Association | East Turkistan Football Association |
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Confederation | ConIFA |
Head coach | Elshat Eslam |
Top scorer | Ihtiyar Yusupov (2) |
First international | |
East Turkestan 8–2
West Papua ( The Hague, Netherlands; 19 October 2019) | |
Biggest win | |
East Turkestan 8–2
West Papua ( The Hague, Netherlands; 19 October 2019) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Tamil Eelam 3–0
East Turkestan ( Cergy, France; 14 December 2019) | |
CONIFA World Football Cup | |
Appearances | None |
The East Turkestan football team is a team from the Uyghur region of East Turkestan.[ citation needed][ clarification needed] Previously registered as Uyghur, it is a member of ConIFA.
On 19 October 2019, it played its first international game ever, that ended with a 8–2 against West Papua in The Hague. [1]
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 idea to create an East Turkestan Football Association began in 2014 before it was eventually established. [2] [3] [4]