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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Nigeria Football Federation</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria_football_federation_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Nigeria_football_federation_logo.png/220px-Nigeria_football_federation_logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Nigeria_football_federation_logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="290" data-file-height="292" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">21 August 1933 (1945 as NFA)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1960</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1959</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Musa_Gusau" title="Ibrahim Musa Gusau">Ibrahim Musa Gusau</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Vice-President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Felix_Anyansi-Agwu" title="Felix Anyansi-Agwu">Felix Anyansi-Agwu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thenff.com/">www<wbr />.thenff<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Nigeria Football Federation</b> (known as <b>Nigeria Football Association</b> until 2008) is <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> <a href="/wiki/Sports_governing_body" title="Sports governing body">governing body</a>. It was formally launched in 1945 and formed the first <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian national football team">Nigerian national football team</a> in 1949. It joined <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a> in 1959 and <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> in 1960. The NFF headquarters is located in the city of <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a>. </p><p>As of 2008 it organises three leagues: The <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Premier League">Nigerian Premier League</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Amateur_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigeria Amateur League">Amateur League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Women%27s_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Women's Championship">Women's League</a>, and five competitions, including the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian FA Cup">Federation Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Women%27s_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Women's Cup">Women's Cup</a>. The next Election is slated for 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation_dispute">Formation dispute</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_Football_Federation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Formation dispute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Author and Nigerian football historian Kunle Solaja has found evidence that the Nigerian Football Federation could have been formed in 1933 and not 1945 as previously thought. </p><p>Solaja cited two <i>Nigerian Daily Times'</i> articles dated from 21 July and 21 August 1933. The first was an article called titled "Proposed Football Association",<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the latter was an advert invited people to attend an open meeting. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:40%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Nigerian Football Association<br /> The inaugural meeting of the above will be held at Health Office, <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street,_Lagos" title="Broad Street, Lagos">Broad Street</a>, at 7 pm tonight to discuss the formation of the Association and to pass its Rules. All interested in Football are invited to attend </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Nigerian Daily Times, 21 August 1933</cite></div> </div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_FA" class="mw-redirect" title="The FA">The FA</a>'s Public Affairs Officer David Berber, revealed that the FA held evidence of the Nigerian Football Federation existing before 1945: "I can advise that the name of the Nigeria Football Association first appeared in the ‘FA Handbook’ for the season 1938–1939, in the list of our affiliated associations. The NFA Secretary at that time was F.B Mulford, with a <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State">Lagos</a> address." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2014_dispute">2014 dispute</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_Football_Federation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 2014 dispute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the 9th July 2014, upon the <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 FIFA World Cup</a>, Nigeria was suspended from <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>, briefly,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a statement from FIFA the World soccer’s ruling body had previously sent a letter to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in which it expressed its concerns after the NFF received court proceedings which hindered its president from running the African country’s soccer affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However Nigeria was back for the <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_U-20_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup">2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September, another dispute risked leading to Nigeria missing qualifying for <a href="/wiki/2015_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="2015 Africa Cup of Nations">2015 Africa Cup of Nations</a>, but problems were resolved, and Nigeria went on to the <a href="/wiki/2014_African_Women%27s_Championship" title="2014 African Women's Championship">2014 African Women's Championship</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nigeria_Football_Federation_Bill">Nigeria Football Federation Bill</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_Football_Federation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Nigeria Football Federation Bill"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Bill for an Act to repeal the Nigeria Football Association Act and endorse the Nigeria Football Federation Act ("NFF Act") has been passed by the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of Nigeria">National Assembly of Nigeria</a> in 2019. It remains for President <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a>’s assent for the Bill to become law.