United Arab Emirates Football Association
{{Short description|UAE football governing body}}
{{Infobox football association
| Logo = United Arab Emirates national football team.png
| Founded = 1971
| Headquarters = Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates{{Cite web|last=FIFA.com|title=Member Association – United Arab Emirates – FIFA.com|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/uae/about|access-date=2020-11-04|website=fifa.com|language=en-GB}}
| Region = AFC
| Region affiliation = 1974{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19740916-1.1.28.aspx|title=AFC BARS ISRAEL FROM ALL ITS COMPETITIONS|date=16 September 1974|agency=Reuters|publisher=The Straits Times}}
| Subregion =
| Subregion affiliation =
| President = Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan
| Website = {{URL|http://www.uaefa.ae}}
|FIFA affiliation=1974}}
The United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAE FA; {{langx|ar|الاتحاد الإماراتي لكرة القدم}}) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal in the United Arab Emirates.
Association staff
President
The following is a list of selected presidents of the United Arab Emirates Football Association including pre-UAEFA era.
| class="wikitable"
! President !! Term |
| bgcolor=silver
| 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.[https://www.mubadala.com/en/news/uae-football-association-and-mubadala-kick-grassroots-football-festivals UAE Football Association and Mubadala Kick Off Grassroots Football Festivals], Mubadala.com, 17 April 2010
In July 2011, a 3-year sponsoring deal was signed with Panasonic.[https://www.soccerex.com/insight/articles/2011/panasonic-links-up-with-uae-football-association Panasonic links up with UAE Football Association], Soccerex.com, 26 July 2011 In January 2016, UAEFA signed a partnership with the United States Sports Academy to provide UAEFA a football club operators licensing program.[https://ussa.edu/news/united-arab-emirates-partners-with-united-states-sports-academy-for-football-education/ United Arab Emirates Partners with United States Sports Academy for Football Education], Ussa.edu, 13 January 2016
In December 2016, UAEFA renewed its partnership with the Japan Football Association.[http://www.jfa.jp/eng/about_jfa/news/00011919/ JFA renews partnership with United Arab Emirates], Jfa.jp, 2 December 2016
In February 2017, UAEFA warned 46 football players (including Asamoah Gyan) about their inappropriate hairstyles that did not conform to its guidelines.Mike Henson, [https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38978373 Asamoah Gyan deemed to have 'unethical hair' in United Arab Emirates], Bbc.com, 15 February 2017
In October 2017, UAEFA requested that the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup be postponed while the issue with Qatar was being resolved.[http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/10/18/qatar-gulf-cup-boycott-over-kuwaits-fifa-ban-uae-fa-says Qatar Gulf Cup boycott is over Kuwait's FIFA ban, UAE FA says], Sbs.com.au, 18 October 2017
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=
=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
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.uaefa.ae/en}} {{in lang|en}}
- [https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=uae/index.html United Arab Emirates] at FIFA site
{{Sports governing bodies in the United Arab Emirates}}
{{Football in the United Arab Emirates}}
{{International football}}
{{AFC associations}}
{{UAFA Football}}
{{UAE Pro League}}
Category:Football in the United Arab Emirates
Category:1971 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Category:Sports organizations established in 1971
Category:Association football governing bodies in Asia
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