2017 CONIFA European Football Cup

The 2017 ConIFA European Football Cup was the second edition of the ConIFA European Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA organised by ConIFA. It was hosted in Northern Cyprus.

2017 ConIFA European Football Cup
Tournament details
Host country Northern Cyprus
Dates4 June – 10 June
Teams8
Venue4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Padania
Runners-up Northern Cyprus
Third place Székely Land
Fourth place Abkhazia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored51 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s) Barna Bajko
(5 goals)
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Tournament

Following the 2015 ConIFA European Football Cup, the next tournament was announced to take place between 4–11 June 2017 in Northern Cyprus at the organization's Annual General Meeting in February 2017. A total of eight teams were announced as taking part in the tournament, planned to be held across four locations.


Hosts

Northern Cyprus

Nicosia Kyrenia Famagusta Morphou
Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadı Mete Adanır Stadyumu Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadı Üner Berkalp Stadyumu
35°12′49″N 33°20′16″E / 35.213611°N 33.337778°E / 35.213611; 33.337778 (Lefkoşa Atatürk Stadı) 35°20′49″N 33°15′40″E / 35.346948°N 33.26114124°E / 35.346948; 33.26114124 (Mete Adanır Stadyumu) 35°07′10″N 33°57′06″E / 35.1194332°N 33.9517383°E / 35.1194332; 33.9517383 (Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadı) 35°12′22″N 32°59′31″E / 35.2061244°N 32.9918883°E / 35.2061244; 32.9918883 (Zafer Stadı)
Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 1,500 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 7,000
Nicosia
Kyrenia
Famagusta
Morphou

Participants

A total of eight teams were announced as participating – both the current European Football Cup holders Padania and reigning World Football Cup champions Abkhazia were automatically qualified, with the remainder voted on by ConIFA members.

Withdrawals

Subsequent to the announcement of the eight participants, three then withdrew:

  • Sapmi withdrew and were replaced by South Ossetia.
  • County of Nice withdrew and were replaced by Felvidék.
  • Occitania withdrew and were replaced by Kárpátalja.

Squad

Matches

Group stage

The results of the group stage draw:

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Northern Cyprus (Q) 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7
 Abkhazia (Q) 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 Kárpátalja 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
 South Ossetia 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Northern Cyprus 1–0 Kárpátalja
Yaşınses 89'
Atatürk Stadium, Nicosia
Abkhazia 2–1 South Ossetia
Kortava 1'
Shoniya 90+1'
Kadjaev 61'
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia
South Ossetia 0–8 Northern Cyprus
Yaşınses 13'
Taşkıran 15', 20', 58'
Çıdamlı 57', 68'
Turan 62' (pen.)
Gök 88'
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia
Kárpátalja 2–2 Abkhazia
Szabó 33'
Roman 77'
Anatoli Semyonov 20', 50'
Atatürk Stadium, Nicosia
South Ossetia 1–4 Kárpátalja
Kochiev 85' Mile 20'
Baksa 33'
Barta 45+1'
Kész 62'
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Famagusta
Northern Cyprus 0–0 Abkhazia
Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Padania (Q) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
 Székely Land (Q) 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
 Ellan Vannin 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
 Felvidék 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Padania 1–0 Ellan Vannin
Rota 70'
Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou
Felvidék 1–0 Székely Land
Križan 55'
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Famagusta
Székely Land 1–1 Padania
Szőcs 81' Rota 8'
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Famagusta
Ellan Vannin 1–0 Felvidék
Bass 52'
Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou
Ellan Vannin 2–4 Székely Land
McNultey 79', 86' Bajkó 13', 36', 69' (pen.), 75'
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia
Padania 2–0 Felvidék
Rota 62'
Rosset 90'
Atatürk Stadium, Nicosia

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 June – Kyrenia
 
 
 Padania 0 (6)
 
10 June – Nicosia
 
 Abkhazia 0 (5)
 
 Padania 1 (3)
 
9 June – Nicosia
 
 Northern Cyprus 1 (2)
 
 Northern Cyprus 2
 
 
 Székely Land 1
 
Third place
 
 
10 June – Kyrenia
 
 
 Abkhazia 1
 
 
 Székely Land 3

Placement round

South Ossetia 0–2 Felvidék
Molnár 5', 42'
Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium, Famagusta
Kárpátalja 3–3 Ellan Vannin
Kelly 2' (o.g.)
Fodor 30'
Kész 61'
Cown 23'
Cannell 61'
Doyle 83'
Penalties
5–4
Üner Berkalp Stadium, Morphou

Semi-finals

Northern Cyprus 2–1 Székely Land
Onet 16'
Turan 83'
Silion 49'
Atatürk Stadium, Nicosia
Padania 0–0 Abkhazia
Penalties
6–5
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia

Third-place play-off

Székely Land 3–1 Abkhazia
Csürös 9'
Szőcs 24'
Bajkó 36'
Kortava 3'
Mete Adanır Stadium, Kyrenia

Final

Padania 1–1 Northern Cyprus
Pllumbaj 23' Turan 52'
Penalties
4–2
Atatürk Stadium, Nicosia

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Padania 5 2 3 0 5 2 +3 9
2  Northern Cyprus 5 3 2 0 12 2 +10 11
3  Székely Land 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 7
4  Abkhazia 5 1 3 1 5 6 −1 6
5  Kárpátalja 4 1 2 1 9 7 +2 5
6  Ellan Vannin 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
7  Felvidék 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 6
8  South Ossetia 4 0 0 4 2 16 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]

Top scorers

5 goals
  • Barna Bajkó
3 goals
  • Ertaç Taşkıran
  • Halil Turan
  • Andrea Rota
2 goals
  • Dmitri Kortava
  • Anatoli Semyonov
  • Ciaran McNultey
  • Attila Molnár
  • Tibor Kész
  • László Szőcs
  • İbrahim Çıdamlı
  • Mustafa Yaşınses
1 goal
  • Ruslan Shoniya
  • Chriss Bass, Jr
  • Liam Cowin
  • Chris Cannell
  • Sean Doyle
  • Richard Križan
  • Ferenc Barta
  • Krisztián Mile
  • Roland Szabó
  • Ohar Roman
  • Zoltán Baksa
  • Norbert Fodor
  • Uğur Gök
  • Serhan Önet
  • Ersid Plumbaj
  • William Rosset
  • Alan Kadjaev
  • Solsan Kochiev
  • Attila Csürös
  • Petru Silion

Own goals

  • Marc Kelly (in match Kárpátalja – Ellan Vannin)

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