[2] At the beginning, NFB was made up of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA.

[4] Northern Cyprus no longer admits to receiving certain football associations, the Emergency Committee of the NF-Board takes the decision to cancel the edition planned there and to transfer the competition to Hyères in France.

The captain of the selection at the time, Yohan Garino, explains: “For political reasons, we are not authorized by our government to play against certain teams.

We also had some problems with the NF-Board which used photos of the Monaco Football Association and Prince Albert as advertising for their many matches without authorization.

In 2013, the activity of the NF-Board stopped due to internal disagreements and accusations of embezzlement brought against the then president.