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East Turkestan national football team

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East Turkistan
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationEast Turkistan Football Association
ConfederationConIFA
Head coachElshat Eslam
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
AppearancesNone

The East Turkestan football team is a team from the Uyghur region of the East Turkestan. Previously registered as Uyghur, it is a member of ConIFA.

History

On 19 October 2019, it played its first international game ever, that ended with a wide 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.

References

  1. ^ East Turkistan, West Papua and an Extraordinary Game of Football The Diplomat. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.

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