Israel Football Association

Israel Football Association
UEFA
Founded14 August 1928; 95 years ago (1928-08-14) (Mandatory Palestine/Eretz Israel)
14 May 1948; 76 years ago (1948-05-14) (Israel)
HeadquartersRamat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
FIFA affiliation17 May 1948; 76 years ago (1948-05-17)[1]
UEFA affiliation1991; 33 years ago (1991)/1994
ChairmanMoshe Zuares
Websitewww.football.org.il Edit this at Wikidata

The Israel Football Association (IFA; Hebrew: ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל, HaHit'aḥdut leKaduregel beIsrael, lit. 'The Association of Football in Israel') is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes a variety of association football leagues where the highest level is the Israeli Premier League; as well as national cups such as the Israel State Cup, the Toto Cup, and the Israel Super Cup; also, the Israel national football team. The IFA was founded in 1948 as the Palestine (Eretz Israel) Football Association and is based in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. The Association is controversial due to its inclusion of clubs playing in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Member Association - Israel". FIFA. Archived from the original on November 20, 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ^ Bashi, Sari (10 January 2017). "Fifa must take strong stance against Israeli settlement clubs". ibtimes. International Business Times. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  3. ^ Bashi, Sari (10 January 2017). "FIFA Must Take Strong Stance Against Israeli Settlement Clubs". HRW. Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 21 September 2020.