Association | Tamileelam Football Association | ||
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Confederation | ConIFA World Unity Football Alliance | ||
Head coach | Ragesh Nambiar | ||
Captain | Prashanth Ragavan | ||
Most caps | Gvinthan Navaneethakrishnan Prashanth Ragavan (15) | ||
Top scorer | Prashanth Ragavan (12) | ||
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First international | |||
Raetia 1–0 Tamil Eelam (Erbil, Iraq; 5 June 2012) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Tamil Eelam 10–0 Darfur (Östersund, Sweden; 7 June 2014) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Tamil Eelam 0–9 Kurdistan Region (Östersund, Sweden; 3 June 2014) | |||
ConIFA World Football Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2014) | ||
Best result | 11th (2014) | ||
CONIFA Asia Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) | ||
Best result | Champions (2023) | ||
Website | Tamileelam Football Association |
The Tamil Eelam National Football Team (Tamil: தமிழீழத் தேசிய உதைபந்தாட்ட அணி) a representative football team for Tamil Eelam. The team, which consists of professional and semi-professional drawn from the Eelam Tamil diaspora community in Canada and Europe, was established in 2012 by the Tamileelam Football Association (TEFA).[1] TEFA is affiliated to the Confederation of Independent Football Associations, an umbrella association for entities unaffiliated with FIFA therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup since they are not affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). As of March 2020, the team was ranked 16th in the CONIFA World ranking.[2]