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reservations_on_the_NFF_Bill">Reservations on the NFF Bill</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_Football_Federation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reservations on the NFF Bill"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The public consensus favors the passage of the Bill, as it is believed will become what Nigeria's Football Federation require to effectively grow football in the country. However, legal opinion queried the constitutionality, based on the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Nigeria" title="Constitution of Nigeria">Constitution of Nigeria</a> as it regards to sports and sports administration of which the National Assembly has no legislative powers to pass such laws. Further still if the Bill becomes Law by the President's assent, Nigeria Football Federation will become a statutory body which will, therefore, contravene one of the <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> statutes for their member organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corruption_and_Development_of_the_NFF">Corruption and Development of the NFF</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_Football_Federation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Corruption and Development of the NFF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Corruption is the unlawful enrichment of oneself by the use of one's workplace, whether through bribery, theft, or receipts of compensation for the execution of what should have been one's usual task. Corruption has been the bane of Nigerian public and private life for many years. Corruption has eaten so deeply into the fabric of Nigerian culture that it has been embraced as a way of life, it is an undeniable reality. In Nigeria, corruption has taken on a new sense, with only those who have been caught in the act of theft being labeled as corrupt. Corruption is perpetuated in the sports industry, especially in football, by the awarding of contracts, the hiring of coaches, the use of referees on the field of play, the election of board members, and the selection of players, among other things. Much of this revolves around the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), formerly the Nigerian Football Association (NFA), which is a federal government body under the sports ministry tasked with the creation of football in Nigeria. According to stakeholders in the football industry, corruption has wreaked havoc on the advancement of the sport in Nigeria. It has been so pervasive that former Nigerian Senate President <a href="/wiki/David_Mark" title="David Mark">David Mark</a> described the Nigeria Football Federation as the most corrupt government agency in the country during one of house's sittings in 2013. No one knows exactly when football began in Nigeria, but one thing is certain: Nigerians began playing the game for fun and relaxation long before the Nigeria Football Association was established (NFA). It is commonly thought that former British colonial masters introduced football to <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> as early as 1914, after Lord Lugard's amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidents">Presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_Football_Federation&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pa_Mulford&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pa Mulford (page does not exist)">Pa Mulford</a> (1945–1947)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pius_Quist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pius Quist (page does not exist)">Pius Quist</a>(Anthony) (1947–1948)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=D.H._Holley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D.H. Holley (page does not exist)">D.H. Holley</a> (1949–1950)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Harvey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Harvey (page does not exist)">P. Harvey</a> (1951–1953)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=N._Miller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="N. Miller (page does not exist)">N. Miller</a> (1954–1956)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dennis_J._Slattery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dennis J. Slattery (page does not exist)">Dennis J. Slattery</a> (1957–1958)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=R.B._Allen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R.B. Allen (page does not exist)">R.B. Allen</a> (1959–1960)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Godfrey_Amachree&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Godfrey Amachree (page does not exist)">Godfrey Amachree</a> (1960–1961)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=F.A.S._Ogunmuyiwa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="F.A.S. Ogunmuyiwa (page does not exist)">F.A.S. Ogunmuyiwa</a> (1961–1962)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Edet_May&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis Edet May (page does not exist)">Louis Edet May</a> (1962–1963)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M.S._Adawale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M.S. Adawale (page does not exist)">M.S. Adawale</a>(Acting) (1963–1963)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=A.B._Osula&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A.B. Osula (page does not exist)">A.B. Osula</a> (Acting) (1963–1963)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Giwa-Osagie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francis Giwa-Osagie (page does not exist)">Francis Giwa-Osagie</a> (1964–1964)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ishola_Bajulaiye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ishola Bajulaiye (page does not exist)">Ishola Bajulaiye</a> (1965–1965)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuba_Ikpeazu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chuba Ikpeazu (page does not exist)">Chuba Ikpeazu</a> (1965–1967)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Godfrey_Amachree&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Godfrey Amachree (page does not exist)">Godfrey Amachree</a> (1967–1970)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Lawson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin Lawson (page does not exist)">Kevin Lawson</a>(Col.) (1971–1971)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edwin_Kentebbe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edwin Kentebbe (page does not exist)">Edwin Kentebbe</a>(Comdr.) (1971–1972)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ademola_Adeoba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ademola Adeoba (page does not exist)">Ademola Adeoba</a>(Acting) (1972–1972)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Emmanuel_Sotomi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emmanuel Sotomi (page does not exist)">Emmanuel Sotomi</a>(Brig.) (1973–1973)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sunday_Dankaro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sunday Dankaro (page does not exist)">Sunday Dankaro</a> (1974–1980)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Okwechime&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mike Okwechime (page does not exist)">Mike Okwechime</a>(Col.) (1981 – May 1982)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edwin_Kentebbe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edwin Kentebbe (page does not exist)">Edwin Kentebbe</a>(Comdr.) 