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Tamil Eelam
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationTamileelam Football Association
ConfederationConIFA
Head coachRagesh Nambiar
CaptainGajendran Balamurali
Top scorerGvinthan 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 Kurdistan Region 
(Östersund, Sweden; 3 June, 2014)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2014)
Best result11th (2014)
WebsiteTamileelam Football Association

The Tamil Eelam national football team (Template:Lang-ta) 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 2006 Did not enter - - - - - -
Sápmi 2008 Did not enter - - - - - -
Padania 2009 Did not enter - - - - - -
Gozo 2010 Did not enter - - - - - -
Kurdistan Region 2012 7th 4 1 0 3 4 11
ConIFA World Football Cup
Sápmi 2014 11th 4 1 0 3 12 15
Abkhazia 2016 Did not qualify - - - - - -
2018 Qualified
Total Best: 7th 8 2 0 6 16 26
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  Kurdistan Region 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 2013 3rd 3 2 0 1 10 8
Total Best: 3rd 3 2 0 1 10 8
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:

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[dubious – discuss] 0
Vigneswararajah, Arun 13 DF  Canada York Region Shooters 0
Raveetharan, Venojan 7 FW  Switzerland FC ST.Gallen 0

References

  1. ^ "Eezham Tamil football players take part in Viva World Cup for first time". TamilNet. 15 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Men's Football - Non-FIFA Ranking". The Roon Ba.
  3. ^ "Tamil Eelam gets ready for VIVA World Cup". Tamil Guardian. 31 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Tamil Eelam makes international football debut". Tamil Guardian. 6 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Tamil Eelam at World Football Cup 2014". Tamil Guardian. 2 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Tournament attracts global media". Isle of Man Today. 26 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Tamil Eelam gets set for Tynwald Hill International Football Tournament". Tamil Guardian. 3 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Tamil Eelam celebrate 3rd place finish after stunning 5-0 victory". Tamil Guardian. 7 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Genocide survivors, stateless compete in non-FIFA World Cup". Gulf Times. Agence France-Presse. 7 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Tamil Eelam football team gets ready for ConIFA World Championship". Tamil Guardian. 27 April 2014.
  11. ^ "Calendar Results". 2012 VIVA World Cup.
  12. ^ "Match Schedule". 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup.
  13. ^ "Tamil Eelam edge eight-goal Tynwald Tournament thriller with Sealand". Isle of Man Today. 5 July 2013.
  14. ^ "Tamil Eelam through to 3rd/4th place play-offs after losing to Occitania". Tamil Guardian. 6 July 2013.
  15. ^ "Occitania win Tynwald Hill International Football Tournament". Isle of Man Today. 8 July 2013.
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