This is a list of national and regional football associations by date of foundation.
Europe (UEFA)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1863The Football AssociationLondonNational1867Sheffield Football AssociationSheffieldRegional1871 South Derbyshire Football AssociationDerbyshireRegional1873Scottish Football AssociationGlasgowNational1876Football Association of WalesWrexhamNational1880Irish Football AssociationBelfastNational1882Essex County Football AssociationEssexRegional1882London Football AssociationLondonRegional1883Glasgow Football AssociationGlasgowRegional1889Danish Football AssociationBrøndbyNational1889Royal Dutch Football AssociationZeistNational1890Isle of Man Football AssociationDouglasRegional1892Leinster Football AssociationDublinRegional1895Gibraltar Football AssociationGibraltarNational1895Royal Belgian Football AssociationBrusselsNational1895Swiss Football AssociationBernNational1898Italian Football FederationRomeNational1900German Football AssociationFrankfurtNational1900Malta Football AssociationTa' QaliNational1900Catalan Football FederationBarcelonaRegional1901Czech Football AssociationPragueNational1901Hungarian Football FederationBudapestNational1902Football Association of NorwayOsloNational1904Austrian Football AssociationViennaNational1904Swedish Football AssociationSolnaNational1907Football Association of FinlandHelsinkiNational1908Luxembourg Football FederationMondercangeNational1909Romanian Football FederationBucharestNational1909Royal Spanish Football FederationMadridNational1912Croatian Football FederationZagrebNational1912Russian Football UnionMoscowNational1914Portuguese Football FederationLisbonNational1919French Football FederationParisNational1919Football Association of SerbiaBelgradeNational1919Polish Football AssociationWarsawNational1920Football Association of SloveniaLjubljanaNational1921Estonian Football AssociationTallinnNational1921 Football Association of Ireland DublinNational1921Latvian Football FederationRigaNational1922Lithuanian Football FederationVilniusNational1923Bulgarian Football UnionSofiaNational1923Turkish Football FederationIstanbulNational1926Hellenic Football FederationAthensNational1928Israel Football AssociationRamat GanNational1930Albanian Football AssociationTiranaNational1931Football Association of MontenegroPodgoricaNational1931San Marino Football FederationSerravalleNational1934Liechtenstein Football AssociationVaduzNational1934Cyprus Football AssociationNicosiaNational1936Georgian Football FederationTbilisiNational1938Slovak Football AssociationBratislavaNational1946Football Federation of KosovoPristinaNational1947Football Association of IcelandReykjavíkNational1949Football Federation of MacedoniaSkopjeNational1979Faroe Islands Football AssociationTórshavnNational1988Basque Football FederationBilbaoRegional1989Football Federation of BelarusMinskNational1990Football Association of MoldovaChişinăuNational1991Football Federation of UkraineKyivNational1992Football Federation of ArmeniaYerevanNational1992Association of Football Federations of AzerbaijanBakuNational1992Football Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevoNational1992Football Federation of KazakhstanAlmatyNational1994Andorran Football FederationEscaldes-EngordanyNational
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North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North American Zone (NAFU)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1907Mexican Football FederationMexico CityNational1912Canadian Soccer AssociationOttawaNational1913United States Soccer FederationChicagoNational
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1919National Football Federation of GuatemalaGuatemala CityNational1921Costa Rican Football FederationSan JoséNational1931Nicaraguan Football FederationManaguaNational1935Salvadoran Football AssociationSan SalvadorNational1937Panamanian Football FederationPanama CityNational1951National Autonomous Federation of Football of HondurasTegucigalpaNational1980Football Federation of BelizeBelmopanNational
Caribbean Zone (CFU)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1902Guyana Football FederationGeorgetownNational1904Haitian Football FederationPort-au-PrinceNational1908Trinidad and Tobago Football FederationPort of SpainNational1910Barbados Football AssociationBridgetownNational1910Jamaica Football FederationKingstonNational1920Surinamese Football AssociationParamariboNational1924Football Association of CubaHavanaNational1924Grenada Football AssociationSt. George'sNational1928Antigua and Barbuda Football AssociationSt. John'sNational1928Bermuda Football AssociationDevonshire ParishNational1932Aruba Football FederationNoordNational1932Saint Kitts and Nevis Football AssociationBasseterreNational1940Puerto Rican Football FederationSan JuanNational1953Dominican Football FederationSanto DomingoNational1953Ligue de football de la MartiniqueFort-de-FranceNational1961Guadeloupean League of FootballPointe-à-PitreNational1962Ligue de football de la GuyaneCayenneNational1966Cayman Islands Football AssociationGrand CaymanNational1967Bahamas Football AssociationNassauNational1970Dominica Football AssociationRoseauNational1973Montserrat Football AssociationPlymouthNational1974British Virgin Islands Football AssociationTortolaNational1979Saint Lucia Football AssociationCastriesNational1979Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football FederationKingstownNational1986Sint Maarten Soccer AssociationPhilipsburgNational1989U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer FederationChristianstedNational1990Anguilla Football AssociationThe ValleyNational1996Turks and Caicos Islands Football AssociationProvidencialesNational2010Curaçao Football FederationWillemstadNational
