List of football federations

This is a list of international football governing bodies.

Global

FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association - 211 members - founded in 1904, represents nations from around the world, and is the overall governing body of recognised international football. Its premier tournaments are the quadrennial men's FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup.
CONIFA - Confederation of Independent Football Associations - 44 members - founded in 2013 as CIFA, represents nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities and regions not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament is the CONIFA World Football Cup.

Defunct

UIAFA - Union Internationale Amateur de Football Association - three, later seven members - founded in 1908 and dissolved in 1912. Main tournament was the Amateur European Championship, this confederations was the rival to FIFA in the early years.
NF-Board - New Football Federations-Board / Nouvelle Fédération-Board - 18 members + 14 provisional - founded in 2003, represented nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament is the VIVA World Cup. This organization was dissolved in January 2013, however was revived in 2017, despite not being able to host any events that it tried to host, even after its announced revival. As of 2025, no successful events have been hosted since its revival.

Continental

FIFA confederations

FIFA-member football associations are formed together into continental confederations, which organize continental national and club competitions.

Acronym	Name in full	No. of members	Founded	Continent represented	Main tournament
AFC	Asian Football Confederation	47	1954	Asia	AFC Asian Cup
CAF	Confederation of African Football	54 F + 2 A	1957	Africa	African Cup of Nations
CONCACAF	Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football	41	1961	North America	CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONMEBOL	Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol	10	1916	South America	Copa América
OFC	Oceania Football Confederation	11 F + 2 A	1966	Oceania	OFC Nations Cup
UEFA	Union of European Football Associations	55	1954	Europe	UEFA European Championship (UEFA Euro)

F = full members; A = associate members.

Intercontinental

The following confederations consist of FIFA member associations that cross continental boundaries.

UAFA - Union of Arab Football Associations - twenty-two members - founded in 1974, represents Arab nations from Africa and Asia. The main tournament is the Arab Cup.

Defunct

PFC Panamerican Football Confederation - twenty-four members - founded in 1946 was the not official fusion of CONMEBOL, CCCF and NAFC and represented teams from Americas. The main tournament was the Panamerican Championship, when PFC was dissolved, both CCCF and NAFC both were merged to form CONCACAF

Subregional

Africa

Affiliated to CAF

Acronym	Name in full	No. of members	Founded	Nations represented	Main tournament
CECAFA	Council of East and Central African Football Associations	10 F + 1 A	1927	Those generally regarded as forming the regions of East Africa Some nations of Central Africa	CECAFA Cup
COSAFA	Council of Southern Africa Football Associations	14 F + 1 A	1997	Those generally regarded as forming Southern Africa Island states off the coast of Southern Africa	COSAFA Cup
WAFU	Union of West African Football Associations	16	1977	Those in West Africa	WAFU Nations Cup
UNAF	Union of North African Federations	5	2005	Those regarded as forming North Africa
UNIFFAC	Central African Football Federations' Union	8		Some of the nations that form Central Africa	CEMAC Cup

Sub-Regions

WAFU-Zone A - WAFU West Zone - nine members a sub-zone of WAFU
WAFU-Zone B - WAFU East Zone - seven members a sub-zone of WAFU
UFFOI - Union des fédérations de football de l'océan Indien - six members - founded in 2009, a sub-zone of COSAFA.

Asia

Affiliated to AFC

Acronym	Name in full	No. of members	Founded	Nations represented	Main tournament
WAFF	West Asian Football Federation	12	2001	Represents nations from West Asia	WAFF Championship
EAFF	East Asian Football Federation	10	2002	Represents nations from East Asia	EAFF E-1 Football Championship
SAFF	South Asian Football Federation	7	1997	Represents nations from South Asia	SAFF Championship
CAFA	Central Asian Football Association	6	2015	Represents nations from Central Asia	CAFA Nations Cup
AFF	ASEAN Football Federation	12	1984	Represents nations from Southeast Asia	ASEAN Championship

Not affiliated to AFC

Acronym	Name in full	No. of members	Founded	Nations represented	Main tournament
GFF	Gulf Football Federation	8	2016	Represents the participating nations of the Arabian Gulf Cup	Arabian Gulf Cup

North America

Affiliated to CONCACAF

CFU - Caribbean Football Union - thirty one members - represents all nations in the Caribbean. The main tournament was the Caribbean Cup.
- LIFA - Leeward Islands Football Association - eleven members - founded in 1949, represents nations of the Leeward archipelago and is affiliated to CFU. The main tournament was the Leeward Islands Tournament.
- WIFA - Windward Islands Football Association - four members - represents nations of the Windward archipelago and is affiliated to CFU. The main tournament was the Windward Islands Tournament.
NAFU - North American Football Union - three members - represents the three sovereign nations of North America. The main tournament was the now defunct North American Nations Cup.
UNCAF Union Centroamericana de Fútbol - seven members - represents the seven nations of Central America. The main tournament was the UNCAF Nations Cup.

Defunct confederations affiliated to FIFA

CCCF - Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol - eleven members - dissolved in 1961, represented Central America and Caribbean region and was affiliated to FIFA. The main tournaments were the CCCF Championship and CCCF Youth Championship.
NAFC - North American Football Confederation - four members (later three) - founded in 1946 and dissolved in 1961, represented the North American region and was affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was the NAFC Championship.

Defunct confederations not-affiliated to FIFA

CENF - Confederation of European New Federations - unknown number of members - founded in 2007 and dissolved in 2009, represented teams not affiliated to FIFA in Europe, and was affiliated to NF-Board. The main tournament was the CENF Cup, but is unknown to have been played.
FIFI - Federation of International Football Independents - five members - represented nations, dependencies and unrecognized states not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was the FIFI Wild Cup.
CSANF – Consejo Sudamericano de Nuevas Federaciones [pt; es]: The main South American non-FIFA organisation. As of August 2025, There are 11 member associations.
IFU - International Football Union - two provisional members - founded in 2009 as an international football confederation for nations and territories not admitted to FIFA, was dissolved in 2010.

↑ Due to link rot and the inability to save outlinks up to 2017, it's unknown how many members the CENF had.

Notes

↑ Comprising the continental subregions of Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

External links

Official Organisations (incl. National Federations) at the RSSSF
Football Federations Around the Globe, Soccerlens.com

[2] Due to link rot and the inability to save outlinks up to 2017, it's unknown how many members the CENF had.

[1] Comprising the continental subregions of Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

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