UNAF

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.unafonline.org/ar/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-4 |title=تاريخ إتحاد شمال إفريقيا |work=UNAF official website }}

UNAF has 5 member associations. All associations were founding members of UNAF. All of them are members of the Confederation of African Football and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

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UNAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth, clubs and futsal.

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• {{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
• {{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Third place
• {{bg|#9acdff|4th}} – Fourth place
• QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
• GS – Group stage
• R2 – Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–present: knockout round of 16)
• R1 – Round 1

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• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
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For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

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• 1934: {{fb|Egypt|1922}} first African team to qualify for the World Cup
• 1970: {{fb|Morocco}} first African team to draw a match in the World Cup
• 1978: {{fb|Tunisia}} first African team to win a match in the World Cup
• 1982: {{fb|Algeria}} first African team to win two matches in the World Cup
• 1986: {{fb|Algeria}} first African team to qualify two consecutive World Cups
• 1986: {{fb|Morocco}} first African team to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen)
• 2022: {{fb|Morocco}} first African team to reach the semi-finals

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Rankings are calculated by FIFA.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/caf.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102142122/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/caf.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2014|title=The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) - CAF Region | publisher=FIFA | date=4 June 2015}}

[https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men?dateId=id13869 Last updated 20 June 2024]

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Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=23913&rank=534 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604173129/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=23913&rank=534 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2007 |title= The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) - CAF Region |publisher= FIFA |date=2011-12-23 }}

[https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/women Last updated 14 June 2024]

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[https://beachsoccer.com/rankings#3398 Last updated 8 May 2023]

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[https://beachsoccer.com/rankings#2970 Last updated 8 May 2023]

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[https://www.futsalworldranking.com/rank.htm Last updated 23 June 2023]

The 2023 CAF African Schools Football Championship Qualifiers took place in Cairo, Egypt.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-17 |title=Cairo to kick off CAF African Schools Football Championship UNAF Qualifiers |url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-african-school-football-championship/news/cairo-to-kick-off-caf-african-schools-football-championship-unaf-qualifiers/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=CAF |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=القاهرة تفتح ذراعيها لاحتضان النسخة الثانية من تصفيات منطقة "يوناف" التأهيلية لبطولة المدارس الإفريقية |url=https://www.unafonline.org/ar/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%ad-%d8%b0%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a%d9%87%d8%a7-%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%aa%d8%b6%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b3%d8%ae%d8%a9-%d8%a7/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=UNAF: Union Nord Africaine de Football |language=en-US}} Libya won the boys category and Morocco won the girls category, thus both qualifying African Schools Football Championship Finals.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-19 |title=Libya, Morocco to represent UNAF at CAF African Schools Football Championship Finals |url=https://www.cafonline.com/caf-african-school-football-championship/news/libya-morocco-to-represent-unaf-at-caf-african-schools-football-championship-finals/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=CAF |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=فتيات المغرب يتوجن ببطولة المدارس الإفريقية لمنطقة اتحاد شمال شمال افريقيا لكرة القدم "يوناف" |url=https://www.unafonline.org/ar/%d9%81%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ba%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d9%8a%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%86-%d8%a8%d8%a8%d8%b7%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=UNAF: Union Nord Africaine de Football |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=ليبيا تتوج بالبطولة الافريقية للمدارس للأولاد لمنطقة إتحاد شمال افريقيا لكرة القدم |url=https://www.unafonline.org/ar/%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%ac-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b7%d9%88%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%85%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=UNAF: Union Nord Africaine de Football |language=en-US}}

On 20 November 2009, the Egyptian Football Association withdrew its membership citing the incidents that accompanied the playoff between Egypt and Algeria,{{cite web|url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/EN/Story.aspx?sid=44674|title= EFA suspends membership in UNAF |date=November 2009|publisher=Egypt State Information|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110613231619/https://www.sis.gov.eg/EN/Story.aspx?sid=44674 |access-date=28 February 2010|archive-date= 13 June 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.elwatan.com/L-Egypte-se-retire-de-l-UNAF|title=Egypt retire from UNAF|date=21 November 2009|publisher=El Watan|language=fr|access-date=28 February 2010}} but returned in 2011.{{source?|date=February 2023}}

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• 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)

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