Yemen Football Association

Yemen Football Association
الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم
Official website

Sport	Football
Jurisdiction	Yemen
Abbreviation	YFA
Founded	1940^[1] (South Yemen) 1962/1976^[1] (North Yemen)
Affiliation	FIFA (1967) (South Yemen) (1980) (North Yemen) AFC (1972) (South Yemen)^[2] (1980) (North Yemen)^[3] UAFA (1978) WAFF (2009) GFU (2003)
Headquarters	Sana'a
President	Ahmed Saleh Al Eissi
Vice president	Fathi Abdulwasee Hayel
Secretary	Hamid Al-Shaibani
www.yemenfa.org

The Yemen Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم‎‎) is the governing body of football in Yemen.

In 2005 the YFA was suspended by FIFA due to serious interference by political authorities in the internal affairs of the association, violating Article 17 of the FIFA Statutes.1

Former Presidents

Ali Al Ashwal 1987-2000
Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi 2000-

References

1 2 3 4 The A-Z of Asian Football 97-98; 1997 Asian Football Confederation
↑ "Arabia and Yemen are new members". The Straits Times. 28 July 1972.
↑ June 25, 1980: "Asian Football Confederation holds 9th congress in Hong Kong: Oman and Democratic Yemen were admitted into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) by a resolution passed at its ninth congress here yesterday, thus bringing the AFC total membership to 35." Xinhua General News Service

External links

Yemen Football Association at the FIFA website.
Yemen Football Association at AFC site
Official website

Football in Yemen

Federation Yemen National Team South Yemen National Team North Yemen national football team

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

League competitions	Yemeni League Second Division

Domestic Cup competitions	Yemeni President Cup Super Cup Unity Cup (May 22 Cup)

Defunct competitions	Naseem Cup September 26 Cup Amana Cup Ali Muhsin al-Murisi Cup Esteghlal Cup North Yemen Cup of the Republic South Yemen Cup

Yemeni Football Records Clubs Top Scorers List of venues

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

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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