Union of North African Football
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Formation | 26 February 2005 |
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Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | Tunis, Tunisia |
Region served | North Africa |
Membership | |
Official language | Arabic, English and French |
President | ![]() |
Affiliations | CAF |
Website | www.UNAFonline.org |
The Union of North African Football (UNAF; Arabic: اتحاد شمال إفريقيا لكرة القدم; French: Union nord-africaine de football) is an association football organising body. It was launched in 2005 by the North African members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. The post of president will be rotated among the five founding nations.[1]
History[]
The Union of North African Football (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]
Board of directors[]
Current board of directors[]
President | Years |
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President | ![]() |
General Secretary | ![]() |
Assistant General Secretary | ![]() |
Chairman of the Technical Committee | ![]() |
Chairman of the Finance Committee | ![]() |
Chairman of the Referees Committee | ![]() |
Chairman of the Medical Committee | ![]() |
Former presidents[]
President | Years |
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2005–2008 |
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2008–2011 |
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2011–2014 |
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2014–2018 |
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2018–2019 |
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2019–Present |
Member associations[]
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 |
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ALG | ![]() |
1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1974 | 2005 | Yes | |
EGY | ![]() |
1921 | 1923 | 1957 | 1974 | 2005 | Yes | |
LBY | ![]() |
1962 | 1964 | 1965 | 1974 | 2005 | Yes | |
MAR | ![]() |
1955 | 1960 | 1959 | 1976 | 2005 | Yes | |
TUN | ![]() |
1957 | 1960 | 1960 | 1976 | 2005 | Yes |
Competitions[]
UNAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth, clubs and futsal.
Current title holders[]
Competition | Year | Champions | Title | Runners-up | Next edition | Most titles | ||
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National teams (Men's) | ||||||||
U-23 tournament | 2011 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() | ||
U-20 tournament | 2019 | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() |
2020 | ![]() | ||
U-18 tournament | 2019 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() ![]() | ||
U-17 tournament | 2021 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() ![]() | ||
U-16 tournament | 2015 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() | ||
U-15 tournament | 2019 | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() | ||
Futsal tournament | 2010 | ![]() |
3rd | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() | ||
National teams (Women's) | ||||||||
Women's tournament | 2020 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() ![]() | ||
U-21 women's tournament | 2019 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() | ||
U-20 women's tournament | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() | |||
Club teams (Men's) | ||||||||
Club cup | 2015 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() | ||
Club teams (Women's) | ||||||||
Women's club tournament | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() |
TBD | ![]() |
Defunct competitions[]
Competition | Year | Champions | Title | Runners-up | – | Most titles |
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Club teams (Men's) | ||||||
UNAF Cup of Champions | 2010 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
– | ![]() |
UNAF Cup Winners Cup | 2010 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
– | – |
UNAF Super Cup | 2010 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
3 teams (1 title each) | ![]() |
Major tournament records[]
- Legend
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For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
FIFA World Cup[]
FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) |
Years |
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Part of France | × | • | • | • | R1 13th |
R1 22nd |
• | • | • | • | • | R1 28th |
R2 14th |
• | 4/23 | ||||||||
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× | R1 13th |
× | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | R1 20th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | R1 31st |
3/23 | ||
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Part of France | • | × | R1 14th |
• | • | • | R2 11th |
• | R1 23rd |
R1 18th |
• | • | • | • | R1 27th |
5/23 | |||||||
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Part of France | • | × | • | • | R1 9th |
• | • | • | • | R1 26th |
R1 29th |
R1 24th |
• | • | R1 24th |
5/23 | |||||||
Total (4 teams) | 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)
Olympic Games For Men[]
Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | 1900![]() (3) |
1904![]() (3) |
1908![]() (6) |
1912![]() (11) |
1920![]() (14) |
1924![]() (22) |
1928![]() (17) |
1936![]() (16) |
1948![]() (18) |
1952![]() (25) |
1956![]() (11) |
1960![]() (16) |
1964![]() (14) |
1968![]() (16) |
1972![]() (16) |
1976![]() (13) |
1980![]() (16) |
1984![]() (16) |
1988![]() (16) |
1992![]() (16) |
1996![]() (16) |
2000![]() (16) |
2004![]() (16) |
2008![]() (16) |
2012![]() (16) |
2016![]() (16) |
2021![]() (16) |
Years | |
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Part of France | • | • | • | • | QF 8th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 14th |
• | 2/26 | ||||||||||||
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R1 8th |
QF 8th |
4th | R1 9th |
R1 11th |
R1 9th |
• | R1 12th |
4th | • | • | • | • | QF 8th |
• | R1 12th |
• | • | • | • | QF 8th |
• | q | 12/26 | |||||
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Part of France | • | R1 13th |
• | QF 8th |
• | • | R1 12th |
• | R1 15 |
• | R1 16th |
R1 10th |
• | R1 11th |
• | • | 7/26 | |||||||||||
