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Formation | 15 August 2013 |
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Type | Sports governing body |
Headquarters | Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden |
Membership | 41 member associations |
Official languages | English is the official language for minutes, correspondence, and announcements. French, German, Italian, and Spanish are additional languages [1] |
President | ![]() |
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.
Competition | Year | Champions | Title | Runners-up | Next edition [3] |
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World Championships | |||||
CONIFA Men's World Football Cup | 2018 (final) | ![]() | 1st | ![]() | TBC 2026 |
CONIFA Women's World Football Cup | 2024 (final) | ![]() | 2nd | ![]() | TBD |
Continental Championships | |||||
CONIFA African Football Cup | 2022 | ![]() | 1st | ![]() | TBD |
CONIFA Asian Football Cup | 2023 [4] | ![]() | 1st | ![]() | July 2025 |
CONIFA European Football Cup | 2019 (final) | ![]() | 1st | ![]() | TBD |
CONIFA North American Football Cup | TBD | ||||
CONIFA Oceanian Football Cup | TBD | ||||
CONIFA South American Football Cup | 2022 | ![]() | 1st | ![]() | TBD |
Futsal Championship | |||||
CONIFA No Limits Mediterranean Futsal Cup | 2021 (final) | ![]() | Unknown | ![]() | TBD |
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. [5] 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. [6]
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 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 March2025: [7]
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No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Per-Anders Blind | ![]() | 7 June 2013 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Malcolm Blackburn | ![]() | 2014 | 2016 |
2 | Kristof Wenczel | ![]() | 2015 | Incumbent |
3 | Dimitri Pagave | ![]() | 2016 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Sascha Düerkop | ![]() | 7 June 2013 | 30 April 2020 |
2 | Jason Heaton | ![]() | 30 April 2020 | 2 August 2021 |
3 | Piotr Podlewski | ![]() | 2 August 2021 | 7 August 2022 |
4 | Jeroen Zandberg | ![]() | 7 August 2022 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Masoud Attai | ![]() | 7 June 2013 | 2017 |
2 | Justin Walley | ![]() | 2017 | 2020 |
3 | Christian Lubasi Luzongo Kalalaluka | ![]() | 2020 | 2022 |
4 | Ngala Maimo Wajiri | ![]() | 2022 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Tariq Abdulrahman | ![]() | 7 June 2013 | 2017 |
2 | Jens Jockel | ![]() | 2017 | 2020 |
3 | Motoko Jitsukawa | ![]() | 2020 | 2022 |
4 | Ruby-Ann Kagaoan | ![]() | 2022 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Alberto Rischio | ![]() | 7 June 2013 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Jens Jockel | ![]() | 2013 | 2017 |
2 | Zam Gutierrez | ![]() | 2017 | 2019 |
3 | Diego Bartolotta | ![]() | 2019 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Mark Dieler | ![]() | 2013 | 2017 |
2 | Noah Wheelock | ![]() | 2017 | 2020 |
3 | Aaron Johnsen | ![]() | 2020 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Charles Reklai Mitchell | ![]() | 2014 | 2017 |
2 | Ben Schultz | ![]() | 2017 | Incumbent |
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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– | Cassie Childers | ![]() | 6 September 2017 | 2019 |
1 | Kelly Lindsey | ![]() | February 2019 | 28 February 2020 |
2 | Håkan Kuorak | ![]() | 28 February 2020 | ??? |
3 | Norma Aguilera | ![]() | ??? | Incumbent |