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Also known as NF-Board, Nouvelle Fédération-Board, New Federations Board, Non-FIFA-Board, Nouvelle Federation-Board, New Football Federations-Board

The N.F.-Board (New Football Federations-Board; NFB) is a federation for football associations established on 12 December 2003. The NFB is made up of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA.

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It is catalogued under topics including Accuracy disputes from August 2025, Association football governing bodies and Facebook ID different from Wikidata.

Vinony links it to 38 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Organization.name
New Football Federations-Board
Organization.logo
N.F.-Board logo.svg
Organization.logo_caption
Logo
Organization.image
NF-Board.png
Organization.caption
Flag
Organization.membership
0 (since 2017, membership has been abolished)
Organization.type
Sports governing body
Organization.parent_organisation
World Football Observatory
Organization.headquarters
Saint-Christophe-et-le-Laris, France
Organization.language
French, and additionally English and Spanish
Organization.leader_title
President
Organization.leader_name
David Aranda
Organization.website
http://NFBWebsite.WixSite.com/NFBoard

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
N.F.-Board
Country
France
Motto
Now everyone can play!
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inception
2003-12-12
topic's main category
Category:N.F.-Board
Commons category
New Football Federations-Board
short name
NFB
member count
51
nickname
Non-FIFA Board
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Encyclopedic overview

31 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Foundation
  • Early controversies
  • ELF Cup
  • Departure of Monaco
  • Breakup of the N.F.-Board
  • Cease and Desist
  • Statuses of Yap and Pohnpei
  • Attempted revival
  • 2014 Viva World Cup
  • The Viva Cups of 2017
  • 2025 Mixed Viva World Cup
  • 2026 and 2028 Viva World Cups
  • Viva World Cup
  • Women's editions
  • Other versions of the Viva World Cup
  • N.F.-Board former members
  • Joke members
  • Non-members listed as members
  • Executive Committee
  • Presidents
  • Premier Vice-Presidents
  • Vice-Presidents
  • General Secretaries
  • Confederation of European New Federations (CENF)
  • Leadership of the CENF
  • Presidents
  • ''NF North America & Arctic Confederation (NFNAAC)''
  • See also
  • References
  • Notes

The N.F.-Board (New Football Federations-Board; NFB) is a federation for football associations established on 12 December 2003. The NFB is made up of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA.

One of the founders was Luc Misson, a lawyer who represented Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman in a case that led to the Bosman ruling.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “N.F.-Board” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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