Bahrain Football Association

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Bahrain Football Association الاتحاد البحريني لكرة القدم BFA

Sport	Football Futsal Beach football
Jurisdiction	Bahrain
Founded	1957 (1957)
Affiliation	FIFA (1966) AFC (1969) UAFA (1976) WAFF (2010) GFU
President	Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
Official website
www.bahrainfootball.org

The Bahrain Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد البحريني لكرة القدم‎) is the governing body of football in Bahrain, and controls the Bahrain national football team. It was founded in 1957, and has been a member of FIFA since 1966. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation.

Office-holders and officials

The Association's President is Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa. The Vice-President is Sheikh Ali Bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa.

The General Secretary is Abdulrahman Sayyar.

The National Men's Team Coach is Salman Ahmed Sharida and the Women's Team Coach is Khaled Al-Harban.^[1]

Address and website

Bahrain Football Association

Bahrain National Stadium, P.O. Box 5464, MANAMA, Bahrain

Tel.: +973/17 689 569

Fax: +973/17 781 188

Official website: http://www.bahrainfootball.org^[1]

External links

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 FIFA Online website, Bahrain page, accessed 24 June 2011

v t e Football in Bahrain

Bahrain Football Association

National teams	Men's Women's U-23 U-20 U-17

League system	Premier League 2nd Division

Domestic cups	Bahraini King's Cup FA Cup Bahraini Crown Prince Cup Bahraini Super Cup

List of Clubs Bahraini football records

v t e International association football

FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year FIFA Ballon d'Or Teams Debuts Competitions Federations Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-22 U-19 U-16 U-14

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games East Asian Games Francophonie Games IOIG Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also International women's football

v t e National football associations of Asia (AFC)

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FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China

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