Union of North African Football Federations

The Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF; Arabic: اتحاد شمال إفريقيا لكرة القدم; French: Union nord-africaine de football) is an association football organising body. It was launched in 2005 by the North African members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. The post of president will be rotated among the five founding nations.[1]

Union of North African Football Federations
اتـحـاد شـمـال إفـريـقـيـا لـكـرة الـقـدم
Union nord-africaine de football
Formation26 February 2005
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersTunis, Tunisia
Region served
North Africa
Membership
Official language
Arabic, English and French
President
Abdelhakim Al-Shalmani
AffiliationsCAF
Websitewww.UNAFonline.org

History

The Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF) was founded in 2005 and includes the countries of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia and is continued to the Confederation of African Football that have 53 national football associations distributed into 6 regions. The UNAF is the sixth region of the continent by division accredited to the CAF and the Union has presided over in the first parliamentary period immediately following its founding by Mr. Samir Zaher a former president of the Egyptian Football Association, the president is elected during a plenary session for a period of 4 years by the members of the Union and are the heads of the five unions and the president-elect proposes as his deputy from among the immediate superiors five national unions during the first meeting of an executive office following the election as General Assembly by the Executive Office to determine the heads and members of the committees.

The recent president elected is Mr. Wadii Jari, a president of the Tunisian Football Federation. He was unanimously elected chairman of the UNAF for a term of four years and during the electoral general assembly, which was held on Saturday 25 October 2014 in Tunis. He was also selected Mr. Gamal Allam, a head of the Egyptian Football Association as a vice-president of the UNAF unanimously. On the other hand, the General Assembly approved in particular on the administrative and financial reports of the UNAF as well as the adoption of the estimated budget of the Union project for the year 2015 and the report of the Finance Committee meeting held on 23 October 2014. The program was approved on the North African Union's activities for the year 2015.[2]

Board of directors

Current board of directors

President Years
President Abdelhakim Al-Shalmani
General Secretary Mahmoud Hammami
Assistant General Secretary Reda Karim
Chairman of the Technical Committee Chafik Ameur
Chairman of the Finance Committee Hassan Filali
Chairman of the Referees Committee Essam Abdel Fattah
Chairman of the Medical Committee Chafik Jariah

Former presidents

President Years
Samir Zaher 2005–2008
Mohamed Raouraoua 2008–2011
Ali Fassi-Fihri 2011–2014
Wadi Jari 2014–2018
Jamal Al-Jaafari 2018–2019
Abdelhakim Al-Shalmani 2019–Present

Member associations

UNAF has 5 member associations. All associations were founding members of UNAF, All of them are members of the Confederation of African Football and are members of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

CodeAssociationNational teamsFoundedFIFA affiliationCAF affiliationUAFA affiliationUNAF affiliationIOC member
ALG Algeria19621963196419742005Yes
EGY Egypt19211923195719742005Yes
LBY Libya19621964196519742005Yes
MAR Morocco19551960195919762005Yes
TUN Tunisia19571960196019762005Yes

Competitions

UNAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth, clubs and futsal.

Current title holders

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition Most titles
National teams (Men's)
U-23 tournament 2011  Saudi Arabia 1st  Algeria TBD  Algeria (2)
U-20 tournament 2019  Tunisia 5th  Egypt 2020  Tunisia (5)
U-18 tournament 2019  Morocco 1st  Egypt TBD  Tunisia (5)
U-17 tournament 2021  Algeria 1st  Tunisia TBD  Tunisia (4)
 Algeria (4)
U-16 tournament 2015  Mauritania 1st  Tunisia TBD  Tunisia (1)
U-15 tournament 2019  Morocco 2nd  Algeria TBD  Morocco (2)
Futsal tournament 2010  Libya 3rd  Morocco TBD  Libya (3)
National teams (Women's)
Women's tournament 2020  Morocco 1st  Tanzania TBD  Tunisia (1)
U-21 women's tournament 2019  Algeria 1st  Morocco TBD  Algeria (1)
U-20 women's tournament 2020  Morocco 2nd  Tanzania TBD  Morocco (2)
Club teams (Men's)
Club cup 2015 Raja Casablanca 1st Ismaily SC TBD Raja Casablanca (1)
Club teams (Women's)
Women's club tournament 2010 FC Berrechid 2nd ASE Alger Centre TBD FC Berrechid (2)

Defunct competitions

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Most titles
Club teams (Men's)
UNAF Cup of Champions 2010 Club Africain 2nd MC Alger Club Africain (2)
UNAF Cup Winners Cup 2010 ES Sétif 1st Al-Nasr Benghazi
UNAF Super Cup 2010 ES Sétif 1st CS Sfaxien 3 teams (1 title each) ES Sétif (1)

Major tournament records

Legend

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Team 1930

(13)
1934

(16)
1938

(15)
1950

(13)
1954

(16)
1958

(16)
1962

(16)
1966

(16)
1970

(16)
1974

(16)
1978

(16)
1982

(24)
1986

(24)
1990

(24)
1994

(24)
1998

(32)
2002


(32)
2006

(32)
2010

(32)
2014

(32)
2018

(32)
2022

(32)
2026



(48)
Years
 Algeria Part of France×R1
13th
R1
22nd
R1
28th
R2
14th
4/23
 Egypt ×R1
13th
××××××R1
20th
R1
31st
3/23
 Morocco Part of France×R1
14th
R2
11th
R1
23rd
R1
18th
R1
27th
5/23
 Tunisia Part of France×R1
9th
R1
26th
R1
29th
R1
24th
R1
24th
5/23
Total (4 teams)01000000101121121111317
Firsts
  • 1934:  Egypt first African team to qualify for the World Cup
  • 1970:  Morocco first African team to draw a match in the World Cup
  • 1978:  Tunisia first African team to win a match in the World Cup
  • 1982:  Algeria first African team to win two matches in the World Cup
  • 1986:  Algeria first African team to qualify two consecutive World Cups
  • 1986:  Morocco first African team to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen)

