Union of Arab Football Associations

Union of Arab Football Associations
الإتحاد العربي لكرة القدم
	AFC members CAF members
Formation	1974
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Membership	22 members Algeria ; Bahrain ; Comoros ; Djibouti ; Egypt ; Iraq ; Jordan ; Kuwait ; Lebanon ; Libya ; Mauritania ; Morocco ; Oman ; Palestine ; Qatar ; Saudi Arabia ; Somalia ; Sudan ; Syria ; Tunisia ; United Arab Emirates ; Yemen ;
Official language	Arabic, English, French and Spanish
President	Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal
Website	UAFAac.com

The Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA; Arabic: الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم; French: Union des associations de football arabe) is the governing body of football in the Arab League. Established in 1974, UAFA has 22 member associations.

The UAFA is an association not recognised by FIFA.^[1]^[2]

History[]

The Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) was established in 1974 in Tripoli, Libya. In 1976, a general assembly was held in Damascus, Syria, and the football association headquarters were transferred to their present seat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Presidents[]

Mohamed Raouraoua is announced a new president of UAFA.^[3]

Period	Name
1974–1999	Faisal bin Fahd
1999–2011	Sultan bin Fahd
2011–2014	Nawaf bin Faisal
2014–2017
2017–2019	Turki Al-Sheikh
2019–Present	Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal

Member associations[]

All UAFA members from the Asian Football Confederation are also members of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). All WAFF and Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF) members are UAFA members.

Country	Confederation	Sub-confederation	Year
Algeria	CAF	UNAF	1974
Bahrain	AFC	WAFF	1976
Comoros	CAF	COSAFA	2003
Djibouti	CAF	CECAFA	1998
Egypt	CAF	UNAF	1974
Iraq	AFC	WAFF	1974
Jordan	AFC	WAFF	1974
Kuwait	AFC	WAFF	1976
Lebanon	AFC	WAFF	1978
Libya	CAF	UNAF	1974
Mauritania	CAF	WAFU	1989
Morocco	CAF	UNAF	1976
Oman	AFC	WAFF	1978
Palestine	AFC	WAFF	1974
Qatar	AFC	WAFF	1976
Saudi Arabia	AFC	WAFF	1974
Somalia	CAF	CECAFA	1974
Sudan	CAF	CECAFA	1978
Syria	AFC	WAFF	1974
Tunisia	CAF	UNAF	1976
United Arab Emirates	AFC	WAFF	1974
Yemen	AFC	WAFF	1978

Competition[]

Men's senior

Men's youth

Women's senior and youth

Clubs

Related competition[]

Palestine Cup of Nations (defunct)
Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth (defunct)

Current title holders[]

National teams (Men's)
Competition	Year	Host	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition	Host
Arab Cup	2021	Qatar	Algeria	1st	Tunisia	TBA	TBA
Arab Cup U-20	2021	Egypt	Saudi Arabia	1st	Algeria	TBA	TBA
Arab Cup U-17	2014	Qatar	Iraq	1st	Saudi Arabia	2021	Morocco
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Arab Futsal Cup	2021	Egypt	Morocco	1st	Egypt	TBA	TBA
Arab Beach Soccer Championship		Egypt	United Arab Emirates	1st	Morocco	TBA	TBA
National teams (Women's)
Arab Women's Cup	2021	Egypt	Jordan	1st	Tunisia	TBA	TBA
Arab U-17 Women's Cup	2015	Qatar	Lebanon	1st		TBA	TBA
Club teams (Men's)
Arab Club Champions Cup	2019–20	–	Raja CA	2nd	Al-Ittihad Jeddah		–

FIFA World Rankings[]

Men's national teams[]

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[4]

UAFA	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−	Confederation
1	28	Morocco	1526	0	CAF
2	29	Algeria	1512	+ 3	CAF
3	30	Tunisia	1509	-1	CAF
4	45	Egypt	1450	0	CAF
5	48	Qatar	1441	+ 3	AFC
6	51	Saudi Arabia	1431	-3	AFC
7	69	United Arab Emirates	1350	+ 1	AFC
8	75	Iraq	1335	0	AFC
9	79	Oman	1307	-1	AFC
10	86	Syria	1296	-1	AFC
11	90	Jordan	1255	+1	AFC
12	91	Bahrain	1252	-1	AFC
13	94	Lebanon	123	0	AFC
14	99	Palestine	1211	-1	AFC
15	103	Mauritania	1190	0	CAF
16	117	Libya	1151	-1	CAF
17	125	Sudan	1135	-1	CAF
18	132	Comoros	1117	0	CAF
19	142	Kuwait	1064	0	AFC
20	151	Yemen	1046	+1	AFC
21	192	Djibouti	897	0	CAF
22	194	Somalia	874	++1	CAF

