Afghanistan Football Federation

Afghanistan Football Federation
AFC

Founded	1933^[1]
FIFA affiliation	1948
AFC affiliation	1954
CAFA affiliation	2015
President	Keramuddin Karim
Website	http://aff.org.af/

The Afghanistan Football Federation (A.F.F.) (Persian فدراسيون فتبال افغان , Pashto language: د افغان فوتبال فدراسيون) is the governing body of football in Afghanistan, controlling the men's and women's national teams. It was founded in 1933 and has been a member of FIFA since 1948 and the Asian Football Confederation since 1954. It has been much more active since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

The Afghanistan national football team won the 2013 South Asian Football Federation Championship, which was their first ever international football trophy. In early 2014, at the FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony, the Afghanistan Football Federation was awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award for 2013.^[2]

Board members

Keramuddin Karim (President)
Sayed Reza Aghazada (General Secretary)
Mohammad Yousef Kargar (First Vice President)
Fazel Shahab (Treasurer)
Hosein Saleh (Technical Director)
Sayed Ali Kazemi (Media Manager)
Bashir Saadat (Head of Referees Committee)

Membership

Organization	affiliation
FIFA	since 1948 (68 years ago)
AFC	since 1954 (62 years ago)
South Asian Football Federation	2005–2015 (10 years)
Central Asian Football Association	since 2015 (22 months ago) (Founding Member)

Presidents

Presidency	President	Took office	Left office	Note
1	Keramuddin Karim^[3]	2004	present	winner of 2013 SAFF Championship winner of FIFA Fair Play Award 2013

References

↑ Qadiry, Tahir. "BBC News - Roshan Afghan Premier League a hit with fans". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
↑ "FIFA Awards Afghanistan 'Fair Play Award For 2013'". Rferl.org. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2015-02-27.

External links

Football in Afghanistan

Afghanistan Football Federation

National teams	Men's Women's U-23 U-20 U-17

League competitions	Afghan Premier League Kabul Premier League

List of clubs List of leagues List of venues Women's football in Afghanistan

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

National football associations of Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan (AFF) Australia (FFA) Bahrain (BFA) Bangladesh (BFF) Bhutan (BFF) Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) Cambodia (FFC) China PR (CFA) Timor-Leste (FFTL) Guam (GFA) Hong Kong (HKFA) India (AIFF) Indonesia (PSSI) Iran (FFIRI) Iraq (IFA) Japan (JFA) Jordan (JFA) Korea DPR (PRKFA) Korea Republic (KFA) Kuwait (KFA) Kyrgyzstan (FFKR) Laos (LFF) Lebanon (LFA) Macau (MFA) Malaysia (FAM) Maldives (FAM) Mongolia (MFF) Myanmar (MFF) Nepal (ANFA) Northern Mariana Islands (NMIFA) Oman (OFA) Pakistan (PFF) Palestine (PFA) Philippines (PFF) Qatar (QFA) Saudi Arabia (SAFF) Singapore (FAS) Sri Lanka (FFSL) Syria (FASF) Chinese Taipei (CTFA) Tajikistan (FFT) Thailand (FAT) Turkmenistan (TFF) United Arab Emirates (UAEFA) Uzbekistan (UFF) Vietnam (VFF) Yemen (YFA)

Italics denote provisional Associate Member Association - Not a member of FIFA

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