Crimean Tatars national football team is a football team representing Crimean Tatars in international tournaments. Temporary member NF-Board, ruled by the Crimean Tatar Football Union. The team is not associated with the Ukrainian Association of Football, but it is supported by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People which in the Russian Federation recognised as an extremist organization.
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| Association | Crimean Tatar Football Union (Крымскотатарский футбольный союз) | ||
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| Head coach | Elvin Kadyrov | ||
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| First international | |||
 Crimean Tatars 0–5 Northern Cyprus  (Morphou, Cyprus; 19 November 2006) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Crimean Tatars 3–0 Thracian Greeks  (San Martin de Tor, Italy; 19 June 2016) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Ladinia 8–0 Crimean Tatars (Pfalzen, Italy; 21 June 2016) | |||
History
editThe national team was formed in 2006 based on a university team of the Crimean Engineer and Pedagogical University and associated with revival and development of Crimean Tatars identity following dissolution of the Soviet Union and return of Crimean Tatars to Crimea.
In 2006 the newly established team entered the ELF Cup tournament, organized by the Unrecognized Turkish Northern Cyprus Football Federation, a member of the NF-Board. The team played 5 matches in the tournament and reached the final, losing to the hosts in the final 1: 3 and knocking out a FIFA member in the semifinals, Kyrgyzstan national football team. The team led by Rustem Osmanov was declared:[1]
- Goalkeepers: Nariman Osmanov (Neftchi Fergana), Nariman Yakubov (Krymteplitsa), Seyid-Devlet Abduramanov (Medic Simferopol).
- Defenders: Arsen Mustafayev (Phoenix-Illichivets), Fevzi Ebubekirov (Krymgeofizika), Rizvan Ablitarov (Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk), Denys Holaydo (Tavria; not Tatar, but was recommended to the national team).
- Midfielders: Arsen Ablyametov (Chemist Krasnoperekopsk), Dzhambek Ablyakimov (Oilman Fergana), Fakhri Dzhelyalov (CSKA Moscow), Irfan Ametov (Irfanlomet Tallinn), Ruslan Dzhemilev (Medic), Marlene Ablyatipov, 21 years old (Crimegeophysics).
- Forwards: Ruslan Emirratli, Khalil Khayredinov (Krymteplitsa), Rustem Mukhamedzhanov, 15 years old (UOR).
In 2016, the team again went to the football tournament Europeada - the European Championship among national minorities, which was held in South Tyrol.[2] The team was declared under the name "Adalet" and consisted of athletes from the Crimea, Lviv, Kyiv and several Ukrainian cities. She won the opening match of the group stage against West Thracian Muslims 3–0,[3] but then lost to the Romanian Hungarians and Ladinia with a score of 1–6 and 0–8 respectively and completed the performance. The following players with playing coaches Elvin Kadyrov and Elnur Amietov :
- Shevekt Dzhaparov, Ennan Ashirov, Timur Kanataev, Arsen Yakubov, Lenzi Ablitarov, Esat Alimov, Diliaver Osmanov, Elzar Ablyamitov, Ibrahim Aliyev, Fikret Alimov, Rustem Ablyaev, Arthur Temirov, Talat Bilyalov, Islyam Useynov.
The team is not associated with Crimea national football team, created in 2017 on the territory of Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol - it is subordinate Crimean Football union.[citation needed]
Honours
editNon-FIFA competitions
edit- ELF Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2006
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Еще одна сине-желтая сборная". football.ua. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- ^ Crimean Tatars National Team football team has arrived at the Europad 2016 (in Russian)
- ^ "Adalet" leads in its group at Europeada-2016 (in Russian)