Abbreviation | CAFA |
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Formation | 9 January 2015 |
Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
Membership | 6 member associations |
President | ![]() |
Vice president | ![]() |
General secretary | ![]() |
Website | www |
The Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)[1] is an association of the football playing nations in Central Asia.
In June 2014, the association was in principle approved by the Asian Football Confederation and approved at the Extraordinary Congress in January 2015 during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.[2][3] As a result, CAFA will in the future be able to have member(s) on the AFC executive committee.
The formation of CAFA was spearheaded by the Iranian Football Federation following disputes with West Asian Football Federation members. It was reported that AFC President Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa gained politically from the creation of the new zone.[4]
Members of the six nations met with AFC president Sheikh Salman on 10 May 2014 to talk about the possibility of creating a new Asian football zone. The delegations were invited by the AFC president following an initiative by Iran and Afghanistan.[5] At the extraordinary AFC congress on 9 June 2014 in São Paulo, the plan of the new zone was ratified by the congress.[6][7]
Position | Name | Years active |
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President | ![]() |
2019–present |
Vice-president | ![]() |
2019–present |
Second Vice-president | ![]() |
2019–present |
General Secretary | ![]() |
2019–present |
President | Years |
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2015–2018 |
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2018–2019 |
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2019–present |
Vice-president | Years |
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2015–2018 |
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2018–2019 |
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2019–present |
General Secretary | Years |
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2015–2017 |
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2018–2019 |
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2019–present |
General Secretary | Years |
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2015–2016 |
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2016-present |
CAFA consists of six member associations. All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
Code | Association | National Football teams | National Futsal teams | National Beach Soccer teams |
Founded | FIFA affiliation |
AFC affiliation |
CAFA affiliation |
IOC member |
Former federation |
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AFG | ![]() |
Men's (U21·U19·U17) Women's | Men's | Men's | 1933 | 1948 | 1954 | 2015 | Yes | SAFF (2005–2014) |
IRN | ![]() |
Men's (U21·U19·U17) Women's (U19·U17) | Men's (U-20) Women's | Men's | 1920 | 1948 | 1954 | 2015 | Yes | WAFF (2001–2014) |
KGZ | ![]() |
Men's (U21·U17) Women's | Men's | – | 1946 | 1994 | 1994 | 2015 | Yes | |
TJK | ![]() |
Men's (U21·U17) Women's | Men's | – | 1936 | 1994 | 1994 | 2015 | Yes | |
TKM | ![]() |
Men's (U21·U17) Women's | Men's | – | 1992 | 1994 | 1994 | 2015 | Yes | |
UZB | ![]() |
Men's (U21·U19·U17) Women's (U19) | Men's Women's | Men's | 1946 | 1994 | 1994 | 2015 | Yes |
Association | National Football Leagues | League Champion | National Football Cups | Cup Champion | Super Cups | Super Cup Champion |
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Afghan Premier League | Shaheen Asmayee | – | – | – | – |
– | – | – | – | – | – | |
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Persian Gulf Pro League | Persepolis | Hazfi Cup | Foolad | Iranian Super Cup | Foolad |
Kowsar Women Football league | Shahrdari Sirjan | Women's Hazfi Cup | – | – | – | |
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Kyrgyzstan Top League | Dordoi | Kyrgyzstan Cup | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | Kyrgyzstan Super Cup | Dordoi |
Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship | – | – | – | – | – | |
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Tajikistan Higher League | Istiklol | Tajikistan Cup | Khujand | Tajikistan Super Cup | Istiklol |
– | – | – | – | – | – | |
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Turkmenistan Higher League | Altyn Asyr | Turkmenistan Cup | Şagadam | Turkmenistan Super Cup | Altyn Asyr |
– | – | – | – | – | – | |
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Uzbekistan Super League | Pakhtakor | Uzbekistan Cup | Nasaf | Uzbekistan Super Cup | Pakhtakor |
Uzbek women's football championship | Sogdiana | Uzbek women's Cup | Bunyodkor Tashkent | Uzbek women's Super Cup | Bunyodkor Tashkent |
See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar |
See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar |
For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports. |
CAFA runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.[8][9]
Competition | Year | Champions | Title | Runners-up | Next edition | Dates | ||
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National teams | ||||||||
Men's Championship | TBD | N/A | – | N/A | TBD | |||
U-23 Championship | TBD | N/A | – | N/A | TBD | |||
U-18 Championship | 2019 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
2021 | |||
U-16 Championship | 2019 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
2022 | 13–21 May 2022 | ||
U-15 Championship | 2021 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | |||
CAFA Futsal Championship | TBD | N/A | – | N/A | TBD | |||
CAFA U-19 Futsal Championship | 2022 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | |||
National teams (women) | ||||||||
Women's Championship | 2018 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | |||
U-23 Women's Championship | 2019 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | |||
U-19 Women's Championship | 2021 | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() |
2022 | |||
U-17 Girls Championship | 2021 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | |||
U-15 Girls Championship | 2019 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | |||
CAFA Women's Futsal Championship | 2022 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
TBD | |||
CAFA U-19 Women's Futsal Championship | 2020 | ![]() |
1st | ![]() |
2022 |
Men's National Teams[edit]Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
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Leading Men's team: ![]()
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Women's National Teams[edit]
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Leading Women's team: ![]()
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