Central Asian Football Association

Central Asian Football Association
Abbreviation CAFA
Formation 9 January 2015 (2015-01-09)
Type Sports organization
Headquarters Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Membership
6 member associations
President
 Uzbekistan Mirabror Usmanov
Vice President
 Iran 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]

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 		Former federation
AFG Afghanistan Afghanistan Men'sMen's 1933 1948 1954 2015Yes SAFF (2005–2014)
IRN Iran Iran Men's · Women'sMen's1920 1948 1954 2015Yes WAFF (2000–2014)
KGZ Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Men's- 1992 1994 1994 2015Yes n/a
TJK Tajikistan Tajikistan Men's- 1936 1994 1994 2015Yes n/a
TKM Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Men's- 1992 1994 1994 2015Yes n/a
UZB Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Men's · Women's Men's 1946 1994 1994 2015Yes n/a
Association National Football Leagues National Football Cups Super Cups
 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 Teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

AFC FIFA Country Points +/−
1 30  Iran 797 Decrease3
6 62  Uzbekistan 558 Decrease14
16 124  Kyrgyzstan 265 Decrease25
20 131  Tajikistan 231 Increase9
24 143  Turkmenistan 200 Decrease29
25 147  Afghanistan 189 Decrease2
  • Last updated July 2016.[8]

Leading Men's team:

Iran national football team

Women's National Teams

AFC FIFA Country Points +/−
9 42  Uzbekistan 1540 Steady
12 55  Iran 1418 Increase2
23 108  Kyrgyzstan 1134 Steady
31 130  Afghanistan 889 Increase3
  • Last updated July 2016.[9]

Leading Women's team:

Uzbekistan women's national football team

Executive committee

Position Name Years active
President Uzbekistan Mirabror Usmanov 2015–
Vice-president Tajikistan Rustam Emomali 2015–
General Secretary Uzbekistan Sardor Rakhmatullaev 2015–
Vice-General Secretary Afghanistan Seyed Reza Aghazadeh 2015–
AFC Vice-president Iran Ali Kafashian[10] 2015–
Female General Secretary Afghanistan Zohra Mehri 2015–

CAFA championship

Under-19 Men's

The first edition of this tournament concluded on 10 August 2016.[11][12][13][14] Uzbekistan won the final 1–0 over Kyrgyzstan.[15]

Under-19 Women's

The CAFA U-19 Women's Cup was played in October 2016 in Tashkent involving four teams: Uzbekistan, Iran, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Final standings:[16]

  1.  Uzbekistan
  2.  Iran
  3.  Kyrgyzstan
  4.  Tajikistan

Under-15 Men's

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.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "اتحادیه فوتبال آسیای مرکزی ایجاد شد" (in Persian). BBC. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "'Central Zone' gets thumbs up from Tajikistan". The AFC. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "AFC adds a fifth zone as Extraordinary Congress approves amendments to AFC Statutes". The AFC. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Warshaw, Andrew (10 June 2014). "Shaikh Salman flexes his political muscle to brush aside Prince Ali". InsideWorldFootball.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Central Asians meet Sheikh Salman to create CAFA". aff.org.af. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sheikh Salman Wins Bitter Battle to End Prince Ali's FIFA Vice-Presidency" (10 June 2014). worldfootballinsider.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "AFC president to resume FIFA Vice Presidency". goal.com. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men)". FIFA. 4 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 18 December 2015.
  10. ↑ Kafashian Elected as One of Five AFC Vice Presidents
  11. ↑ [ http://90tv.ir/news/284740/%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2-%D8%A2%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7
  12. ↑ http://90tv.ir/news/284741/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF
  13. ↑ http://90tv.ir/news/285181/%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A8%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2-%D8%A2%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3
  14. ↑ http://90tv.ir/news/285670/%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-2-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-0-%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2-%D8%A2%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7 90tv.ir]
  15. ↑ final report
  16. ↑ "Our Women's National Football U-19 Team won Cup of CAFA". Uzbekistan National News. 18 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Day 5 report from SPORT FOR TOMORROW Japan-Central Asia Exchange (29 Mar.)". jfa.jp. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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