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Part of France | R1 15th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | R1 13th |
• | R1 14th |
• | R1 12th |
• | • | • | • | 4/26 | |||||||||||
Total (4 teams) | 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 |
Africa Cup of Nations[]
Africa Cup of Nations record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) |
Years |
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Part of France | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 1st | GS | •• | QF | GS | QF | GS | QF | • | • | 4th | • | GS | QF | GS | 1st | q | 19/32 | |||
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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 | |
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• | × | • | × | × | × | × | 2nd | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 3/32 | ||||||
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× | • | × | × | • | GS | × | 1st | GS | 3rd | • | • | 4th | 4th | • | GS | • | • | QF | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | •• | QF | R16 | 17/32 | |||
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3rd | GS | 2nd | • | × | × | × | • | 4th | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 2nd | QF | 4th | GS | 1st | QF | QF | GS | QF | GS | QF | QF | 4th | q | 20/32 | ||
Total (5 teams) | 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 |
African Nations Championship[]
African Nations Championship record | ||||||||
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Team | 2009![]() (8) |
2011![]() (16) |
2014![]() (16) |
2016![]() (16) |
2018![]() (16) |
2020![]() (16) |
2022![]() (TBD) |
Years |
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• | 4th | × | × | • | • | q | 2/7 |
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GS | • | 1st | • | 4th | GS | 4/7 | |
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• | • | QF | GS | 1st | 1st | 4/7 | |
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• | 1st | • | QF | × | •• | × | 2/7 |
Total (4 teams) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
FIFA Futsal World Cup[]
FIFA Futsal World Cup record | ||||||||||
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Team | 1989![]() (16) |
1992![]() (16) |
1996![]() (16) |
2000![]() (16) |
2004![]() (16) |
2008![]() (20) |
2012![]() (24) |
2016![]() (24) |
2021![]() (24) |
Years |
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R1 15th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1/9 |
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• | • | R1 12th |
R2 6th |
R1 9th |
R1 13th |
R2 14th |
QF 8th |
q | 7/9 |
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• | • | • | • | • | R1 16th |
R1 24th |
• | • | 2/9 |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | R1 23rd |
R1 20th |
q | 3/9 |
Total (4 teams) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Africa Futsal Cup of Nations[]
Africa Futsal Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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Team | ![]() 1996 |
![]() 2000 |
h/a 2004 |
![]() 2008 |
![]() 2011 |
![]() 2016 |
![]() 2020 |
Years |
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1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 6/6 | |
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× | 3rd | × | 1st | R1 | 4th | 4/6 | |
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× | 2nd | SF | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 5/6 | |
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× | × | × | R1 | R1 | × | 2/6 | |
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× | × | × | x | x | × | 0/6 | |
Total (4 teams) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
Former tournaments[]
FIFA Confederations Cup[]
FIFA Confederations Cup record | |||||||||||
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Team | 1992![]() (4) |
1995![]() (6) |
1997![]() (8) |
1999![]() (8) |
2001![]() ![]() (8) |
2003![]() (8) |
2005![]() (8) |
2009![]() (8) |
2013![]() (8) |
2017![]() (8) |
Years |
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• | • | • | R1 7th |
• | • | • | R1 6th |
• | • | 2/10 |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | R1 6th |
• | • | • | 1/10 |
Total (2 teams) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Rankings[]
Men's national teams[]Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[3]
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Women's national teams[]Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years.[4]
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Men's national beach soccer teams[]
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Women's national beach soccer teams[]
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Men's national futsal teams[]
UNAF | CAF | FIFA | Country | Points |
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1 | 1 | 23 | ![]() |
1267 |
2 | 3 | 24 | ![]() |
1263 |
3 | 3 | 41 | ![]() |
1045 |
4 | 8 | 98 | ![]() |
708 |
5 | n/a | n/a | ![]() |
No FIFA recognition |
Controversy[]
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.
See also[]
- Confederation of African Football (CAF)
- Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC)
- Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)
- Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)
- West African Football Union (WAFU)
References[]
- ^ Shaheen, Amr (20 February 2005). "North Africa to get federation". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "تاريخ إتحاد شمال إفريقيا". UNAF official website.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) - CAF Region". FIFA. 4 June 2015.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) - CAF Region". FIFA. 2011-12-23.
- ^ "EFA suspends membership in UNAF". Egypt State Information. November 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ "Egypt retire from UNAF" (in French). El Watan. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
External links[]
- Official website (in Arabic)
- Union of North African Football Federations
- Association football governing bodies in Africa
- Football in North Africa
- Sports organizations established in 2005
- Confederation of African Football
- Association football sub-confederations