The Tamil Eelam Football Association will play their first match of the 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup today against Arameans Suryoye.

The players trained for the first time since their arrival from their training camp in Norway on Sunday, with all the players fit for the big match.

This is the third tournament that the Tamils are taking part in after a respectable 7th place finish in the team’s debut in the VIVA World Cup in Kurdistan 2 years ago, and an incredible 3rd place at a friendly tournament on the Isle of Man last year.

The tournament, which kicked off yesterday, will see nations which are not recognised by FIFA, play against each other to lift the trophy.

Tamil Eelam is in Group A and will meet two high quality teams, in Kurdistan and Aramean Suryoye, who are both rated highly by bookmakers to win the tournament. Both teams played each other on Sunday, with the Arameans beating Kurdistan 2:1.

Head Coach Ragesh Nambiar is hoping the team's fitness and the quick pace of the young players will give Tamil Eelam the advantage over their experienced opponents.

"Although both Kurdistan and the Arameans are both amongst the favourites to win the tournament, we are fancying our chances. Their match gave us an idea of how we can exploit the tactical weaknesses of both teams," he told the Tamil Guardian.

TEFA, coordinated by the Global Tamil Youth League, has again called up players from across the Tamil diaspora. This year, players have come from Canada, England, France, Germany and Italy.

All matches will be broadcast live here.

See below for the Tamil Eelam squad:

Selvananthan Hariendran (1) Age: 24 Position: Goal Keeper Country: UK Team: Valvai Blues	Mohammed Naseer (2) Age: 27 Position: Full Back/Midfield Country: France Team: US Saint Denis	Mayooran Chelliah (3) Age:23 Position: Left back Country: France Team: C.S. Eelavar
Sivaruban Sathiamoorthy (5) Age: 23 Position: Defender Country: Germany Teams: RSC ESSEN, RW Essen	Ronson Vallipuram (7) Age: 23 Position: Midfield Country: France Teams:AS Aulnaysienne, CS Eelavar	Ragavan Prasanth (9) Age: 22 Position: Winger Country: France Teams: Drancy United, CST 93
Gajendran Balamurali (Captain, 10) Age: 24 Position: Midfield Country: Germany Team: FSV Duisburg	Gvinthan Navaneethakrishnan (11) Age: 24 Position: Winger Country: Germany Team: FC 07 Heidelsheim	Menan Nagulendran (14) Age: 24 Position: Midfield Country: Canada Team: Scarborough Rangers
Mayuran Gnanasegaram (15) Age: 28 Position: Defence Country: Germany Teams: S.C. Berliner Amateure, Tamil Tiki Taka	Arison Rajasingam (19) Age: 27 Position: Midfield Country: Canada Team: Eelam Challengers FC	Kathiravan Uthayan (20) Age: 25 Position: Defence Country: UK Team: Valvai Blues
Mathanraj Uthayanan (27) Age: 30 Position: Striker Country: UK Team: Valvai Blues	Umaesh Sundralingam (30) Age: 21 Position: Goal Keeper Country: Canada	Christman Gunasingham (45) Age: 24 Position: Striker Country: Italy Team: Polisportiva Borzanese
Kevin Nagendra (93) Age: 20 Position: Defender Country: UK Team: St Rose	Prasanth Vigneswarajah (95) Age: 18 Position: Midfield Country: Canada Teams: Jarvis FC, York Region Shooters	Majouran Jeganathan (99) Age: 27 Position: Midfielder/Striker Country: Germany Team: Tamil Stars Dortmund
Ragesh Nambiar (Head Coach) Age:24 Country:UK Team:Chelsea FC Foundation (Coach)	Hariesh Pavalaganthan (Assistant Coach) Age: 19 Country: Canada	Theeban Thurais(Physio) Age:27 Country: France