South America (CONMEBOL)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1893Argentine Football AssociationBuenos AiresNational1895Chilean Football FederationSantiago de ChileNational1900Uruguayan Football AssociationMontevideoNational1906Paraguayan Football AssociationAsunciónNational1914Brazilian Football ConfederationRio de JaneiroNational1922Peruvian Football FederationLimaNational1924Colombian Football FederationBarranquillaNational1925Bolivian Football FederationCochabambaNational1925Ecuadorian Football FederationQuitoNational1926Venezuelan Football FederationCaracasNational
Africa (CAF)
Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1921Egyptian Football AssociationCairoNational1955Royal Moroccan Football FederationRabatNational1956Tunisian Football FederationTunisNational1962Algerian Football FederationAlgiersNational1962Libyan Football FederationTripoliNational
West Africa Football Union (WAFU)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1936Liberia Football AssociationMonroviaNational1945Nigeria Football FederationAbujaNational1952Gambia Football AssociationBakauNational1957Ghana Football AssociationAccraNational1960Burkinabé Football FederationOuagadougouNational1960Guinean Football FederationConakryNational1960Ivorian Football FederationAbidjanNational1960Malian Football FederationBamakoNational1960Senegalese Football FederationDakarNational1960Togolese Football FederationLoméNational1961Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of MauritaniaNouakchottNational1962Benin Football FederationCotonouNational1967Nigerien Football FederationNiameyNational1967Sierra Leone Football AssociationFreetownNational1974Football Federation of Guinea-BissauBissauNational1982Cape Verdean Football FederationPraiaNational
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1924Federation of Uganda Football AssociationsKampalaNational1926Zanzibar Football AssociationZanzibar CityNational1930Tanzania Football FederationDar es SalaamNational1936Sudan Football AssociationKhartoumNational1943Ethiopian Football FederationAddis AbabaNational1948Football Federation of BurundiBujumburaNational1950Somali Football FederationMogadishuNational1960Kenya Football FederationNairobiNational1972Rwandese Association Football FederationKigaliNational1979Djiboutian Football FederationDjibouti CityNational1992Eritrean National Football FederationAsmaraNational2011South Sudan Football AssociationJubaNational
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1919Congolese Association Football FederationKinshasaNational1959Cameroonian Football FederationYaoundéNational1960Equatoguinean Football FederationMalaboNational1961Central African Football FederationBanguiNational1962Chadian Football FederationN'DjamenaNational1962Congolese Football FederationBrazzavilleNational1962Gabonese Football FederationLibrevilleNational1975São Toméan Football FederationSão ToméNational
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1929Football Association of ZambiaLusakaNational1932Lesotho Football AssociationMaseruNational1952Mauritius Football AssociationPlaines Wilhems DistrictNational1961Malagasy Football FederationAntananarivoNational1965Zimbabwe Football AssociationHarareNational1966Football Association of MalawiChiwembeNational1968Eswatini Football AssociationMbabaneNational1970Botswana Football AssociationGaboroneNational1975Mozambican Football FederationMaputoNational1979Angolan Football FederationLuandaNational1979Comoros Football FederationMitsamiouliNational1979Seychelles Football FederationMahéNational1991South African Football AssociationJohannesburgNational1992Namibia Football AssociationWindhoekNational
Asia (AFC)
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1892Football Association of SingaporeKallangNational1907Philippine Football FederationPasigNational1916Football Association of ThailandBangkokNational1930Football Association of IndonesiaJakartaNational1933Football Federation of CambodiaPhnom PenhNational1933Football Association of MalaysiaKelana JayaNational1947Myanmar Football FederationYangonNational1951Lao Football FederationVientianeNational1961Football AustraliaSydneyNational1962Vietnam Football FederationHanoiNational2002East Timor Football FederationDiliNational
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1914Hong Kong Football AssociationHo Man TinNational1921Japan Football AssociationTokyoNational1924Chinese Football AssociationPekingNational1928Korea Football AssociationSeoulNational1936Chinese Taipei Football AssociationNew Taipei CityNational1939Macau Football AssociationMacauNational1945DPR Korea Football AssociationPyongyangNational1959Mongolian Football FederationUlaanbaatarNational1975Guam Football AssociationBarrigadaNational2005Northern Mariana Islands Football AssociationSaipanNational
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1922Afghanistan Football FederationKabulNational1936Tajikistan National Football FederationDushanbeNational1946Football Federation Islamic Republic of IranTehranNational1946Uzbekistan Football FederationTashkentNational1992Football Association of TurkmenistanAshgabatNational1992Football Federation of Kyrgyz RepublicBishkekNational
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
Date Name Location National or Regional Country1937All India Football FederationNew DelhiNational1939Football Sri LankaColomboNational1947Pakistan Football FederationLahoreNational1951All Nepal Football AssociationLalitpurNational1972Bangladesh Football FederationDhakaNational1982Football Association of MaldivesMaléNational1983Bhutan Football FederationThimphuNational
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)