East Turkestan national football team
| Association | East Turkistan Football Association |
|---|---|
| Confederation | ConIFA |
| Head coach | Elshat Eslam |
| Top scorer | Ihtiyar Yusupov (2) |
| First international | |
| 8–2 West Papua (The Hague, Netherlands; 19 October 2019) | |
| Biggest win | |
| 8–2 West Papua (The Hague, Netherlands; 19 October 2019) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Tamil Eelam 5–0 (Walton-on-Thames, England; 4 July 2025) | |
| CONIFA Asian Football Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2025 CONIFA Asian Football Cup) |
| Best result | 2nd (2025) |
The East Turkestan football team is a team from the Uyghur region of East Turkestan.[note 1] Previously registered as Uyghur, it is a member of ConIFA.
History
The idea to create an East Turkestan Football Association began in 2014 before it was eventually established.[1][2][3]
On 19 October 2019, it played its first international game ever, that ended with a 8–2 against West Papua in The Hague.[4]
On 14 December 2019, East Turkestan played a qualification match for the 2020 CONIFA World Cup against Tamil Eelam in Cergy, France, that ended with a 0–3 loss. The team debuted in the CONIFA Asian Football Cup in 2025, held in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, they competed in a 3-team round-robin including Tamil Eelam and Tibet.
References
- ^ "Where football meets international politics: the remarkable story of the East Turkistan Football Association". calciosovietico.it. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ "Uyghur American Cup".
- ^ "Oost-Turkistan wint eerste interland met grote cijfers".
- ^ East Turkistan, West Papua and an Extraordinary Game of Football The Diplomat. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ Possibly Xinjiang?
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