Northern Cyprus national football team

The Cyprus Turkish Football Federation ({{langx|tr|Kıbrıs Türk Futbol Federasyonu}}, KTFF) was formed as early as 1955 – a consequence of Turkish Cypriot clubs withdrawing from playing in Cypriot sport competitions. Turkish Cypriots first played with a representative national side in 1962, against Turkey. This was before the 1974 war which caused the de facto partition of Cyprus and – as such – participating players were Turkish speakers from all over Cyprus.

Despite not being considered an independent country, Northern Cyprus played in the 1980 Islamic Games football tournament, which was held in İzmir, Turkey. They suffered a 5–0 defeat against Turkey, their worst to date. Other results were a 2–0 loss against Saudi Arabia, 2–1 victory against Malaysia, and a 1–1 tie with Libya.

Reportedly, these matches were tolerated by FIFA as a result of an agreement with then-FIFA General Secretary Helmut Käser. After Northern Cyprus declared itself independent in 1983, this deal came to an end, leaving the Northern Cypriot team unable to play against FIFA-affiliated countries.http://www.playthegame.org/upload/billeder%202007%20konference/speakers/speakerdocuments/menarystevepaper.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114064438/http://www.playthegame.org/upload/Billeder%202007%20konference/speakers/speakerdocuments/MenaryStevePaper.pdf |date=2011-11-14 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://www.conifa.org/NorthernCyprus|title=Northern Cyprus – Conifa World football|website=www.conifa.org|access-date=19 November 2018}}

After the foundation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983, the KTFF hosted Sport Games Football Federation in 1999, winning the event.

KTFF joined the NF-Board in 2004, expanding the horizons of the national team. KTFF hosted the KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup in 2005, winning the event. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus won the first NF-Board tournament, the FIFI Wild Cup, in Hamburg, Germany in June 2006 after defeating Zanzibar 4–1 on penalties after a goalless draw. KTFF was set to host the VIVA World Cup during November 2006, however due to issues between the sides the KTFF chose to host its own tournament, the ELF Cup at that time. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus opened the tournament against Crimea, winning 5–0, beating their previous 'largest win' record of 6–2 against Sápmi. Soon after the opener, they beat the new record with a 10–0 victory against Tibet.

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus defeated Crimea 3–1 in the ELF Cup finals to lift their second NF-Board cup in the same year. On the 9th of January, Northern Cyprus was chosen to participate in the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup

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Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus have taken part in five international tournaments and won four. KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup, organised to celebrate 50 years of the KTFF, involved national teams from Kosovo and the Sápmi region of northern Scandinavia, and was won by the hosts with maximum points. NF-Board invited Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to take part in the first FIFI Wild Cup, held in Hamburg, Germany. This also featured teams from Greenland, Tibet, Gibraltar, Zanzibar, and a team representing "The Republic of St. Pauli", amateur players drawn from the St Pauli district of Hamburg. TRNC defeated Zanzibar on penalties in the final after a goalless draw to lift the trophy. KTFF hosted and won the ELF Cup beating in the final Crimea, in 2006. In 1999 hosted and won the Sport Games Football Association. The only one tournament lost is the 1980 Islamic Games in Turkey, where they lost 2 matches on 4. the team will compete at the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup

• Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

{{See also|Northern Cyprus national football team results}}

The following players have been called up for the 2021 ConIFA European Football Cup in Nice, from 12 August to 23 August 2021.{{cite web|url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_CONIFA_European_Football_Cup|language=tr|publisher=Cyprus Turkish Football Association|date=3 May 2018|title=2021 CONIFA European Football Cup – Wikipedia}}

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{{nat fs g player|no= 1|pos=GK|name=Hasan Piro |age={{Birth date and age2|2021|08|12|1983|10|02|df=y}}|caps=20|goals= 0|club=Alsancak Yeşilova|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=GK|name=Erdoğan Nay |age={{Birth date and age2|2021|08|12|1997|07|16|df=y}}|caps= 2|goals= 0|club=Baf Ülkü Yurdu|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=GK|name=Ozan Mercan |age={{Birth date and age2|2021|08|12|1994|04|22|df=y}}|caps= 2|goals= 0|club=Doğan Türk Birliği|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

