Central Asian Football Association


The Central Asian Football Association is an association of the football playing nations in Central Asia.
In June 2014, the association was in principle approved by the Asian Football Confederation and approved at the Extraordinary Congress in January 2015 during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. As a result, CAFA will in the future be able to have member on the AFC executive committee.
The formation of CAFA was spearheaded by the Iranian Football Federation following disputes with West Asian Football Federation members. It was reported that AFC President Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa gained politically from the creation of the new zone.

History

Members of the six nations met with AFC president Sheikh Salman on 10 May 2014 to talk about the possibility of creating a new Asian football zone. The delegations were invited by the AFC president following an initiative by Iran and Afghanistan. At the extraordinary AFC congress on 9 June 2014 in São Paulo, the plan of the new zone was ratified by the congress.

Executive committee

Presidents

Vice-Presidents

General Secretaries

Member associations

CAFA consists of six member associations. All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
FIFA country code|AssociationNational Football teamsNational Futsal teamsNational Beach
Soccer teams		FoundedFIFA
affiliation		AFC
affiliation		CAFA
affiliation		IOC
member		Former federation
AFG AfghanistanMen's Women'sMen'sMen's1933194819542015SAFF
IRN IranMen's Women's Men's Women'sMen's1920194819542015WAFF
KGZ KyrgyzstanMen's Women'sMen's–1946199419942015
TJK TajikistanMen's Women'sMen's–1936199419942015
TKM TurkmenistanMen's Women'sMen's–1992199419942015
UZB UzbekistanMen's Women's Men's Women'sMen's1946199419942015

AssociationNational Football LeaguesNational Football CupsSuper Cups
AfghanistanAfghan Premier League––
IranPersian Gulf Pro League
Kowsar Women Football league		Hazfi CupIranian Super Cup
KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Top League
Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship		Kyrgyzstan CupKyrgyzstan Super Cup
TajikistanTajikistan Higher LeagueTajikistan CupTajikistan Super Cup
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Higher LeagueTurkmenistan CupTurkmenistan Super Cup
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Super League
Uzbek women's football championship		Uzbekistan CupUzbekistan Super Cup

Competitions

Current title holders

CAFA runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.

Rankings

Men's National Teams

are calculated by FIFA.
AFCFIFACountryPoints+/−
2331489 6
128512890
15961240 2
221211152 5
241291107 4
3014910520

Leading Men's team:

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Women's National Teams

Leading Women's team:

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