Union of Arab Football Associations

Union of Arab Football Associations
الإتــحــاد الــعــربــي لــكــرة الــقــدم
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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	Turki Al Shaikh
Website	http://www.uafaonline.com

The 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 - 2017: Turki bin Khalid
2017 - 0000: Turki Al Alshaikh

Current members

All UAFA 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

Legend

— CAF teams
— AFC teams

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
QF — Quarterfinals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1 (1930, 1950-1970 and 1986-present: group stage; 1934-1938: knockout round of 16; 1974-1982: first group stage)

q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•• — Qualified but withdrew
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
— Hosts
— Not affiliated to FIFA

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	4			21
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (-)	Total	inclusive WC Qual.
Algeria	Part of France^[2]							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•			4	13
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st			3	14
Iraq				×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1	11
Kuwait				×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1	12
Morocco	Part of France						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	R1 27th			5	14
Qatar										x	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q		0	11
Saudi Arabia						×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	R1 28th	R1 32nd	R1 T-28th	•	•	R1 26th			5	11
Tunisia	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th			5	14
United Arab Emirates											×	×	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1	9

FIFA Confederations Cup participation

Team	1992 (4)	1995 (6)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	Years
Egypt	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	2
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
Saudi Arabia	2nd	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Tunisia	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
United Arab Emirates	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	9

Summer Olympics participation

Nation	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Algeria	Part of France												–	–	–		8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14		2
Egypt^[3]				–	8	8	4	=9	=11	=9	w/o	12	4	–	–	–	w/o	8	–	12	–	–	–	–	8	–		11
Iraq									–			–	–	–			5	14	9	–	–	–	4	–	–	12		5
Kuwait														–	–	–	6	–	–	16	–	12	–	–	–	IOA		3
Morocco				Part of France								–	13	w/o	8	–		12	–	15	–	16	=10	–	11	–		7
Qatar																		15	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–		2
Saudi Arabia															–	–	w/o	16	–	–	15	–	–	–	–	–		2
Sudan	Part of the United Kingdom											–		–	15			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Syria									–			UAR		–	–		14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Tunisia	Part of France											15	–	–	–	–		–	13	–	14	–	12	–	–	–		4
United Arab Emirates																		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–		1
Total nations	3	2	5	11	14	22	17	16	18	25	11	16	14	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Competitions

National

Youth

Clubs

Rankings

UAFA Top 10 FIFA ranking

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[4]

UAFA	FIFA	Country	Points	Confederation
1	21	Tunisia	910	CAF
2	31	Egypt	805	CAF
3	40	Morocco	738	CAF
4	58	Algeria	588	CAF
5	63	Saudi Arabia	543	AFC
6	73	United Arab Emirates	476	AFC
7	77	Syria	442	AFC
8	79	Iraq	438	AFC
9	80	Palestine	434	AFC
10	88	Libya	399	CAF

Last updated 21 December 2017

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[5]

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.
^ Algeria gained independence in 1962, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
^ Egypt team represented the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1960 finishing the 12th and alone in 1964 finishing the 4th.
^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking Procedure (Men)".
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20150930192500/http://www.uafaonline.com/

[1] "Raouraoua nouveau président de l'UAFA". Le Buteur. July 2, 2014.

[2] Algeria gained independence in 1962, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.

[3] Egypt team represented the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1960 finishing the 12th and alone in 1964 finishing the 4th.

[4] "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking Procedure (Men)".

[5] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

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