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Alternatively, some unrecognised states may have national teams. Some established members of FIFA still fall into this category, such as Chinese Taipei. Current non-FIFA heavyweights Northern Cyprus are the best example of this category of non-FIFA football team.
This list divides national teams into three main groups: Teams that are either members of FIFA (211 teams), or have membership in a FIFA-affiliated continental confederation without being members of FIFA itself (11 teams). Teams that are not members of FIFA or any continental federation, but which represent UN member and observer states.
This category is designed for teams not affiliated to FIFA that represent their sovereign nations, non-sovereign nations, unrecognised nations, autonomous regions and islands officially in fixtures or championships, in its majority against sides that also meet these criteria or are FIFA-members.
Team Nickname English translation Notes Ref. CIS Czechoslovakia East Germany Weltmeister der Freundschaftsspiele World Champion of Friendlies Dubbed by Fritz Wutke, recalling the 3–3 draw in a friendly match against Brazil in the Maracanã Stadium coming from a three-goal deficit.
The football associations in this section represent fully and partially recognized sovereign states, dependent territories, and stateless nations that are not members of FIFA or a FIFA confederation. Several of these non-FIFA associations are included in the World Football Elo Ratings, which ranks all national association football teams from ...
Based on their match results over the previous four-year period, the FIFA Women's World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams. Some national teams that are members of a confederation but not FIFA members compete in confederation-level and subregional tournaments.
CENF - Confederation of European New Federations - 0 members - founded in 2007 and dissolved in 2008, represented teams not affiliated to FIFA in Europe, and was affiliated to NF-Board. The main tournament was the CENF Cup , but was never played.
This is a list of top-division football clubs in non-FIFA countries. On the 26 members of the Nouvelle Fédération-Board , only 9 have an autonomous football league system : Chagos Islands , Gozo , Gibraltar , Greenland , Kiribati , Somaliland , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , Tuvalu and Zanzibar .