List of football associations by date of foundation

This is a list of national and regional football associations by date of foundation.

Europe (UEFA)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1863 The Football Association London National England
1867 Sheffield Football Association Sheffield Regional England
1871 o.e. South Derbyshire Football Association Derbyshire Regional England
1873 Scottish Football Association Glasgow National Scotland
1876 Football Association of Wales Wrexham National Wales
1880 Irish Football Association Belfast National Northern Ireland
1882 Essex County Football Association Essex Regional England
1882 London Football Association London Regional England
1883[1] Glasgow Football Association Glasgow Regional Scotland
1889 Danish Football Association Brøndby National Denmark
1889 Royal Dutch Football Association Zeist National Netherlands
1890[n 2] Isle of Man Football Association Douglas Regional Isle of Man
1892[n 1] Leinster Football Association Dublin Regional Ireland
1895 Gibraltar Football Association Gibraltar National Gibraltar
1895 Royal Belgian Football Association Brussels National Belgium
1895 Swiss Football Association Bern National  Switzerland
1898 Italian Football Federation Rome National Italy
1900 German Football Association Frankfurt National Germany
1900 Malta Football Association Ta' Qali National Malta
1900 Catalan Football Federation Barcelona Regional Spain
1901 Czech Football Association Prague National Czech Republic
1901 Hungarian Football Federation Budapest National Hungary
1902 Football Association of Norway Oslo National Norway
1904 Austrian Football Association Vienna National Austria
1904 Swedish Football Association Solna National Sweden
1907 Football Association of Finland Helsinki National Finland
1908 Luxembourg Football Federation Mondercange National Luxembourg
1909 Romanian Football Federation Bucharest National Romania
1909 Royal Spanish Football Federation Madrid National Spain
1912 Croatian Football Federation Zagreb National Croatia
1912 Russian Football Union Moscow National Russia
1914 Portuguese Football Federation Lisbon National Portugal
1919 French Football Federation Paris National France
1919[n 3] Football Association of Serbia Belgrade National Serbia
1919 Polish Football Association Warsaw National Poland
1920 Football Association of Slovenia Ljubljana National Slovenia
1921 Estonian Football Association Tallinn National Estonia
1921 Football Association of Ireland Dublin National Ireland
1921 Latvian Football Federation Riga National Latvia
1922 Lithuanian Football Federation Vilnius National Lithuania
1923 Bulgarian Football Union Sofia National Bulgaria
1923 Turkish Football Federation Istanbul National Turkey
1926 Hellenic Football Federation Athens National Greece
1928 Israel Football Association Ramat Gan National Israel
1930 Albanian Football Association Tirana National Albania
1931 Football Association of Montenegro Podgorica National Montenegro
1931 San Marino Football Federation Serravalle National San Marino
1934 Liechtenstein Football Association Vaduz National Liechtenstein
1934 Cyprus Football Association Nicosia National Cyprus
1936 Georgian Football Federation Tbilisi National Georgia
1938 Slovak Football Association Bratislava National Slovakia
1946 Football Federation of Kosovo Pristina National Kosovo
1947 Football Association of Iceland Reykjavík National Iceland
1949 Football Federation of Macedonia Skopje National North Macedonia
1979 Faroe Islands Football Association Tórshavn National Faroe Islands
1988 Basque Football Federation Bilbao Regional Spain
1989 Football Federation of Belarus Minsk National Belarus
1990 Football Association of Moldova Chişinău National Moldova
1991 Football Federation of Ukraine Kyiv National Ukraine
1992 Football Federation of Armenia Yerevan National Armenia
1992 Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan Baku National Azerbaijan
1992[n 4] Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo National Bosnia and Herzegovina
1992 Football Federation of Kazakhstan Almaty National Kazakhstan
1994 Andorran Football Federation Escaldes-Engordany National Andorra

Notes

  • ^1 Originally affiliated to the Belfast based Irish Football Association. In 1921 the LFA became founding members of the Dublin based Football Association of Ireland.
  • ^2 Not a UEFA member.
  • ^3 Founded as the Football Association of Yugoslavia.
  • ^4 Founded as the Sarajevo football subassociation of former Yugoslavia in 1920 but re-founded as the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.

