Wales to consider changing name of national teams to Cymru after World Cup

The Football Association of Wales has already had informal discussions with UEFA on the subject.

WHAT'S OCCURRING? Football Association of Wales chief executive Noel Mooney says the “direction of travel” is to call the country’s national teams ‘Cymru’. Picture: KARIM JAAFAR / AFP

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.