Greenland Football Union
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| Founded | 1971 |
| FIFA affiliation | N/A |
| NF-Board affiliation | 2004 |
| President N/A |
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| Coach Jens Tang Olesen |
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The Greenland Football Union (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 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. However, positive news has come for Greenland as FIFA and it's members have approved the use of FieldTurf which could allow Greenland to host full internationals. Greenland has been given the provisional FIFA code of GRL.
The GBU claims around 4,000 registered players from a population of 57,100.
