List of Football Associations by date of foundation

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

Europe (UEFA)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
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
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 Republic of 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 Republic of 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 İstanbul 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 San Marino 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 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)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
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)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
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)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1902 Guyana Football Federation ? National Guyana
1904 Haitian Football Federation ? National Haiti
1908 Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation Port of Spain National Trinidad and Tobago
1910 Barbados Football Association ? National Barbados
1910 Jamaica Football Federation Kingston National Jamaica
1920 Surinamese Football Association ? National Suriname
1924 Football Association of Cuba ? National Cuba
1924 Grenada Football Association ? National Grenada
1928 Antigua and Barbuda Football Association ? National Antigua and Barbuda
1928 Bermuda Football Association ? National Bermuda
1932 Aruba Football Federation Noord National Aruba
1932 Saint Kitts and Nevis Football Association ? National Saint Kitts and Nevis
1940 Puerto Rican Football Federation ? National Puerto Rico
1953 Dominican Football Federation ? National Dominican Republic
1953 Ligue de football de la Martinique ? National Martinique
1961 Guadeloupean League of Football ? National Guadeloupe
1962 Ligue de Football de Guyane ? National French Guiana
1966 Cayman Islands Football Association ? National Cayman Islands
1967 Bahamas Football Association Nassau National Bahamas
1970 Dominica Football Association ? National Dominica
1973 Montserrat Football Association ? National Montserrat
1974 British Virgin Islands Football Association ? 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 ? National Sint Maarten
1989 U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation ? National U.S. Virgin Islands
1990 Anguilla Football Association ? National Anguilla
1996 Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association ? National Turks and Caicos Islands
2010 Curaçao Football Federation ? National Curaçao

South America (CONMEBOL)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1893 Argentine Football Association Buenos Aires National Argentina
1895 Chilean Football Federation Santiago de Chile National Chile
1900 Uruguayan Football Association ? 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 ? National Colombia
1925 Bolivian Football Federation ? National Bolivia
1925 Ecuadorian Football Federation ? National Ecuador
1926 Venezuelan Football Federation ? National Venezuela

Africa (CAF)

Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1921 Egyptian Football Association ? National Egypt
1955 Royal Moroccan Football Federation ? National Morocco
1956 Tunisian Football Federation ? National Tunisia
1962 Algerian Football Federation ? National Algeria
1962 Libyan Football Federation ? National Libya

West Africa Football Union (WAFU)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1936 Liberia Football Association Monrovia National Liberia
1945 Nigeria Football Federation Abuja National Nigeria
1952 Gambia Football Association ? National Gambia
1957 Ghana Football Association Accra National Ghana
1960 Burkinabé Football Federation ? National Burkina Faso
1960 Guinean Football Federation ? National Guinea
1960 Ivorian Football Federation ? National Ivory Coast
1960 Malian Football Federation ? National Mali
1960 Senegalese Football Federation ? National Senegal
1960 Togolese Football Federation ? National Togo
1961 Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ? National Mauritania
1962 Benin Football Federation ? National Benin
1967 Nigerien Football Federation ? National Niger
1967 Sierra Leone Football Association ? National Sierra Leone
1974 Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau ? National Guinea-Bissau
1982 Cape Verdean Football Federation ? National Cape Verde

Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1924 Federation of Uganda Football Associations ? National Uganda
1926 Zanzibar Football Association ? National Zanzibar
1930 Tanzania Football Federation ? National Tanzania
1936 Sudan Football Association ? National Sudan
1943 Ethiopian Football Federation ? National Ethiopia
1948 Football Federation of Burundi ? National Burundi
1950 Somali Football Federation ? National Somalia
1960 Kenya Football Federation ? National Kenya
1972 Rwandese Association Football Federation Kigali National Rwanda
1979 Djiboutian Football Federation ? National Djibouti
1992 Eritrean National Football Federation ? National Eritrea
2011 South Sudan Football Association Juba National South Sudan

Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1919 Congolese Association Football Federation ? National DR Congo
1959 Cameroonian Football Federation ? 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 ? National Congo
1962 Gabonese Football Federation ? National Gabon
1975 São Toméan Football Federation ? National Sao Tome and Principe

