the somaliland national football team is the football team that represents somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as a "de facto" state. although somaliland is a "de facto" state, it has not yet received international "de jure" recognition. somaliland is not a member of fifa and caf; it is, instead, an associate member of conifa, an association established in 2014 of teams from dependencies, unrecognised states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions that are not affiliated with fifa.