The Greenland national football team is the national team of Greenland and is controlled by the Football Association of Greenland. Although it has the same status as the Faroe Islands within the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland is not a member of FIFA nor of any continental confederation and therefore is not eligible to enter the World Cup or other sanctioned tournaments as of September, 2012. Most of the matches they have played have been against the Faroe Islands and Iceland, but neither of the two consider those games full internationals. Greenland has also played Tibet, since neither are FIFA members.
Greenland is a member of the International Island Games Association and has taken part in Football at the Island Games. Since October 13, 2005 it is a provisional member of the NF-Board and since March 25, 2006 it is full-member. On October 17, 2009 the team was accepted as a provisional member of the IFU. On September 13, 2010 Sepp Blatter visited the island and announced FIFAs approval of the new artificial field in Qaqortoq.
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