List of football associations by date of foundation

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

Europe (UEFA)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
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
1882 Essex County Football Association Essex Regional   England
1882 London Football Association London Regional   England
1883[1] Glasgow Football Association Glasgow Regional   Scotland
1873 Transilvania Football Association Sibiu National   Hungary
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   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   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 Istanbul 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 Serravalle 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   North 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

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  • ^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)

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North American Zone (NAFU)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
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)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
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)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1902 Guyana Football Federation Georgetown National   Guyana
1904 Haitian Football Federation Port-au-Prince National   Haiti
1908 Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation Port of Spain National   Trinidad and Tobago
1910 Barbados Football Association Bridgetown National   Barbados
1910 Jamaica Football Federation Kingston National   Jamaica
1920 Surinamese Football Association Paramaribo National   Suriname
1924 Football Association of Cuba Havana National   Cuba
1924 Grenada Football Association St. George's National   Grenada
1928 Antigua and Barbuda Football Association St. John's National   Antigua and Barbuda
1928 Bermuda Football Association Devonshire Parish National   Bermuda
1932 Aruba Football Federation Noord National   Aruba
1932 Saint Kitts and Nevis Football Association Basseterre National   Saint Kitts and Nevis
1940 Puerto Rican Football Federation San Juan National   Puerto Rico
1953 Dominican Football Federation Santo Domingo National   Dominican Republic
1953 Ligue de football de la Martinique Fort-de-France National   Martinique
1961 Guadeloupean League of Football Pointe-à-Pitre National   Guadeloupe
1962 Ligue de football de la Guyane Cayenne National   French Guiana
1966 Cayman Islands Football Association Grand Cayman National   Cayman Islands
1967 Bahamas Football Association Nassau National   Bahamas
1970 Dominica Football Association Roseau National   Dominica
1973 Montserrat Football Association Plymouth National   Montserrat
1974 British Virgin Islands Football Association Tortola 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 Philipsburg National   Sint Maarten
1989 U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation Christiansted National   U.S. Virgin Islands
1990 Anguilla Football Association The Valley National   Anguilla
1996 Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association Providenciales National   Turks and Caicos Islands
2010 Curaçao Football Federation Willemstad National   Curaçao

South America (CONMEBOL)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1893 Argentine Football Association Buenos Aires National   Argentina
1895 Chilean Football Federation Santiago de Chile National   Chile
1900 Uruguayan Football Association Montevideo 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 Barranquilla National   Colombia
1925 Bolivian Football Federation Cochabamba National   Bolivia
1925 Ecuadorian Football Federation Quito National   Ecuador
1926 Venezuelan Football Federation Caracas National   Venezuela

Africa (CAF)

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Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1921 Egyptian Football Association Cairo National   Egypt
1955 Royal Moroccan Football Federation Rabat National   Morocco
1956 Tunisian Football Federation Tunis National   Tunisia
1962 Algerian Football Federation Algiers National   Algeria
1962 Libyan Football Federation Tripoli National   Libya

West Africa Football Union (WAFU)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1936 Liberia Football Association Monrovia National   Liberia
1945 Nigeria Football Federation Abuja National   Nigeria
1952 Gambia Football Association Bakau National   Gambia
1957 Ghana Football Association Accra National   Ghana
1960 Burkinabé Football Federation Ouagadougou National   Burkina Faso
1960 Guinean Football Federation Conakry National   Guinea
1960 Ivorian Football Federation Abidjan National   Ivory Coast
1960 Malian Football Federation Bamako National   Mali
1960 Senegalese Football Federation Dakar National   Senegal
1960 Togolese Football Federation Lomé National   Togo
1961 Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Nouakchott National   Mauritania
1962 Benin Football Federation Cotonou National   Benin
1967 Nigerien Football Federation Niamey National   Niger
1967 Sierra Leone Football Association Freetown National   Sierra Leone
1974 Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau Bissau National   Guinea-Bissau
1982 Cape Verdean Football Federation Praia National   Cape Verde

Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1924 Federation of Uganda Football Associations Kampala National   Uganda
1926 Zanzibar Football Association Zanzibar City National   Zanzibar
1930 Tanzania Football Federation Dar es Salaam National   Tanzania
1936 Sudan Football Association Khartoum National   Sudan
1943 Ethiopian Football Federation Addis Ababa National   Ethiopia
1948 Football Federation of Burundi Bujumbura National   Burundi
1950 Somali Football Federation Mogadishu National   Somalia
1960 Kenya Football Federation Nairobi National   Kenya
1972 Rwandese Association Football Federation Kigali National   Rwanda
1979 Djiboutian Football Federation Djibouti City National   Djibouti
1992 Eritrean National Football Federation Asmara National   Eritrea
2011 South Sudan Football Association Juba National   South Sudan

Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1919 Congolese Association Football Federation Kinshasa National   DR Congo
1959 Cameroonian Football Federation Yaoundé 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 Brazzaville National   Congo
1962 Gabonese Football Federation Libreville National   Gabon
1975 São Toméan Football Federation São Tomé National   São Tomé and Príncipe

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1929 Football Association of Zambia Lusaka National   Zambia
1932 Lesotho Football Association Maseru National   Lesotho
1952 Mauritius Football Association Plaines Wilhems District National   Mauritius
1961 Malagasy Football Federation Antananarivo National   Madagascar
1965 Zimbabwe Football Association Harare National   Zimbabwe
1966 Football Association of Malawi Chiwembe National   Malawi
1968 Eswatini Football Association Mbabane National   Eswatini
1970 Botswana Football Association Gaborone National   Botswana
1975 Mozambican Football Federation Maputo National   Mozambique
1979 Angolan Football Federation Luanda National   Angola
1979 Comoros Football Federation Mitsamiouli National   Comoros
1979 Seychelles Football Federation Mahé National   Seychelles
1991 South African Football Association Johannesburg National   South Africa
1992 Namibia Football Association Windhoek National   Namibia

Asia (AFC)

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ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1892 Football Association of Singapore Kallang National   Singapore
1907 Philippine Football Federation Pasig National   Philippines
1916 Football Association of Thailand Bangkok National   Thailand
1930 Football Association of Indonesia Jakarta National   Indonesia
1933 Football Federation of Cambodia Phnom Penh National   Cambodia
1933 Football Association of Malaysia Kelana Jaya National   Malaysia
1947 Myanmar Football Federation Yangon National   Myanmar
1951 Lao Football Federation Vientiane National   Laos
1961 Football Australia Sydney National   Australia
1962 Vietnam Football Federation Hanoi National   Vietnam
2002 East Timor Football Federation Dili National   East Timor

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1914 Hong Kong Football Association Ho Man Tin National   Hong Kong
1921[2] Japan Football Association Tokyo National   Japan
1924 Chinese Football Association Peking National   China
1928 Korea Football Association Seoul National   South Korea
1936 Chinese Taipei Football Association New Taipei City National   Chinese Taipei
1939 Macau Football Association Macau National   Macau
1945 DPR Korea Football Association Pyongyang National   North Korea
1959 Mongolian Football Federation Ulaanbaatar National   Mongolia
1975 Guam Football Association Barrigada National   Guam
2005 Northern Mariana Islands Football Association Saipan National   Northern Mariana Islands

Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1922 Afghanistan Football Federation Kabul National   Afghanistan
1946 Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran National   Iran
1946 Uzbekistan Football Federation Tashkent National   Uzbekistan
1936 Tajikistan National Football Federation Dushanbe National   Tajikistan
1992 Football Association of Turkmenistan Ashgabat National   Turkmenistan
1992 Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic Bishkek National   Kyrgyzstan

South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1972 Bangladesh Football Federation Dhaka National   Bangladesh
1983 Bhutan Football Federation Thimpu National   Bhutan
1937 All India Football Federation New Delhi National   India
1982 Football Association of Maldives Malé National   Maldives
1951 All Nepal Football Association Lalitpur National     Nepal
1947 Pakistan Football Federation Lahore National   Pakistan
1939 Football Sri Lanka Colombo National   Sri Lanka

West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1928 Palestinian Football Association Jerusalem National   Palestine
1933 Federation Libanaise de Football Beirut National   Lebanon
1936 Syrian Football Association Damascus National   Syria
1948 Iraq Football Association Baghdad National   Iraq
1949 Jordan Football Association Amman National   Jordan
1952 Kuwait Football Association Kuwait City National   Kuwait
1956 Saudi Arabia Football Federation Riyadh National   Saudi Arabia
1957 Bahrain Football Association Manama National   Bahrain
1960 Qatar Football Association Doha National   Qatar
1962 Yemen Football Association Sana'a National   Yemen
1971 United Arab Emirates Football Association Abu Dhabi National   United Arab Emirates
1978 Oman Football Association Muscat National   Oman

Oceania (OFC)

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Date Name Location National or Regional Country
1891 New Zealand Football Auckland National   New Zealand
1928 New Caledonian Football Federation Noumea National   New Caledonia
1934 Vanuatu Football Federation Port Vila National   Vanuatu
1938 Fiji Football Association Suva National   Fiji
1938 Tahitian Football Federation Pirae National   Tahiti
1962 Papua New Guinea Football Association Port Moresby National   Papua New Guinea
1965 Tonga Football Association Nuku'alofa National   Tonga
1968 Football Federation Samoa Apia National   Samoa
1971 Cook Islands Football Association Avarua National   Cook Islands
1978 Solomon Islands Football Federation Honiara National   Solomon Islands
1980 Kiribati Islands Football Association South Tarawa National   Kiribati
1984 Football Federation American Samoa Pago Pago National   American Samoa

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Home". glasgowfa.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Organisation | JFA | Japan Football Association". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 27 May 2023.