Székely Land football team

The Székely Land football team (Hungarian: Székely labdarúgó-válogatott) is a team representing Székely Land, a historic and ethnographic region in eastern Transylvania, in central Romania, inhabited mainly by the Székelys, a subgroup of the Hungarian people. It is a member of ConIFA, an umbrella association for states, minorities, and regions unaffiliated with FIFA.^[1][2]

Székely Land

Nickname(s)	Székelyek
Association	Székelyföld Labdarugó Egyesület (SZFE)
Confederation	ConIFA
Head coach	József Gazda
First colours
First international
Kárpátalja 0–5 Székely Land  (Berehovo; 16 August 2014)
Biggest win
Somaliland 3–10 Székely Land  (Gagra; 3 June 2016)  Székely Land 7-0 Two Sicilies  (Csíkszereda; 2 July 2023)
Biggest defeat
Székely Land 0–5 Western Armenia  (Askeran; 3 June 2019)
World Cup
Appearances	CONIFA World Football Cup
Best result	4th 2018
Appearances	CONIFA European Football Cup
Best result	3rd 2017

Székelyföld Labdarugó Egyesület

The Székelyföld Labdarugó Egyesület is the football association of Székely Land.^[3]

History

The association named Székelyföld Labdarugó Egyesület (English: Székely Land Football Association) was founded in 2013 at Budapest, Hungary on the initiative of Kristóf Wenczel, a sports lawyer by profession. In January 2014, the Székelyföld Labdarugó Egyesület was admitted to the N.F.-Board, an organisation consisting of teams that represent nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA; and afterwards, they became a member of the newly founded ConIFA.^[4]

In 2023, they participated in the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualifiers. They were placed in Group C with Chameria and Two Sicilies. Sekler Land won both matches, 3-2 and 7-0 respectively, and qualified for the tournament.

Tournament records

ConIFA World Football Cup record

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2014	did not enter
2016	9th place	4	2	0	2	17	7
2018	4th place	6	3	1	2	16	7
2024	Qualified
Total	0 titles	10	5	1	4	33	14

ConIFA European Football Cup record

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2015	6th place	3	0	0	3	5	10
2017	3rd place	5	2	1	2	9	7
2019	8th place	5	0	1	4	5	16
2021	TBC
Total	0 titles	13	2	2	9	19	33

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Levente Mihok	(1982-05-27)27 May 1982 (aged 37)	0	0	ACS Olimpic Cetate Râșnov
2	2DF	Hunor Ghinea	(1999-02-24)24 February 1999 (aged 20)	0	0	KSE Târgu Secuiesc
3	2DF	Robert Oprea	(1988-06-10)10 June 1988 (aged 30)	4	0	SK Nyárádszereda
4	2DF	Norbert Lazar	(1989-04-27)27 April 1989 (aged 30)	0	0	Baróti VSC
5	3MF	István Hadnagy	(1996-09-19)19 September 1996 (aged 22)	4	1	Malomfalvi Fiatalság
6	3MF	Norbert-Cristian Albu	(1996-11-01)1 November 1996 (aged 22)	0	0	KSE Târgu Secuiesc
7	3MF	Barna Vékás	(1994-08-12)12 August 1994 (aged 24)	6	5	AFC Odorheiu Secuiesc
8	3MF	Csaba Dézsi	(1989-12-13)13 December 1989 (aged 29)	4	0	AFC Odorheiu Secuiesc
9	4FW	Ákos Kovács	(1983-03-22)22 March 1983 (aged 36)	8	1	AFC Odorheiu Secuiesc
10	3MF	Mozes Peter	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 34)	8	2	AFC Odorheiu Secuiesc
11	4FW	Szilárd Magyari	(1998-05-20)20 May 1998 (aged 21)	9	6	FK Miercurea Ciuc
12	1GK	Attila Farkas	(1999-03-22)22 March 1999 (aged 20)	0	0	KSE Târgu Secuiesc
13	4FW	Attila Lazar	(1989-07-10)10 July 1989 (aged 29)	0	0	Baróti VSC
14	2DF	Árpád Rózsa	(1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 29)	15	0	Free agent
15	2DF	Norbert Benkő-Bíró	(1992-10-08)8 October 1992 (aged 26)	14	1	Salgótarjáni BTC
16	3MF	Tankó Előd	(1995-07-13)13 July 1995 (aged 23)	0	0	AFC Odorheiu Secuiesc
17	4FW	Barna Bajkó	(1984-05-16)16 May 1984 (aged 35)	13	10	FK Miercurea Ciuc
18	3MF	József Gazda	(1982-10-26)26 October 1982 (aged 36)	14	0	KSE Târgu Secuiesc
19	3MF	Botond Kovács	(1996-09-10)10 September 1996 (aged 22)	0	0	Szolnoki MÁV FC
20	3MF	Attila Gall	(1996-06-02)2 June 1996 (aged 22)	0	0	KSE Târgu Secuiesc
21	3MF	Gothard Gajdo	(1991-07-17)17 July 1991 (aged 27)	0	0	KSE Târgu Secuiesc
22	4FW	Rajmond Bálint	(1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 25)	1	0	AFC Odorheiu Secuiesc
23	4FW	Norbert János	(1998-05-30)30 May 1998 (aged 21)	0	0	FC Universitatea Cluj

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have played for Székely Land at least at one ConIFA World Football Cup or ConIFA European Football Cup and have had played at the top level.

Balázs Csiszér[6][7] Csaba Csizmadia[6][7] István Fülöp[7] Lóránd Fülöp[7]

Róbert Ilyés[6][7] Szabolcs Kilyén[7] László Szőcs[7]

Managers

The following managers have been the head coach of Székely Land at least at one ConIFA World Football Cup or ConIFA European Football Cup.

• Róbert Ilyés^[6][7]
• József Gazda^[5]
• Zoltán Jakab^[4]

Honours

Non-FIFA competitions

• CONIFA European Football Cup
  • Third place (1): 2017