Football Organizations

Football Organizations

This is a list of football governing bodies.

International

*FIFA "Fédération Internationale de Football Association" - 208 members - founded in 1904 represents nations from the world, and is the greatest governing body of football associations. The main tournament is FIFA World Cup.
*FIFI "Federation of International Football Independents" - represents nations, dependencies and unrecognized states not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament is FIFI Wild Cup.
*NF-Board "New Federation Board" - 13 members + 14 provisional - founded in 2003 represents nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament is VIVA World Cup.

Continental

Affiliated to FIFA
*UEFA "Union of European Football Associations" - 53 members - founded in 1954 represents european nations in football. The main tournament is UEFA European Championship.
*CAF "Confédération Africaine de Football" - 53 members + 2 associate - founded in 1957 represents african nations in football. The main tournament is African Cup of Nations.
*AFC "Asian Football Confederation" - 46 members - founded in 1954 represents asian nations in football. The main tournament is Asian Cup.
*CONMEBOL "Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol" - 10 members - founded in 1916 represents south american nations in football. The main tournament is Copa America.
*CONCACAF "Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football" - 40 members - founded in 1961 represents north american, central american and caribbean nations in football. The main tournament is CONCACAF Gold Cup.
*OFC "Oceania Football Confederation" - 11 members + 6 associate - founded in 1966 represents oceanian nations in football. The main tournament is OFC Nations Cup.

Affiliated to NF-Board
*CSANF "Consejo Sudamericano de Nuevas Federaciones" - founded in 2007 represents teams not affiliated fo FIFA in South America.
*CENF "Confederation of European New Federations" - founded in 2007 represents teams not affiliated to FIFA in Europe.

Inter Continental

Affiliated to FIFA
*PFC "Panamerican Football Confederation" - founded in 1946 represents teams from all the Americas. The main tournament is Panamerican Championship.
*UAFA "Union Arab de Football Association" - 22 members - founded in 1974 represents arab nations from Africa and Asia. The main tournament is Arab Nations Cup.
*GFU "Gulf Football Union" - 8 members - represents arab nations from Africa and Asia. The main tournament is Gulf Cup.

Regional

Affiliated to AFC
*WAFF "West Asian Football Federation" - 6 members - represents nations at the western extremity of the continent. The WAFF has six members, but the AFC groups those non members into a single geographical region. The main turnment is West Asian Football Federation Championship.
*EAFF "East Asian Football Federation" - 9 members + 1 provisional - founded in 2002 represents nations generally agreed to constitute the "far east". The main tournament is East Asian Cup.
*CESAFA "Central and South Asian Football Federation" - 13 members - represents nations in central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. And is sub-divided in two federations: SAFF and CAFF.
*AFF "ASEAN Football Federation" - 12 members - founded in 1984 represents nations from Southeast Asia. The main tournament is AFF Football Championship.
*SAFF "South Asian Football Federation" - 8 members - represents nations from South Asia, is affiliated to CESAFA. The main tournament is SAFF Championship.
*CAFF "Central Asian Football Federation" - 5 members - represents nations from Central Asia, is affiliated to CESAFA.

Affiliated to CAF
*CECACAF "Council of East and Central African Football Associations" - 10 members + 1 associate - represents nations generally regarded as forming the regions of East Africa and some nations of Central Africa. The main tournament is CECAFA Cup.
*COSAFA "Council of Southern African Football Associations" - 14 members + 1 associate - represents nations generally regarded as forming Southern Africa, as well as island states off the coast of Southern Africa. The main tournament is COSAFA Cup.
*WAFU "Union of West African Football Associations" - 8 members - one of two bodies that represent nations in West Africa. The main tournament is CSSA Nations Cup.
*UNAF "Union of North African Federations" - 5 members - represents nations regarded as forming North Africa.
*UNIFFAC "Union des Fédérations du Football de l'Afrique Centrale" - 8 members - represents some of the nations that form Central Africa. The main tournament is CEMAC Cup.
*UFOA "Union du Football de l'Ouest Afrique" - 7 members - one of two bodies that represent nations in West Africa. The main tournament is CEDEAO Cup.

Affiliated to CONCACAF
*CFU "Caribbean Football Union" - 30 members - represents all nations in the Caribbean. The main tournament is Caribbean Cup.
*NAFU "North American Football Union" - 3 members - represents the three sovereign nations of North America.
*UNCAF "Union Centroamericana de Fútbol" - 7 members - represents the seven nations of Central America. The main tournament is UNCAF Nations Cup.
*LIFA "Leeward Islands Football Association" - 11 members - represents nations of the Leeward archipelago and is affiliated to CFU. The main tournament is Leeward Islands Tournament.
*WIFA "Windward Islands Football Association" - 4 members - represents nations of the Windward archipelago and is affiliated to CFU. The main tournament is Windward Islands Tournament.

Defunct

*NAFC "North American Football Confederation" - 4 members - dissolved in 1961 represented North America region and was directly affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was NAFC Championship.
*CCCF "Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol" - 37 members - dissolved in 1961 represented Central America and Caribbean region and was directly affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was CCCF Championship.

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