The Székely Land football team (Hungarian: 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 Hungarian people. It is a member of ConIFA, an umbrella association for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA.[1][2]
| Nickname(s) | Székelyek | |
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| Association | Székelyföld Labdarugó Egyesület (SZFE) | |
| Confederation | ConIFA | |
| Head coach | ||
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| First international | ||
(Berehovo; 16 August 2014) | ||
| Biggest win | ||
(Gagra; 3 June 2016) | ||
| Biggest defeat | ||
(Askeran; 3 June, 2019) | ||
| World Cup | ||
| Appearances | CONIFA World Football Cup | |
| Best result | 4th 2018 | |
| Appearances | CONIFA European Football Cup | |
| Best result | 3rd 2017 | |
The association named Székelyföld Labdarugó Egyesület (English: Székely Land Football Association) was founded in 2013 at Budapest, Hungary on the initiative of Kristóf Wenczel, a sports lawyer by profession. In January 2014, the Székelyföld Labdarugó Egyesület was admitted to the N.F.-Board, an organisation consisting of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA. After the N.F.-Board became defunct later the same year, the Székelyföld Labdarugó Egyesület became member of the newly founded ConIFA. [3]
| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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| Did not enter | |||||||
| 9th place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | |
| 4th place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | |
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| Total | 0 titles | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 14 |
| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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| 6th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| 3rd place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |
| 8th place | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| TBC | |||||||
| Total | 0 titles | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 33 |
The following players were called up for the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup.[4]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Levente Mihok | (1982-05-27)27 May 1982 (aged 37) | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2DF | Hunor Ghinea | (1999-02-24)24 February 1999 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2DF | Robert Oprea | (1988-06-10)10 June 1988 (aged 30) | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2DF | Norbert Lazar | (1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 30) | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 3MF | István Hadnagy | (1996-09-19)19 September 1996 (aged 22) | 4 | 1 | |
| 6 | 3MF | Norbert-Cristian Albu | (1996-11-01)1 November 1996 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 3MF | Barna Vékás | (1994-08-12)12 August 1994 (aged 24) | 6 | 5 | |
| 8 | 3MF | Csaba Dézsi | (1989-12-13)13 December 1989 (aged 29) | 4 | 0 | |
| 9 | 4FW | Ákos Kovács | (1983-03-22)22 March 1983 (aged 36) | 8 | 1 | |
| 10 | 3MF | Mozes Peter | (1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 34) | 8 | 2 | |
| 11 | 4FW | Szilárd Magyari | (1998-05-20)20 May 1998 (aged 21) | 9 | 6 | |
| 12 | 1GK | Attila Farkas | (1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 4FW | Attila Lazar | (1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 2DF | Árpád Rózsa | (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 29) | 15 | 0 | Free agent |
| 15 | 2DF | Norbert Benkő-Bíró | (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 (aged 26) | 14 | 1 | |
| 16 | 3MF | Tankó Előd | (1995-07-13)13 July 1995 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 4FW | Barna Bajkó | (1984-05-16)16 May 1984 (aged 35) | 13 | 10 | |
| 18 | 3MF | József Gazda | (1982-10-26)26 October 1982 (aged 36) | 14 | 0 | |
| 19 | 3MF | Botond Kovács | (1996-09-10)10 September 1996 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 3MF | Attila Gall | (1996-06-02)2 June 1996 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 3MF | Gothard Gajdo | (1991-07-17)17 July 1991 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 4FW | Rajmond Bálint | (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | 4FW | Norbert János | (1998-05-30)30 May 1998 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 |
The footballers enlisted below have played for Székely Land at least at one ConIFA World Football Cup or ConIFA European Football Cup and have had played at the top level.
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The following managers have been the head coach of Székely Land at least at one ConIFA World Football Cup or ConIFA European Football Cup.
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