Many teams have represented Western Sahara, or the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), in unofficial matches.

In 1986-87, the Saharawi selection would go to face different Italian and Spanish teams before formally establishing the Sahrawi Football Federation in 1989.

[7] A year later on the 8th of May 2002, another game was set between "Rock no war", a foundation dedicated to promoting peace through music and sports, and the newly established Saharawi national team.

[10] The SFF failed to attend the 2006 N.F.-Board AGM but were present in the 6th General Assembly held on the 5 December 2009 in Paris, France.

[13] After which, the minister announced that the national team would be participating in the upcoming VIVA World Cup held in Iraqi Kurdistan.

However, when presented to the Kurdish authorities, the later initially refused to grant the selection entry, stating that this document was not recognized.

[19] Despite this, the SADR team managed to arrange extraofficial deals with all their rivals to fly the Sahrawi flag wave on the stadiums where they played their matches.

[23] On 13 April 2018, the ConIFA announces the death of El-Mahfoud Welad, the goalkeeper of the Western Sahara national team, who was killed during the 2018 Algerian Air Force Il-76 crash.

In 2020, Western Sahara would participate in the 2020 CONIFA World Football Cup, but due to logistical problems, they withdrew from playing in the competition.

Mustafa Troncoso, a skilled striker representing Coria CF in Spain, managed to find the back of the net in the first minutes of the game and secured the sole goal for the Sahrawi team.

[27] The second game in the Western Sahara national football team's friendly series in Algeria was played three days later at the Mabrouki Salem Stadium in Rouiba.