The Kárpátalja football team (, hu, Kárpátaljai magyar labdarúgó-válogatott) is a team representing the Hungarian minority in

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, a historic region mostly located in western

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. It is a member of

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, an umbrella association for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA.

History

Kárpátalja joined

in 2016, first competing in the

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 ...

as an invited team. They lost their first ever international game 1–0 against host nation Northern Cyprus, but defeated

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on the final day to finish 3rd in Group A and put them in the 5th place play-off. A 5–4 penalty shootout win over Ellan Vannin ensured that they finished 5th overall. Due to their inactivity after the tournament, Kárpátalja failed to qualify for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup. However, after the withdrawal of

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 ...

, they were admitted to the final tournament as a wildcard replacement. Kárpátalja went on to win the tournament, defeating Northern Cyprus on penalties in the final. In October 2018, it was reported, by ConIFA, that the

Football Federation of Ukraine The Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) ( uk, Українська асоціяція футболу, Ukrayins'ka Asotsiyatsiya Futbolu) is the governing body of football in Ukraine. Before 2019 it was known as the Football Federation of Ukr ...

had banned Kárpátalja players with

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citizenship from footballing activities for life, whilst Hungarian nationals on the team have been advised they can no longer enter Ukraine.

ConIFA World Football Cup record

Fixtures & Results

2014 Results

2016 Results

2017 Results

2018 Results

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.World Football Cup 2018 Squad Lists
ConIFA. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

Technical staff

References

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