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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p> <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> is the <a href="/wiki/National_sport" title="National sport">national sport</a> of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-trnc2002_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trnc2002-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is governed by the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Turkish_Football_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyprus Turkish Football Federation">Cyprus Turkish Football Federation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Kıbrıs Türk Futbol Federasyonu</i>, KTFF), which was set up in 1955. The KTFF oversees the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus national football team">national team</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Birinci_Lig" class="mw-redirect" title="Birinci Lig">league system</a>. The top-level national league is the <a href="/wiki/KTFF_S%C3%BCper_Lig" title="KTFF Süper Lig">KTFF Süper Lig</a>, followed by the <a href="/wiki/KTFF_1._Lig" title="KTFF 1. Lig">KTFF 1. Lig</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=KTFF_2._Lig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KTFF 2. Lig (page does not exist)">KTFF 2. Lig</a>. The national cup, regulated by the KTFF is the <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_Cup_(Northern_Cyprus)" title="Cypriot Cup (Northern Cyprus)">Cypriot Cup</a>. The winner of the league and the cup play the <a href="/wiki/KTFF_Super_Cup" title="KTFF Super Cup">KTFF Super Cup</a>. </p><p>Due to the <a href="/wiki/Embargo_against_Northern_Cyprus" title="Embargo against Northern Cyprus">international sports embargo against Northern Cyprus</a>, Turkish Cypriot teams cannot play international matches.<sup id="cite_ref-wb_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Northern_Cyprus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Football was introduced to <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> on 1878 with the arrival of <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> troops.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> There are 2,500 licensed players in Northern Cyprus.<sup id="cite_ref-ktff_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktff-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus national football team">national team</a> is currently ranked number one in the <a href="/wiki/NF-Board" class="mw-redirect" title="NF-Board">NF-Board</a> standings,<sup id="cite_ref-nfboard-rankings_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfboard-rankings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is ranked higher than all non-<a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> teams in the <a href="/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings" title="World Football Elo Ratings">World Football Elo Ratings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eloratings_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eloratings-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the first years after the Turkish invasion in 1974, Turkish Cypriot football teams were able to play international matches against teams from countries such as Turkey, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>. This was due to the tolerance shown by <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> upon the initiative of its secretary-general, <a href="/wiki/Helmut_K%C3%A4ser" title="Helmut Käser">Helmut Käser</a>. However, after the illegal declaration of independence in 1983, Turkish Cypriot teams and the unofficial national team lost the ability to play international matches. A Turkish team, <a href="/wiki/Fenerbah%C3%A7e_SK" class="mw-redirect" title="Fenerbahçe SK">Fenerbahçe SK</a>, had a camp in Northern Cyprus in 1990 and planned to play with a local team, but the match was not allowed by FIFA that recognises <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Football_Association" title="Cyprus Football Association">Cyprus Football Association</a> to be the only internationally recognised authority for football in Cyprus. In the <a href="/wiki/ELF_Cup" title="ELF Cup">ELF Cup</a> that took place in Northern Cyprus in 2006, FIFA successfully pressured the Afghanistan national team not to play in the tournament, and FIFA members <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a> sent their <a href="/wiki/Futsal" title="Futsal">futsal</a> teams instead.<sup id="cite_ref-menary_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-menary-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Turkish Cypriot bid to join FIFA was rejected again in 2004, after the Annan Plan referendums.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, a friendly football match between <a href="/wiki/%C3%87etinkaya_T%C3%BCrk_S.K." title="Çetinkaya Türk S.K.">Çetinkaya Türk S.K.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luton_Town_F.C." title="Luton Town F.C.">Luton Town F.C.</a> was cancelled after pressure by the Republic of Cyprus. In 2014, the Cyprus Turkish Football Federation, after agreement signed between the two, applied to join the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Football_Association" title="Cyprus Football Association">Cyprus Football Association</a>, but the talks reached a deadlock because of Turkey's political intervention.<sup id="cite_ref-wb_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women's_football"><span id="Women.27s_football"></span>Women's football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_in_Northern_Cyprus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Women's football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Women's football remains very undeveloped in Northern Cyprus.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first ever women's football league in Northern Cyprus, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=KTFF_Women%27s_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KTFF Women's League (page does not exist)">KTFF Women's League</a>, was established in the 2007-08 season with seven teams. The number of teams later increased to nine. However, the lack of teams and interest, as well as violence in matches resulted in the cancellation of the league by the federation. Only Akdeniz Nurçelik SK, the women's branch of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Akdeniz_Spor_Birli%C4%9Fi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Akdeniz Spor Birliği (page does not exist)">Akdeniz Spor Birliği</a> remained professionally active in this field.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team was, as of the 2014–15 season, in the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Women%27s_Third_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Women's Third Football League">Turkish Women's Third Football League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football_stadiums_in_Northern_Cyprus">Football stadiums in Northern Cyprus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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