Olympic Games For Men

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team1900

(3)
1904

(3)
1908

(6)
1912

(11)
1920

(14)
1924

(22)
1928

(17)
1936

(16)
1948

(18)
1952

(25)
1956

(11)
1960

(16)
1964

(14)
1968

(16)
1972

(16)
1976

(13)
1980

(16)
1984

(16)
1988

(16)
1992

(16)
1996

(16)
2000

(16)
2004

(16)
2008

(16)
2012

(16)
2016

(16)
2021

(16)
Years
 AlgeriaPart of FranceQF
8th
R1
14th
2/26
 EgyptR1
8th
QF
8th
4thR1
9th
R1
11th
R1
9th
R1
12th
4thQF
8th
R1
12th
QF
8th
q 12/26
 MoroccoPart of FranceR1
13th
QF
8th
R1
12th
R1
15
R1
16th
R1
10th
R1
11th
7/26
 TunisiaPart of FranceR1
15th
R1
13th
R1
14th
R1
12th
4/26
Total (4 teams)0000111111022010121211202124

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record
Team
1957
(3)

1959
(3)

1962
(4)

1963
(6)

1965
(6)

1968
(8)

1970
(8)

1972
(8)

1974
(8)

1976
(8)

1978
(8)

1980
(8)

1982
(8)

1984
(8)

1986
(8)

1988
(8)

1990
(8)

1992
(12)

1994
(12)

1996
(15)

1998
(16)


2000
(16)

2002
(16)

2004
(16)

2006
(16)

2008
(16)

2010
(15)


2012
(16)

2013
(16)

2015
(16)

2017
(16)

2019
(24)

2021
(24)
Years
 Algeria Part of France×GS2nd4th3rdGS3rd1stGS••QFGSQFGSQF4thGSQFGS1stq 19/32
 Egypt 1st1st2nd3rd××3rd3rd4th4th×4th1stGSGSGSQFQF1stQFQFGS1st1st1st2ndR16 24/32
 Libya ×××××2nd××××××GSGS 3/32
 Morocco ×××GS×1stGS3rd4th4thGSQFGSGS2ndGSGSGSGS••QFR16 17/32
 Tunisia 3rdGS2nd×××4th×GSGS2ndQF4thGS1stQFQFGSQFGSQFQF4thq 20/32
Total (5 teams)11221111122332332323444443333244 81

African Nations Championship

African Nations Championship record
Team 2009

(8)
2011

(16)
2014

(16)
2016

(16)
2018

(16)
2020

(16)
2022

(16)
Years
 Algeria4th××q 2/7
 LibyaGS1st4thGS 4/7
 MoroccoQFGS1stq 4/7
 Tunisia1stQFו•× 2/7
Total (4 teams)1222221 12

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team 1989

(16)
1992

(16)
1996

(16)
2000

(16)
2004

(16)
2008

(20)
2012

(24)
2016

(24)
2021

(24)
Years
 AlgeriaR1
15th
1/9
 EgyptR1
12th
R2
6th
R1
9th
R1
13th
R2
14th
QF
8th
q 7/9
 LibyaR1
16th
R1
24th
2/9
 MoroccoR1
23rd
R1
20th
q 3/9
Total (4 teams)101112322 13

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations record
Team
1996

2000
h/a
2004

2008

2011

2016

2020
Years
 Egypt 1st1st1st2nd2nd2nd6/6
 Libya ×3rd×1stR14th4/6
 Morocco ×2ndSF3rd1st1st5/6
 Tunisia ×××R1R1×2/6
Total (4 teams)132404317

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team 1992

(4)
1995

(6)
1997

(8)
1999

(8)
2001


(8)
2003

(8)
2005

(8)
2009

(8)
2013

(8)
2017

(8)
Years
 Egypt R1
7th
R1
6th
2/10
 Tunisia R1
6th
1/10
Total (2 teams)0001001100 3

Rankings

Men's national futsal teams

UNAF CAF FIFA Country Points
1 1 23  Morocco 1267
2 3 24  Egypt 1263
3 3 41  Libya 1045
4 8 98  Algeria 708
5 n/a n/a  Tunisia No FIFA recognition

Last updated 30 November 2020

Controversy

On 19 November 2009, the Egyptian Football Association withdrew its membership[5] citing the incidents that accompanied the playoff between Egypt and Algeria,[6] but returned in 2011.

See also

References

  1. Shaheen, Amr (20 February 2005). "North Africa to get federation". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  2. "تاريخ إتحاد شمال إفريقيا". UNAF official website.
  3. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) - CAF Region". FIFA. 4 June 2015.
  4. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) - CAF Region". FIFA. 2011-12-23.
  5. "EFA suspends membership in UNAF". Egypt State Information. November 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  6. "Egypt retire from UNAF" (in French). El Watan. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
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