Sport | Football |
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Jurisdiction | Yorubaland |
Abbreviation | YFF |
Founded | 2020 |
Affiliation | ConIFA (2020) |
Headquarters | Onikan Stadium |
Chairperson | S. Salako |
Secretary | S. Enikanoniaye |
Official website | |
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The Yoruba Football Federation (YFF, Yoruba : Egbe Omo Agbabolu Ile yoruba), [1] is the governing body of football in Yorubaland. The association was established in 2020. The current Chairman and General Secretary is S Salako [2] [3] and S. Enikanoniaye respectively. It supervises the Yoruba national football team.
The Kiribati men's national football team is the national men's football team of Kiribati and is controlled by the Kiribati Islands Football Association. Kiribati is not a member of FIFA but is an associate member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and is therefore not eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup but may enter the OFC Nations Cup. It became a provisional member of the N.F.-Board on 10 December 2005.
The Northern Cyprus national football team represents Northern Cyprus, a de facto country, in association football. They were a member of the New Federations Board for non-FIFA-affiliated nations, until its dissolution in 2013. Northern Cyprus' home stadium is Nicosia Atatürk Stadium in North Nicosia and their head coach is Fırat Canova. They are the current FIFI Wild Cup champions, having won the event in Germany in June 2006. They are also the current ELF Cup champions, having won the event at home in November 2006.
The Tuvalu national football team is the international football team of Tuvalu. Football in Tuvalu is played at the club and international level. The Tuvalu national team draws players from the Tuvalu A-Division and trains at the Tuvalu Sports Ground at Funafuti. The national team competes in the Pacific Games, and is controlled by the Tuvalu Islands Football Association, which is an associate member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) but not a member of FIFA.
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