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Wales will consider changing its name to Cymru on the international stage after the World Cup.<\/p>\n
Cymru \u2013 the Welsh name for Wales \u2013 is already used by the Football Association of Wales in its internal and external communications and by staff at the governing body\u2019s headquarters in the Vale of Glamorgan.<\/p>\n
The FAW plans to speak to various stakeholders in Welsh football about the merit of changing the country\u2019s name in international competition, while informal discussions have already been held with UEFA on the subject.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team should always be called Cymru, that\u2019s what we call it here,\u201d said FAW chief executive Noel Mooney ahead of Wales\u2019 first World Cup since 1958.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur view at the moment is that domestically we\u2019re clearly called Cymru. That\u2019s what we call our national teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look at our website, how we talk about ourselves, we are very much Cymru.<\/p>\n
\u201cInternationally we feel we have a bit more work to do yet. So we are going to this World Cup as Wales.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think 2023 will be a year when we have a good discussion with all the different stakeholders \u2013 whether that governments, our own boards, councils and decision-making bodies, staff, club and players.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re a very open democratic organisation and we don\u2019t just unilaterally decide today to do something like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say it\u2019s the direction of travel, but there\u2019s no firm decisions on it. It\u2019s more almost by osmosis that we\u2019re heading towards it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The issue of a possible name change for Wales was brought into sharp focus earlier this month when Robert Page\u2019s side were drawn in the same Euro 2024 qualifying group as Turkey.<\/p>\n
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