East Turkestan national football team

East Turkistan

Association	East Turkistan Football Association
Confederation	ConIFA
Head coach	Elshat Eslam
Top scorer	Ihtiyar Yusupov (2)
First international
East Turkestan 8–2 West Papua   (The Hague, Netherlands; 19 October 2019)
Biggest win
East Turkestan 8–2 West Papua   (The Hague, Netherlands; 19 October 2019)
Biggest defeat
Tamil Eelam 3–0 East Turkestan   (Cergy, France; 14 December 2019)
CONIFA World Football Cup
Appearances	None

The East Turkestan football team is a team from the Uyghur region of East Turkestan. ^{[note 1] [ clarification needed ]} Previously registered as Uyghur, it is a member of ConIFA.

History

On 19 October 2019, it played its first international game ever, that ended with a 8–2 against West Papua in The Hague. ^[1]

On 14 December 2019, East Turkestan played a qualification match for the 2020 CONIFA World Cup against Tamil Eelam in Cergy, France, that ended with a 0–3 loss.

East Turkestan Football Association

The idea to create an East Turkestan Football Association began in 2014 before it was eventually established. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. East Turkistan, West Papua and an Extraordinary Game of Football The Diplomat. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
2. "Where football meets international politics: the remarkable story of the East Turkistan Football Association". calciosovietico.it. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
3. "Uyghur American Cup".
4. "Oost-Turkistan wint eerste interland met grote cijfers".

1. Possibly Xinjiang?

External links

• East Turkestan Football Federation website