The Yemen Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Yemen. The organisation joined FIFA in 1980 as the Yemen Arab Republic,[3] and was later united with People's Republic of South Yemen in 1990
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Short name | YFA |
Gegründet | 1962/1976[1] |
Hauptsitz | Sana'a |
FIFA affiliation | 1980 |
AFC affiliation | 1980[2] |
UAFA affiliation | 1978 |
WAFF affiliation | 2009 |
GCF affiliation | 2016 |
President | Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi |
Vice-President | Hasan Bashanfar |
General Secretary | Hamid Al-Shaibani |
Website | http://www.yemenfa.com/ |
In 2005 the YFA was suspended by FIFA due to serious interference by political authorities in the internal affairs of the association, violating Article 17 of the FIFA Statutes.[4]
Former Presidents
edit- Ali Al Ashwal 1987-2000
- Mohammed Abdel-ilah Al Qadhi 2000-2006
- Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi 2006–present
Association staff
editName | Position | Source |
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Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi | President | [5][6] |
Hasan Bashanfar | Vice President | [7][8] |
Abdulmoniam Sharhan | 2nd Vice President | [9] |
Hamid Al Shaibani | General Secretary | [10][11] |
Mohamed Al-Tawel | Treasurer | [12][13] |
n/a | Technical Director | |
Ahmed Al Dhrab | Team Coach (Men's) | [14] |
n/a | Team Coach (Women's) | |
Moad Al-Khamese | Media/Communications Manager | [15] |
Labeb Al Mehde | Futsal Coordinator | [16] |
Gamal Al-Khwarabi | Referee Coordinator | [17] |
References
edit- ^ The A–Z of Asian Football. Asian Football Confederation. 1997. pp. 97–98.
- ^ 25 June 1980: "Asian Football Confederation holds 9th congress in Hong Kong: Oman and Democratic Yemen were admitted into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) by a resolution passed at its ninth congress here yesterday, thus bringing the AFC total membership to 35." Xinhua General News Service
- ^ "FIFA's 208 Member Associations" (PDF). FIFA. 2007. p. 8. Retrieved 10 May 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "FIFA.com - FIFA suspends the Yemen Football Association". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "YEMEN". FIFA.
- ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "YEMEN". FIFA.
- ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "YEMEN". FIFA.
- ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "YEMEN". FIFA.
- ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "YEMEN". FIFA.
- ^ "YEMEN". FIFA.
- ^ "YEMEN". FIFA.
- ^ "YEMEN". FIFA.
See Also
editExternal links
edit- Yemen Football Association at the FIFA website.
- Yemen Football Association at AFC site
- Official website