1982–1983</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ikazoboh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tony Ikazoboh (page does not exist)">Tony Ikazoboh</a> (1983–1987)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuba_Ikpeazu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chuba Ikpeazu (page does not exist)">Chuba Ikpeazu</a> (1988–1989)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Efiom_Okon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Efiom Okon (page does not exist)">Efiom Okon</a> (Interim) (1989)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Ikazoboh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tony Ikazoboh (page does not exist)">Tony Ikazoboh</a> (1989)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusuf_Garba_Ali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yusuf Garba Ali (page does not exist)">Yusuf Ali</a> (1990–1991)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Efiom_Okon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Efiom Okon (page does not exist)">Efiom Okon</a> (1991–1992)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Amos_Adamu" title="Amos Adamu">Amos Adamu</a> (1992–1993)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" 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Gusau</a> (2022‒2023)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_Football_Federation&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_title_holders">Current title holders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_Football_Federation&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Current title holders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Competition </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Champions </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Runners-up </th> <th>Next edition </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Men's </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Senior </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Professional_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Professional Football League">Nigerian Professional Football League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Nigeria_Professional_Football_League" title="2019 Nigeria Professional Football League">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Enyimba_F.C." title="Enyimba F.C.">Enyimba</a> </td> <td>8th </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kano_Pillars_F.C." title="Kano Pillars F.C.">Kano Pillars</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020%E2%80%9321Nigeria_Professional_Football_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2020–21Nigeria Professional Football League (page does not exist)">2020–21</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_National_League" title="Nigeria National League">Nigeria National League</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Nationwide_League" title="Nigeria Nationwide League">Nigeria Nationwide League</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Youth </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Women's </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Senior </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NWFL_Premiership" title="NWFL Premiership">NWFL Premiership</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Nigeria_Women_Premier_League" title="2019 Nigeria Women Premier League">2019</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020-21_NWFL_Premiership" class="mw-redirect" title="2020-21 NWFL Premiership">2020–21</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Youth </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nigeria_Football_Federation&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.kheljournal.com/archives/2016/vol3issue1/PartF/3-1-2.pdf">https://www.kheljournal.com/archives/2016/vol3issue1/PartF/3-1-2.pdf</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs"><span title="A full citation of this PDF document is required to prevent link rot. 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Football Confederation">AFC</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup" title="AFC Asian Cup">AFC Asian Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_U-23_Asian_Cup" title="AFC U-23 Asian Cup">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_U-20_Asian_Cup" title="AFC U-20 Asian Cup">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_U-17_Asian_Cup" title="AFC U-17 Asian Cup">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Challenge_Cup" title="AFC Challenge Cup">AFC Challenge Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Solidarity_Cup" title="AFC Solidarity Cup">AFC Solidarity Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Football at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFF_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="AFF Championship">ASEAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAFA_Nations_Cup" title="CAFA Nations Cup">CAFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="EAFF E-1 Football Championship">EAFF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAFF_Championship" title="SAFF Championship">SAFF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFF_Championship" title="WAFF Championship">WAFF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Gulf_Cup" title="Arabian Gulf Cup">Arabian Gulf Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_East_Asian_Games" title="Football at the East Asian Games">East Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Far_Eastern_Championship_Games" title="Football at the Far Eastern Championship Games">Far Eastern Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_South_Asian_Games" title="Football at the South Asian Games">South Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Southeast_Asian_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Southeast Asian Games">Southeast Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Asian_Games#Football" title="West Asian Games">West Asian Games</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #4682b4;">Africa (<a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="Africa Cup of Nations">CAF Africa Cup of Nations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U-23_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="U-23 Africa Cup of Nations">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-20_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="U-20 Africa Cup of Nations">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-17_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="U-17 Africa Cup of Nations">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Nations_Championship" title="African Nations Championship">CAF African Nations Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_African_Games" title="Football at the African Games">African Games</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CECAFA_Cup" title="CECAFA Cup">CECAFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Cup" title="COSAFA Cup">COSAFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CEMAC_Cup" title="CEMAC Cup">UNIFFAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFU_Nations_Cup" title="WAFU Nations Cup">WAFU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Central_African_Games" title="Football at the Central African Games">Central African Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Indian_Ocean_Island_Games" title="Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games">Indian Ocean Island Games</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #db7093;">North America (<a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Gold_Cup" title="CONCACAF Gold Cup">CONCACAF Gold Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Men%27s_Olympic_Qualifying_Championship" title="CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Under-20_Championship" title="CONCACAF Under-20 Championship">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Under-17_Championship" title="CONCACAF Under-17 Championship">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Boys%27_Under-15_Championship" title="CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship">U-15</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Championship" title="CONCACAF