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{{nat fs g player|no= 2|pos=DF|name=Serhan Önet |age={{Birth date and age2|2021|8|12|1981|08|26|df=y}}|caps=25|goals= 1|club=Çetinkaya|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 5|pos=DF|name=Çağrı Kıral |age={{Birth date and age|1989|02|11|df=y}}|caps=20|goals= 0|club=Lefke|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=DF|name=Salih Say |age={{Birth date and age|1981|03|10|df=y}}|caps=12|goals= 0|club=Cihangir|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name=Hüseyin Sadıklar|age={{Birth date and age|1986|08|13|df=y}}|caps=10|goals= 1|club=Yenicami|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=DF|name=Ahmet Sönmez |age={{Birth date and age|1987|06|30|df=y}}|caps=10|goals= 0|club=Doğan Türk Birliği|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=DF|name=Aykut Esmeraslan|age={{Birth date and age|1992|03|28|df=y}}|caps= 5|goals= 0|club=Lefke|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=DF|name=Adil Uçar |age={{Birth date and age|1989|08|20|df=y}}|caps= 5|goals= 0|club=Mağusa Türk Gücü|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 3|pos=DF|name=Necati Gench |age={{Birth date and age|1999|11|21|df=y}}|caps= 0|goals= 0|club=London Yeni Boğaziçi|clubnat=ENG}}

{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=Arif Uysal |age={{Birth date and age|1996|04|27|df=y}}|caps= 0|goals= 0|club=Mağusa Türk Gücü|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

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{{nat fs g player|no= 6|pos=MF|name=Fırat Ersalan |age={{Birth date and age|1986|05|11|df=y}}|caps=10|goals= 0|club=Cihangir|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=Halil Turan |age={{Birth date and age|1986|11|28|df=y}}|caps=15|goals=10|club=Mağusa Türk Gücü|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=MF|name=Kenan Oshan |age={{Birth date and age|1995|12|27|df=y}}|caps=12|goals= 3|club=Doğan Türk Birliği|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=Thomas Richardson |age={{Birth date and age|2004|08|15|df=y}}|caps=6|goals= 4|club=Colonel Getafe Reserves|clubnat=England}}

{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=MF|name=Ünal Kaya |age={{Birth date and age|1991|06|08|df=y}}|caps= 8|goals= 1|club=Yenicami|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=MF|name=Mehmet Altun |age={{Birth date and age|1997|09|05|df=y}}|caps= 2|goals= 0|club=Yenicami|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 7|pos=MF|name=Yasin Kurt |age={{Birth date and age|1988|03|14|df=y}}|caps= 0|goals= 0|club=Mağusa Türk Gücü|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

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{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=FW|name=Uğur Gök |age={{Birth date and age|1990|10|22|df=y}}|caps=15|goals= 5|club=Küçük Kaymaklı|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 9|pos=FW|name=Tansel Ekingen |age={{Birth date and age|1986|09|29|df=y}}|caps=10|goals= 2|club=Yenicami|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=FW|name=Ahmet Sivri |age={{Birth date and age|1999|07|06|df=y}}|caps= 2|goals= 1|club=Galatasaray|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=FW|name=Billy Mehmet|age={{Birth date and age|1984|01|03|df=y}}|caps= 5|goals= 4|club=Alsancak Yeşilova|clubnat=Northern Cyprus}}

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The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

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{{nat fs r player|no=30|pos=GK|name=Ercan Samancıoğlu|age={{Birth date and age|1994|7|30|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Yenicami|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2018 ConIFA World Football Cup squad^PRE}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=Türkkan Delideniz|age={{Birth date and age|1984|12|28|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Mağusa Türk Gücü|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2017 ConIFA European Football Cup squad}}

