Football in Sudan

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{{About|men's football|women's football|Women's football in Sudan}}

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| union = Sudan Football Association

| country = Sudan

| sport = Association football

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| nationalteam = national football team

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| club_list = Sudan Premier League
Sudan Cup

| intl_list = CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
CAF Super Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA World Cup (National Team)
African Cup of Nations (National Team)

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The sport of football in the East African country of Sudan is managed by the Sudan Football Association.{{cite web|last=Almasri |first=Omar |url=http://sabotagetimes.com/reportage/the-state-of-football-in-oil-rich-south-sudan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208151255/http://sabotagetimes.com/reportage/the-state-of-football-in-oil-rich-south-sudan/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 8, 2013 |title=The State Of Football In Oil Rich South Sudan |publisher=Sabotage Times |date=2012-03-05 |access-date=2014-01-28}}{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/992747-world-football-the-state-of-football-in-sudan |title=World Football: The State Of Football In Sudan |publisher=Bleacher Report |access-date=2013-12-02}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theniles.org/articles/?id=956 |title=The Niles النيلان -Sudanese football teams torn by citizenship, southern players in limbo |publisher=Theniles.org |date=2011-07-26 |access-date=2013-12-02}}{{cite web|last=Copnall |first=James |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16874225 |title=BBC Sport - South Sudan's divided support for northern neighbours |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2012-02-03 |access-date=2013-12-02}} The association administers the national football team, as well as the Premier League.{{cite web|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article48458 |title=Arabsat gets exclusive rights to broadcast Sudan's football - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan |publisher=Sudan Tribune |access-date=2013-12-02}}{{cite web|author=newvision |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/644273-how-sudan-is-playing-politics-with-african-football.html |title=How Sudan is playing politics with African football |publisher=Newvision.co.ug |date=2013-06-23 |access-date=2013-12-02}} The Sudan Football Association, which was founded in 1946, and FIFA affiliated in 1948,{{cite report|author=FIFA|year=2006|title=Women's Football Today|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/women/93/77/21/factsheets.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814213100/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/women/93/77/21/factsheets.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 14, 2012|page=184|access-date=17 April 2012}} was one of the founding members of the Confederation of African Football, and continues to be a member of the Confederation. Like in many countries, football is the most popular sport also in Sudan.[http://i.imgur.com/2Q6slko.png [Map] Most popular sport in each country]. imgur.com. April 26, 2014

Since at least 2006, there was also an unofficial Sudan women's national football team, trained by a male coach. Since September 2019, there has been an official national league for women's football clubs that started on the basis of informal women's clubs since the beginning of the 2000s.{{Cite news|date=2019-10-03|title=Women's soccer league kicks off in post-Bashir Sudan|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-football-women-idUSKBN1WH23S|access-date=2020-08-30}} In 2021, the Sudan women's national football team participated for the first time in the Arab Women's Cup, held in Cairo, Egypt.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-24|title=Arab Women's Cup 2021 set to kick off in Cairo|url=https://arab.news/mh8jg|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Arab News|language=en}}