Confederation of Independent Football Associations

International body for association football teams not affiliated with FIFA

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

Competitions

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 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]

Current title holders

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

Current

As of July 2024^[6]

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Former

Leadership

Presidency

Vice-Presidents of ConIFA

General Secretaries

Africa President

Asian President

European President

Latin America President

North American and Caribbean President

Oceanian President

Directors of Women’s Football

See also

• Non-FIFA international football
• New Football Federations-Board
• World Unity Football Alliance – Several CONIFA members also hold membership of the WUFA.
• CONIFA World Football Cup
• CONIFA European Football Cup

References

1. "CONIFA Constitution" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
2. "Sapmi Take Historic Win in First Women's Match". CONIFA. Archived from the original on 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
3. "CONIFA Announces First-Ever Women's World Football Cup". CONIFA. Archived from the original on 2021-01-31. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
4. "CONIFA Sanctions Liga de Balompié Mexicano, its First-Ever Professional League". CONIFA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
5. "Calendar". www.conifa.org. Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA). Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
6. "Members". www.conifa.org. Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA). Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
7. "Pakistan Football Association joins CONIFA". Retrieved 2023-07-01.
8. "Biafra De Facto Customary Government to participate in maiden CONIFA African Tournament". standardobservers.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-24. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
9. "Kuskatan joins CONIFA, reminds us of Latin American potential". kickingtheglobe.substack.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-23. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
10. "Profile". Archived from the original on 2022-12-24. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
11. "CONIFA – The Guerrilla Alternative". hamptonthink.org. Archived from the original on 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2022-12-24.

External links

• Official website