021, to be hosted by Székely Land between 23 and 30 June 2021 and involve 6 teams.[3]
Competition | Year | Champions | Title | Runners-up | Next edition[5] | ||
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World Championship | |||||||
World Football Cup | 2018 (final) | Kárpátalja | 1st | Northern Cyprus | 2025 June | ||
Women's World Football Cup | 2024 (final) | Sápmi | 2nd | Tamil Eelam | TBD | ||
Continental Championship | |||||||
European Football Cup | 2019 (final) | South Ossetia | 1st | Western Armenia | TBD | ||
Africa Football Cup | 2022 | Biafra | 1st | Matabeleland | TBD | ||
South America Football Cup | 2022 | Maule Sur | 1st | Mapuche | TBD | ||
North America Football Cup | TBD | ||||||
Asia Football Cup | 2023 | Tamil Eelam | 1st | Hmong FF | TBD | ||
Futsal Championship | |||||||
CONIFA No Limits Mediterranean Futsal Cup | 2021 (final) | County of Nice | Unknown | Sardinia | TBD |
CONIFA expressly uses the term "members" rather than "countries" or "states". A football association may be eligible to apply for membership of CONIFA if it, or the entity (ethnic and/or linguistic minority, indigenous group, cultural organization, territory) it represents, is not a member of FIFA and satisfies one or more of the following criteria:
As of July 2024[6]
Team |
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East Turkestan |
Hmong FF |
Kashmir |
Kurdistan Region |
Pakistan All-Stars[7] |
Panjab |
Tamil Eelam |
Tibet |
Team |
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Biafra[8] |
Kabylie |
Katanga |
Yoruba |
Team |
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Armenian Argentine Community[10] |
Aymara[11] |
Guna People |
Mapuche |
Maule Sur |
São Paulo FAD |
Team |
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Hawaiʻi |
West Papua |
Team |
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Arameans Suryoye |
Karen |
Lezghian |
Rohingya |
Ryūkyū |
United Koreans in Japan |
Team |
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Barawa |
Basotho |
Barotseland |
Chagos Islands |
Darfur |
Matabeleland |
Somaliland |
Western Sahara |
Zanzibar |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Per-Anders Blind | Sweden | 7 June 2013 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Malcolm Blackburn | Isle of Man | 2014 | 2016 |
2 | Kristof Wenczel | Hungary | 2015 | Incumbent |
3 | Dimitri Pagave | Abkhazia | 2016 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Sascha Düerkop | Germany | 7 June 2013 | 30 April 2020 |
2 | Jason Heaton | England | 30 April 2020 | 2 August 2021 |
3 | Piotr Podlewski | Poland | 2 August 2021 | 7 August 2022 |
4 | Jeroen Zandberg | Netherlands | 7 August 2022 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Masoud Attai | Zanzibar | 7 June 2013 | 2017 |
2 | Justin Walley | England | 2017 | 2020 |
3 | Christian Lubasi Luzongo Kalalaluka | Zambia | 2020 | 2022 |
4 | Ngala Maimo Wajiri | Cameroon | 2022 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Tariq Abdulrahman | Iraq | 7 June 2013 | 2017 |
2 | Jens Jockel | Germany | 2017 | 2020 |
3 | Motoko Jitsukawa | Japan | 2020 | 2022 |
4 | Ruby-Ann Kagaoan | Philippines | 2022 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Alberto Rischio | Italy | 7 June 2013 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Jens Jockel | Germany | 2013 | 2017 |
2 | Zam Gutierrez | Mexico | 2017 | 2019 |
3 | Diego Bartolotta | Mexico | 2019 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Mark Dieler | Germany | 2013 | 2017 |
2 | Noah Wheelock | Canada | 2017 | 2020 |
3 | Aaron Johnsen | United States | 2020 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Charles Reklai Mitchell | Palau | 2014 | 2017 |
2 | Ben Schultz | Australia | 2017 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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– | Cassie Childers | United States | 6 September 2017 | 2019 |
1 | Kelly Lindsey | United States | February 2019 | 28 February 2020 |
2 | Håkan Kuorak | Sweden | 28 February 2020 | ??? |
3 | Norma Aguilera | Mexico | ??? | Incumbent |
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