Algerian Football Federation

Algerian Football Federation
CAF
Founded	21 October 1962; 61 years ago
Headquarters	Algiers
FIFA affiliation	1963
CAF affiliation	1964
President	Walid Sadi
Website	www.faf.dz

The Algerian Football Federation (AFF); (Arabic: الاتحادية الجزائرية لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Algeria. Formed in 1962 and was based in the capital Algiers. It has jurisdiction on the Algerian football league system and is in charge of the men's and women's national teams. Although an unofficial national team had played fixtures since 1958, the first recognized international took place in January 1963, some six months after independence. In 2021, twenty structures were added to the Algerian Football Federation. The Algerian Football Federation is considered a member of FIFA.

History

The Algerian Football Federation (FAF) was founded on the founding meeting of 21 October 1962. During this meeting, the entire football system in Algeria was rethought, the three main leagues before the independence of Algeria were kept, but were named in the West Region (former Oran League), Center Region (former Algiers League) and East Region (former Constantine League). On the other hand, the official colors of the national team (red, white and green) and also the project of affiliation to FIFA were designated^[3].

Competitions

Men

Men's competitions
Category	Organising body	competitions
Professional leagues	LFP	Ligue 1
Amateur leagues	LNFA	Ligue 2
	LIRF	Inter-Régions
	Multiple regional leagues	Régional I
	Multiple regional leagues	Régional II
	Multiple province leagues	Wilayas HD
	Multiple province leagues	Wilayas PHD
Cups	FAF	Algerian Cup
		Algerian Super Cup
		Algerian League Cup

Women

Women's competitions
Category	Organising body	competitions
Amateur W-leagues	LNFF	Elite National Championship
		D1 National Championship
		D2 National Championship
W-Cups	FAF	Algerian W-Cup
		Algerian W-Super Cup
		Algerian W-League Cup

Youth

Similar as senior competitions.

References

^ CAF and FIFA, 50 years of African football – the DVD, 2009
^ L, Walid (16 July 2023). "Officiel : Djahid Zefizef démissionne !". Football Algérien - DZFOOT.COM. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
^ "Fédération algérienne de football: 60 ans d'histoire... et de réalisations". aps.dz (in French). Redaction. 19 October 2022.

External links

(in Arabic and French) Official website
Algeria at the FIFA website.
Algeria at CAFOnline

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[1] CAF and FIFA, 50 years of African football – the DVD, 2009

[2] L, Walid (16 July 2023). "Officiel : Djahid Zefizef démissionne !". Football Algérien - DZFOOT.COM. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

[3] "Fédération algérienne de football: 60 ans d'histoire... et de réalisations". aps.dz (in French). Redaction. 19 October 2022.

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