The Union of North African Football (UNAF; ; ) is an

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organising body. It was launched in 2005 by the North African members of the

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in Khartoum, Sudan. At the FIFA Co ...

(CAF), Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. The post of president will be rotated among the five founding nations.

History

The Union of North African Football (UNAF) was founded in 2005 and includes the countries of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia and is continued to the

that have 53 national football associations distributed into 6 regions. The UNAF is the sixth region of the continent by division accredited to the CAF and the Union has presided over in the first parliamentary period immediately following its founding by Mr. Samir Zaher a former president of the

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, the president is elected during a plenary session for a period of 4 years by the members of the Union and are the heads of the five unions and the president-elect proposes as his deputy from among the immediate superiors five national unions during the first meeting of an executive office following the election as General Assembly by the Executive Office to determine the heads and members of the committees. The recent president elected is Mr. Wadii Jari, a president of the

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. He was unanimously elected chairman of the UNAF for a term of four years and during the electoral general assembly, which was held on Saturday 25 October 2014 in

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. He was also selected Mr. Gamal Allam, a head of the Egyptian Football Association as a vice-president of the UNAF unanimously. On the other hand, the General Assembly approved in particular on the administrative and financial reports of the UNAF as well as the adoption of the estimated budget of the Union project for the year 2015 and the report of the Finance Committee meeting held on 23 October 2014. The program was approved on the North African Union's activities for the year 2015.

Board of directors

Current board of directors

Former presidents

Member associations

UNAF has 5 member associations. All associations were founding members of UNAF. All of them are members of the

and the

Union of Arab Football Associations The Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA; ; ) is the governing body of football in the Arab League. Established in 1974, UAFA is an independent body comprising 22 member associations: twelve from Asia and ten from Africa. UAFA organises a n ...

(UAFA).

Competitions

UNAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth, clubs and

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Current title holders

Defunct competitions

Major tournament records

;''Legend'' * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8) *GS – Group stage *R2 – Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–present: knockout round of 16) *R1 – Round 1 *''Q'' – Qualified for upcoming tournament * – Qualified but withdrew * – Did not qualify * – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned * – Hosts * – Not affiliated in FIFA For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

;''Firsts'' *1934: first African team to qualify for the World Cup *1970: first African team to draw a match in the World Cup *1978: first African team to win a match in the World Cup *1982: first African team to win two matches in the World Cup *1986: first African team to qualify two consecutive World Cups *1986: first African team to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) *2022: first African team to reach the semi-finals

Olympic Games For Men

Africa Cup of Nations

African Nations Championship

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

Rankings

Men's national teams

Rankings are calculated by

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Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by

based on matches played over the last four years.
Last updated 14 June 2024

Men's national beach soccer teams

Last updated 8 May 2023

Women's national beach soccer teams

Last updated 8 May 2023

Men's national futsal teams

African school football championship

The 2023 CAF African Schools Football Championship Qualifiers took place in

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, Egypt. Libya won the boys category and Morocco won the girls category, thus both qualifying African Schools Football Championship Finals.

Controversy

On 20 November 2009, the

withdrew its membership citing the incidents that accompanied the playoff between Egypt and Algeria, but returned in 2011.

References

External links

Official website
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Sports organizations established in 2005 Confederation of African Football Association football governing bodies in Africa