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.
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