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1929 Football Association of Zambia ? National Zambia
1932 Lesotho Football Association ? National Lesotho
1952 Mauritius Football Association ? National Mauritius
1961 Malagasy Football Federation ? National Madagascar
1965 Zimbabwe Football Association ? National Zimbabwe
1966 Football Association of Malawi ? National Malawi
1968 Eswatini Football Association ? National Swaziland
1970 Botswana Football Association ? National Botswana
1975 Mozambican Football Federation ? National Mozambique
1979 Angolan Football Federation ? National Angola
1979 Comoros Football Federation ? National Comoros
1979 Seychelles Football Federation ? National Seychelles
1991 South African Football Association ? National South Africa
1992 Namibia Football Association ? National Namibia

Asia (AFC)

ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1892 Football Association of Singapore ? National Singapore
1907 Philippine Football Federation ? National Philippines
1916 Football Association of Thailand ? National Thailand
1930 Football Association of Indonesia ? National Indonesia
1933 Football Federation of Cambodia ? National Cambodia
1933 Football Association of Malaysia ? National Malaysia
1947 Myanmar Football Federation ? National Myanmar
1951 Lao Football Federation ? National Laos
1961 Football Federation Australia ? National Australia
1962 Vietnam Football Federation ? National Vietnam
2002 East Timor Football Federation ? National Timor-Leste

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1914 Hong Kong Football Association ? National Hong Kong
1921 Japan Football Association ? National Japan
1924 Chinese Football Association Peking National China
1928 Korea Football Association ? National South Korea
1936 Chinese Taipei Football Association ? National Chinese Taipei
1939 Macau Football Association ? National Macau
1945 DPR Korea Football Association ? National North Korea
1959 Mongolian Football Federation ? National Mongolia
1975 Guam Football Association ? National Guam
2005 Northern Mariana Islands Football Association ? National Northern Mariana Islands

Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1922 Afghanistan Football Federation ? National Afghanistan
1946 Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran ? National Iran
1946 Uzbekistan Football Federation National Uzbekistan
1936 Tajikistan National Football Federation ? National Tajikistan
1992 Football Association of Turkmenistan ? National Turkmenistan
1992 Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic ? National Kyrgyzstan

South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1893 Indian Football Association Kolkata Regional India
1937 All India Football Federation Dwarka, Delhi National India
1939 Football Federation of Sri Lanka ? National Sri Lanka
1946 Uzbekistan Football Federation National Uzbekistan
1947 Pakistan Football Federation Lahore National Pakistan
1951 All Nepal Football Association ? National Nepal
1972 Bangladesh Football Federation Dhaka National Bangladesh
1982 Football Association of Maldives ? National Maldives
1983 Bhutan Football Federation ? National Bhutan

West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1920 Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran ? National Iran
1928 Palestinian Football Association ? National Palestine
1933 Federation Libanaise de Football ? National Lebanon
1936 Syrian Football Association ? National Syria
1948 Iraq Football Association ? National Iraq
1949 Jordan Football Association ? National Jordan
1952 Kuwait Football Association ? National Kuwait
1956 Saudi Arabia Football Federation ? National Saudi Arabia
1957 Bahrain Football Association ? National Bahrain
1960 Qatar Football Association Doha National Qatar
1962 Yemen Football Association ? National Yemen
1971 United Arab Emirates Football Association ? National United Arab Emirates
1978 Oman Football Association ? National Oman

Oceania (OFC)

DateNameLocationNational or RegionalCountry
1891 New Zealand Football ? National New Zealand
1928 New Caledonian Football Federation ? National New Caledonia
1934 Vanuatu Football Federation ? National Vanuatu
1938 Fiji Football Association ? National Fiji
1938 Tahitian Football Federation ? National Tahiti
1962 Papua New Guinea Football Association ? National Papua New Guinea
1965 Tonga Football Association ? National Tonga
1968 Football Federation Samoa ? National Samoa
1971 Cook Islands Football Association ? National Cook Islands
1978 Solomon Islands Football Federation ? National Solomon Islands
1980 Kiribati Islands Football Association ? National Kiribati
1984 Football Federation American Samoa ? National American Samoa

See also

References

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