This paper explores football as a national security threat for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). It reveals how a 2013 FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) initiative to reunify the Greek-Cypriot and the Turkish-Cypriot football associations failed to reach its target because it was considered an imminent threat to TRNC’s national security. The substance of the threat according to the country’s leaders was that international football recognition via a Turkish-Cypriot’s membership to the Greek-Cypriot football association would imply their submission to Greek-Cypriot institutions when the nationalist line calls for a struggle to independently gain full international recognition in both sports and politics.

本文探讨了足球对北塞浦路斯土耳其共和国 (TRNC) 的国家安全威胁。它揭示了 2013 年国际足联（国际足球联合会）统一希族塞人和土族塞人足球协会的倡议如何未能实现其目标，因为它被认为对 TRNC 的国家安全构成迫在眉睫的威胁。根据该国领导人的说法，威胁的实质是，通过土族塞人加入希族塞人足球协会而获得国际足球承认，这意味着当民族主义路线呼吁为独立获得充分的国际地位而进行斗争时，他们将向希族塞人机构屈服。在体育和政治上都得到认可。