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This article is about the Sri Lanka Football Association. For more detail on the sport, see Association football.

Football Federation of Sri Lanka
AFC
Short nameFFSL
Founded7 January 1939; 85 years ago (1939-01-07)
(as Ceylon Football Association)[1]
1972–2021 as Football Federation of Sri Lanka[2]
Headquarters100/9 Independence Avenue 07 - Colombo, Sri Lanka
FIFA affiliation1952; 72 years ago (1952)
AFC affiliation1954; 70 years ago (1954)[3]
SAFF affiliation1997; 27 years ago (1997)
PresidentJaswar Umaru Lebbe[4]
Websitefootball.lk

The Football Sri Lanka (FSL) is the governing body of football in Sri Lanka. It operates the Sri Lanka national football team and Sri Lanka Football Premier League.

History

Football Sri Lanka was founded on 1939 as Ceylon Football Association, later rechristened as Football Federation of Sri Lanka in 1972. FSL affiliated with FIFA in 1952. FSL affiliated with Asian Football Confederation in 1954 & FFSL was founding member of South Asian Football Federation which was founded in 1997. In 2021 organisation has changed their name to the current one.

National teams

Corporate structure

Name Position Source
Sri Lanka Jaswar Umaru Lebbe President [5][6]
Sri Lanka Antony Davidson Vice President [7][8]
Sri Lanka N. T. Farook 2nd Vice President [9][10]
Sri Lanka Upali Hewage 3rd Vice President [11][12]
Sri Lanka Padmasiri Munasinghe 4th Vice President [13][14]
Sri Lanka Jaswar Umar Lebbe General Secretary [15][16]
n/a Treasurer
Bosnia and Herzegovina Amir Alagić Technical Director [17]
Scotland Andy Morrison Team Coach (Men's) [18][19]
Sri Lanka Thilak Alponsu Team Coach (Women's) [20]
Sri Lanka Ranjith Rodrigo Media/Communications Manager [21]
Sri Lanka Saif Yusoof Futsal Coordinator [22]
Sri Lanka Sankar Komaleeswaran Referee Coordinator [23]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka".
  2. ^ "Football Federation of Sri Lanka new Logo and the New Brand Name of Football Sri Lanka".
  3. ^ "Asian soccer championship next year". The Straits Times. 27 May 1954."ASIAN SOCCER FINALS IN SINGAPORE May be used as Olympic series". The Singapore Free Press. 5 October 1954."Singapore to Meet Indonesia in Asian Soccer Tourney". The Straits Times. 14 June 1955. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. ^ "President, Sri Lanka Football Association".
  5. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  6. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  7. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  8. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  9. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  10. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  11. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  12. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  13. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  14. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  15. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  16. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  17. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  18. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  19. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  20. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  21. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  22. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  23. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Sri Lanka - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2020.


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