The Transnistria national football team is the national team of

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

, a ''de facto''

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in Eastern Europe. They are not affiliated with FIFA or

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and therefore cannot compete for the

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or the

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. Transnistria became a member of

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, an umbrella association for national teams not affiliated with FIFA, in 2015, but has since left the organization. Despite expressing interest, the national team never entered the CONIFA World Football Cup, and has not yet played any official matches. An amateur team representing Transnistria, however, competes in the Moldovan qualifying stages for the

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. A Transnistria veteran's national side has also played in the Dniester Cup, a mini-football tournament, against three clubs including Hapoel Bat Yam F.C. from Israel.

Transnistria Football Federation

The President of the Federation is Pavel Prokudin, who has held this function since 2017.

References

External links

Football Federation of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic website
European national and official selection-teams not affiliated to FIFA Football in Transnistria Moldova national football team {{Transnistria-stub