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N.F.-Board[a]
Formation12 December 2003; 21 years ago (12 December 2003)
TypeSports governing body
HeadquartersSaint-Christophe-et-le-Laris, France
Membership42 member associations[b][c]
Official language
French, and additionally English and Spanish[d]
President
Switzerland David Aranda
Websitehttp://NFBWebsite.WixSite.com/NFBoard (2017)

The N.F.-Board[a] (NFB) is a federation for football associations established on 12 December 2003.[7] The NFB is made up of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA.

One of the founders was Luc Misson, a lawyer who represented Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman in a case that led to the Bosman ruling.[8]

History

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Foundation

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The N.F.-Board was founded on 12 December 2003, consisting of 5 members: Northern Cyprus, Sápmi, Monaco, Western Sahara, and the Chagos Islands.[9]

After the founding, a deadline was set for applications: 15 January 2004. However, at some point, it was postponed to May.[10] Many more members came to apply soon after. The first known four to apply were Greenland, Tibet, and possibly Jersey,[10] and Guersney.[11]

At first, the N.F.-Board had planned to host their first event, the VIVA World Cup, in 2005. However, that too, was postponed to 2006 for unknown reasons.[11]

Early controversies

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In 2006, the first VIVA World Cup was initially planned in Northern Cyprus after validation of a reconnaissance visit by the management of the N.F.-Board, political changes took place in the meantime in this territory, with repercussions on the Federation of Northern Cyprus football.[12] Northern Cyprus no longer admits to receiving certain football associations, the Emergency Committee of the N.F.-Board takes the decision to cancel the edition planned there and to transfer the competition to Hyères in France.[13] In response, the Northern Cyprus Football Federation announced the organization of the ELF Cup and promised to pay the travel expenses of the participants, the competition will be won by the Northern Cyprus selection.[14]

In 2010, the Monaco Football Association left the N.F.-Board. The captain of the selection at the time, Yohan Garino, explains: “For political reasons, we are not authorized by our government to play against certain teams. We also had some problems with the NF-Board which used photos of the Monaco Football Association and Prince Albert as advertising for their many matches without authorization. We were particularly disappointed by this last point which is very detrimental to us".[15]

Fragmentation

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During the Kurdistan 2012 VIVA World Cup, a large sum of money intended for the event disappeared. The Belgian tax authorities subsequently investigated. Disputes arose among the founders. At the 2013 Annual General Meeting in Munich, Christian Michelis, one of the founders of the N.F.-Board, resigned as president, but as there were still many financial irregularities in his presidency that needed investigation, the NFB did not accept. Michelis denied this, and the association subsequently suspended him.[16] Thus, the organizational structure collapsed, and the association existed only on paper.[16][17]

Swedish referee Per-Anders Blind, who also officiated at VIVA World Cup matches and attended the Annual General Meeting in Munich, was subsequently approached by various member associations to make a new football confederation. Blind, in response, founded the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CIFA; now CONIFA) in July 2013; and as the N.F.-Board can't seem to organise a tournament properly at the moment, they've been the new kings of the Non-FIFA scene ever since.[18][19][16][17]

According to the NFB's own statements, it was reorganised in the summer of 2014,[20] and in 2024, they made the claim that Michelis had reached out to Per-Anders Blind to approve of the creation of CONIFA, shortly after his resignation.[21]

Plans for the 2014 VIVA World Cup fell through, first with Östersund in Sápmi, of whom had applied in 2010, however left for CONIFA; then with the Isle of Man who did so at an unknown time, however the NFB claimed to continue the application again for a "pseudo European Championship" in 2015; and finally with Tatarstan in 2013–2014, as Andrei Rudakov, the person they were discussing with to make the tournament, had been summoned for embezzlement, and a lack of time to organise a new tournament as the VIVA World Cup for that year.[22]

Revival

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On 6 May 2017, the N.F.-Board announced it's return, making the claim that they would be taking over leadership of the Non-FIFA scene once again.[23] 2 weeks later, on 21 May, they announced the 2017 Euro Viva Cup,[e] a 2018 Women's Viva World Cup, and announced the possibility of setting up a branch of the N.F.-Board called NFB-EUROPE, all in Vichy.[24] One day later, they updated the countries' positions on the NFB's website, suspending most Associates and graduating the provisional associations to Associate, or suspending them, or even removing them entirely.[25][clarification needed] On 6 December, however, the Vichy authorities had communicated that negotiations with the N.F.-Board had been interrupted for some time, and that no tournament would be held.[26]

