Tamil Eelam national football team

Tamil Eelam
Association Tamileelam Football Association
Confederation ConIFA
Head coach Ragesh Nambiar
Captain Gajendran Balamurali
Top scorer Gvinthan Navaneethakrishnan (8)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Raetia 1–0 Tamil Eelam Tamil Eelam
(Erbil, Iraq; 5 June, 2012)
Biggest win
Tamil Eelam Tamil Eelam 10–0 Darfur 
(Östersund, Sweden; 7 June, 2014)
Biggest defeat
Tamil Eelam Tamil Eelam 0–9 Iraqi Kurdistan 
(Östersund, Sweden; 3 June, 2014)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2014)
Best result 11th (2014)
Website Tamileelam Football Association

The Tamil Eelam national football team (Tamil: தமிழீழத் தேசிய காற்பந்து அணி) is the national team of Tamil Eelam. The team, which consists of semi-professional and amateur players drawn from the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora community in Canada, United Kingdom and Switzerland, was established in 2012 by the Tamileelam Football Association (TEFA).[1] TEFA is affiliated to the Confederation of Independent Football Associations, an umbrella association for entities unaffiliated with FIFA therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup since they are not affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). As at 7 October 2012 the team was ranked 54th in the non-FIFA ranking.[2]

History

The Tamileelam Football Association was established by the Global Tamil Youth League on 8 April 2012.[3] The Tamil Eelam national football team made its international debut at the 2012 VIVA World Cup held in Iraqi Kurdistan, finishing in 7th place.[4][5] The team took part in the Tynwald Hill International Football Tournament History held on the Isle of Man in July 2013, finishing in 3rd place.[6][7][8] The team took part in the 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup held in the Sápmi region.[9][10]

World Cup record

Year Position P W D L F A
VIVA World Cup
Occitania 2006Did not enter------
Sápmi (area) 2008Did not enter------
Padania 2009Did not enter------
Gozo 2010Did not enter------
Iraqi Kurdistan 20127th4103411
ConIFA World Football Cup
Sápmi (area) 201411th41031215
Abkhazia 2016Did not qualify------
2018Qualified
TotalBest: 7th82061626
World Cup History
Year Round Date Stadium Score Result
VIVA World Cup
2012[11]
Round 1 (Group B) 5 June 2012 Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil Raetia  1 – 0  Tamil Eelam Lose
Round 1 (Group B) 6 June 2012 Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil Tamil Eelam  0 – 3  Zanzibar Lose
5th-8th Place Semi-Finals 7 June 2012 Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil Occitania  7 – 0  Tamil Eelam Lose
7th Place Match 9 June 2012 Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil Tamil Eelam  4 – 0  Raetia Win
ConIFA World Football Cup
2014[12]
Round 1 (Group A) 2 June 2014 Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund Tamil Eelam  0 – 2  Arameans Suryoye Lose
Round 1 (Group A) 3 June 2014 Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund Tamil Eelam  0 – 9  Iraqi Kurdistan Lose
Placement Round 1 5 June 2014 Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund Tamil Eelam  2 – 4  Sápmi Lose
Placement Round 2 7 June 2014 Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund Tamil Eelam  10 – 0  Darfur Win

Tynwald Hill International Football Tournament

Tynwald Hill International Football Tournament
Year Position P W D L F A
Isle of Man 20133rd3201108
TotalBest: 3rd3201108
Tynwald Hill International Football Tournament History
Year Round Date Stadium Score Result
2013[13][14][15]
Round 1 (Group 1) 4 July 2013 Mullen e Cloie, St John's Sealand  3 – 5  Tamil Eelam Win
Round 1 (Group 1) 6 July 2013 Mullen e Cloie, St John's Occitania  5 – 0  Tamil Eelam Lose
3rd/4th Place Match 7 July 2013 Mullen e Cloie, St John's Raetia  0 – 5  Tamil Eelam Win

Players

The following players have played for Tamil Eelam:

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Name No. Pos Residence Club Date of first cap Opponent Date of last cap Opponent Caps Goals Notes
Hariendran, Selvananthan 1 GK  United Kingdom Valvai Blues 0
Jayasingam, Sanjev 14 MF  Canada Kilenburg Nobleton SC 0
Kandavanam, Pushpalingam 5 DF  Canada Canadian Tamil Soccer Association 0
Nagulendran, Menan 12 MF  Canada Scarborough Rangers 3
Nallathamby, Biraveen 9 MF   Switzerland FC Affoltern 0
Nalliah, Rathish 15 MF  United Kingdom East London Elite 0
Nambiar, Mahy 10 MF  United Kingdom Watford Academy 0
Nambiar, Ragesh 3 DF  United Kingdom Santos 0
Premkumar, Gajan 8 MF  United Kingdom Mahajana 0
Sadacharalingam, Janarthan 17 MF  Canada Scarborough Azzuri Blues 0
Sri, Rosh 11 FW  United Kingdom Sunrise 1
Thavarajah, Krishanth 6 MF   Switzerland FC Zug 0
Vairavamoorthy, Lakshman 4 DF  United Kingdom Union FC 0
Vigneswararajah, Arun 13 DF  Canada York Region Shooters 0
Raveetharan, Venojan 7 FW   Switzerland FC ST.Gallen 0

References

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