Union of Arab Football Associations
AFC members CAF members | |
Formation | 1974 |
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Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Membership | 22 members
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Official language | Arabic, English and French |
President | Turki Al Shaikh |
Website | UAFAOnline.com |
The Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA; Arabic: الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم; French: Union des associations de football arabe) is the governing body of football in the Arab League.
Contents
1 History
2 Presidents
3 Current members
4 International Competitions participation
4.1 FIFA World Cup participation
4.2 FIFA Confederations Cup participation
4.3 Summer Olympics participation
5 Competitions
6 Rankings
6.1 UAFA Top 10 FIFA ranking
6.2 Women's national teams
7 References
8 External links
History
The Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) was established in 1974 in Tripoli, Libya. In 1976, a general assembly was held in Damascus, Syria, and the football association headquarters were transferred to their present seat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Presidents
Mohamed Raouraoua is announced a new president of UAFA.[1]
- 1974 – 1999: Faisal bin Fahd
- 1999 – 2011: Sultan bin Fahd
- 2011 – 2014: Nawaf bin Faisal
- 2014 – 2017: Turki bin Khalid
- 2017 – present: Turki Al Alshaikh
Current members
All UAFA members from the Asian Football Confederation are also members of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). All WAFF and Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF) members are UAFA members.
Country | Confederation | Sub-confederation | Year |
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Algeria | CAF | UNAF | 1974 |
Bahrain | AFC | WAFF | 1976 |
Comoros | CAF | COSAFA | 2003 |
Djibouti | CAF | CECAFA | 1998 |
Egypt | CAF | UNAF | 1974 |
Iraq | AFC | WAFF | 1974 |
Jordan | AFC | WAFF | 1974 |
Kuwait | AFC | WAFF | 1976 |
Lebanon | AFC | WAFF | 1978 |
Libya | CAF | UNAF | 1974 |
Mauritania | CAF | WAFU | 1989 |
Morocco | CAF | UNAF | 1976 |
Oman | AFC | WAFF | 1978 |
Palestine | AFC | WAFF | 1974 |
Qatar | AFC | WAFF | 1976 |
Saudi Arabia | AFC | WAFF | 1974 |
Somalia | CAF | CECAFA | 1974 |
Sudan | CAF | CECAFA | 1978 |
Syria | AFC | WAFF | 1974 |
Tunisia | CAF | UNAF | 1976 |
United Arab Emirates | AFC | WAFF | 1974 |
Yemen | AFC | WAFF | 1978 |
International Competitions participation
- Legend
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FIFA World Cup participation
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 (-) | Total | inclusive WC Qual. |
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Algeria | Part of France[2] | × | • | • | • | R1 13th | R1 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | R1 28th | R2 14th | • | 4 | 13 | ||||||||
Egypt | × | R1 13th | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | R1 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 31st | 3 | 14 | ||
Iraq | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | R1 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 11 | |||||
Kuwait | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | R1 21st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 12 | |||||
Morocco | Part of France | • | × | R1 14th | • | • | • | R2 11th | • | R1 23rd | R1 18th | • | • | • | • | R1 27th | 5 | 14 | |||||||
Qatar | x | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | R2 12th | R1 28th | R1 32nd | R1 T-28th | • | • | R1 26th | 5 | 11 | |||||||
Tunisia | Part of France | • | × | • | • | R1 9th | • | • | • | • | R1 26th | R1 29th | R1 24th | • | • | R1 24th | 5 | 14 | |||||||
United Arab Emirates | × | × | • | R1 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
FIFA Confederations Cup participation
Team | 1992 (4) | 1995 (6) | 1997 (8) | 1999 (8) | 2001 (8) | 2003 (8) | 2005 (8) | 2009 (8) | 2013 (8) | 2017 (8) | 2021 (8) | Years |
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Egypt | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 2 | |
Iraq | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | |
Qatar | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 1 |
Saudi Arabia | 2nd | GS | GS | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | |
Tunisia | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 1 | |
United Arab Emirates | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Summer Olympics participation
Nation | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | Years | |
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Algeria | Part of France | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Egypt[3] | – | 8 | 8 | 4 | =9 | =11 | =9 | w/o | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | w/o | 8 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | 11 | |||||
Iraq | – | – | – | – | 5 | 14 | 9 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Kuwait | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | 16 | – | 12 | – | – | – | IOA | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Morocco | Part of France | – | 13 | w/o | 8 | – | 12 | – | 15 | – | 16 | =10 | – | 11 | – | 7 | |||||||||||||
Qatar | 15 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | – | – | w/o | 16 | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Sudan | Part of the United Kingdom | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Syria | – | UAR | – | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Tunisia | Part of France | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 14 | – | 12 | – | – | – | 4 | |||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | – | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total nations | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Competitions
National
| Youth
| Clubs
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Rankings
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UAFA | FIFA | Country | Points | +/− | Confederation |
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1 | 28 | Tunisia | 1493 | CAF | |
2 | 43 | Morocco | 1440 | CAF | |
3 | 55 | Qatar | 1398 | AFC | |
4 | 57 | Egypt | 1393 | CAF | |
5 | 67 | United Arab Emirates | 1355 | AFC | |
6 | 69 | Algeria | 1349 | CAF | |
7 | 70 | Saudi Arabia | 1344 | AFC | |
8 | 80 | Iraq | 1310 | AFC | |
9 | 83 | Syria | 1286 | AFC | |
10 | 85 | Lebanon | 1277 | AFC |
Last updated 11 February 2019
Women's national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[5]
UAFA | FIFA | Country | Points | +/− | Confederation |
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1 | 56 | Jordan | 1420 | +1 | AFC |
2 | 77 | Algeria | 1321 | -2 | CAF |
3 | 77 | Morocco | 1316 | -3 | CAF |
4 | 78 | Tunisia | 1314 | -3 | CAF |
5 | 83 | Bahrain | 1302 | -4 | AFC |
6 | 87 | Egypt | 1275 | -6 | CAF |
7 | 96 | Palestine | 1191 | -7 | AFC |
8 | 119 | Lebanon | 955 | -9 | AFC |
9 | 124 | Kuwait | 870 | -8 | AFC |
10 | 125 | Qatar | 864 | -8 | AFC |
11 | 133 | UA Emirates** | 1665 | AFC | |
12 | 133 | Syria** | 927 | AFC | |
13 | 133 | Iraq** | 882 | AFC | |
14 | 133 | Comoros* | 761 | CAF |
- * Provisionally listed due to not having played more than five matches against officially ranked teams
- ** Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked
Last updated September 19, 2014
References
^ "Raouraoua nouveau président de l'UAFA". Le Buteur. July 2, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Algeria gained independence in 1962, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
^ Egypt team represented the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1960 finishing the 12th and alone in 1964 finishing the 4th.
^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking Procedure (Men)".
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150930192500/http://www.uafaonline.com/