Association football in Greenland

Football match in Uummannaq

Football field in Ilulissat

Association football is the national sport in Greenland. It was brought to Greenland by Danish settlers. Because of the climatic conditions, Greenland is unable to support any grass pitches so games are played on artificial turf. The national stadium is the Nuuk Stadium in the capital Nuuk.

The Football Association of Greenland is not a member of FIFA or any of its confederations, but is a member of the International Football Union, secondary governing body of association football for nations and sub-national countries that are not FIFA members. Although the Faroe Islands, another dependency of Denmark, is a member of FIFA and UEFA, Greenland is considered part of Denmark for the purposes of international football.

National team

One of the biggest moments in the island's footballing history came in 2001 when the national team played a landmark fixture against a Tibet XI in Denmark, the game went ahead despite great pressure by the Chinese Government and FIFA to have it called off.

Club Football

The Coca Cola GM is the top football division in Greenland. First played in 1958 it has been organized by the Football Association of Greenland since 1971. The most successful club is Nagdlunguaq-48 who have won the competition on ten occasions.

There has also been a campaign in recent years to enter a Greenland team into the Danish Superliga.^{[citation needed]}