African Football


  UNAFF: UNION OF NORTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION

ORIGIN:

The union itself was formed in the year 2005. With 5 of it’s founding members, whom most of them tend to be Islamic nations. The members as of late 2025 December include ;

• Algeria

• Morocco

• Egypt

• Libya

• Tunisia

• Mauritania(joined in December 2025).

ADMINISTRATION:

The organization is headed by the president who is elected on a rotation basis by the presidents of the respective member associations. There is also a board of members, who are also headed by the president.

The current president of the association is Egypt’s Hany Abo Rida, who took office in as of March 2025, succeeding the Tunisian Gamal Alam.

As for the board if members, it tends to have representatives from all the member associations.Since also the organization is a sub- confederation of CAF in North Africa, it tends to have a representative at the CAF committee who is Sadi Walid of Algeria.

COMPETITIONS

The organization also tends to conduct the regional tournament against the five member associations. It covers all the levels i.e. starting from the Youth to Senior level both genders. They conduct the U 17s, 18s, 19s and the senior levels.There is also the qualification stages for the major tournaments such as CAF and FIFA which the North Africans have really dominated in the continent. Some of the countries such as Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt are regulars in this tournaments and also both produce and export world class talent.

Like for example the most capped club for the CAF champions league is Al Ahly Cairo, also termed as the Real Madrid of Africa, with 12 titles in it’s name. It’s also considered as Africa’s best club. If you also look at the rankings of Africa’s best leagues in terms of structures, competition and prize money, the region dominates.


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