Nouvelle Fédération-Board

Infobox Organization
name = New Football Federations-Board


size = 176px
formation = 12 December, 2003
type = Football Association
membership = 26 member associations
headquarters =
leader_title = President
leader_name = Christian Michelis
general =
website = http://www.nf-board.com/The N.F.-Board ("New Football Federations-Board", NFB), unofficially "Non-FIFA-Board", is a football association established on 12 December 2003. It is made up of teams that represent nations that are not recognized as sovereign states. The NFB seeks to work with FIFA to be a temporary organisation for football teams before they acquire membership in FIFA. Founder and current NFB General Secretary is Luc Misson, a lawyer who represented Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman in a case that led to the Bosman ruling that established greater freedom of movement for professional players in Europe. [cite web | title=Gewinner ja, Sieger nein|work=Die Welt| url=http://www.welt.de/data/2005/12/15/817849.html| accessdate=December 15 | accessyear=2005]

The N.F.-Board aims to organise matches between its member teams, stating a belief in the "right to play competitive football", [cite web | title=The alternative World Cup|work=BBC| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6107012.stm| accessdate=January 14 | accessyear=2007] and organises the VIVA World Cup, which took place for the first time in November 2006, in Occitania. [cite web | title=Are you ready for another two World Cups?|work=4thegame| url=http://www.4thegame.com/features/feature/196063/.html| accessdate=January 14 | accessyear=2007] The inaugural VIVA World Cup was won by Sápmi who defeated Monaco 21-1. Also Occitania played and Southern Cameroons were expected to participate but failed to appear.The 2nd edition of the tournament was played in Sápmi in 2008 and was contested by 5 teams, representing Sápmi, Aramean-Syriac people, Iraqi Kurdistan, Padania and Provence. The cup was won by Padania after a 2-0 win in the final against Aramean Syriac people representing team.

In July 2007 the N.F.-Board gave official sanction to its first member confederation, the CSANF (Consejo Sudamericano de Nuevas Federaciones, founded 25 May 2007) which represents non-FIFA teams in South America. A second confederation, the Confederation of European New Federations (CENF) which will represent unrecognised football nations in Europe, is in talks to affiliate with the NF-Board.

Starting from September 2007, there is also an official bulletin of the board, called "N.F.-Board News" which aims at caring about all board's activities throughout the world as well as any news about all its members and potential members. The bulletin appears four times a year at present and its chief editor is Italian sports journalist Antonello Gallo.

Members

*Europe
*flagicon|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Chechnya ¹
*fb|Gozo¹
*fb|Monaco
*fb|TRNC|name=Northern Cyprus
*fb|Occitania
*fb|Padania¹
*fb|Provence⁶
*²
*fb|Rijeka
*fb|Romani people|name=Romani Nation
*fb|Sápmi
*fb|Sealand²
*²
*fb|Wallonia¹
*Africa
*fb|Casamance¹
*fb|Maasai¹
*fb|Somaliland
*fb|Southern Cameroons
*fb|Western Sahara¹
*fb|Zanzibar^{1, 3}
*Asia
*fb|Aramean Syriac⁶
*fb|Chagos Islands
*fb|South Moluccas
*fb|Tibet
*fb|West Papua
*fb|Kurdistan⁶
*Americas
*fb|Greenland⁵
*fb|Easter Island^{1, 4}
*Oceania
*fb|Kiribati^{1, 3}
*fb|Yap¹

1: Provisional Member
2: Associate Member
3: Associate member of local confederation associated with FIFA
4: Potential Member of CSANF
5: Though geographically associated with North America, politically and historically Greenland is closely tied to Europe.
6: In request of affiliation. In December 2008 NF-Board will take decision.

NF-Board Rankings

Men's Rankings

"As of 28 December 2007"

Women's Rankings

"As of 28 December 2007"

Footnotes

ee also

* Non-FIFA football

External links

* [http://www.nf-board.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.nf-board.com/en71 Press news]
* [http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/nonfifa Unofficial NonFIFA Mailing List]