On 20 June 2023, the N.F.-Board moved their headquarters from Liège to Saint-Christophe-et-le-Laris.[27]

Post-2023 VIVA World Cup announcements

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On 1 February 2024, the N.F.-Board announced the 2025 Mixed Viva World Cup, which would have "both a mix of genres and a mix of rules of the game", and is said to be restricted to non-FIFA UN countries, subdivisions of countries, and transnational/indigenous people. The cup is scheduled to run from June 20–29.[28][29]

On 18 January 2025, they, once again, announced 2 new VIVA World Cups for 2026 and 2028, saying the 2026 VIVA World Cup would also be restricted to non-FIFA UN countries, 2028, to the non-FIFA islands and archipelagos. But, they refused to disclose more detail about the two new VIVA World Cups beyond that.[30][31]

VIVA World Cup

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Main article: Viva World Cup

N.F.-Board organized five and planned six VIVA World Cups, including the inaugural games in November 2006.

The first VIVA World Cup was originally planned to be in 2005. However, due to unknown reasons, it was postponed to 2006.

As of 2012, the reigning champion is Kurdistan, and the runner up is Northern Cyprus national football team.

The events that were placed are as follows (striken-out events are cancelled, italicized ones are planned):

They also hosted woman editions in 2008 and 2010 in the same locations as the men's tournament.

List of members

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Europe (20)
Selection Association Region Code
Associated (9)
Cilento[32] ??? Cilento, Italy CIL
 Gozo Gozo Football Association Gozo, Malta GOZ
Labaj[33] Football Federation of Terra Brigasca (Italian: Federazione Calcistica Tera Brigasca Labaj) Terra Brigasca
(France, Italy) 		LBJ
 Padania Padania Football Association (Italian: Lega Federale Calcio Padania) Padania, Italy PAD
 Provence Provençal Football Federation (French: Fédération Provençal de Football) Provence, France PRO
 Saugeais Saugette Football Federation (French: Fédération Saugette de Football) Republic of Saugeais SGE
 Sealand[34] Sealand National Football Association Principality of Sealand SEA
 Seborga[35] Football Federation of the Principality of Seborga (Italian: Federazione Calcistica del Principato di Seborga) Principality of Seborga SBG
Rijeka[36] Football Federation of the Free State of Rijeka Free State of Rijeka RIJ
 Two Sicilies Kingdom of the Two Sicilies FA (Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie FA) Two Sicilies, Italy RDS
 Wallonia*[37] Walloon Football Federation (French: Fédération Wallonne de Foot) Wallonia, Belgium WLN
Withdrawn (6)
 Monaco Monégasque Football Federation (French: Fédération Monégasque de Football) Principality of Monaco MCO
 Northern Cyprus Cyprus Turkish Football Association (Turkish: Kıbrıs Türk Futbol Federasyonu) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus TNC
 Occitania Occitan Football Association (Occitan: Association Occitana de Fotbòl) Occitania
(Spain, France, Italy) 		OCC
 Raetia FA Raetia Raetia, (Rhaetian people) RAE
 Sápmi Sámi Football Association (Northern Sami: Sámi Spábbáčiekčanlihttu) Sámi people
(Norway, Sweden, Finland) 		SAP
 Skåneland Scanian Football Federation (Swedish: Skånelands Fotbollsförbund Skåneland, Sweden SKA
Historical (3)
/ Chechnya[38] Chechnya Football Federation Chechnya, Russia CNY
Îles d'Or*[39] Football Association of Îles d'Or (French: Football Association des Îles d'Or) Îles d'Hyères, France IOR
None NFB-EUROPE Europe 55B
 Sardinia[40] Sardinia Football Association (Italian: Lega Federale Calcio Sardegna) Sardinia, Italy SAR
Americas (3)
Selection Association Region Code
Associated (1)
West Indies[41] West Indies Football Associaton West Indies WIN
Withdrawn (2)[f]
 Cascadia[42][g] Cascadia Association Football Federation Cascadia (region)
(USA, Canada) 		CCD
 Greenland[44] Football Association of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Arsaattartuta Kattuffiat) Greenland GRL
Asia (5)
Selection Association Region Code
Associated (3)
South Moluccas[38] Maluku Football Association Republic of South Maluku MLQ
 Tamil Eelam Tamil Eelam Football Association (Tamil: ???) Tamil Eelam, Sri Lanka LKT
West Papua[38] Football Association West Papua Western New Guinea, Indonesia WPA
Withdrawn (2)[f]
 Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Football Association (Kurdish: یەکێتی تۆپی پێی کوردستان,) Kurdistan Region, Iraq KUR
 Tibet[45] Tibetan National Football Association (Tibetan: ???) Tibetan people (in exile) TIB
Africa (7)
Selection Association Region Code
Associated (3)
Ambazonia[38] Southern Cameroons Football Association Ambazonia
(Southern Cameroons) 		CNM
Maasai*[46] Maasai Football Federation Maasai people
(Kenya, Tanzania) 		MAS
Peule*[47] Fula Football Federation (French: Fédération Peule de Football) Fula people
(West and Central Africa) 		PEU
Withdrawn (4)[f]
 Chagos Islands[48] Chagos Football Association Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean IOT
 Darfur Darfur Football Association (Arabic: ???) Darfur, Sudan DAR
 Western Sahara Sahrawi Football Federation (Arabic: الاتحاد الصحراوي لكرة القدم; Spanish: Federación Saharaui de Fútbol) Western Sahara ESH
 Zanzibar Zanzibar Football Federation Zanzibar, Tanzania ZAN
Historical (1)
None NFB-AFRICA Africa 22A
Worldwide (includes diaspora teams) (5)
Selection Association Region Code
Associated (3)
Apatrids*[49] Football Association of Apatrids Stateless people XXA
Esperanto[50] World Esperanto Football Association (Esperanto: Tutmonda Esperanto Futbala Asociacio) Esperantujo ESO
Romani People[51] Roma Football Federation (French: Fédération Rom de Football) Romani people
(Europe, Asia, The Americas) 		RMS
Withdrawn (2)[f]
Cossack*[52] Cossack Football Federation (French: Cosaque Fédération Football; Russian: Казаки Федерация футбола)[h] Cossack people
(Europe, Asia) 		CSK
 Arameans Suryoye Football Association Arameans Suryoye Syriacs (Arameans)
(The Middle East, Syro-Aramean diaspora) 		SRY

