Yemen Football Association

The Yemen Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم‎) is the governing body of football in Yemen. The organisation joined FIFA in 1980 as the Yemen Arab Republic, commonly known as North Yemen.[3]

For the football association of South Yemen, see PDR Yemen Football Federation.

Yemen Football Association
الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم
AFC
Founded1962/1976[1]
HeadquartersSana'a
FIFA affiliation1980
AFC affiliation1980[2]
UAFA affiliation1978
WAFF affiliation2009
GCF affiliation2016
PresidentHamid Al-Shaibani
Vice-PresidentFathi Abdulwasee Hayel
Websitehttp://www.yemenfa.com/

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.[4]

Former Presidents
  • Ali Al Ashwal 1987-2000
  • Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi 2000-2006
  • Hamid Al-Shaibani 2006-

References
  1. The A–Z of Asian Football. Asian Football Confederation. 1997. pp. 97–98.
  2. 25 June 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
  3. "FIFA's 208 Member Associations" (PDF). FIFA. 2007. p. 8. Retrieved 10 May 2020.


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