The Kurdistan National Football Team Kurdish: هەڵبژاردەی نیشتمانی تۆپی پێی کوردستان romanized : jêgrtîya welatî ya tepapê ya Kurdistan ê is the national team of the Kurdistan Region. They are not affiliated with FIFA or Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

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Kurdistan

Nickname(s)	The Tricolour
Association	Kurdistan Football Association
Confederation	ConIFA
Head coach	Khasraw Groon
Most caps	Heydar Gharaman
Home stadium	Franso Hariri Stadium Zakho International Stadium
First colours Second colours
First international
Kurdistan Region 2–2 Sápmi  (Gällivare, Sweden; 7 July 2008)
Biggest win
Tamil Eelam 0–9  Kurdistan Region (Östersund, Sweden; 1 June 2014)
Biggest defeat
Chameria 6–0  Kurdistan Region (The Hague, Netherlands; 17 June 2017)
VIVA World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2008)
Best result	Champions, 2012

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Although Kurdistan is not a member of FIFA or the AFC, Kurdistan has participated various international football tournaments.

The Iraq Football Association (IFA) attended a meeting held by the N.F.-Board in June 2006.^[1] In December 2008, during the 5th General Meeting, Kurdistan was granted full membership to the N.F.-Board and their tournaments.^{[citation needed]} The team played in the 2008 VIVA World Cup for the first time, finishing in the fourth place after a 3–1 loss to Sápmi.^{[citation needed]} Their first and only win in the 2008 tournament came against Provence.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011 the Kurdish team took part the Palestine International Cup and defeated Mauritania and Tunisia U22.^[2] Kurdistan eventually became champions on home turf in the 2012 Viva World Cup, defeating Northern Cyprus 2–1 in front of 22,000 fans.^{[citation needed]}

The Kurdistan Region FA emblem was designed by Kurdish artist Rawand Sirwan Nawroly (Kurdish: ره‌وه‌ند سیروان نه‌ورڕۆڵی).^{[citation needed]} The emblem represents the Kurdish flag colours, where the red represents the Kurdish Newroz fire.^{[citation needed]} The yellow ball represents the Kurdish Sun and the green banner represents the green Kurdistan scenery.^{[citation needed]}