Kuwait Football Association

Kuwait Football Association
الاتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم

Sport	Football Futsal Beach football
Jurisdiction	Kuwait
Abbreviation	KFA
Founded	1952 (1952)
Affiliation	FIFA (1964) AFC (1964)[1] UAFA (1976) WAFF (2010) GFU
Headquarters	Adiliya
Official website
www.kfa.org.kw

The Kuwait Football Association (Arabic: الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم‎‎) is the governing body of football in Kuwait.

Kuwait have twice been suspended by FIFA for political interference since 2007 and are only being allowed to participate in the 2011 Asian Cup qualifying campaign and other international competitions on a provisional basis.^[2]

FIFA Suspension

Contrary to the road map established by FIFA and the AFC, the Kuwaiti Public Authority for Youth and Sport has continued to interfere. Elections were held on 9 October in direct violation of the FIFA Executive Committee's May 2007 decision to the contrary. As a consequence, the committee recommended to the FIFA Executive Committee that the Kuwait Football Association be suspended.^[3] Kuwait's football federation board resigned days after world governing body FIFA suspended the Gulf Arab state.^[4] The suspension was lifted after the federation said it will ratify new statutes to prevent government interference in the sport as demanded by FIFA. "Otherwise FIFA will immediately suspend the (federation) again," FIFA said in a statement.^[5] The suspension is conditionally lifted and extended by the FIFA Congress in June 2009.^[6] FIFA is closely monitoring the situation within Kuwait.^[7]

On 16 October 2015, FIFA suspended Kuwait FA and all results from AFC Asian Cup and FIFA World Cup qualification are removed while all Kuwaiti teams that are participating in international competitions are withdrawn.

Competitions

• VIVA Premier League
• Kuwaiti Division One
• Kuwaiti Futsal League
• Kuwait Joint League (defunct)
• Kuwait Emir Cup
• Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
• Al Khurafi Cup (defunct)
• Kuwait Federation Cup (defunct)
• Kuwait Super Cup
• Kuwaiti Futsal Federation Cup
• Kuwaiti Futsal Super Cup

Friendly Competitions

• Kuwait Champions Challenge

Current champions

Defunct/paused

References

External links

• Official website (Arabic)
• Kuwait at the FIFA website.
• Kuwait at AFC site

Football in Kuwait
Kuwait Football Association
National teams	Men's Men's Futsal U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's
Leagues	VIVA Premier League First Division Futsal League
Cups	Emir Cup Crown Prince Cup Super Cup Futsal Federation Cup Futsal Super Cup
Defunct Tournaments	Federation Cup (defunct) Al Kurafi Cup (defunct) Joint League (defunct)
List of clubs List of footballers List of venues Kuwaiti Football Records

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
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
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