Source of member list: [5]
The members in bold competed in at least one Viva World Cup.[53]
The members in italic competed in one of the N.F.-Board's tournaments for women.[54][55]
* means a member has an association, but currently, does not have a team.

Leadership

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Executive Committee

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Presidents

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Presidents of the N.F.-Board
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Christian Michelis  France 12 December 2003 23 February 2013
2 Christophe Croze  France 1 June 2013 1 May 2014
3 Florent Costa  France 1 May 2014 8 August 2016
4 David Aranda   Switzerland 8 August 2016 Incumbent

Founders

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Founders of the N.F.-Board
No. Name Country of origin Resigned
1 Christian Michelis  France No
2 Luc Mission  Belgium No
3 Jean Luc-Kit  France No
4 Thierry Marcadè  France 30 September 2006

See also

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References

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    Post-22 April 2017 positions
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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Full name in English: New Football Federations-Board[3]
    Erroneous[4] [3] French name: Nouvelle Fédération-Board [5][6]
  2. ^ 8 of the associations in this number don't have teams; the ones that do number 34.
  3. ^ The N.F.-Board proclaims that they have 53 member associations, of which:
    • 27 are Associate members
    • 20 are "Suspended" or have Withdrawn from the association (they never specified exactly what they meant by "Suspended")
    • 6 are "Historical" members.[1]
  4. ^ NFB Constitution: Chapter 1, Article 9 says that "French is the official language for minutes, correspondence and announcements. English and Spanish are the other official languages of NFB", however, they use English as a second language, and Spanish almost never.[2]
  5. ^ Also called the EUROVIVA-Cup 2017
  6. ^ a b c d Officially, the N.F.-Board gave the "Suspended" status to the countries which left the NFB to join CONIFA. In practice they withdrew from the organisation.[21]
  7. ^ This had no team until 2018.[43]
  8. ^ when the federation refers to themselves, "КАЗАК" is used in place of "Cossack" or "Cosaque".
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