Championship">CONCACAF Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Nations_League" title="CONCACAF Nations League">CONCACAF Nations League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Cup" title="CONCACAF Cup">CONCACAF Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAFC_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAFC Championship">NAFC Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CCCF_Championship" title="CCCF Championship">CCCF Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games" title="Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games">Central America and Caribbean Games</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Nations_Cup" title="North American Nations Cup">North American Nations Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copa_Centroamericana" title="Copa Centroamericana">Copa Centroamericana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFU_Championship" title="CFU Championship">CFU Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Cup" title="Caribbean Cup">Caribbean Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_Tournament" title="Leeward Islands Tournament">LIFA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands_Tournament" title="Windward Islands Tournament">WIFA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Central_American_Games" title="Football at the Central American Games">Central America Games</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #ffd700;">South America (<a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Copa América">CONMEBOL Copa América</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL_Pre-Olympic_Tournament" title="CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_Youth_Football_Championship" title="South American Youth Football Championship">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_U-17_Championship" title="South American U-17 Championship">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_U-15_Championship" title="South American U-15 Championship">U-15</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_South_American_Games" title="Football at the South American Games">South American Games</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Bolivarian_Games" title="Football at the Bolivarian Games">Bolivarian Games</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #8fbc8f;">Oceania (<a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">OFC</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OFC_Men%27s_Nations_Cup" title="OFC Men's Nations Cup">OFC Nations Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OFC_Men%27s_Olympic_Qualifying_Tournament" title="OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OFC_U-19_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="OFC U-19 Championship">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OFC_U-16/U-17_Championship" title="OFC U-16/U-17 Championship">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MSG_Prime_Minister%27s_Cup" title="MSG Prime Minister's Cup">Melanesia Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesia_Cup" title="Polynesia Cup">Polynesia Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Pacific_Games" title="Football at the Pacific Games">Pacific Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Pacific_Mini_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Pacific Mini Games">Pacific Mini Games</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em">Europe (<a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship" title="UEFA European Championship">UEFA European Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship" title="UEFA European Under-21 Championship">U-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Under-19_Championship" title="UEFA European Under-19 Championship">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Under-17_Championship" title="UEFA European Under-17 Championship">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Nations_League" title="UEFA Nations League">UEFA Nations League</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_European_International_Cup" title="Central European International Cup">Central European Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_Cup" title="Balkan Cup">Balkan Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Cup_(football)" title="Baltic Cup (football)">Baltic Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Home_Championship" title="British Home Championship">British Home Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_Football_Championship" title="Nordic Football Championship">Nordic Championship</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #252525;">Inter-Continental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL%E2%80%93UEFA_Cup_of_Champions" class="mw-redirect" title="CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions">CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamerican_Championship" title="Panamerican Championship">CPF Panamerican Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Asian_Cup_of_Nations" title="Afro-Asian Cup of Nations">CAF-AFC Afro-Asian Cup of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC%E2%80%93OFC_Challenge_Cup" title="AFC–OFC Challenge Cup">AFC–OFC Challenge Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Arab_Cup" title="FIFA Arab Cup">FIFA Arab Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_Cup_of_Nations" title="Palestine Cup of Nations">Palestine Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Kuneitra_Cup" title="1974 Kuneitra Cup">Kuneitra Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coupe_de_l%27Outre-Mer" title="Coupe de l'Outre-Mer">Overseas Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2003_Afro-Asian_Games" title="Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games">Afro-Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Arab_Games" title="Football at the Arab Games">Arab Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Jeux_de_la_Francophonie" title="Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie">Francophone Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GANEFO" title="GANEFO">GANEFO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Goodwill_Games" title="Football at the Goodwill Games">Goodwill Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Islamic_Games" title="Football at the Islamic Games">Islamic Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Islamic_Solidarity_Games" title="Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games">Islamic Solidarity Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Lusofonia_Games" title="Football at the Lusofonia Games">Lusofonia Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Cup_(men%27s_football)" title="Mediterranean Cup (men's football)">Mediterranean Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Mediterranean_Games" title="Football at the Mediterranean Games">Mediterranean Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Pan_American_Games" title="Football at the Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em"><a href="/wiki/Non-FIFA_international_football" title="Non-FIFA international football">Non-FIFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CONIFA_World_Football_Cup" title="CONIFA World Football Cup">CONIFA World Football Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONIFA_European_Football_Cup" title="CONIFA