| AFC | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Short name | YFA |
| Founded | 1962/1976[1] |
| Headquarters | Sana'a |
| FIFA affiliation | 1980 |
| AFC affiliation | 1980[2] |
| UAFA affiliation | 1978 |
| WAFF affiliation | 2009 |
| GCF affiliation | 2016 |
| President | Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi |
| Vice-President | Hasan Bashanfar |
| General Secretary | Hamid Al-Shaibani |
| Website | http://www.yemenfa.com/ |
The Yemen Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Yemen. The organisation joined FIFA in 1980 as the Yemen Arab Republic,[3] and was later united with People's Republic of South Yemen in 1990
In 2005 the YFA was suspended by FIFA due to serious interference by political authorities in the internal affairs of the association, violating Article 17 of the FIFA Statutes.[4]
- ^ The A–Z of Asian Football. Asian Football Confederation. 1997. pp. 97–98.
- ^ 25 June 1980: "Asian Football Confederation holds 9th congress in Hong Kong: Oman and Democratic Yemen were admitted into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) by a resolution passed at its ninth congress here yesterday, thus bringing the AFC total membership to 35." Xinhua General News Service
- ^ "FIFA's 208 Member Associations" (PDF). FIFA. 2007. p. 8. Retrieved 10 May 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "FIFA.com - FIFA suspends the Yemen Football Association". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.