The Székely Land football team () is a team representing Székely Land, a historic and ethnographic region in eastern Transylvania, in central Romania, inhabited mainly by the Székelys, a subgroup of the Hungarian people. It is a member of ConIFA, an umbrella association for states, minorities, and regions unaffiliated with FIFA.
Székelyföld Labdarúgó Egyesület
The Székelyföld Labdarúgó Egyesület is the football association of Székely Land.
History
The association named Székelyföld Labdarúgó Egyesület () was founded in 2013 at Budapest, Hungary on the initiative of Kristóf Wenczel, a sports lawyer by profession. In January 2014, the Székelyföld Labdarúgó Egyesület was admitted to the N.F.-Board, an organisation consisting of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA; and afterwards, they became a member of the newly founded ConIFA.
In 2023, they participated in the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualifiers. They were placed in Group C with Chameria and Two Sicilies. Sekler Land won both matches, 3-2 and 7-0 respectively, and qualified for the tournament.
Tournament records
ConIFA World Football Cup record YearPositionGPWDLGSGA 2014did not enter 20169th place4202177 20184th place6312167 2020Cancelled 2024 (partially cancelled)QualificationTotal0 titles 10 5 1 4 33 14
ConIFA European Football Cup record
YearPositionGPWDLGSGA 20156th place3003510 20173rd place521297 20198th place5014516 2022 Cancelled 2023 Cancelled 2026 Did not enterTotal0 titles 13 2 2 9 19 33
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup.European Football Cup 2019 Squad Lists ConIFA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
Notable former players The footballers enlisted below have played for Székely Land at least at one ConIFA World Football Cup or ConIFA European Football Cup and have had played at the top level.
Balázs CsiszérWorld Football Cup 2018 Squad Lists ConIFA. Retrieved 6 December 2020. Csaba Csizmadia István Fülöp Lóránd Fülöp
Róbert Ilyés Szabolcs Kilyén László Szőcs
Managers
The following managers have been the head coach of Székely Land at least at one ConIFA World Football Cup or ConIFA European Football Cup.
Róbert Ilyés József Gazda Zoltán Jakab
Honours Non-FIFA competitions CONIFA European Football Cup Third place (1): 2017
References