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Kuwait Football Association

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Jurisdiction
  
Founded
  
1952 (1952)

Abbreviation
  
KFA

Headquarters
  
Adiliya

Kuwait Football Association

Sport
  
FootballFutsalBeach football

Affiliation
  
FIFA (1964)AFC (1964)UAFA (1976)WAFF (2010)GFU

The Kuwait Football Association (Arabic: الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم‎‎) is the governing body of football in Kuwait.

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Kuwait have twice been suspended by FIFA for political interference since 2007 and are only being allowed to participate in the 2011 Asian Cup qualifying campaign and other international competitions on a provisional basis.

FIFA Suspension

Contrary to the road map established by FIFA and the AFC, the Kuwaiti Public Authority for Youth and Sport has continued to interfere. Elections were held on 9 October in direct violation of the FIFA Executive Committee's May 2007 decision to the contrary. As a consequence, the committee recommended to the FIFA Executive Committee that the Kuwait Football Association be suspended. Kuwait's football federation board resigned days after world governing body FIFA suspended the Gulf Arab state. The suspension was lifted after the federation said it will ratify new statutes to prevent government interference in the sport as demanded by FIFA. "Otherwise FIFA will immediately suspend the (federation) again," FIFA said in a statement. The suspension is conditionally lifted and extended by the FIFA Congress in June 2009. FIFA is closely monitoring the situation within Kuwait.

On 16 October 2015, FIFA suspended Kuwait FA and all results from AFC Asian Cup and FIFA World Cup qualification are removed while all Kuwaiti teams that are participating in international competitions are withdrawn.

Competitions

  • VIVA Premier League
  • Kuwaiti Division One
  • Kuwaiti Futsal League
  • Kuwait Joint League (defunct)
  • Kuwait Emir Cup
  • Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
  • Al Khurafi Cup (defunct)
  • Kuwait Federation Cup (defunct)
  • Kuwait Super Cup
  • Kuwaiti Futsal Federation Cup
  • Kuwaiti Futsal Super Cup
  • Friendly Competitions

  • Kuwait Champions Challenge
  • References

    Kuwait Football Association Wikipedia


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