Nauru Soccer Federation

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Nauru Soccer Federation
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Founded2018;6 years ago (2018)
FIFA affiliationN/A
OFC affiliationN/A
PresidentKaz Cain [1]

The Nauru Soccer Federation is the governing body of soccer in Nauru and is under the auspices of the Nauru Olympic Committee. [2] [3] Nauru is not a member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and is one of the few sovereign states that is not a member of FIFA but aims to become a member of both governing bodies. [4] [5]

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History

In 2009 the Nauruan Minister of Sport Rayong Itsimaera indicated that the island nation desired to become a member of FIFA and the OFC wanted to accept them as a member but there were challenges preventing them from joining both bodies. [6] Around this time, the Nauru Soccer Federation had reportedly applied for membership in both the OFC and FIFA but was denied, presumably because of a lack of infrastructure and league system. [7]

When the OFC met in 2011 to discuss and plan the 2013 Pacific Youth and Sports Conference, the Nauru delegation attended along with representatives from thirteen other Pacific football associations. [8] In a December 2014 issue of The Blizzard-The Football Quarterly it was reported that the association existed and the then-president indicated that a Nauruan team practiced on the island's golf course. [9]

When Vanuatan Lambert Maltock was elected president of the OFC in 2019, the confederation indicated that funds were available to Nauru once the association has firm plans for developing the sport on the island. [10] The Nauru Soccer Association was formally created in 2018. By 2020, the association was beginning to organize soccer tournaments and other development activities on the island once again but progressed was slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic later that year. [2] [11] In March 2021 it was announced that the Government of Australia was financing a number of sports programs in Nauru, including the OFC's Just Play Programme. [12]

The federation was relaunched as the Nauru Soccer Federation in 2023 under the auspices of the Nauru Olympic Committee with the goal of creating a grassroots soccer culture, fielding its first-ever national team, and eventually joining the Oceania Football Confederation and FIFA. [2] In December 2023, Charlie Pomroy was announced as the national team manager while Gareth Johnson, Director of Football for Cambodian League 2 club Angkor City FC, joined as Head of Federation. Also joining the project was Paul Watson. Nauru native Kaz Cain served as President. [1] [13]

On 14 March 2024, former Premier League striker Dave Kitson was announced as Nauru's national team manager and international ambassador. [14] [15] [16]

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