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Kurdistan national football team

The Kurdistan national football team (Kurdish: ھە ڵبژاردەی تۆپی پێی كوردستان‎‎), is the national team of Iraqi Kurdistan. They are not affiliated with FIFA or Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the AFC Asian Cup. However, in December 2008, during 5th General Meeting, the Kurdistan national football team granted full membership to the NF Board.

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Kurdistan Football Association
The Kurdistan Football Association (Kurdish: یەکێتی ناوەندی تۆپی پێی کوردستان‎‎), is the football governing body in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Official Website
http://www.kurdistan-fa.net/



Emblem
The emblem represents the Kurdistan flag colours, where the red represents the Kurdish Newroz fire. The Yellow football represents the Kurdish Sun and the Green banner represents the Green Kurdistan scenery.



Association: Kurdistan Football Association
Confederation: NF Board
Head coach: Abdullah Mahmud
Top scorer: Haidar Qaraman (Shwan Mamo)

Home stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil, Kurdistan





Flag



First international
Iraqi Kurdistan 2 – 2 Sápmi
(Sweden, 7 July 2008)
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Biggest win
Provence 0 – 6 Iraqi Kurdistan
(Italy, 25 June 2009)
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Biggest defeat
Sápmi 3 – 1 Iraqi Kurdistan
(Sweden, 13 July 2008)

VIVA World Cup



VIVA WORLD CUP: 4 participations in 2008 (4th), 2009 (2nd), 2010 (2nd), 2012 (1st).

VIVA WORLD CUP official website
http://vivaworldcup2012.com/team-presentation.htm


Non Fifa World Ranking : 5th with 2344 points

Non-FIFA World Ranking official website
http://roonba.com/football/men/nonfifarank.html




Official Kit




VIVA WORLD CUP History & Record




Kurdistan national football team 2012 squad




Photo




2012 5th VIVA WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region -- They might support different teams, but one thing Nawzad Hadi, Governor of Erbil, and Turkish Consul General to Erbil Aydın Selcem can agree on is that last night’s VIVA World Cup final was more than just a football match.

“The important thing is that the game is in Kurdistan,” Hadi told Rudaw during half-time at Erbil’s Franso Hariri Stadium. “It’s the first time we’ve received international teams here. We are happy because we are part of Iraq but at the same time you can see the football is going well, with the people, the security, the media – you can see how Kurdistan has developed; it’s a normal place like everywhere else.”


The tournament is also the first time Northern Cyprus has been able to play at the international level. “Football has no boundaries, football should not be political," says Aydın Selcen who joined Hadi and other officials in the stadium’s VIP box, "[but] the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is denied the right to play any games outside their country; so it’s a good opportunity for them.”

And that’s the idea behind the VIVA league, according to Christian Michels, President and Founding Member of the Nouvelle Federation Board, which organizes the biennial VIVA World Cup.

“VIVA is a tournament for football associations which are not members of [football’s international governing body] FIFA. So it’s for nations, territories, peoples, islands – it’s open to all these territories which are not able to play in FIFA. [It’s driven by] passion, passion for football – to allow these people to play at the international level.”

Judging by the size and enthusiasm of last night’s 10,000-strong crowd, Kurdistan’s soccer fans are delighted to be on the world stage. Chants, horns, drums, and applause rang through the stadium almost continuously from the moment the game kicked off, all accompanied by thousands of waving Kurdish flags, the colors of which adorn the national team’s uniforms.

But nationalist fervor didn’t stop the fans from politely applauding the Turkish national anthem when it was played at the opening of the game, despite the ongoing conflict between Turkey’s government and the country’s Kurdish minority.

“That was fantastic for us,” says Michels. “It’s incredible to be in Kurdistan and hear the Turkish national anthem. We want people to know each other and we want friendship between people; we try to give them the opportunity to play football without politics in football, so that was a great moment for us.”

