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 Umid Ahmadjonov
Vice President
 Tajikistan Khurshed Mirzo

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 consists of six member associations. All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

CodeAssociationNational Football teamsNational Futsal teamsNational Beach
Soccer teams		FoundedFIFA
affiliation		AFC
affiliation		CAFA
affiliation		IOC
member		Former federation
AFGAfghanistan AfghanistanMen'sMen's1933194819542015YesSAFF (2005–2015)
IRNIran IranMen's · Men's U-20 · Women'sMen's1920194819542015YesWAFF (2000–2014)
KGZKyrgyzstan KyrgyzstanMen's-1992199419942015Yesn/a
TJKTajikistan TajikistanMen's-1936199419942015Yesn/a
TKMTurkmenistan TurkmenistanMen's-1992199419942015Yesn/a
UZBUzbekistan UzbekistanMen's · Women's Men's1946199419942015Yesn/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 Tajik Supercup
 Turkmenistan Ýokary Liga Turkmenistan Cup Turkmenistan Super Cup
 Uzbekistan Uzbek League
Uzbek women's football championship		 Uzbekistan Cup Uzbekistan Super Cup

Ranking

Executive committee

Position Name Years active
President Uzbekistan Umid Ahmadjonov 2018 –
Vice-president Tajikistan Khurshed Mirzo 2018 –
General Secretary Uzbekistan Sanjar Rizayev 2018 –
Vice-General Secretary Afghanistan Sayed Ali Reza Aghazada 2015–
AFC Vice-president Iran Ali Kafashian 2015–
Female General Secretary Afghanistan Zohra Mehri 2015–

Presidents

President Years
Uzbekistan Mirabror Usmanov 2015 - 2018
Uzbekistan Umid Ahmadjonov 2018 -

Vice-Presidents

Vice-President Years
Tajikistan Rustam Emomali 2015 - 2018
Tajikistan Khurshed Mirzo 2018 -

General Secretaries

Vice-President Years
Uzbekistan Sardor Rakhmatullaev 2015 - 2018
Uzbekistan Sanjar Rizayev 2018 -

CAFA championships

CAFA runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.[10][11]

CompetitionHoldersLast EventNext event
CAFA ChampionshipTBD2018TBD
CAFA U-19 Men's Championship Uzbekistan20162018
CAFA U-19 Women's Championship Uzbekistan2016TBD
CAFA U-16 Boys Championship Uzbekistan2018TBD
CAFA U-15 Boys Championship Iran2018TBD
CAFA U-16 Girls Championship Uzbekistan20172018
CAFA Futsal ChampionshipTBDTBDTBD
CAFA U-19 Futsal ChampionshipTBD2018TBD

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. Archived from the original on 29 October 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. ↑ https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/afc.html%7Cdate= 4 May 2017
  9. ↑ https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/women/afc.html%7Cdate= 24 March 2017
  10. ↑ http://the-cafa.com/about-cafa/
  11. ↑ Competitions
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