Union of North African Football Federations

The Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF) was founded in 2005 and includes the countries of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia and is continued to the Confederation of African Football that have 53 national football associations distributed into 6 regions. The UNAF is the sixth region of the continent by division accredited to the CAF and the Union has presided over in the first parliamentary period immediately following its founding by Mr. Samir Zaher a former president of the Egyptian Football Association, the president is elected during a plenary session for a period of 4 years by the members of the Union and are the heads of the five unions and the president-elect proposes as his deputy from among the immediate superiors five national unions during the first meeting of an executive office following the election as General Assembly by the Executive Office to determine the heads and members of the committees.

The recent president elected is Mr. Wadii Jari, a president of the Tunisian Football Federation. He was unanimously elected chairman of the UNAF for a term of four years and during the electoral general assembly, which was held on Saturday 25 October 2014 in Tunis. He was also selected Mr. Gamal Allam, a head of the Egyptian Football Association as a vice-president of the UNAF unanimously. On the other hand, the General Assembly approved in particular on the administrative and financial reports of the UNAF as well as the adoption of the estimated budget of the Union project for the year 2015 and the report of the Finance Committee meeting held on 23 October 2014. The program was approved on the North African Union's activities for the year 2015.[2]

UNAF has 5 member associations. All associations were founding members of UNAF, All of them are members of the Confederation of African Football and are members of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CAF affiliation	UAFA affiliation	UNAF affiliation	IOC member
ALG	Algeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1962	1963	1964	1974	2005	Yes
EGY	Egypt	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1921	1923	1957	1974	2005	Yes
LBY	Libya	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1962	1964	1965	1974	2005	Yes
MAR	Morocco	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1955	1960	1959	1976	2005	Yes
TUN	Tunisia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1957	1960	1960	1976	2005	Yes

UNAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth, clubs and futsal.

Current title holders

Competition	Champion	Title	Runner-up	Current event	Most titles
Clubs
UNAF Club Cup	Raja Casablanca	1st	Ismaily SC	2015	Raja Casablanca (1)
UNAF Women's Club Tournament	FC Berrechid	2nd	ASE Alger Centre	2010	–
Nations men
UNAF U-23 Tournament	Saudi Arabia	1st	Algeria	2011	Algeria (2)
UNAF U-20 Tournament	Tunisia	5th	Egypt	2019	Tunisia (5)
UNAF U-18 Tournament	Morocco	1st	Egypt	2019	Tunisia (5)
UNAF U-17 Tournament	Senegal	1st	Morocco	2018	Tunisia (4)
UNAF U-16 Tournament	Mauritania	1st	Tunisia	2015	Tunisia (1)
UNAF U-15 Tournament	Morocco	2nd	Algeria	2019	Morocco (2)
UNAF Futsal Tournament	Libya	3rd	Morocco	2010	Libya (3)
Nations women
UNAF Women's Tournament	Morocco	1st	Tanzania	2020	Tunisia (1)
UNAF U-21 Women's Tournament	Algeria	1st	Morocco	2019	Algeria (1)
UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament	Morocco	1st	Burkina Faso	2019	Morocco (1)

Defunct Competitions

Competition	Champion	Title	Runner-up	Current event	Most titles
Clubs
UNAF Cup of Champions	Club Africain	2nd	MC Alger	2010	Club Africain (2)
UNAF Cup Winners Cup	ES Sétif	1st	Al-Nasr Benghazi	2010	–
UNAF Super Cup	ES Sétif	1st	CS Sfaxien	2010	ES Sétif (1)

Legend

FIFA World Cup

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	Total
Algeria	Part of France							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•			4/23
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st			3/23
Morocco	Part of France						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	R1 27th			5/23
Tunisia	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th			5/23
Total	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3			17

Firsts

• 1934:  Egypt first African team to qualify for the World Cup
• 1970:  Morocco first African team to draw a match in the World Cup
• 1978:  Tunisia first African team to win a match in the World Cup
• 1982:  Algeria first African team to win two matches in the World Cup
• 1986:  Algeria first African team to qualify two consecutive World Cups
• 1986:  Morocco first African team to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen)

Africa Cup of Nations

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1957 (3)	1959 (3)	1962 (4)	1963 (6)	1965 (6)	1968 (8)	1970 (8)	1972 (8)	1974 (8)	1976 (8)	1978 (8)	1980 (8)	1982 (8)	1984 (8)	1986 (8)	1988 (8)	1990 (8)	1992 (12)	1994 (12)	1996 (15)	1998 (16)	2000 (16)	2002 (16)	2004 (16)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (15)	2012 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (24)	2021 (24)	Apps.
Algeria	Part of France				×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	4th	3rd	GS	3rd	1st	GS	••	QF	GS	QF	GS	QF	•	•	4th	•	GS	QF	GS	1st		18/32
Egypt	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	×	×	3rd	•	3rd	4th	•	4th	×	4th	1st	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	1st	QF	QF	GS	1st	1st	1st	•	•	•	2nd	R16		24/32
Libya						•	×	•	×	×	×	×	2nd	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•		3/32
Morocco			×	•	×	×	•	GS	×	1st	GS	3rd	•	•	4th	4th	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	••	QF	R16		17/32
Tunisia			3rd	GS	2nd	•	×	×	×	•	4th	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	2nd	QF	4th	GS	1st	QF	QF	GS	QF	GS	QF	QF	4th		19/32
Total	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4		81

FIFA Confederations Cup

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	2017	Total
Egypt	•	•	•	R1 7th	•	•	•	R1 6th	•	•	2/10
Tunisia	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 6th	•	•	•	1/10
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	3

Men Summer Olympics

Nation	00	04		08	12	20	24	28	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Total
Algeria	Part of France													•	•	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 14th		2/26
Egypt						R1 8th	QF 8th	4th	R1 9th	R1 11th	R1 9th	•	R1 12th	4th	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	•		11/26
Morocco	Part of France												•	R1 13th	•	QF 8th	•	•	R1 12th	•	R1 15	•	R1 16th	R1 10th	•	R1 11th	•		7/26
Tunisia	Part of France												R1 15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 13th	•	R1 14th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•		4/26
Total	0		0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	1		24

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Nation	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Total
Algeria	R1 15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1/9
Egypt	•	•	R1 12th	R2 6th	R1 9th	R1 13th	R2 14th	QF 8th	Q	7/9
Libya	•	•	•	•	•	R1 16th	R1 24th	•	•	2/9
Morocco	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	R1 20th	Q	3/9
Total	1	0	1	1	1	2	3	1	2	13

On 19 November 2009, the Egyptian Football Association withdrew its membership[5] citing the incidents that accompanied the playoff between Egypt and Algeria,[6] but returned in 2011.

• West African Football Union (WAFU)
• Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC)
• Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)
• Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)

• (in Arabic) Official website