North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North American Zone (NAFU)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1907 Mexican Football Federation Mexico City National Mexico
1912 Canadian Soccer Association Ottawa National Canada
1913 United States Soccer Federation Chicago National United States

Central American Zone (UNCAF)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1919 National Football Federation of Guatemala Guatemala City National Guatemala
1921 Costa Rican Football Federation San José National Costa Rica
1931 Nicaraguan Football Federation Managua National Nicaragua
1935 Salvadoran Football Association San Salvador National El Salvador
1937 Panamanian Football Federation Panama City National Panama
1951 National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras Tegucigalpa National Honduras
1980 Football Federation of Belize Belmopan National Belize

Caribbean Zone (CFU)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1902 Guyana Football Federation Georgetown National Guyana
1904 Haitian Football Federation Port-au-Prince National Haiti
1908 Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation Port of Spain National Trinidad and Tobago
1910 Barbados Football Association Bridgetown National Barbados
1910 Jamaica Football Federation Kingston National Jamaica
1920 Surinamese Football Association Paramaribo National Suriname
1924 Football Association of Cuba Havana National Cuba
1924 Grenada Football Association St. George's National Grenada
1928 Antigua and Barbuda Football Association St. John's National Antigua and Barbuda
1928 Bermuda Football Association Devonshire Parish National Bermuda
1932 Aruba Football Federation Noord National Aruba
1932 Saint Kitts and Nevis Football Association Basseterre National Saint Kitts and Nevis
1940 Puerto Rican Football Federation San Juan National Puerto Rico
1953 Dominican Football Federation Santo Domingo National Dominican Republic
1953 Ligue de football de la Martinique Fort-de-France National Martinique
1961 Guadeloupean League of Football Pointe-à-Pitre National Guadeloupe
1962 Ligue de football de la Guyane Cayenne National French Guiana
1966 Cayman Islands Football Association Grand Cayman National Cayman Islands
1967 Bahamas Football Association Nassau National Bahamas
1970 Dominica Football Association Roseau National Dominica
1973 Montserrat Football Association Plymouth National Montserrat
1974 British Virgin Islands Football Association Tortola National British Virgin Islands
1979 Saint Lucia Football Association Castries National Saint Lucia
1979 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation Kingstown National Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1986 Sint Maarten Soccer Association Philipsburg National Sint Maarten
1989 U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation Christiansted National U.S. Virgin Islands
1990 Anguilla Football Association The Valley National Anguilla
1996 Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association Providenciales National Turks and Caicos Islands
2010 Curaçao Football Federation Willemstad National Curaçao

South America (CONMEBOL)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1893 Argentine Football Association Buenos Aires National Argentina
1895 Chilean Football Federation Santiago de Chile National Chile
1900 Uruguayan Football Association Montevideo National Uruguay
1906 Paraguayan Football Association Asunción National Paraguay
1914 Brazilian Football Confederation Rio de Janeiro National Brazil
1922 Peruvian Football Federation Lima National Peru
1924 Colombian Football Federation Barranquilla National Colombia
1925 Bolivian Football Federation Cochabamba National Bolivia
1925 Ecuadorian Football Federation Quito National Ecuador
1926 Venezuelan Football Federation Caracas National Venezuela

Africa (CAF)

Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1921 Egyptian Football Association Cairo National Egypt
1955 Royal Moroccan Football Federation Rabat National Morocco
1956 Tunisian Football Federation Tunis National Tunisia
1962 Algerian Football Federation Algiers National Algeria
1962 Libyan Football Federation Tripoli National Libya

West Africa Football Union (WAFU)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1936 Liberia Football Association Monrovia National Liberia
1945 Nigeria Football Federation Abuja National Nigeria
1952 Gambia Football Association Bakau National Gambia
1957 Ghana Football Association Accra National Ghana
1960 Burkinabé Football Federation Ouagadougou National Burkina Faso
1960 Guinean Football Federation Conakry National Guinea
1960 Ivorian Football Federation Abidjan National Ivory Coast
1960 Malian Football Federation Bamako National Mali
1960 Senegalese Football Federation Dakar National Senegal
1960 Togolese Football Federation Lomé National Togo
1961 Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Nouakchott National Mauritania
1962 Benin Football Federation Cotonou National Benin
1967 Nigerien Football Federation Niamey National Niger
1967 Sierra Leone Football Association Freetown National Sierra Leone
1974 Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau Bissau National Guinea-Bissau
1982 Cape Verdean Football Federation Praia National Cape Verde

Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1924 Federation of Uganda Football Associations Kampala National Uganda
1926 Zanzibar Football Association Zanzibar City National Zanzibar
1930 Tanzania Football Federation Dar es Salaam National Tanzania
1936 Sudan Football Association Khartoum National Sudan
1943 Ethiopian Football Federation Addis Ababa National Ethiopia
1948 Football Federation of Burundi Bujumbura National Burundi
1950 Somali Football Federation Mogadishu National Somalia
1960 Kenya Football Federation Nairobi National Kenya
1972 Rwandese Association Football Federation Kigali National Rwanda
1979 Djiboutian Football Federation Djibouti City National Djibouti
1992 Eritrean National Football Federation Asmara National Eritrea
2011 South Sudan Football Association Juba National South Sudan

Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1919 Congolese Association Football Federation Kinshasa National DR Congo
1959 Cameroonian Football Federation Yaoundé National Cameroon
1960 Equatoguinean Football Federation Malabo National Equatorial Guinea
1961 Central African Football Federation Bangui National Central African Republic
1962 Chadian Football Federation N'Djamena National Chad
1962 Congolese Football Federation Brazzaville National Congo
1962 Gabonese Football Federation Libreville National Gabon
1975 São Toméan Football Federation São Tomé National São Tomé and Príncipe

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1929 Football Association of Zambia Lusaka National Zambia
1932 Lesotho Football Association Maseru National Lesotho
1952 Mauritius Football Association Plaines Wilhems District National Mauritius
1961 Malagasy Football Federation Antananarivo National Madagascar
1965 Zimbabwe Football Association Harare National Zimbabwe
1966 Football Association of Malawi Chiwembe National Malawi
1968 Eswatini Football Association Mbabane National Eswatini
1970 Botswana Football Association Gaborone National Botswana
1975 Mozambican Football Federation Maputo National Mozambique
1979 Angolan Football Federation Luanda National Angola
1979 Comoros Football Federation Mitsamiouli National Comoros
1979 Seychelles Football Federation Mahé National Seychelles
1991 South African Football Association Johannesburg National South Africa
1992 Namibia Football Association Windhoek National Namibia

Asia (AFC)

ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1892 Football Association of Singapore Kallang National Singapore
1907 Philippine Football Federation Pasig National Philippines
1916 Football Association of Thailand Bangkok National Thailand
1930 Football Association of Indonesia Jakarta National Indonesia
1933 Football Federation of Cambodia Phnom Penh National Cambodia
1933 Football Association of Malaysia Kelana Jaya National Malaysia
1947 Myanmar Football Federation Yangon National Myanmar
1951 Lao Football Federation Vientiane National Laos
1961 Football Australia Sydney National Australia
1962 Vietnam Football Federation Hanoi National Vietnam
2002 East Timor Football Federation Dili National East Timor

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1914 Hong Kong Football Association Ho Man Tin National Hong Kong
1921[2] Japan Football Association Tokyo National Japan
1924 Chinese Football Association Peking National China
1928 Korea Football Association Seoul National South Korea
1936 Chinese Taipei Football Association New Taipei City National Chinese Taipei
1939 Macau Football Association Macau National Macau
1945 DPR Korea Football Association Pyongyang National North Korea
1959 Mongolian Football Federation Ulaanbaatar National Mongolia
1975 Guam Football Association Barrigada National Guam
2005 Northern Mariana Islands Football Association Saipan National Northern Mariana Islands

Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1922 Afghanistan Football Federation Kabul National Afghanistan
1936 Tajikistan National Football Federation Dushanbe National Tajikistan
1946 Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran National Iran
1946 Uzbekistan Football Federation Tashkent National Uzbekistan
1992 Football Association of Turkmenistan Ashgabat National Turkmenistan
1992 Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic Bishkek National Kyrgyzstan

South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1937 All India Football Federation New Delhi National India
1939 Football Sri Lanka Colombo National Sri Lanka
1947 Pakistan Football Federation Lahore National Pakistan
1951 All Nepal Football Association Lalitpur National   Nepal
1972 Bangladesh Football Federation Dhaka National Bangladesh
1982 Football Association of Maldives Malé National Maldives
1983 Bhutan Football Federation Thimphu National Bhutan

West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1928 Palestinian Football Association Jerusalem National Palestine
1933 Federation Libanaise de Football Beirut National Lebanon
1936 Syrian Football Association Damascus National Syria
1948 Iraq Football Association Baghdad National Iraq
1949 Jordan Football Association Amman National Jordan
1952 Kuwait Football Association Kuwait City National Kuwait
1956 Saudi Arabia Football Federation Riyadh National Saudi Arabia
1957 Bahrain Football Association Manama National Bahrain
1960 Qatar Football Association Doha National Qatar
1962 Yemen Football Association Sana'a National Yemen
1971 United Arab Emirates Football Association Abu Dhabi National United Arab Emirates
1978 Oman Football Association Muscat National Oman

Oceania (OFC)

Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1891 New Zealand Football Auckland National New Zealand
1928 New Caledonian Football Federation Noumea National New Caledonia
1934 Vanuatu Football Federation Port Vila National Vanuatu
1938 Fiji Football Association Suva National Fiji
1938 Tahitian Football Federation Pirae National Tahiti
1962 Papua New Guinea Football Association Port Moresby National Papua New Guinea
1965 Tonga Football Association Nuku'alofa National Tonga
1968 Football Federation Samoa Apia National Samoa
1971 Cook Islands Football Association Avarua National Cook Islands
1978 Solomon Islands Football Federation Honiara National Solomon Islands
1980 Kiribati Islands Football Association South Tarawa National Kiribati
1984 Football Federation American Samoa Pago Pago National American Samoa

See also

References

  1. ^ "Home". glasgowfa.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Organisation | JFA | Japan Football Association". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
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