The game means so much more!
To us, football/soccer creates a platform that would enable us to make political declarations and expand international relations to exhibit the skills and aspirations of East Turkistanians to the whole wide world.
IDENTITY + RESPONSIBILITY = UNITY
The experienced Tamil Eelam national team taught us a valuable lesson.
-Born to Compete-
Hurra Hurra Sherqy Turkistan!
Go Go East Turkistan!
Comprehensive win for East Turkistan against a competitive West Papua side. (8-2)
-Born to Compete-
Hurra Hurra Sherqy Turkistan!
Go Go East Turkistan!
Member Leagues of ETFA
United States of America
Canada
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
Germany
Belgium
France
Australia
“You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough.”
Lionel Messi
East Turkistanian football star Erfan was extrajudicially sent to a concentration camp in Ürümchi by the Chinese regime and was only released after 11 months’ confinement.
The Spines
Soccer Tournament Unites Uyghurs in America
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The World-Cup in Russia received attention all around the world. But one immigrant community has had its attention on a different soccer event.
Uyghur United in Football/Soccer​
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"The name terrorism or terrorist does not fit us in any way possible." -Arafat Abdukadir-
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News
Media Buzz
Working together in The Hague: CONIFA with West Papua and East Turkistan
In August 2019, Asia President Jens Jockel and Member Development Director Paul Watson, headed to The Hague, Netherlands, to meet up with two relatively new CONIFA member teams.
Both West Papua and East Turkistan (formerly named Uyghur United) FAs have recently moved their headquarters to the Netherlands, and with this in mind, Jens and Paul were able to spend time with Simon Sapopier, Sophia Sapopier and Jeroen Zandberg from West Papua; and with Elshat Atasoy and Arafat from East Turkistan.
