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Palestinian Football Association

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Founded
  
1928

President
  
Jibril Rajoub

WAFF affiliation
  
2000

Website
  
pfa.ps

Palestinian Football Association

FIFA affiliation
  
1995 (Provisional member), 1998

AFC affiliation
  
1995 (Provisional member), 1998

The Palestinian Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة القدم‎‎) is the governing body for football in the Palestinian Authority, and for the men's Palestine national football team and the Palestine women's national football team.

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Palestinian Arab club

A new Palestine Football Federation was founded in 1952. Its successor, the Palestine Football Association, formed in 1962, has been a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations since it was formed in 1974.

Palestinian Authority

It was accepted as a member by FIFA in 1998, after the creation of the Palestinian Authority. The PFA has also been a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 1998, in the West Asian Football Federation.

On 11 February 2011, the PFA formed the first women's league.

Divisions

The football division system is parted into two: the West Bank and Gaza Strip. There is a men's West Bank Premier League and a men's Gaza Strip League as well as a West Bank Women's League. Each league has 12 clubs.

References

Palestinian Football Association Wikipedia