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This is a list of international football governing bodies.

Global

  • FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association - 211 members - founded in 1904, represents nations from around the world, and is the overall governing body of recognised international football. Its premier tournament is the quadrennial FIFA World Cup.
  • ConIFA - Confederation of Independent Football Associations - 24 members - founded in 2013, represents nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities and regions not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament is the ConIFA World Football Cup.

Defunct

  • UIAFA - Union Internationale Amateur de Football Association - 3, later 5 members - founded in 1908 and dissolved in 1912. Main tournament was the Amateur European Championship, this confederations was the rival to FIFA in the early years.
  • NF-Board - New Federation Board - 18 members + 14 provisional - founded in 2003, represented nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was the VIVA World Cup. This organization was dissolved in January 2013.

Continental

FIFA confederations

FIFA-member football associations are formed together into continental confederations, which organize continental national and club competitions.

Acronym Name in full No. of
members		 Founded Continent(s)
represented		 Main tournament
AFC Asian Football Confederation 47 1954 Asia AFC Asian Cup
CAF Confederation of African Football 54 F + 2 A 1957 Africa African Cup of Nations
CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football 41 1961 North America
Central America
Caribbean		 CONCACAF Gold Cup
CONMEBOL Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol 10 1916 South America Copa América
OFC Oceania Football Confederation 11 F + 2 A 1966 Oceania OFC Nations Cup.
UEFA Union of European Football Associations 55 1954 Europe UEFA European Championship
(also known as UEFA Euro).

F = full members; A = associate members.

Inter-continental

The following confederations consist of FIFA member associations that cross continental boundaries.

  • UAFA - Union of Arab Football Associations - 22 members - founded in 1974, represents Arab nations from Africa and Asia. The main tournament is the Arab Cup.

Defunct

  • PFC Panamerican Football Confederation - 50 members - founded in 1946 was the not official fusion of CONMEBOL, CCCF and NAFC and represented teams from All America. The main tournament was the Panamerican Championship, when PFC died, the CONCACAF born with the fusion of NAFC and CCCF.

Sub-Continental

Africa

Affiliated to CAF

Acronym Name in full No. of
members		 Founded Nations represented Main tournament
CECAFA Council of East and Central African Football Associations 10 F + 1 A 1927 Those generally regarded as forming the regions of East Africa
Some nations of Central Africa		 CECAFA Cup
COSAFA Council of Southern Africa Football Associations 14 F + 1 A 1997 Those generally regarded as forming Southern Africa
Island states off the coast of Southern Africa		 COSAFA Cup
WAFU Union of West African Football Associations 8 1977 Those in West Africa WAFU Nations Cup
UNAF Union of North African Federations 5 2005 Those regarded as forming North Africa
UNIFFAC Central African Football Federations' Union 8 Some of the nations that form Central Africa CEMAC Cup

Sub-Regions

  • WAFU-Zone A - WAFU West Zone - 9 members a sub-zone of WAFU
  • WAFU-Zone B - WAFU East Zone - 7 members a sub-zone of WAFU
  • UFFOI - Union des fédérations de football de l'océan Indien - 6 members - founded in 2009, a sub-zone of COSAFA.

Asia

Affiliated to AFC

  • WAFF - West Asian Football Federation - 12 members - founded in 2000, represents nations at the western extremity of the continent. The main tournament is the WAFF Championship.
  • EAFF - East Asian Football Federation - 10 members - founded in 2002, represents nations generally agreed to constitute the "far east". The main tournament is the EAFF E-1 Football Championship.
  • SAFF - South Asian Football Federation - 7 members - founded in 1997, represents nations from South Asia. The main tournament is the SAFF Championship.
  • CAFA - Central Asian Football Association - 6 members - founded in 2015, represents nations from Central Asia. The main tournament is the CAFA Championship.
  • AFF - ASEAN Football Federation - 12 members - founded in 1984, represents nations from Southeast Asia. The main tournament is the AFF Championship.

Not affiliated to AFC

  • AGCFF - Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation - 8 members - founded in 2016, represents the participating nations of the Arabian Gulf Cup.

North America

Affiliated to CONCACAF

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

Defunct confederations affiliated to FIFA

  • CCCF - Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol - 37 members - dissolved in 1961, represented Central America and Caribbean region and was directly affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was the CCCF Championship.
  • NAFC - North American Football Confederation - 4 members - founded in 1946 and dissolved in 1961, represented the North American region and was directly affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was the NAFC Championship.

Defunct confederations not-affiliated to FIFA

  • CENF - Confederation of European New Federations - 0 members - founded in 2007 and dissolved in 2008, represented teams not affiliated to FIFA in Europe, and was affiliated to NF-Board. The main tournament was the CENF Cup, but was never played.
  • FIFI - Federation of International Football Independents - 5 members - represented nations, dependencies and unrecognized states not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was the FIFI Wild Cup.
  • IFU - International Football Union - 2 provisional members - founded in 2009 as an international football confederation for nations and territories not admitted to FIFA, was dissolved in 2010.
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