Union of Arab Football Associations

UAFA
Union of Arab Football Associations
*الإتــحــاد الــعــربــي لــكــرة الــقــدم*
*Union des associations de football arabe*

AFC members CAF members
Formation	1974
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Membership	22 members Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen
Official language	Arabic, English and French
President	Mohamed Raouraoua
Website	http://www.uafaonline.com

Union of Arab Football Associations (Arabic: الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم‎; French: Union des associations de football arabe), officially abbreviated as UAFA, is the governing body of football in the Arab League.

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 - 0000: Mohamed Raouraoua

Current members

All 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
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

FIFA World Cup participation

Total	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	1		21
Team	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	Total	inclusive WC Qual.
Algeria									•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16		4	12
Morocco							•		GS	•	•	•	R16	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•		4	13
Tunisia							•		•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	•		4	13
Saudi Arabia											•	•	•	•	R16	GS	GS	GS	•	•		4	9
Egypt		1R			•					•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•		2	13
UAE						•							•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•		1	8
Iraq										•		•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1	9
Kuwait										•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1	10

Legend

— CAF teams
— AFC teams

1st – Champion
2nd – Runner-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986)
GS – Group Stage (1930 and since 1950)
1R – First Round (1934 and 1938)

q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
• — Did not qualify
— Did not enter
— Withdrew
— Banned
— Hosts

FIFA Confederations Cup participation

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	2017	Years
Saudi Arabia	2nd	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Egypt	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•		2
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
Tunisia	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•		1
United Arab Emirates	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	0

Summer Olympics participation

Nation	1900	1904	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	1936	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Total
Egypt					GS	QF	4th	GS	GS	GS		GS	4th	•	•	•		QF	•	GS	•	•	•	•	QF	•	11
Morocco													GS		QF			GS	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	GS	•	7
Iraq																	QF	GS	GS	•	•	•	4th	•	•	q	5
Tunisia												GS							GS		GS		GS	•	•	•	4
Kuwait																	QF			GS		GS	•	•	•	•	3
Algeria																	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	2
Qatar																		GS		QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
KSA																		GS			GS	•	•	•	•	•	2
Sudan															GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Syria																	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
UAE																	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	1
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	4	5	2	4	2	2	3	0	3	2	37

Legend

— CAF teams
AFC teams

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-final
GS – Group stage

q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Qualified but withdrew
• – Did not qualify
— Banned/Disqualified
— Hosts

Competitions

National

Youth

Arab U-20 Championship
Arab U-17 Championship
Arab U-15 Championship
Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth (defunct)

Clubs

Regional

Rankings

UAFA Top 10 FIFA ranking

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[2]

UAFA	FIFA	Country	Points	Confederation
1	36	Algeria	746	CAF
2	48	Tunisia	603	CAF
3	55	Saudi Arabia	571	AFC
4	55	Egypt	571	CAF
5	65	United Arab Emirates	520	AFC
6	78	Qatar	444	AFC
7	80	Morocco	425	CAF
8	82	Jordan	418	AFC
9	89	Iraq	372	AFC
10	97	Oman	345	AFC

Last updated 4-2-2016

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[3]

UAFA	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−	Confederation
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.
↑ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking Procedure (Men)".
↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

External links

Union of Arab Football Associations

International competitions

Club competitions

Youth competitions

Arab Cup U-20
Arab Cup U-17
Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth (defunct)

Women's competitions

Arab Women's Championship

Women's youth competitions

Arab U-17 Women's Cup

Sub-competitions

Gulf	Gulf Cup U-23 Gulf Cup U-19 Gulf Cup U-17 Gulf Cup GCC Champions League

Related competitions

UNAF	U-23 Tournament U-20 Tournament U-17 Tournament Women's Tournament UNAF Club Cup Women's Club Tournament

CECAFA	CECAFA Cup U-20 Championship U-17 Championship Kagame Interclub Cup

WAGF / WAFF	WAFF Championship West Asian Games

ANOCA, OCA / CAF, AFC	Afro-Asian Cup of Nations Afro-Asian Games Afro-Asian Club Championship

ISSF	Islamic Solidarity Games

IMGC	Mediterranean Games

National Teams

Algeria
Bahrain
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Arabic teams not part of the UAFA (Chad)

uafaonline.com

Sub-regions of the Confederation of African Football

National teams

UNAF	Algeria (women) Egypt (women) Libya (women) Morocco (women) Tunisia (women)

WAFU	Benin (women) Burkina Faso (women) Cape Verde (women) Ivory Coast (women) Gambia (women) Ghana (women) Guinea (women) Guinea-Bissau (women) Liberia (women) Mali (women) Mauritania (women) Niger (women) Nigeria (women) Senegal (women) Sierra Leone (women) Togo (women)

UNIFFAC	Cameroon (women) Central African Republic (women) Chad (women) Democratic Republic of the Congo (women) Equatorial Guinea (women) Gabon (women) Republic of the Congo (women) São Tomé and Príncipe (women)

CECAFA	Burundi (women) Djibouti (women) Eritrea (women) Ethiopia (women) Kenya (women) Rwanda (women) Somalia (women) South Sudan (women) Sudan (women) Tanzania (women) Uganda (women) Zanzibar (women)

COSAFA	Angola (women) Botswana (women) Comoros (women) Lesotho (women) Madagascar (women) Malawi (women) Mauritius (women) Mozambique (women) Namibia (women) Seychelles (women) South Africa (women) Swaziland (women) Zambia (women) Zimbabwe (women)

UAFA	Algeria (women) Bahrain (women) Comoros (women) Djibouti (women) Egypt (women) Iraq (women) Jordan (women) Kuwait (women) Lebanon (women) Libya (women) Mauritania (women) Morocco (women) Oman (women) Palestine (women) Qatar (women) Saudi Arabia (women) Somalia (women) Sudan (women) Syria (women) Tunisia (women) United Arab Emirates (women) Yemen (women)

Associations

UNAF	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia

WAFU	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Ivory Coast Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

UNIFFAC	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Republic of the Congo São Tomé and Príncipe

CECAFA	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar

COSAFA	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

UAFA	Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen

Football in Africa (CAF)

National competitions

Men	Africa Cup of Nations African Nations Championship Africa Futsal Cup of Nations CAF Beach Soccer Championship

Women	Africa Women Cup of Nations Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament African Games

Youth competitions

Men	U-23 Cup of Nations U-20 Cup of Nations U-17 Cup of Nations African Games

Women	U-20 Cup for Women U-17 Cup for Women

Club competitions

Current	Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup

Defunct	CAF Cup Cup Winners' Cup Afro-Asian Championship

Lists and awards

Sub-regions

Northern Africa	UNAF

Western Africa	WAFU

Central Africa	UNIFFAC

Eastern Africa	CECAFA

Southern Africa	COSAFA

Arab League	UAFA

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