Wales will consider changing its name to Cymru on the international stage after the World Cup.
Cymru – the Welsh name for Wales – is already used by the Football Association of Wales in its internal and external communications and by staff at the governing body’s headquarters in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The FAW plans to speak to various stakeholders in Welsh football about the merit of changing the country’s name in international competition, while informal discussions have already been held with UEFA on the subject.
‘The team should always be called Cymru, that’s what we call it here,’ said FAW chief executive Noel Mooney ahead of Wales’ first World Cup since 1958.
‘Our view at the moment is that domestically we’re clearly called Cymru. That’s what we call our national teams.
‘If you look at our website, how we talk about ourselves, we are very much Cymru.
‘Internationally we feel we have a bit more work to do yet. So we are going to this World Cup as Wales.
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