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| Founded | 1971 |
| FIFA affiliation | N/A |
| International Football Union affiliation | 2009 |
| President | Lars Lundblad |
The Football Association of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni Isikkamik Arsaattartut Kattuffiat; Danish: Grønlands Boldspil-Union) (GBU) is the governing body of football in the island country of Greenland. The GBU was founded in 1971. It runs the Greenland national football team.
Greenland is not a member of FIFA (2010) and can therefore not play in the FIFA World Cup. In addition to FIFA, Greenland is neither a member of CONCACAF or UEFA. This is because Greenland cannot sustain a grass pitch to the permafrost which envelops Greenland.
Football is the most popular sport in Greenland and there are about 5,000 players. The Greenland Football Federation was started in 1971 and they have their office in Nuuk. The president of GBU in 2011 is Lars Lundblad and he lives in Qaqortoq. In Greenland, football can usually be played outside from the end of May until the middle of September – of course they can play longer in the south of Greenland than in the north. All the grounds where they play football matches are sand pitches. Many towns have indoor halls and the football players play indoor football from October to about April.
The Greenland football championship is named as Coca Cola GM.
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