The Sápmi national football team is a national football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 team representing the Sámi people

Sami people

The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...

, who inhabit northern parts of Norway

Norway

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, Sweden

Sweden

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, Finland

Finland

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 and Russia

Russia

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. The team is not a member of UEFA

UEFA

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 or FIFA

FIFA

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, and therefore do not participate in their competitions.

The goal of the Sámi Football Association, which controls the team, is to gain official status. Since 2003 they have been a member of NF-Board, which organizes matches for non-official national teams.

Sápmi footballers who have played for both the Norwegian national side

Norway national football team

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 and for the Sápmi team, include Morten Gamst Pedersen

Morten Gamst Pedersen

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, Sigurd Rushfeldt

Sigurd Rushfeldt

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 and Tom Høgli

Tom Høgli

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. Steffen Nystrøm

Steffen Nystrøm

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, of Moss FK

Moss F.K.

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 has played for the Norway

Norway national football team

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 under-21 team, and made his Sápmi debut in the VIVA World Cup.

They participated in the KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup

KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup

Held under the auspices of the NF-Board, this tournament celebrated 50 years of the football association of Northern Cyprus, the KTFF, and featured representative sides from the host nation, the Sápmi, and Kosovo...

 in 2005 in Northern Cyprus. They lost both matches against Northern Cyprus and Kosovo, finishing third.

Achievements

In November 2006, Sápmi took part in – and won – the inaugural VIVA World Cup

Viva World Cup

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 in Occitania

Occitania

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, organised by the NF-Board. Although the competition was hit by withdrawals of many of the major players in non-FIFA football

Non-FIFA football

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, the Sápmi overcame both the host nation

Occitania national football team

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 and Monaco

Monaco national football team

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 to win the trophy, scoring an impressive 42 goals in 3 games.

VIVA World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2006 2006 VIVA World Cup The 2006 Viva World Cup an international tournament for football, took place in Occitania from 20 November 2006 to 24 November 2006.-The Inaugural Tournament:...	Champion	1	3	3	0	0	41	1
2008 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....	3rd place match	3	5	2	1	2	9	8
2009	3rd place match	3	4	1	1	2	12	12
Total	3/3	1 Title	12	6	2	4	62	21

Sápmi Squad, Summer 2008

This was the Sápmi squad picked for the VIVA World Cup in July 2008. Caps and goals are as of 27 November 2006, and only include games played under the auspices of the New Federations Board since 2004.

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Strikers

Recent call-ups

Selected internationals

Date	Venue		Opponent	Score
26-06-2009	2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Padania Padania is an alternative name for the Po Valley in Italy. The term was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when Lega Nord, a political party in Italy, proposed Padania as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy...			4 – 4 (5–4 pk)
25-06-2009	2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Padania Padania is an alternative name for the Po Valley in Italy. The term was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when Lega Nord, a political party in Italy, proposed Padania as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy...			0–4
24-06-2009	2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Padania Padania is an alternative name for the Po Valley in Italy. The term was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when Lega Nord, a political party in Italy, proposed Padania as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy...			7–2
23-06-2009	2009 VIVA World Cup – Padania Padania Padania is an alternative name for the Po Valley in Italy. The term was sparingly used until the early 1990s, when Lega Nord, a political party in Italy, proposed Padania as a possible denomination for an autonomous Northern Italy...			1–2
13-07-2008	2008 VIVA World Cup 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....  – Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			3–1
12-07-2008	2008 VIVA World Cup 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....  – Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			4–2
11-07-2008	2008 VIVA World Cup 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....  – Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			0–2
09-07-2008	2008 VIVA World Cup 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....  – Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			0–1
07-07-2008	2008 VIVA World Cup 2008 VIVA World Cup The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy. The tournament was organised by the Nouvelle Fédération-Board....  – Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			2–2
Nov 24 2006	2006 VIVA World Cup 2006 VIVA World Cup The 2006 Viva World Cup an international tournament for football, took place in Occitania from 20 November 2006 to 24 November 2006.-The Inaugural Tournament:...  – Occitania Occitania Occitania , also sometimes lo País d'Òc, "the Oc Country"), is the region in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part as a second language...			21–1
Nov 23 2006	2006 VIVA World Cup 2006 VIVA World Cup The 2006 Viva World Cup an international tournament for football, took place in Occitania from 20 November 2006 to 24 November 2006.-The Inaugural Tournament:...  – Occitania Occitania Occitania , also sometimes lo País d'Òc, "the Oc Country"), is the region in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part as a second language...			14–0
Nov 20 2006	2006 VIVA World Cup 2006 VIVA World Cup The 2006 Viva World Cup an international tournament for football, took place in Occitania from 20 November 2006 to 24 November 2006.-The Inaugural Tournament:...  – Occitania Occitania Occitania , also sometimes lo País d'Òc, "the Oc Country"), is the region in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part as a second language...			7–0
Nov 4 2005	KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup Held under the auspices of the NF-Board, this tournament celebrated 50 years of the football association of Northern Cyprus, the KTFF, and featured representative sides from the host nation, the Sápmi, and Kosovo...  – Northern Cyprus			2–6
Nov 3 2005	KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup KTFF 50th Anniversary Cup Held under the auspices of the NF-Board, this tournament celebrated 50 years of the football association of Northern Cyprus, the KTFF, and featured representative sides from the host nation, the Sápmi, and Kosovo...  – Northern Cyprus		Kosovo Kosovo national football team The Kosovo national football team represents Republic of Kosovo in international men's football. Controlled by the Football Federation of Kosovo, the governing body for football in Kosovo, they are not a member of FIFA or UEFA....	1–4
Jul 28 2004	Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			1–1
Jul 4 2001	Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...			5–1
Aug 7 1998	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....			0–0
Jul 1992	Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...			1–2
Jun 1991	Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			2–1
Oct 1990	Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...			0–2
Jun 1987	Åland			0–1
Jun 1986	Sápmi Sapmi Sapmi can refer to:* Nation of the Sami people* Sápmi , the area where the Sami people live in northern Europe* A Sami cultural park located in Kárášjohka...			2–0
Jun 1985	Åland			2–4