The N.F.-Board was a federation for football associations established on 12 December 2003. At the beginning, NFB was made up of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA. One of the founders was Luc Misson, a lawyer who represented Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman in a case that led to the Bosman ruling.

Controversies

In 2006, the first VIVA World Cup was initially planned in Northern Cyprus after validation of a reconnaissance visit by the management of the NF-Board, political changes took place in the meantime in this territory, with repercussions on the Federation of Northern Cyprus football. Northern Cyprus no longer admits to receiving certain football associations, the Emergency Committee of the NF-Board takes the decision to cancel the edition planned there and to transfer the competition to Hyères in France. In response, the Northern Cyprus Football Federation announced the organization of the ELF Cup and promised to pay the travel expenses of the participants, the competition will be won by the Northern Cyprus selection. In 2010, the Monaco Football Association left the NF-Board. The captain of the selection at the time, Yohan Garino, explains: “For political reasons, we are not authorized by our government to play against certain teams. We also had some problems with the NF-Board which used photos of the Monaco Football Association and Prince Albert as advertising for their many matches without authorization. We were particularly disappointed by this last point which is very detrimental to us. ". In 2013, the activity of the NF-Board stopped due to internal disagreements and accusations of embezzlement brought against the then president. Some members decided to resign from the NF-Board and founded another organization.

VIVA World Cup

N.F.-Board organized five VIVA World Cups, including the inaugural games in November 2006. The events were as follows: Since 2013, Non-FIFA international football is managed by the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA).

Former members of the NF-Board

The teams in bold competed in at least one Viva World Cup.

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