List of Football Associations by date of foundation
This is a list of national and regional football associations by date of foundation.
Europe (UEFA)
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 Only given full UEFA membership in 2013.
- ^3 Founded originally as the Football Association of Yugoslavia.
- ^4 Founded originally 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 |
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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 |
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1919 | National Football Federation of Guatemala | Guatemala City | National | Guatemala |
1921 | Costa Rican Football Federation | ? | National | Costa Rica |
1931 | Nicaraguan Football Federation | ? | National | Nicaragua |
1935 | Salvadoran Football Association | ? | National | El Salvador |
1937 | Panamanian Football Federation | ? | National | Panama |
1951 | National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras | ? | National | Honduras |
1980 | Football Federation of Belize | ? | National | Belize |
Caribbean Zone (CFU)
South America (CONMEBOL)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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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)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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1921 | Egyptian Football Association | ? | National | Egypt |
1955 | Royal Moroccan Football Federation | ? | National | Morocco |
1956 | Fédération Tunisienne de Football | ? | National | Tunisia |
1962 | Algerian Football Federation | ? | National | Algeria |
1962 | Libyan Football Federation | ? | National | Libya |
West Africa Football Union (WAFU)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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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 | Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball | ? | National | Burkina Faso |
1960 | Fédération Guinéenne de Football | ? | National | Guinea |
1960 | Fédération Ivoirienne de Football | ? | National | Ivory Coast |
1960 | Mali Football Federation | ? | National | Mali |
1960 | Fédération Sénégalaise de Football | ? | National | Senegal |
1960 | Fédération Togolaise de Football | ? | National | Togo |
1961 | Fédération de Foot-Ball de la Républic Islamique de Mauritanie | ? | National | Mauritania |
1962 | Fédération Béninoise de Football | ? | National | Benin |
1967 | Fédération Nigerienne de Football | ? | National | Niger |
1967 | Sierra Leone Football Association | ? | National | Sierra Leone |
1974 | Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau | ? | National | Guinea-Bissau |
1982 | Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol | ? | National | Cape Verde |
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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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 | Fédération de Football du Burundi | ? | National | Burundi |
1950 | Somali Football Federation | ? | National | Somalia |
1960 | Kenya Football Federation | ? | National | Kenya |
1972 | Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association | ? | National | Rwanda |
1979 | Fédération Djiboutienne de Football | ? | National | Djibouti |
1992 | Eritrean National Football Federation | ? | National | Eritrea |
2011 | South Sudan Football Association | Juba | National | South Sudan |
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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1919 | Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association | ? | National | DR Congo |
1959 | Fédération Camerounaise de Football | ? | National | Cameroon |
1960 | Federación Ecuatoguineana de Fútbol | Malabo | National | Equatorial Guinea |
1961 | Fédération Centrafricaine de Football | Bangui | National | Central African Republic |
1962 | Fédération Tchadienne de Football | N'Djamena | National | Chad |
1962 | Fédération Congolaise de Football | ? | National | Congo |
1962 | Fédération Gabonaise de Football | ? | National | Gabon |
1975 | Federação Santomense de Futebol | ? | National | Sao Tome and Principe |
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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1929 | Football Association of Zambia | ? | National | Zambia |
1932 | Lesotho Football Association | ? | National | Lesotho |
1952 | Mauritius Football Association | ? | National | Mauritius |
1961 | Fédération Malagasy de Football | ? | National | Madagascar |
1965 | Zimbabwe Football Association | ? | National | Zimbabwe |
1966 | Football Association of Malawi | ? | National | Malawi |
1968 | National Football Association of Swaziland | ? | National | Swaziland |
1970 | Botswana Football Association | ? | National | Botswana |
1976 | Federação Moçambicana de Futebol | ? | National | Mozambique |
1979 | Federação Angolana de Futebol | ? | National | Angola |
1979 | Fédération Comorienne de Football | ? | 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)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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1897 | 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 | Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste | ? | National | Timor-Leste |
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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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 | Associação de Futebol de Macau | ? | 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)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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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)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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1937 | All India Football Federation | ? | 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)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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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)
Date | Name | Location | National or Regional | Country |
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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 |
References
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