It was a great moment for the whole country when Kurdistan took the win 2-1, Aziz Hussein Sozdan, an elderly man wearing full Kurdish dress, told Rudaw:


“All the people of Iraq won this match – the Kurds and Arabs and Turkmen. We need Kurdistan to rise up because Saddam crushed us.”

For the younger generation, last night’s victory might not be as resonant, but it’s no less sweet. “I am happy,” said one teenage boy squashed up against the fence to get a better view of the medal ceremony, “very happy.”

And so is Governor Hadi. “Of course! Of course,” he said after the game. “The important thing is that it’s sport, but every team plays to win.”


http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/4824.html

ERBIL, June 10 (AKnews) - Occitania has invited Kurdistan's football team to visit the province, said the head of Kurdistan's Football Federation (KFF).

Safin Kanabi said: "Following the win of the VIVA final, today the head of the Occitania Football Federation invited Kurdistan's football team to visit the country in the near future and the cost of the visit and hospitality will be [paid for by] Occitania."

Kanabi added: "The competition wasn’t easy for the Kurdistan team. We're very proud of our team's performance."

Nouvelle Fédération board secretary general Jean Luc Kit said: "Kurdistan's VIVA was lovely, successful and without problems. We expect the Kurdistan Region can host bigger events in the future.

"The Kurdistan team is strong and showed significant performance. If the team continues in that way, it will have a promising future."

Kurdistan's football team defeated Northern Cyprus 2-1 in the VIVA World Cup final last night, becoming the champion of the tournament for the first time.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/5/311565/

Very nice

when can our team be memder of FIFA ?? =)

President Masoud Barzani congratulated the Kurdistan national football team for winning the VIVA WORLD CUP for the first time.

http://kurdistan-fa.net/details.php?id=111

Summarises of the interview with the head of the Kurdistan Football Association, Safin Kanabi:

Serious attempts and preparation of files and our chances are more powerful than Catalonia as they recently became a member of FIFA.



We hope that the Kurdistan national football team will remain forever and we would like more support from the KRG so that we can play friendly matches that will help in improving the teams performance and techniques. However, in one of the questions he was asked about the FIFA membership, and he said that in the next meeting of the association, we will discuss the future of our national team and he said it will not be easy but we will turn this dream into reality. Also, he said we will try our best and with the support of everyone, we will make the Kurdistan national football team the 210th member of FIFA. But he said we need time to prepare a strong application to submit to FIFA and again we will need the support of the KRG in every step. Finally, he said that they have been told that Kurdistan has a much better chance than the Catalonians as they are not a full member of FIFA.

Note: Catalonia became a member of FIFA but cannot compete in a tournament that Spain national team is competing, for example, Catalonia cannot compete in the Euro's 2012 as Spain is competing, same with the world cup.

http://xendan.org/sport/dreja.aspx?=hew ... 0745&Jor=3

Directorate General of Youth awarded 75 million to the Kurdistan national football team as a tribute of winning the VIVA WORLD CUP.

http://kurdistan-fa.net/details.php?id=117

The captain of the Kurdistan national football team has decided to resign. Mohammad hama xan is one of the best defenders in kurdistan as he won the Iraqi premier league with Erbil SC and also won the Kurdistan premier league with Brusk club twice in a row. In addition, he took part 4 times in the VIVA WORLD CUP with the Kurdistan national football team and became 4th once, 2nd twice and winning the trophy this year.

Moreover, he said: its the right time to resign now and i will take a rest and will later think whether to become a manager one day.

http://kurdistan-fa.net/details.php?id=121

High kurdish officials including, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed (Iraq's first lady), Nechirvan Barzani (Kurdistan PM), Masrour Barzani (Director of intelligence), Mala Baxtyar (member of PUK), hassan mahmoud (Deputy of Parliament), mohamad faraj ahmad (Leader of islamic party), and kurdish singer Zakaria all congratulated the Kurdistan national football team for winning the VIVA WORLD CUP.

http://kurdistan-fa.net/