Last updated 23 December 2021

Women's national teams[]

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[5]

UAFA	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−	Confederation
1	63	Jordan	1389	0	AFC
2	74	Tunisia	1345	+3	CAF
3	78	Morocco	1298	+3	CAF
4	79	Algeria	1292	+6	CAF
5	87	Bahrain	1254	-2	AFC
6	96	Egypt	1225	0	CAF
7	106	UA Emirates	1182	-6	AFC
8	128	Palestine	1103	-8	AFC
9	140	Lebanon	1032	+5	AFC
10	171	Comoros*	733	-7	CAF

Provisionally listed due to not having played more than five matches against officially ranked teams
- Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked

Last updated December 12, 2021

International competitions participation[]

Legend

— CAF teams
— AFC teams

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
QF — Quarterfinals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1 (1930, 1950-1970 and 1986-present: group stage; 1934-1938: knockout round of 16; 1974-1982: first group stage)

Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•• — Qualified but withdrew
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
— Hosts
— Not affiliated to FIFA

FIFA World Cup[]

Total	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	4			21
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	inclusive WC Qual.
Algeria	Part of France^[6]							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•			4	13
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st			3	14
Iraq				×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1	11
Kuwait				×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1	12
Morocco	Part of France						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	R1 27th			5	14
Qatar										x	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q		0	11
Saudi Arabia						×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	R1 28th	R1 32nd	R1 T-28th	•	•	R1 26th			5	11
Tunisia	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th			5	14
United Arab Emirates											×	×	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1	9

Olympic Games[]

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	24	Years
Algeria	Part of France												–	–	–		8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–		2
Egypt^[7]				–	8	8	4	=9	=11	=9	w/o	12	4	–	–	–	w/o	8	–	12	–	–	–	–	8	–	8		12
Iraq									–			–	–	–			5	14	9	–	–	–	4	–	–	12	–		5
Kuwait														–	–	–	6	–	–	16	–	12	–	–	–	IOA	–		3
Morocco				Part of France								–	13	w/o	8	–		12	–	15	–	16	=10	–	11	–	–		7
Qatar																		15	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2
Saudi Arabia															–	–	w/o	16	–	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	15		3
Sudan	Part of the United Kingdom											–		–	15			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Syria									–			UAR		–	–		14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Tunisia	Part of France											15	–	–	–	–		–	13	–	14	–	12	–	–	–	–		4
United Arab Emirates																		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	–		1
Total nations	3	2	5	11	14	22	17	16	18	25	11	16	14	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Defunct competitions[]

FIFA Confederations Cup[]

Team	1992 (4)	1995 (6)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	Years
Egypt	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	2
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
Saudi Arabia	2nd	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Tunisia	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
United Arab Emirates	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	10

References[]

^ "À quoi ça sert Turki Al Sheikh?". fr.le360.ma. December 22, 2018.
^ "Coupe Arabe : La FAF dément avoir écrit à l'UAFA".
^ "Raouraoua nouveau président de l'UAFA". Le Buteur. July 2, 2014.
^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking Procedure (Men)". Archived from the original on October 9, 2011.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 2011-07-22. Archived from the original on June 4, 2007. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
^ Algeria gained independence in 1962, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
^ Egypt team represented the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1960 finishing the 12th and alone in 1964 finishing the 4th.

External links[]

uafaac.com - UAFA official website
uafaonline.com - Former official website

[1] "À quoi ça sert Turki Al Sheikh?". fr.le360.ma. December 22, 2018.

[2] "Coupe Arabe : La FAF dément avoir écrit à l'UAFA".

[3] "Raouraoua nouveau président de l'UAFA". Le Buteur. July 2, 2014.

[4] "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking Procedure (Men)". Archived from the original on October 9, 2011.

[5] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women)". FIFA. 2011-07-22. Archived from the original on June 4, 2007. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

[6] Algeria gained independence in 1962, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.

[7] Egypt team represented the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1960 finishing the 12th and alone in 1964 finishing the 4th.

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