2026 CONIFA European Football Cup

2026 CONIFA European Football Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPadania Padania (official)
Italy (location)
Dates2–6 June 2026
Teams6
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Northern Cyprus
Runners-up Padania
Third place Greenland
Fourth place Canton Ticino
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored37 (4.63 per match)
Top scorerNorthern Cyprus Erhun Oztumer

The 2026 CONIFA European Football Cup was the fourth edition of this tournament, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA with an affiliation to Europe, organised by CONIFA.[1] The edition will be the first since 2019, with editions in 2021 and 2023, both being cancelled.[2]

Participants

TeamPrevious appearances in tournament[a]
Canton Ticino0 (debut)
 Greenland0 (debut)
 Northern Cyprus1 (2017)
 Padania3 (2015, 2017, 2019)
 Raetia0 (debut)
Rouet-Provence0 (debut)
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw is scheduled to take place during the CONIFA AGM on April 18, 2026, in Lefkosa, Northern Cyprus.[3][4] Teams were divided into 3 pots for the draw and would be split between 2 3-team groups.[5] While not directly confirmed by CONIFA, pots are thought to be based on the 2025 European rankings.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Format

Six teams will be divided into two groups of three teams. The two group winners will progress to the final, the two runners-ups will progress to a third-place match; a fifth-place game is scheduled as a friendly and not officially as part of the tournament.[7]

Venues

Two venues are being used to hold fixtures at the tournament, both in the same area known as the Sportitalia Village. The 3,000 capacity Stadio XXV Aprile, also known as the Carate Stadium or Sportitalia Arena for sponsorship reasons, home of Serie D side US Folgore Caratese ASD is being used as the main venue for the tournament. The neighbouring Stadio Comunale Verano Brianza, or Verano Stadium, is also being used to host matches.[1]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Padania 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 6 Advanced to final
2  Greenland 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3 Advanced to third place match
3  Raetia 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 0 Advanced to fifth place match
First match(es) will be played: 2 June 2026. Source: [8]
Raetia 1–4 Padania
Roffler 84' Colombo 23'
Montalbano 28'
Pozzoni 86', 90+8'
Carate Stadium, Carate Brianza, Italy
Padania 3–1 Greenland
Ravasi 36'
Colombo 56'
Rossetti 86'		 Ejler 55'
Verano Stadium, Carate Brianza, Italy
Raetia 1–4 Greenland
Agaei 85' Eriksen Petersen 1'
Johansen 33'
Gundel-Collin 53'
B. Rosing 59'
Verano Stadium, Carate Brianza, Italy

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Northern Cyprus 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6 Advanced to final
2 Canton Ticino 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3 Advanced to third place match
3 Rouet-Provence 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0 Advanced to fifth place match
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2026. Source: [8]
Rouet-Provence 0–1 Canton Ticino
Garcia 58'
Verano Stadium, Carate Brianza, Italy
Canton Ticino 1–5 Northern Cyprus
Moccetti 88' (pen.) Şöför 44', 46'
Sezer 48'
Güçlucan 63'
Oshan 87'
Verano Stadium, Carate Brianza, Italy
Rouet-Provence 0–4 Northern Cyprus
Eseller 1'
Güçlucan 42'
Aykut 58'
Oshan 66'
Verano Stadium, Carate Brianza, Italy

Placement games

3rd Group A vs 3rd Group B match

Raetia 3–3 (a.e.t.) Rouet-Provence
Schleich 63', 71', 81' (pen.) [9] Schmitz red-colored football 15' (o.g.)
Simonis 51', 77'
Penalties
  • Fahmy football with red X
  • Santini football with check mark
  • Schmitz football with check mark
  • Hägel football with red X
 2–4
  • Rodriguez football with check mark
  • Olive football with check mark
  • Tsalikian football with check mark
  • Didier football with check mark
Verano Stadium, Carate Brianza, Italy

Third-place match

Greenland 3–2 Canton Ticino
Gundel-Collin 9'
Jensen 51'
Ejler 80'		 [10] Bejeranu 22'
Heimidach 61'
Carate Stadium, Carate Brianza, Italy

Final

Padania 1–6 Northern Cyprus
Alvitrez 28' [11] Şöför 31'
Öztümer 32', 40', 49', 54'
Çalban 90'
Carate Stadium, Carate Brianza, Italy


 Winners 

Northern Cyprus
1st title

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Northern Cyprus 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13
2  Padania 3 2 0 1 8 8 0
3  Greenland 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2
4 Canton Ticino 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4
5 Rouet-Provence 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2
6  Raetia 3 0 1 2 5 11 −6
Source:

Goalscorers

4 goals

3 goals

  • Northern Cyprus Şenol Şöför
  • Raetia Julian Schleich

2 goals

  • Greenland Adam Ejler
  • Greenland Angutivik Gundel-Collin
  • Northern Cyprus Mert Güçlucan
  • Northern Cyprus Kenan Oshan
  • Padania Leonardo Pozzoni
  • Padania Nicolo Colombo
  • Jerome Simonis

1 goal

  • Nelu Bejeranu
  • Rayan Heimidach
  • Miguel Garcia
  • Anthony Moccetti
  • Greenland Rene Eriksen Petersen
  • Greenland Malik Jensen
  • Greenland Niklas Johansen
  • Greenland Bastian Rosing
  • Northern Cyprus Olcay Mahmut Aykut
  • Northern Cyprus Ada Osman Eseller
  • Northern Cyprus Mert Sezer
  • Northern Cyprus Batuhan Calban
  • Padania Cristian Alvitrez
  • Padania Riccardo Ravasi
  • Padania Mirko Montalbano
  • Raetia Amir Agaei
  • Raetia Silvan Roffler

References

  1. 1 2 "CONIFA European Championship 2026". Conifa.org. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Conifa European Football Cup: Cornwall 'disappointed' at cancellation". Bbc.co.uk. 18 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Annual General Meeting 2026". Conifa.org. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "AGM Day schedule 2026" (PDF). Conifa.org. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
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  7. ↑ "Padania Football Association (@PadaniaFA) on X". X.com. 25 April 2026. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
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