Kuwait Football Association

{{National football association

|Logo = Kuwait FA.png

|Founded = {{Start date|1952}}

|FIFA affiliation = 1964

|Region = AFC

|Region affiliation = 1964{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19640828-1.2.130.6.aspx|title=AFC TELLS INDONESIA: PAY OR BE SACKED|date=28 August 1964|publisher=The Straits Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527023753/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19640828-1.2.130.6.aspx|archive-date=27 May 2015|url-status=live}}

|Subregion = WAFF

|Subregion affiliation = 2010

|President = Abdullah Al-Shaheen

|Headquarters= Kuwait City, Kuwait{{Cite web|last=FIFA.com|title=Member Association - Kuwait |url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/kuw/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204112731/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/kuw/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 4, 2019|access-date=2020-10-31|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB}}

|Website = {{URL|https://kuwait-fa.org|kuwait-fa.org}}

}}

The Kuwait Football Association ({{langx|ar|الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم}}) is the governing body of association football in Kuwait.

Kuwait has thrice been suspended by FIFA for political interference since 2007 and were allowed to participate in the 2011 Asian Cup qualifying campaign and other international competitions on a provisional basis.{{Cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/football/kuwait-hopeful-of-peace-talks-with-fifa/2009/02/26/1235237835182.html |title=Kuwait hopeful of peace talks with FIFA. Sydney Morning Herald 27 February 2009 |date=27 February 2009 |access-date=21 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114230626/http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/football/kuwait-hopeful-of-peace-talks-with-fifa/2009/02/26/1235237835182.html |archive-date=14 November 2017 |url-status=live }}

File:Kuwait football association.jpg

Association staff

class="wikitable"

!Name

!Position

!Source

{{flagicon|Kuwait}} Shakh Ahmad Yousef Alsabah

|President (Acting)

|{{Cite web|date=2022-01-22|title=Kuwait|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/KUW|access-date=|website=FIFA.com}}{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/kuwait/kuwait-football-association/|access-date=2020-10-31|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}

{{flagicon|Kuwait}} Osama Husain

|Vice-president

|{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/kuwait/kuwait-football-association/|access-date=2020-10-31|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}

{{flagicon|Kuwait}} Saleh Almajroub

|General secretary

|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} Mubarak Abdulaziz

|Vice-President

{{flagicon|Kuwait}} Bader Abduljalil

|Technical director

{{Flagicon|Kuwait}} Juan Antonio Pizzi

|Team coach (men's)

n/a

|Team coach (women's)

{{flagicon|Kuwait}} Sattam Al-Sahli

|Media/communications manager

n/a

|Futsal Coordinator

{{Flagicon|Switzerland}} Mike Bössler

|Director of Refereeing

FIFA suspension

Contrary to the road map established by FIFA and the AFC, the Kuwaiti Public Authority for Youth and Sport continued to interfere. Elections were held on 9 October in direct violation of the FIFA Executive Committee's May 2007 decision to the contrary. As a consequence, the committee recommended to the FIFA Executive Committee that the Kuwait Football Association be suspended.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid=625074.html |title=Priority given to protection of FIFA principles and members 29 October 2007 FIFA.com |access-date=29 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306170022/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid=625074.html |archive-date=6 March 2011 |url-status=dead }} Kuwait's football federation board resigned days after world governing body FIFA suspended the Persian Gulf state.{{Cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=478001&cc=4716 |title=Kuwait federation board quit over FIFA ban www.soccernet.com 1 November 2007 |access-date=21 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604105856/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=478001&cc=4716 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} The suspension was lifted after the federation said it will ratify new statutes to prevent government interference in the sport as demanded by FIFA. "Otherwise FIFA will immediately suspend the (federation) again," FIFA said in a statement.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2007-11-09-127325827_x.htm FIFA lifts ban on Kuwait after it pledges to prevent government interference USA Today 11 September 2007] The suspension was conditionally lifted and extended by the FIFA Congress in June 2009.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/media/newsid=1064818.html |title=Brazil 2014 host cities confirmed FIFA.com 31 May 2009 |access-date=29 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615061336/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/media/newsid=1064818.html |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} FIFA was closely monitoring the situation within Kuwait.[https://kuwait-onlinecasinos.com/key-decisions-reached-in-rio/ Key decisions reached in Rio kuwait-onlinecasinos.com 31 September 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615060937/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/media/newsid%3D1109930.html |date=June 15, 2011 }}

On 16 October 2015, FIFA suspended Kuwait and all remaining results from AFC Asian Cup and FIFA World Cup qualification were added as forfeits while all Kuwaiti teams that were participating in international competitions were withdrawn.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2015/m=10/news=suspension-of-the-kuwait-football-association-2717726.html |title=Suspension of the Kuwait Football Association FIFA.com 16 October 2015 |access-date=9 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210015545/https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2015/m=10/news=suspension-of-the-kuwait-football-association-2717726.html |archive-date=10 December 2017 |url-status=dead }} Kuwait tried to get the suspension lifted at the 66th FIFA Congress but this was rejected and therefore from the earlier announcement on 27 April 2016, the hosting of the Arabian Gulf Cup tournament was moved to Qatar.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=5/news=fifa-congress-drives-football-forward-first-female-secretary-general-a-2790957.html |title=FIFA Congress drives football forward, first female secretary general appointed FIFA.com 13 May 2016 |access-date=9 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004428/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=5/news=fifa-congress-drives-football-forward-first-female-secretary-general-a-2790957.html |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=dead }} The suspension was eventually lifted on 6 December 2017 after Kuwait's adoption of a new sports law.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2017/m=12/news=suspension-of-the-kuwait-football-association-lifted-2922929.html |title=Suspension of the Kuwait Football Association lifted FIFA.com 6 December 2017 |access-date=9 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207012930/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2017/m=12/news=suspension-of-the-kuwait-football-association-lifted-2922929.html |archive-date=7 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}