Football Organizations

This is a list of football governing bodies.

[edit] International

FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association - 208 members - represents nations from the world, and is the greatest governing body of football associations. The main tournament is FIFA World Cup.
FIFI Federation of International Football Independents - represents nations, dependencies and unrecognized states not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament is FIFI Wild Cup.
NF-Board New Federation Board - 13 members + 14 provisional - represents nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament is VIVA World Cup.

Affiliated to FIFA

UEFA Union of European Football Associations - 53 members - represents european nations in football. The main tournament is UEFA European Championship.
CAF Confédération Africaine de Football - 53 members + 2 associate - represents african nations in football. The main tournament is African Cup of Nations.
AFC Asian Football Confederation - 46 members - represents asian nations in football. The main tournament is Asian Cup.
CONMEBOL Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol - 10 members - represents south american nations in football. The main tournament is Copa America.
CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football - 40 members - represents north american, central american and caribbean nations in football. The main tournament is CONCACAF Gold Cup.
OFC Oceania Football Confederation - 11 members + 6 associate - represents oceanian nations in football. The main tournament is OFC Nations Cup.

Affiliated to NF-Board

CSANF Consejo Sudamericano de Nuevas Federaciones - represents teams not affiliated fo FIFA in South America.
CENF Confederation of European New Federations - represents teams not affiliated to FIFA in Europe.

Affiliated to FIFA

PFC Panamerican Football Confederation - represents teams from all the Americas. The main tournament is Panamerican Championship.
UAFA Union Arab de Football Association - 22 members - represents arab nations from Africa and Asia. The main tournament is Arab Nations Cup.
GFU Gulf Football Union - represents arab nations from Africa and Asia.

Affiliated to AFC

WAFF West Asian Football Federation - 6 members - represents nations at the western extremity of the continent. The WAFF has six members, but the AFC groups those non members into a single geographical region. The main turnment is West Asian Football Federation Championship.
EAFF East Asian Football Federation - 9 members + 1 provisional - represents nations generally agreed to constitute the "far east". the main tournament is East Asian Cup.
CESAFA Central and South Asian Football Federation - 13 members - represents nations in central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. And is sub-divided in two federations: SAFF and CAFF.
AFF ASEAN Football Federation - 12 members - represents nations from Southeast Asia. The main tournament is AFF Football Championship.
SAFF South Asian Football Federation - 8 members - represents nations from South Asia, is affiliated to CESAFA.
CAFF Central Asian Football Federation - 5 members - represents nations from Central Asia, is affiliated to CESAFA.

Affiliated to CAF

CECACAF Council of East and Central African Football Associations - 10 members + 1 associate - represents nations generally regarded as forming the regions of East Africa and some nations of Central Africa. The main tournament is CECAFA Cup.
COSAFA Council of Southern African Football Associations - 14 members + 1 associate - represents nations generally regarded as forming Southern Africa, as well as island states off the coast of Southern Africa. The main tournament is COSAFA Championship.
WAFU Union of West African Football Associations - 8 members - one of two bodies that represent nations in West Africa. The main tournament is WAFU Nations Cup.
UNAF Union of North African Federations - 5 members - represents nations regarded as forming North Africa.
UNIFFAC Union des Fédérations du Football de l'Afrique Centrale - 8 members - represents some of the nations that form Central Africa. the main tournament is CEMAC Cup.
UFOA Union du Football de l'Ouest Afrique - 7 members - one of two bodies that represent nations in West Africa. The main tournament is CEDEAO Cup.

Affiliated to CONCACAF

CFU Caribbean Football Union - 30 members - represents all nations in the Caribbean. The main tournament is Caribbean Cup.
NAFU North American Football Union - 3 members - represents the three sovereign nations of North America.
UNCAF Union Centroamericana de Fútbol - 7 members - represents the seven nations of Central America. the main tournament is UNCAF Nations Cup.

NAFC North American Football Confederation - 4 members - represented North America region and was directly affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was NAFC Championship.
CCCF Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol - 37 members - represented Central America and Caribbean region and was directly affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was CCCF Championship.