Kurdistan Region national football team

Although Kurdistan is not a member of FIFA or the AFC, Kurdistan has participated various international football tournaments.

The Iraq Football Association (IFA) attended a meeting held by the N.F.-Board in June 2006.^[2] In December 2008, during the 5th General Meeting, Kurdistan was granted full membership to the N.F.-Board and their tournaments.^{[citation needed]} The team played in the 2008 VIVA World Cup for the first time, finishing in the fourth place after a 3–1 loss to Sápmi.^{[citation needed]} Their first and only win in the 2008 tournament came against Provence.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011 the Kurdish team took part the Palestine International Cup and defeated Mauritania and Tunisia U22.^[3] Kurdistan eventually became champions on home turf in the 2012 Viva World Cup, defeating Northern Cyprus 2–1 in front of 22,000 fans.^{[citation needed]}

The Kurdistan Region FA emblem was designed by Kurdish artist Rawand Sirwan Nawroly (Kurdish: ره‌وه‌ند سیروان نه‌ورڕۆڵی).^{[citation needed]} The emblem represents the Kurdish flag colours, where the red represents the Kurdish Newroz fire.^{[citation needed]} The yellow ball represents the Kurdish Sun and the green banner represents the green Kurdistan scenery.^{[citation needed]}