The Felvidék football team () is a team representing the
Hungarian minority in Southern Slovakia. Felvidék is the Hungarian word for “highlands” and the region usually referred to as
Felvidék
Upper Hungary is the usual English translation of ''Felvidék'' (literally: "Upland"), the Hungarian term for the area that was historically the northern part of the Kingdom of Hungary, now mostly present-day Slovakia. The region has also been ...
makes up nearly 10% of the territory of modern
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
. It is a member of
ConIFA
The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) is the international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA.
Competitions
Women's football
All members of CONIFA are encouraged to inv ...
, an umbrella association for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
.
The team participated in the
2015 ConIFA European Football Cup
The 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup was the first edition of the ConIFA European Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by CONIFA. The tournamen ...
and
2017 ConIFA European Football Cup
The 2017 ConIFA European Football Cup was the second edition of the ConIFA European Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by ConIFA. It was hoste ...
finishing 4th and 7th overall respectively.
Felvidéki Labdarúgó Egyesület
The
Felvidéki Labdarúgó Egyesület is the football association of Felvidék.
See also
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Kárpátalja football team
The Kárpátalja football team (, hu, Kárpátaljai magyar labdarúgó-válogatott) is a team representing the Hungarian minority in Carpathian Ruthenia, a historic region mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast. It is a member o ...
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Székely Land football team
The Székely Land football team ( hu, Székely labdarúgó-válogatott) is a team representing Székely Land, a historic and ethnographic region in eastern Transylvania, in central Romania, inhabited mainly by the Székelys, a subgroup of the Hun ...
References
CONIFA member associations
European national and official selection-teams not affiliated to FIFA
Felvidék national football team
Upper Hungary is the usual English translation of ''Felvidék'' (literally: "Upland"), the Hungarian term for the area that was historically the northern part of the Kingdom of Hungary, now mostly present-day Slovakia. The region has also been ...
Hungarians in Slovakia
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