Crimean Tatars national football team

Not to be confused with Crimea national football team.
Crimean Tatars
AssociationCrimean Tatar Football Union (Крымскотатарский футбольный союз)
Head coachElvin Kadyrov
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Crimean Tatars 0–5 Northern Cyprus 
(Morphou, Cyprus; 19 November 2006)
Biggest win
 Crimean Tatars 3–0 Thracian Greeks
(San Martin de Tor, Italy; 19 June 2016)
Biggest defeat
Ladinia 8–0 Crimean Tatars 
(Pfalzen, Italy; 21 June 2016)

The Crimean Tatars national football team is a football team representing Crimean Tatars in international tournaments. The team is governed by the Crimean Tatar Football Union. It is not associated with the Ukrainian Association of Football, but it is supported by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, which in the Russian Federation is listed as an extremist organization.

History

The national team was formed in 2006 based on a university team of the Crimean Engineer and Pedagogical University and associated with revival and development of Crimean Tatars identity following dissolution of the Soviet Union and return of Crimean Tatars to Crimea.

In 2006, the newly established team entered the ELF Cup tournament, organized by the Cyprus Turkish Football Association, a member of the N.F.-Board. The team played 5 matches in the tournament, knocking out Kyrgyzstan (a FIFA member) in the semifinals with overtime, and reached the finals, losing to the hosts with a score of 1–3. The team led by Rustem Osmanov was declared:[1]

  • Goalkeepers: Nariman Osmanov (Neftchi Fergana), Nariman Yakubov (Krymteplitsa), Seyid-Devlet Abduramanov (Medic Simferopol).
  • Defenders: Arsen Mustafayev (Phoenix-Illichivets), Fevzi Ebubekirov (Krymgeofizika), Rizvan Ablitarov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Denys Holaydo (Tavria; not Tatar, but was recommended to the national team).
  • Midfielders: Arsen Ablyametov (Chemist Krasnoperekopsk), Dzhambek Ablyakimov (Oilman Fergana), Fakhri Dzhelyalov (CSKA Moscow), Irfan Ametov (Irfanlomet Tallinn), Ruslan Dzhemilev (Medic), Marlene Ablyatipov, 21 years old (Crimegeophysics).
  • Forwards: Ruslan Emirratli, Khalil Khayredinov (Krymteplitsa), Rustem Mukhamedzhanov, 15 years old (UOR).

In 2016, the team went to the football tournament Europeada, a tournament for European indigenous and national minorities.[2] The team was declared under the name "Adalet" and consisted of athletes from Crimea, Lviv, Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities. She won the opening match of the group stage against West Thracian Muslims 3–0,[3] but then lost to the Romanian Hungarians and Ladinia with a score of 1–6 and 0–8 respectively and completed the performance. The following players with playing coaches Elvin Kadyrov and Elnur Amietov :

  • Shevekt Dzhaparov, Ennan Ashirov, Timur Kanataev, Arsen Yakubov, Lenzi Ablitarov, Esat Alimov, Diliaver Osmanov, Elzar Ablyamitov, Ibrahim Aliyev, Fikret Alimov, Rustem Ablyaev, Arthur Temirov, Talat Bilyalov, Islyam Useynov.

The team is not associated with the Crimea national football team, which was created in 2017 on the territory of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, which is governed by the Crimean Football Union.

Honours

Non-FIFA competitions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Еще одна сине-желтая сборная". football.ua. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. ^ Crimean Tatars National Team football team has arrived at the Europad 2016 (in Russian)
  3. ^ "Adalet" leads in its group at Europeada-2016 (in Russian)
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