invergowrie arab Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 As was - and indeed still is - Vojvodina. On the subject of lists: following the admission of Gibraltar and Kosovo how many parts of Europe are there who can't play international football? It can't be very many now. Some territories, as the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey and the various Scandanavian islands, play for their mother countries. Monaco and the Vatican City are two obvious examples. Northern Cyprus. Is that it? Incidentally the Kosovan teams failed to obtain UEFA licenses in time, so they'll not feature in CL or EL next season and no adjustments to slots. South Ossetia, Chechnya, Abkhazia, Dagestan, Transnistria, Nagorno Karabakh are all de facto states without official UN recognition but with some recognition of their independence. They probably all could play for Georgia, Russia or Armenia but then again Kosovans could have quite easily played for Serbia if they so wish. Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia, Corsica, are probably as valid an example of a state as Kosovo hence Spain's reluctance to recognise them at the UN. The UK, Monaco and Vatican are the 3 UN member states in the UEFA zone who are not part of FIFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Sealand as well, but they do have a football team They lost 3-1 to the Chagos Island in May 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17981522 https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/chagos-islands-sealand-football-match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 North Cyprus should get their independence sooner than later. They've been behaving like an independent country for decades and "South Cyprus" tends to stay out of their affairs whilst still technically owning that piece of land. I think the same is true of the likes of Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia. There are a number of places in Europe that behave like independent countries, the interesting thing is if they were to ever break away from the legal "parent" country would they become actual independent countries or join up with other "parent" countries For example if Cyprus was to partition itself, would North Cyprus become independent or would it legally be part of Turkey? Similarly in Nagorno-Karabakh, if they were ever to free themselves from Azerbaijani rule, would they go independent or join Armenia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Shame the Vatican never got UEFA status. They used to have a decent enough goalie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 North Cyprus should get their independence sooner than later. They've been behaving like an independent country for decades and "South Cyprus" tends to stay out of their affairs whilst still technically owning that piece of land. ^^^ idiot found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Shame the Vatican never got UEFA status. They used to have a decent enough goalie. They do have a team, and a cup. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City_national_football_team https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clericus_Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I'd like to see Monaco enter a national team. It would just be members of their Royal family and Formula One drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I'd like to see Monaco enter a national team. It would just be members of their Royal family and Formula One drivers. Michael Schumacher used to be pretty good at football. He's not anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 North Cyprus should get their independence sooner than later. They've been behaving like an independent country for decades and "South Cyprus" tends to stay out of their affairs whilst still technically owning that piece of land. I think the same is true of the likes of Nagorno-Karabakh and South Ossetia. There are a number of places in Europe that behave like independent countries, the interesting thing is if they were to ever break away from the legal "parent" country would they become actual independent countries or join up with other "parent" countries For example if Cyprus was to partition itself, would North Cyprus become independent or would it legally be part of Turkey? Similarly in Nagorno-Karabakh, if they were ever to free themselves from Azerbaijani rule, would they go independent or join Armenia? This really is a cretinous post. I realise it's repeating what VT posted above but worth it IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 This really is a cretinous post. I realise it's repeating what VT posted above but worth it IMO. Can you explain where I've gone wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGafraidh Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Shetland, would they go independent or go back to Norway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Shetland, would they go independent or go back to Norway? Neither because the people of Shetland are happy as they are Unlike the people of Nagorno-Karabakh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Neither because the people of Shetland are happy as they are Unlike the people of Nagorno-Karabakh FFS Mr Bairn these posts of yours are one full blow Minter after another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 FFS Mr Bairn these posts of yours are one full blow Minter after another What's wrong with that post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Mr Bairn literally carries a disclaimer in all his posts. Amazing that people are surprised when he posts utter shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambie's Pigeon Feed Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Did Switzerland publicly say why they opposed it? Why was it such a tight vote? News coverage just focuses on Serbia, who's opposition is clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Did Switzerland publicly say why they opposed it? Why was it such a tight vote? News coverage just focuses on Serbia, who's opposition is clear. Probably because their best players are eligible for Kosova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 UEFA's scrapped Russia's centralised friendlies - they'll be globetrotting for the next 2 years... and added Kosovo to WC qualifying Group I (to avoid Bosnians) and Gibraltar to Group H.Group H Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus, GibraltarGroup I Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland, Kosovo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Do the Bosnians hate Kosovo too then? The Balkans just need to chill out a bit imo. Send Corbyn over to sort it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Must be something, aye. UEFA has decided Kosovo teams shouldn't be drawn with Serbian or Bosnia teams in tournaments "for security reasons". That ruling joins Armenia-Azerbaijan, Spain-Gibraltar (laughably) and Russia-Ukraine. I think Russia-Georgia has been lifted. Kosovo will play home games in Albania - no compliant stadiums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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