Confederation of Independent Football Associations

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Confederation of Independent Football Associations
CONIFA logo.png
Formation15 August 2013; 8 years ago (15 August 2013)
TypeFederation of associations
HeadquartersLuleå, Norrbotten, Sweden
Membership
59 Members
Official languages
English is the official language for minutes, correspondence and announcements. French, German, Spanish and Italian are additional languages [1]
President
Websitewww.conifa.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) is the international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA.

Competitions[]

See also: List of association football competitions
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Map of ConIFA Tournaments
World Cup: Red pog.svg European Cup: Blue pog.svg Women's World Cup: Purple pog.svg

World Football Cup[]

Main article: CONIFA World Football Cup

European Football Cup[]

Main article: CONIFA European Football Cup

Africa Football Cup[]

Main article: CONIFA Africa Football Cup
  • (August, 2021)

CONIFA America Football Cup[]

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CONIFA Women's World Football Cup[]

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Future Tournaments[]

CONIFA No Limits European Championship[]

CONIFA No Limits Mediterranean Futsal Cup[]

National leagues sanctioned by CONIFA[]

Current title holders[]

See also: 2022 in association football and 2022 in sports
Competition Year Hosts Champions Title(s) Runners-up Next edition Hosts

Members[]

Types of members[]

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:

  • The football association is a member of one of the six continental confederations of FIFA, which are: AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA.
  • The entity represented by the football association is a member of the International Olympic Committee.
  • The entity represented by the football association is a member of one of the member federations of Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF).
  • The entity represented by the football association is in possession of an ISO 3166-1 country code.
  • The entity represented by the football association is a de facto independent territory. A territory is considered de facto independent if it meets all of the following criteria: (a) a well-defined territory; (b) a permanent population; (c) an autonomous government, and (d) diplomatic recognition by at least one of the member states of the United Nations.
  • The entity represented by the football association is included on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
  • The entity represented by the football association is included in the directory of countries and territories of the Travelers' Century Club.
  • The entity represented by the football association is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and/or the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN).
  • The entity represented by the football association is a minority included in the World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, maintained and published by Minority Rights Group International.
  • The entity represented by the football association is a linguistic minority, the language of which is included on the List of ISO 639-2 codes.

List of members[]

As of February 2022[4]

Europe (26)
Team
 Abkhazia
 Artsakh
 Chameria
 Cornwall
 County of Nice
 Délvidék
 Donetsk
 Ellan Vannin
 Felvidék
 Kárpátalja
 
 Luhansk
 Monaco
 Northern Cyprus
 Occitania
 Padania
 Raetia
 Romani people
 Sápmi
 Sardinia
 Sicily
 South Ossetia
 Székely Land
 Two Sicilies
 Western Armenia
 Yorkshire
Asia (13)
Team
 Arameans Suryoye
 East Turkestan
 Kurdistan Region
 Panjab
 Rohingya
 Ryūkyū
 Tamil Eelam
 Tibet
 United Koreans in Japan
 West Papua
Africa (11)
Team
 Barawa
 
 
 Chagos Islands
 Kabylia
 Matabeleland
 Somaliland
 Western Sahara
Yoruba
 Zanzibar
North America (4)
Team
 Cascadia
 Quebec
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South America (4)
Team
Mapuche
 Easter Island
Oceania (4)
Team
Hawaiʻi
 Kiribati
Mariya
 Tuvalu

Women's football[]

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 hosts 4–0 in the Women's Friendship Cup.[5] CONIFA announced their first on 31 January 2021, to be hosted by Székely Land between 23 and 30 June 2021 and involve 6 teams.[6]

Important personalities[]

Presidency[]

Presidents of ConIFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Per-Anders Blind  Sweden 7 June 2013 Incumbent

Vice-Presidents of ConIFA[]

Vice-Presidents of ConIFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Malcolm Blackburn  Isle of Man 2014 2016
2 Kristof Wenczel  Hungary 2015 Incumbent
3 Dimitri Pagave  Abkhazia 2016 Incumbent

General Secretaries[]

General Secretaries of ConIFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Sascha Düerkop  Germany 7 June 2013 30 April 2020
2 Jason Heaton England England 30 April 2020 2 August 2021
3 Piotr Podlewski Poland Poland 2 August 2021 Incumbent

Africa President[]

Africa President of ConIFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Masoud Attai  Zanzibar 7 June 2013 2017
2 Justin Walley  England 2017 2020
3 Christian Lubasi Luzongo Kalalaluka  Zimbabwe 2020 2022
4 Ngala Maimo Wajiri  Cameroon 2022 Incumbent

Asian President[]

Asian President of ConIFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Safeen Kanabe  Iraq 7 June 2013 2017
2 Jens Jockel  Germany 2017 2020
3 Motoko Jitsukawa  Japan 2020 Incumbent

European President[]

European President of ConIFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Alberto Rischio  Italy 7 June 2013 Incumbent

Latin America President[]

Latin America President of ConIFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Jens Jockel  Germany 2013 2017
2 Zam Gutierrez  Mexico 2017 2019
3 Diego Bartolotta  Mexico 2019 Incumbent

North American and Caribbean President[]

North American and Caribbean President of ConIFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Mark Dieler  Germany 2013 2017
2 Noah Wheelock  Canada 2017 2020
3 Aaron Johnsen  United States 2020 Incumbent

Oceanian President[]

Oceanian President of ConIFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Charles Reklai Mitchell  Palau 2014 2017
2 Ben Schultz  Australia 2017 Incumbent

Directors of Women’s Football[]

Directors of Women's Football
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
– 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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "CONIFA Constitution" (PDF). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Please find our latest update regarding several @CONIFAOfficial matters.pic.twitter.com/5nZXu4FC1p". April 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "CONIFA Sanctions Liga de Balompié Mexicano, its First-Ever Professional League". CONIFA. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Members".
  5. ^ "Sapmi Take Historic Win in First Women's Match". CONIFA. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  6. ^ "CONIFA Announces First-Ever Women's World Football Cup". CONIFA. Retrieved 2021-02-04.

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