Central Asian Football Association
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Abbreviation | CAFA |
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Formation | 9 January 2015 |
Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Membership
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6 member associations |
President
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Mirabror Usmanov |
Vice President
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Ali Kafashian |
The Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)[1] is an association of the football playing nations in Central Asia.
In June 2014, the association was in principle approved by the Asian Football Confederation and approved at the Extraordinary Congress in January 2015 during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.[2][3] As a result, CAFA will in the future be able to have member(s) on the AFC executive committee.
The formation of CAFA was spearheaded by the Iranian Football Federation following disputes with West Asian Football Federation members. It was reported that AFC President Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa gained politically from the creation of the new zone.[4]
Contents
History
Members of the six nations met with AFC president Sheikh Salman on 10 May 2014 to talk about the possibility of creating a new Asian football zone. The delegations were invited by the AFC president following an initiative by Iran and Afghanistan.[5] At the extraordinary AFC congress on 9 June 2014 in São Paulo, the plan of the new zone was ratified by the congress.[6][7]
Member associations
CAFA will consist of six member associations. All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
Code | Association | National Football teams | National Futsal teams | National Beach Soccer teams |
Founded | FIFA affiliation |
AFC affiliation |
CAFA affiliation |
IOC member |
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AFG | Afghanistan | Men's | Men's | 1933 | 1948 | 1954 | 2015 | Yes | |
IRN | Iran | Men's · Women's | Men's | 1920 | 1948 | 1954 | 2015 | Yes | |
KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | Men's | - | 1992 | 1994 | 1994 | 2015 | Yes | |
TJK | Tajikistan | Men's | - | 1936 | 1994 | 1994 | 2015 | Yes | |
TKM | Turkmenistan | Men's | - | 1992 | 1994 | 1994 | 2015 | Yes | |
UZB | Uzbekistan | Men's · Women's | Men's | 1946 | 1994 | 1994 | 2015 | Yes |
Association | National Football Leagues | National Football Cups | Super Cups |
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Afghanistan | Afghan Premier League | - | - |
Iran | Persian Gulf Pro League Kowsar Women Football league |
Hazfi Cup | Iranian Super Cup |
Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan League Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship |
Kyrgyzstan Cup | Kyrgyzstan Super Cup |
Tajikistan | Tajik League | Tajik Cup | - |
Turkmenistan | Ýokary Liga | Turkmenistan Cup | Turkmenistan Super Cup |
Uzbekistan | Uzbek League Uzbek women's football championship |
Uzbekistan Cup | Uzbekistan Super Cup |
Ranking
Men's National TeamsRankings are calculated by FIFA.
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Leading men's team: |
Women's National Teams
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Leading Women's team: |
Executive committee
Position | Name | Years active |
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President | Mirabror Usmanov | 2015 - |
Vice-president | Rustam Emomali | 2015 - |
General Secretary | Sardor Rakhmatullaev | 2015 - |
Vice-General Secretary | Seyed Reza Aghazadeh | 2015 - |
AFC Vice-president | Ali Kafashian[10] | 2015 - |
Female General Secretary | Zohra Mehri | 2015 - |
CAFA championship
Currently there is no scheduled tournament for senior national teams. An under-15 tournament for all CAFA members plus four Japanese sides was held in March 2015 in Tokyo. Under the motto "SPORT FOR TOMORROW", teams played in groups of five. The final was won by Iran over Tajikistan in a penalty shootout.[11]
See also
- Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
- ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
- East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
- South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
- West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)
- ECO Cup
References
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