European Football Cup">CONIFA European Football Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONIFA_South_America_Football_Cup" title="CONIFA South America Football Cup">CONIFA South America Football Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONIFA_Africa_Football_Cup" title="CONIFA Africa Football Cup">CONIFA Africa Football Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFI_Wild_Cup" title="FIFI Wild Cup">FIFI Wild Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_UIAFA_European_Football_Tournament" title="1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament">UIAFA Great European Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Island_Games" title="Football at the Island Games">Island Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Micronesian_Games" title="Football at the Micronesian Games">Micronesian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Universiade" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Summer Universiade">Universiade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Unity_Football_Alliance" title="World Unity Football Alliance">World Unity Football Alliance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_association_football" title="Geography of association football">Geography</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_country_codes" title="List of FIFA country codes">Codes</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Player_of_the_Century" title="FIFA Player of the Century">Player</a>/<a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_of_the_Century" title="FIFA Club of the Century">Club of the Century</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_association_football" title="Women's association football">Women's football</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_football_associations_of_Africa_(CAF)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:CAF_associations" title="Template:CAF associations"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:CAF_associations" title="Template talk:CAF associations"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:CAF_associations" title="Special:EditPage/Template:CAF associations"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="National_football_associations_of_Africa_(CAF)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">National <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> associations of Africa (<a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algerian_Football_Federation" title="Algerian Football Federation">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angolan_Football_Federation" title="Angolan Football Federation">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benin_Football_Federation" title="Benin Football Federation">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_Football_Association" title="Botswana Football Association">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burkinab%C3%A9_Football_Federation" title="Burkinabé Football Federation">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_Burundi" title="Football Federation of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroonian_Football_Federation" title="Cameroonian Football Federation">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Football_Federation" title="Cape Verdean Football Federation">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Football_Federation" title="Central African Football Federation">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadian_Football_Federation" title="Chadian Football Federation">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comoros_Football_Federation" title="Comoros Football Federation">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congolese_Football_Federation" title="Congolese Football Federation">Congo R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congolese_Association_Football_Federation" title="Congolese Association Football Federation">Congo DR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djiboutian_Football_Federation" title="Djiboutian Football Federation">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Football_Association" title="Egyptian Football Association">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equatoguinean_Football_Federation" title="Equatoguinean Football Federation">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_National_Football_Federation" title="Eritrean National Football Federation">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eswatini_Football_Association" title="Eswatini Football Association">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Football_Federation" title="Ethiopian Football Federation">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabonese_Football_Federation" title="Gabonese Football Federation">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambia_Football_Federation" title="Gambia Football Federation">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Football_Association" title="Ghana Football Association">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinean_Football_Federation" title="Guinean Football Federation">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_Guinea-Bissau" title="Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivorian_Football_Federation" title="Ivorian Football Federation">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Kenya_Federation" title="Football Kenya Federation">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_Football_Association" title="Lesotho Football Association">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberia_Football_Association" title="Liberia Football Association">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Football_Federation" title="Libyan Football Federation">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Football_Federation" title="Malagasy Football Federation">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Malawi" title="Football Association of Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_Football_Federation" title="Malian Football Federation">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Mauritania" title="Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_Football_Association" title="Mauritius Football Association">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Seychelles_Football_Federation" title="Seychelles Football Federation">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Football_Association" title="Sierra Leone Football Association">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Football_Federation" title="Somali Football Federation">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_Football_Association" title="South African Football Association">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudan_Football_Association" title="Sudan Football Association">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sudan_Football_Association" title="South Sudan Football Association">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_Football_Federation" title="Tanzania Football Federation">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togolese_Football_Federation" title="Togolese Football Federation">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_Football_Federation" title="Tunisian Football Federation">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a 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