Yemen Football Association

The Yemen Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Yemen. The organisation joined FIFA in 1980 as the Yemen Arab Republic,^[3] and was later united with People's Republic of South Yemen in 1990

Yemen Football Association
الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم

AFC
Short name	YFA
Founded	1962/1976[1]
Headquarters	Sana'a
FIFA affiliation	1980
AFC affiliation	1980[2]
UAFA affiliation	1978
WAFF affiliation	2009
GCF affiliation	2016
President	Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi
Vice-President	Hasan Bashanfar
General Secretary	Hamid Al-Shaibani
Website	http://www.yemenfa.com/

In 2005 the YFA was suspended by FIFA due to serious interference by political authorities in the internal affairs of the association, violating Article 17 of the FIFA Statutes.^[4]

Former Presidents

• Ali Al Ashwal 1987-2000
• Mohammed Abdel-ilah Al Qadhi 2000-2006
• Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi 2006–present

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi	President	[5][6]
Hasan Bashanfar	Vice President	[7][8]
Abdulmoniam Sharhan	2nd Vice President	[9]
Hamid Al Shaibani	General Secretary	[10][11]
Mohamed Al-Tawel	Treasurer	[12][13]
n/a	Technical Director
Ahmed Al Dhrab	Team Coach (Men's)	[14]
n/a	Team Coach (Women's)
Moad Al-Khamese	Media/Communications Manager	[15]
Labeb Al Mehde	Futsal Coordinator	[16]
Gamal Al-Khwarabi	Referee Coordinator	[17]

References

1. The A–Z of Asian Football. Asian Football Confederation. 1997. pp. 97–98.
2. 25 June 1980: "Asian Football Confederation holds 9th congress in Hong Kong: Oman and Democratic Yemen were admitted into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) by a resolution passed at its ninth congress here yesterday, thus bringing the AFC total membership to 35." Xinhua General News Service
3. "FIFA's 208 Member Associations" (PDF). FIFA. 2007. p. 8. Retrieved 10 May 2020.^{[dead link]}
4. "FIFA.com - FIFA suspends the Yemen Football Association". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
5. "YEMEN". FIFA.
6. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
7. "YEMEN". FIFA.
8. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
9. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
10. "YEMEN". FIFA.
11. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
12. "YEMEN". FIFA.
13. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
14. "YEMEN". FIFA.
15. "YEMEN". FIFA.
16. "YEMEN". FIFA.
17. "YEMEN". FIFA.

See Also

• Yemen football clubs in the AFC Cup

External links

• Yemen Football Association at the FIFA website.
• Yemen Football Association at AFC site
• Official website