Confederation of Independent Football Associations

Foundation

CONIFA was founded in 2013 to oversee international competition among the non-FIFA affiliated associations in the world. It is based in Luleå, Sweden.

Tournaments

• 2014 CONIFA World Football Cup
• 2015 CONIFA European Football Cup
• 2016 CONIFA World Football Cup
• 2017 CONIFA European Football Cup
• 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup
• 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup
• 2019 CONIFA Women's World Football Cup

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 Traveler’s Century Club.
• The entity represented by the Football Association is a member of the UNPO and/or the 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 October 2018^[2]

Europe (27) Team  Abkhazia  Artsakh Chameria  County of Nice Délvidék  Donetsk  Ellan Vannin1  Felvidék  Franconia  Greenland  Kárpátalja  Luhansk  Monaco  Northern Cyprus  Occitania  Padania Parishes of Jersey  Raetia  Romani people  Sápmi Sardinia  Skåneland  South Ossetia  Székely Land  Transnistria  Western Armenia  Yorkshire

Asia (10) Team  Arameans Suryoye  Iraqi Kurdistan Lezgians  Panjab Rohingya people Ryūkyū  Tamil Eelam  Tibet  United Koreans in Japan Uyghur

Africa (9) Team  Barawa Barotseland  Chagos Islands  Darfur  Kabylia  Matabeleland  Somaliland  Western Sahara  Zanzibar

N. America (2) Team  Cascadia  Quebec

Oceania (2) Team  Kiribati  Tuvalu

• ¹  Ellan Vannin were provisionally expelled from ConIFA in June 2018 after refusing to fulfil knock-out fixtures during the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup. In October, they were removed from the "Members" section of the ConIFA website. A decision on their future membership is due at the next AGM in January 2019.