  In this article, we study the orbifold fundamental group $\pi_1^{\rm
reg}(X,\Delta)$ of a log Calabi--Yau pair $(X,\Delta)$. We conjecture that the
orbifold fundamental group $\pi_1^{\rm orb}(X,\Delta)$ of a $n$-dimensional log
Calabi--Yau pair admits a normal solvable subgroup of rank at most $2n$ and
index at most $c(n)$. We prove this conjecture in the case that $n=2$. More
precisely, for a log Calabi--Yau surface pair $(X,\Delta)$ we show that
$\pi_1^{\rm orb}(X,\Delta)$ is the extension of a nilpotent group of length $2$
and rank at most $4$ by a finite group of order at most $7200$. In the previous
setting, we show that the group $\pi_1^{\rm orb}(X,\Delta)$ may not be
virtually abelian. Further, the rank and the order stated above are optimal.
Finally, we show some geometric features of log Calabi--Yau surfaces
$(X,\Delta)$ for which $\pi_1^{\rm orb}(X,\Delta)$ is infinite.
