Far Post: The Non-FIFA Renegades

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Apr 8, 2014

In Kosovo's first international friendly as a member of FIFA, Zymer Bytyqi, left, vies for the ball with Haiti's Frantz Bertin at Adem Jashari Stadium in Mitrovica, Kosovo, on March 5, 2014. — In Kosovo's first international friendly as a member of FIFA, Zymer Bytyqi, left, vies for the ball with Haiti's Frantz Bertin at Adem Jashari Stadium in Mitrovica, Kosovo, on March 5, 2014.
Visar Kryeziu/AP

Gibraltar players celebrate after their first game as a member nation of UEFA, a 0-0 draw with Slovakia in Portugal in November 2013. — Gibraltar players celebrate after their first game as a member nation of UEFA, a 0-0 draw with Slovakia in Portugal in November 2013.
Francisco Seco/AP

Steve Menary is a freelance journalist and the author of Outcasts! The Lands That FIFA Forgot. He is a regular contributor to World Soccer magazine and blogs here.