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{{nat fs r player|no=5|pos=DF|name=Salih Güvensoy|age={{Birth date and age|1988|8|27|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Yenicami|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2018 ConIFA World Football Cup squad^PRE}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=Mehmet Kaygısız|age={{Birth date and age|1989|8|9|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Küçük Kaymaklı|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2017 ConIFA European Football Cup squad}}

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{{nat fs r player|no=2|pos=MF|name=Aydın Aygın|age={{Birth date and age|1988|7|17|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Doğan Türk Birliği|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2018 ConIFA World Football Cup squad^PRE}}

{{nat fs r player|no=23|pos=MF|name=Ahmet Coşkun|age={{Birth date and age|1986|7|22|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Doğan Türk Birliği|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2018 ConIFA World Football Cup squad^PRE}}

{{nat fs r player|no=77|pos=MF|name=İbrahim Çıdamlı|age={{Birth date and age|1988|10|20|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Çetinkaya|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2018 ConIFA World Football Cup squad^PRE}}

{{nat fs r player|no=21|pos=MF|name=Mehmet Kaygısız|age={{Birth date and age|1989|8|9|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Küçük Kaymaklı|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2018 ConIFA World Football Cup squad^PRE}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Ali Özbahar|age={{Birth date and age|1989|8|28|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Yalova|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2017 ConIFA European Football Cup squad}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Hüseyin Adal|age={{Birth date and age|1987|6|29|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Küçük Kaymaklı|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2017 ConIFA European Football Cup squad}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Mustafa Yaşınses|age={{Birth date and age|1988|8|16|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Hekimoğlu Doğanspor|clubnat=TUR|latest=2017 ConIFA European Football Cup squad}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Kenan Özer^INJ|age={{Birth date and age|1987|8|16|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Ankaragücü|clubnat=TUR|latest=2017 ConIFA European Football Cup squad^PRE}}

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{{nat fs r player|no=92|pos=FW|name=Kasım Tağman|age={{Birth date and age|1992|4|30|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Lefke|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2018 ConIFA World Football Cup squad^PRE}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=Ertaç Taşkıran|age={{Birth date and age|1982|8|6|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Ozanköy|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2017 ConIFA European Football Cup squad}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=Esin Sonay|age={{Birth date and age|1990|8|31|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Çetinkaya|clubnat=Northern Cyprus|latest=2017 ConIFA European Football Cup squad}}

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;Notes

• ^PRE = Preliminary squad.
• ^RET = Retired from international football.
• ^WD = Withdrew from the squad.
• ^INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.

• FIFI Wild Cup
• {{Gold1}} Champions (1): 2006
• Viva World Cup
• {{Silver2}} Runners-up (1): 2012
• CONIFA World Football Cup
• {{Silver2}} Runners-up (1): 2018
• {{Bronze3}} Third place (1): 2016
• CONIFA European Football Cup
• {{Silver2}} Runners-up (1): 2017
• ELF Cup
• {{Gold1}} Champions (1): 2006

• Sport in Northern Cyprus

{{Reflist}}

• {{in lang|tr}} [http://www.ktff.org/ HomePage]
• {{in lang|en}} [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/ncyp-intres.html All-time results from RSSSF]
• {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20131212114710/http://www.embargoed.org/press_releases.php?id=61 "Footballers Reveal ‘Strip’ Poster to Highlight their 50 Year Ban from International Football"]
• {{in lang|en}} [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,419651,00.html Details of FIFI Wild Cup final]
• {{in lang|en}} [http://www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-8147.html Article about the FIFI Wild Cup final]
• {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928192125/http://www.turkishcypyouth.org/forums/index.php?s=43c206394f3253caec2f994985861a07&showtopic=443 2006 FIFI Wild Cup Pictures of TRNC Team]
• {{in lang|en|el|tr}} [https://archive.today/20130209234221/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyprussoccer Cyprus Soccer E-Group]

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