Central Asian Football Association

The Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)[1] is an association of the football playing nations in Central Asia.

Central Asian Football Association
AbbreviationCAFA
Formation9 January 2015 (2015-01-09)
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersDushanbe, Tajikistan
Membership
6 member associations
President
 Rustami Emomali
Vice President
 Dastanbek Konokbaev
General Secretary
 Ulugbek Karimov
Websitewww.the-cafa.com

In June 2014, the association was in principle approved by the Asian Football Confederation and approved at the Extraordinary Congress in January 2015 during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.[2][3] As a result, CAFA will in the future be able to have member(s) on the AFC executive committee.

The formation of CAFA was spearheaded by the Iranian Football Federation following disputes with West Asian Football Federation members. It was reported that AFC President Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa gained politically from the creation of the new zone.[4]

History

Members of the six nations met with AFC president Sheikh Salman on 10 May 2014 to talk about the possibility of creating a new Asian football zone. The delegations were invited by the AFC president following an initiative by Iran and Afghanistan.[5] At the extraordinary AFC congress on 9 June 2014 in São Paulo, the plan of the new zone was ratified by the congress.[6][7]

Executive committee
Position Name Years active
President Rustam Emomali 2019–present
Vice-president Dastanbek Konokbaev 2019–present
Second vice-president Arslan Aynazarov 2019–present
General Secretary Ulugbek Karimov 2019–present

Presidents
President Years
Mirabror Usmanov 2015–2018
Umid Ahmadjonov 2018–2019
Rustam Emomali 2019–present

Vice-presidents
Vice-president Years
Rustam Emomali 2015–2018
Khurshed Mirzo 2018–2019
Dastanbek Konokbaev 2019–present

General Secretaries
General Secretary Years
Avazbek Maksumov 2015–2017
Sanjar Rizayev 2018–2019
Ulugbek Karimov 2019–present

Member associations

CAFA consists of six member associations. All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

CodeAssociationNational Football teamsNational Futsal teamsNational Beach
Soccer teams		FoundedFIFA
affiliation		AFC
affiliation		CAFA
affiliation		IOC
member		Former federation
AFG AfghanistanMen's (U21·U19·U17) Women'sMen'sMen's1933194819542015YesSAFF (2005–2014)
IRN IranMen's (U21·U19·U17) Women's (U19·U17)Men's (U-20) Women'sMen's1920194819542015YesWAFF (2001–2014)
KGZ KyrgyzstanMen's (U21·U17) Women'sMen's–1946199419942015Yes
TJK TajikistanMen's (U21·U17) Women'sMen's–1936199419942015Yes
TKM TurkmenistanMen's (U21·U17) Women'sMen's–1992199419942015Yes
UZB UzbekistanMen's (U21·U19·U17) Women's (U19)Men's Women's Men's1946199419942015Yes
Association National Football Leagues National Football Cups Super Cups
 Afghanistan Afghan Premier League – –
 Iran Persian Gulf Pro League
Kowsar Women Football league		 Hazfi Cup Iranian Super Cup
 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Top League
Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship		 Kyrgyzstan Cup Kyrgyzstan Super Cup
 Tajikistan Tajikistan Higher League Tajikistan Cup Tajikistan Super Cup
 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Higher League Turkmenistan Cup Turkmenistan Super Cup
 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Super League
Uzbek women's football championship		 Uzbekistan Cup Uzbekistan Super Cup

Competitions

Current title holders

CAFA runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.[8][9]

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
National teams (Men's)
Men's Championship
U-23 Championship
U-19 Championship 2019  Iran 1st  Tajikistan
U-16 Championship 2019  Tajikistan 1st  Uzbekistan
U-15 Championship 2018  Iran 1st  Uzbekistan
CAFA Futsal Championship
CAFA U-19 Men's Futsal Championship
National teams (Women's)
Women's Championship 2018  Uzbekistan 1st  Iran
U-23 Women's Championship 2019  Uzbekistan 1st  Iran
U-19 Women's Championship 2019  Uzbekistan 1st  Iran
U-15 Girls Championship 2019  Iran 1st  Kyrgyzstan
CAFA U-19 Women's Futsal Championship 2020  Iran

Rankings

See also

References
  1. "اتحادیه فوتبال آسیای مرکزی ایجاد شد" (in Persian). BBC. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. "'Central Zone' gets thumbs up from Tajikistan". The AFC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. "AFC adds a fifth zone as Extraordinary Congress approves amendments to AFC Statutes". The AFC. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. Warshaw, Andrew (10 June 2014). "Shaikh Salman flexes his political muscle to brush aside Prince Ali". InsideWorldFootball.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. "Central Asians meet Sheikh Salman to create CAFA". aff.org.af. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. "Sheikh Salman Wins Bitter Battle to End Prince Ali's FIFA Vice-Presidency" (10 June 2014). worldfootballinsider.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. "AFC president to resume FIFA Vice Presidency". goal.com. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. http://the-cafa.com/about-cafa/
  9. Competitions
  10. https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/afc.html%7Cdate= 4 May 2017
  11. https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/women/#AFC
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