Nicaraguan Football Federation

{{Short description|Governing body of association football in Nicaragua}} {{National football association |Logo = Nicaragua FA logo.svg |Badge_size = 200px |Founded = {{Nowrap|{{Start date and age|df=yes|1931|11|3}}}}<ref name="FENIFUT">{{cite web |title=Acerca de |url=https://fenifut.com/about |website=FENIFUT |access-date=6 October 2022 |language=es}}</ref> |FIFA affiliation = 1950<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/freepress19500623-1.2.116|title=New FIFA members|date=23 June 1950|newspaper=[[The Singapore Free Press]]}}</ref> |Region = [[CONCACAF]] |Region affiliation = 1961<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1CghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M3wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1063%2C13514197|title=Ramón Coll, electo Presidente de la Confederación de Futbol de América del Norte, América Central y el Caribe|date=23 September 1961}}</ref> |President = Manuel Salvador Quintanilla Martinez<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/team/nicaragua |title=Nicaragua |publisher=CONCACAF |access-date=2016-08-29 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/deportes/485253-manuel-quintanilla-fenifut-deportes-nicaragua/|title=El Nuevo Diario|access-date=2019-03-31|archive-date=2020-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625045336/https://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/deportes/485253-manuel-quintanilla-fenifut-deportes-nicaragua/|url-status=dead}}</ref> }}

The '''Nicaraguan Football Federation''' ('''FENIFUT'''; {{langx|es|'''Fe'''deración '''Ni'''caragüense de '''Fút'''bol}}) is the official governing body of [[association football]] in [[Nicaragua]].

FENIFUT comprises 19 departmental and 153 municipal federations. It oversees all national men's, women's, futsal and youth championships. It is additionally responsible for appointing the management of the [[Nicaragua national football team|men's]], [[Nicaragua women's national football team|women's]], and various youth national football teams.<ref name="FENIFUT" />

==Association staff==

{| class="wikitable" !Name !Position !Source |- |{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[Manuel Salvador Quintanilla Martinez|Manuel Quintanilla]] |President |<ref name="FIFA">{{Cite web|url=https://inside.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/NCA/organisation|title=FIFA}}</ref><ref name="NICARAGUA">{{Cite web|date=2021-03-07|title=NICARAGUA|url=https://www.concacaf.com/inside-concacaf/member-associations/nicaragua/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=Concacaf}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[Marlon Gómez]] |Vice President |<ref name="FIFA"/> |- |{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[José María Bermúdez Espinosa|José Bermúdez]] |General Secretary |<ref name="FIFA"/><ref name="NICARAGUA"/> |- |n/a |Treasurer | |- |{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[Roger Rodriguez]] |Technical Director |<ref name="FIFA"/> |- |n/a |Team Coach (Men's) |<ref name="FIFA"/> |- |{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[Jaime Ruiz]] |Team Coach (Women's) |<ref name="FIFA"/> |- |{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[Moises Avalos]] |Media/Communications Manager |<ref name="FIFA"/> |- |n/a |Futsal Coordinator | |- |{{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[Donald Campos]] |Referee Coordinator |<ref name="FIFA"/> |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20030401184616/http://www.fenifut.org.ni/ Official website] (archived) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714123233/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=nca/index.html Nicaragua] at the FIFA website (archived) * [https://www.concacaf.com/inside-concacaf/member-associations/nicaragua/ Nicaragua] at CONCACAF site

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