Chinese Football Association

Chinese Football Association
AFC
Founded
FIFA affiliation1931
AFC affiliation1974
EAFF affiliation2002
Communist Party Committee SecretaryZhang Jiasheng [zh]
Deputy Party Secretary
(and President)
Song Kai
Websitewww.thecfa.cn Edit this at Wikidata
Chinese Football Association
Simplified Chinese中国足球协会
Traditional Chinese中國足球協會
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Zúqiú Xiéhuì
Wade–GilesChungkuo Tsuch'iu Hsieh-hui
IPA[ʈʂʊ́ŋ kwǒ tsǔ tɕʰjǒʊ ɕjě xwêɪ]

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams and administers the country's professional leagues as well as organizing the national knockout cup competition Chinese FA Cup. As members of East Asian Football Federation its national teams are eligible for the East Asian Football Championship and the country's membership in AFC allows teams to participate in that organizations club and national team competitions. China is also a member of FIFA and is therefore eligible to play in the World Cup.

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