United Arab Emirates Football Association

United Arab Emirates Football Association
AFC
Short name	UAEFA
Founded	1971
Headquarters	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
FIFA affiliation	1974
AFC affiliation	1974
President	Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan
Website	www.uaefa.ae

The United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAE FA; Arabic: الاتحاد الإماراتي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal in the United Arab Emirates.

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Hamdan bin Mubarak	President	^[3]^[4]
Abdullah Nasser Al Jneibi	Vice-president	^[5]^[6]
Yousif Hussain Alsahlawi Al-Ali	2nd Vice-president	^[7]
Mohammed Hazzam Al Dhaheri	General secretary	^[8]^[9]
Hesham Al Zarooni	Treasurer	^[10]
Michel Sablon	Technical director	^[11]^[12]
Paulo Bento	Team coach (men's)	^[13]^[14]
Camila Orlando	Team coach (women's)	^[15]
Salim Al Naqbi	Media/communications manager	^[16]
Mohamed Al Ashmawi	Referee coordinator	^[17]

President

The following is a list of selected presidents of the United Arab Emirates Football Association including pre-UAEFA era.

President	Term
Mubarak Al Nahyan	1957–1961
Ghanem Ghabbash	1973–1974
Mana' Al Maktoum	1974–1976
Sultan Al Nahyan	1976–1981
Hamdan Al Nahyan	1984–1993
Abdullah Al Nahyan	1993–2001
Saeed Al Nahyan	2001–2002
Yousuf Al Serkal	2004–2008
Muhammed Al Rumaithi	2008–2011
Yousuf Al Serkal	2011–2016
Marwan Ghalaita	2016–2020
Rashid Al Nuaimi	2020–2023
Hamdan bin Mubarak	2023–

Activity

At the level of developing the national cadres, the FA chose 2010 as the Year of the National Coach and signed various agreements with some national associations in the game for development and training including Germany, Spain, Czech, Italy and Egypt. The national coaches took over the youth and junior national teams and they were provided with financial support.

At the organizational level, the FA hosted the FIFA Club World Cups in 2009 and 2010, the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and other friendly and official championships and supported the women football and launched the Futsal in collaboration with sports council within the country. The next step is to organize and host the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

In 2010, UAEFA partnered with the Mubadala Development Company to launch the UAEFA Grassroots Festivals, a state-wide campaign to recruit and train certain players.^[18]

In July 2011, a 3-year sponsoring deal was signed with Panasonic.^[19] In January 2016, UAEFA signed a partnership with the United States Sports Academy to provide UAEFA a football club operators licensing program.^[20]

In December 2016, UAEFA renewed its partnership with the Japan Football Association.^[21]

In February 2017, UAEFA warned 46 football players (including Asamoah Gyan) about their inappropriate hairstyles that did not conform to its guidelines.^[22]

In October 2017, UAEFA requested that the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup be postponed while the issue with Qatar was being resolved.^[23]

Management

League system

Tier 1:UAE Pro League

Tier 2:UAE First Division League

Tier 3:UAE Second Division League

Tier 4:UAE Third Division League

Domestic Cups

Defunct tournaments

Women's competition

UAE Women's Football League

National teams

United Arab Emirates senior, under-23, under-20, under-17 and women's national association football teams
United Arab Emirates national futsal team
United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team

References

^ FIFA.com. "Member Association – United Arab Emirates – FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "AFC BARS ISRAEL FROM ALL ITS COMPETITIONS". The Straits Times. Reuters. 16 September 1974.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
^ UAE Football Association and Mubadala Kick Off Grassroots Football Festivals, Mubadala.com, 17 April 2010
^ Panasonic links up with UAE Football Association, Soccerex.com, 26 July 2011
^ United Arab Emirates Partners with United States Sports Academy for Football Education, Ussa.edu, 13 January 2016
^ JFA renews partnership with United Arab Emirates, Jfa.jp, 2 December 2016
^ Mike Henson, Asamoah Gyan deemed to have 'unethical hair' in United Arab Emirates, Bbc.com, 15 February 2017
^ Qatar Gulf Cup boycott is over Kuwait's FIFA ban, UAE FA says, Sbs.com.au, 18 October 2017

External links

[1] FIFA.com. "Member Association – United Arab Emirates – FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[2] "AFC BARS ISRAEL FROM ALL ITS COMPETITIONS". The Straits Times. Reuters. 16 September 1974.

[3] FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[4] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[5] FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[6] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[7] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[8] FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[9] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[10] FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[11] FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[12] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[13] FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[14] "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[15] FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[16] FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[17] FIFA.com. "Member Association - United Arab Emirates". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.

[18] UAE Football Association and Mubadala Kick Off Grassroots Football Festivals, Mubadala.com, 17 April 2010

[19] Panasonic links up with UAE Football Association, Soccerex.com, 26 July 2011

[20] United Arab Emirates Partners with United States Sports Academy for Football Education, Ussa.edu, 13 January 2016

[21] JFA renews partnership with United Arab Emirates, Jfa.jp, 2 December 2016

[22] Mike Henson, Asamoah Gyan deemed to have 'unethical hair' in United Arab Emirates, Bbc.com, 15 February 2017

[23] Qatar Gulf Cup boycott is over Kuwait's FIFA ban, UAE FA says, Sbs.com.au, 18 October 2017

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v t e Sports governing bodies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled Sports
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee

v t e Football in the United Arab Emirates
UAEFA PLC
National teams	Men's national team U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's national team Men's Futsal Beach Soccer	United Arab Emirates portal
League system	Pro League First Division League Second Division League Third Division League
Domestic cups	President's Cup League Cup Federation Cup (defunct) Super Cup Joint League (defunct)
International Competitions	AFC Champions League Arabian Gulf Cup Arab Club Champions Cup GCC Champions League Friendship Tournament (defunct)
Clubs Records

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v t e National football associations of Asia (AFC)
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
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East Asia (EAFF)	China Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands^† North Korea South Korea Chinese Taipei
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Defunct	South Yemen
^† denote full Member Association is not a FIFA member