Yemen Football Association

{{Short description|Football association in Yemen}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox football association | name = Yemen Football Association <br /> <big>الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم</big> | Logo = Yemen_Football_Association.png | Badge_size = 200px | Founded = 1962/1976<ref>{{cite book |title=The A–Z of Asian Football |pages=97–98 |year=1997 |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]]}}</ref> | Headquarters = [[Sanaa]] | FIFA affiliation = 1980 | Region = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] | Region affiliation = 1980<ref>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</ref> | Subregion = [[Union of Arab Football Associations|UAFA]] | Subregion affiliation = 1978 | Subregion2 = [[West Asian Football Federation|WAFF]] | Subregion2 affiliation = 2009 | Subregion3 = [[Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation|GCF]] | Subregion3 affiliation = 2016 | President = [[Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi]] | Vice-President = [[Hasan Bashanfar]] | Website = http://www.yemenfa.co |Short name=YFA|General Secretary=[[Dr. Hamid Al-Shaibani|Hamid Al-Shaibani]]}} The '''Yemen Football Association''' ({{langx|ar|الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم}}) is the governing body of football in [[Yemen]]. The organisation joined [[FIFA]] in 1980 as the [[Yemen Arab Republic]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/organisation/ip-120_01a_mas_9291.pdf |title=FIFA's 208 Member Associations |work=[[FIFA]] |page=8 |year=2007 |access-date=10 May 2020}}{{dead link|date=October 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and was later united with [[People's Republic of South Yemen]] in [[unification of Yemen|1990]].

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/administration/releases/newsid=99756.html |title=FIFA.com - FIFA suspends the Yemen Football Association |website=www.fifa.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026072648/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/administration/releases/newsid=99756.html |archive-date=26 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Former Presidents==

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

===Association staff===

{| class="wikitable" !Name !Position !Source |- |{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi]] |President |<ref>{{Cite web|title=YEMEN|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/YEM|website=FIFA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/yemen/yemen-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-06|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Hasan Bashanfar]] |Vice President |<ref>{{Cite web|title=YEMEN|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/YEM|website=FIFA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/yemen/yemen-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-06|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Abdulmoniam Sharhan]] |2nd Vice President |<ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/yemen/yemen-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-06|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Hamid Al Shaibani]] |General Secretary |<ref>{{Cite web|title=YEMEN|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/YEM|website=FIFA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/yemen/yemen-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-06|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Mohamed Al-Tawel]] |Treasurer |<ref>{{Cite web|title=YEMEN|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/YEM|website=FIFA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/yemen/yemen-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-06|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |n/a |Technical Director | |- |{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Ahmed Al Dhrab]] |Team Coach (Men's) |<ref>{{Cite web|title=YEMEN|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/YEM|website=FIFA}}</ref> |- |n/a |Team Coach (Women's) | |- |{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Moad Al-Khamese]] |Media/Communications Manager |<ref>{{Cite web|title=YEMEN|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/YEM|website=FIFA}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Labeb Al Mehde]] |Futsal Coordinator |<ref>{{Cite web|title=YEMEN|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/YEM|website=FIFA}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Gamal Al-Khwarabi]] |Referee Coordinator |<ref>{{Cite web|title=YEMEN|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/YEM|website=FIFA}}</ref> |}

==See also== * [[Yemen football clubs in the AFC Cup]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070604233724/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=yem/index.html Yemen Football Association] at the FIFA website. * [http://www.yemenfa.com/ Official website]

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