World Unity Football Alliance
File:World unity fa logo.png | |
Formation | 7 July 2020 |
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Type | Federation of associations |
Membership | 19 Members |
Official languages | English, Spanish |
General Secretary | Danny Clarke |
Website | worldunityfootballalliance.org |
The World Unity Football Alliance (WUFA) is the international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA. WUFA was founded in 2020 to oversee international competition among the non-FIFA affiliated associations in the world, the alliance of football associations does not have a centralised management structure.[1][2] On 12 September 2020, WUFA announced their first tournament, the World Series, scheduled for 2021.[3] On 6 April 2021, International Surrey Football announced it would host the first stage of the WUFA World Series, all 4 games were played behind closed doors due in part to local COVID restrictions imposed in the United Kingdom at the time. [4]
On 15 March 2022, the World Unity Football Alliance announced the election of its first General Secretary, President and founder of members International Surrey Football, as part of a six-month interim term scheduled to end no later than August 2022.[5]
Members
WUFA initially announced 9 founding members, and were joined by the Yorkshire International Football Association on July 8th.[6] Of the 18 members of WUFA, 11 are also members of CONIFA, Darfur left CONIFA prior to establishing WUFA, and Surrey were not a member of any federation prior to joining WUFA.[7][8] On 13 July, 2020, WUFA announced a partnership with CSANF – Consejo Sudamericano de Nuevas Federaciones, establishing an alliance.[9] 3 members, the Armenian Argentine Community, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Mapuche Nation later joined as members of the World Unity Football Alliance as well as the CSANF.
On 7 July, 2021, WUFA announced the Kashmir Football Association as its newest member. Kashmir was not previously a member of any non-FIFA organisation prior to joining WUFA.[10]
Team |
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Parishes of Jersey |
Surrey |
Yorkshire |
Team |
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All Black FC Hong Kong |
Karen |
Kashmir |
Tamil Eelam |
West Papua |
Team |
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Barawa |
Chagos Islands |
Darfur |
Matabeleland |
Western Sahara |
Team |
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California |
Kuskatan |
Team |
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Armenian Argentine Community |
Mapuches |
Rapa Nui |
São Paulo |
Member Federation
Tournaments
Men's World Unity Cup
Women's World Unity Cup
World Series
Organisation
General Secretary
No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Danny Clarke | United Kingdom | 18 February 2022 | Incumbent / Interim |
See also
References
- ^ "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE". World Unity Cup 2016. July 8, 2020.
- ^ Price, Steve. "Soccer Or Activism? Darfur United And Teams Outside FIFA Form World Unity Football Alliance". Forbes.
- ^ "2021 WUFA World Series". World UNity Football Alliance. September 12, 2020.
- ^ "WUFA World Series Coming to Surrey – International Surrey Football".
- ^ "World Unity Football Alliance Vote for Interim General Secretary – World Unity Football Alliance".
- ^ "Breaking news for the Yorkshire team! – YIFA for YORKSHIRE".
- ^ @DarfurUnited (15 June 2020). "To better serve its mission and values, Darfur United has decided to part ways with CONIFA effective immediately" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Surrey joins World Unity Football Alliance – International Surrey Football".
- ^ "The South American Council of New Federations joins WUFA". World Unity Cup 2016. July 13, 2020.
- ^ "Kashmir Football Association Joins WUFA". World Unity Football Alliance. July 7, 2021.