The Somaliland national football team (Arabic: الاتحاد الصوماليلاند لكرة القدم) is the football team that represents Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as a de facto state.
Somaliland is not a member of FIFA and CAF; it is, instead, an associate member of ConIFA, an association established in 2014 of teams from dependencies, unrecognised states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions that are not affiliated with FIFA.
[2][3][4] The Somaliland Football Association currently runs a national league which consists of 12 semi-professional clubs sponsored or backed by both public and private organisations.
The Association also holds a bi-annual inter-regional football tournament, in which all 13 regions participate in groups stages held across the country, with the final 4 group winners contesting the semi-finals in the capital Hargeisa.
The Somaliland national team was founded in 2014 and their first international match was a 2-2 draw against Sealand, which was played on 17 May 2014 in London, England.