FA Sápmi
| CONIFA | |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 29, 2014[1] |
| Headquarters | Utsikten 3 Bardufoss, Norway |
| CONIFA affiliation | 2014 |
| President | Håkan Kuorak |
| Vice-president | Elin Nicolaisen[2] |
FA Sápmi is a football association which is the organizer of the Sápmi football team representing the indigenous Sámi people. It is a member of the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA), but not a member of either FIFA or UEFA.[3] The president of the FA Sápmi is Håkan Kuorak from Jokkmokk, Sweden.[4] It was the host of 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup.[5]
FA Sápmi was established in March 2014 as the successor of the 2003 founded Sámi Football Association (Northern Sami: Sámi Spábbáčiekčan Lihttu, SSL; Norwegian: Samisk Fotballforbund, SFF), which had not submitted neither the financial accounts, nor their budget requirement to the Sámi Parliament, and had only existed on paper since 2011,[6][4] and as a result, its president and vice-president had both resigned in 2012,[6][7] it had lost the support of the Sámi Parliament in 2013,[8] and finally went bankrupt on 14 January 2015, leaving FA Sápmi as the main football association for the Sámi people.[9]
References
- ^ Sara, Klemet Anders (8 April 2014). "FA-Sápmi søker medlemskap i SVL". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ "Nytt styre for FA Sápmi". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). 7 December 2024. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ^ "Nytt Samisk fotballforbund". NRK Sápmi (in Norwegian). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Håkan Kuorak president i nybildat samiskt fotbollsförbund". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Sameradion & SVT Sápmi. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup Official Homepage Archived 23 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ a b Guttorm, Kjell Are (17 August 2012). "Fotballstyret må gå" [The football board must go]. NRK Sápmi (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ Guttorm, Kjell Are (22 September 2012). "Blir skremt bort fra styret" [Scared away from the board]. NRK Sápmi (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ Larsen, Dan Robert (16 January 2014). "Har en gjeld på 150.000 kroner". NRK Sápmi (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ Pulk, Åse (19 January 2015). "Konkurs åpnet i boet til SSL" [The Sámi Football Association declared bankrupt]. NRK Sápmi (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.