Yemen Football Association

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

Yemen Football Association
الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم

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/

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]

Former Presidents

• Ali Al Ashwal 1987–2000
• Mohammed Abdel-ilah Al Qadhi 2000–2006
• Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi 2006–present

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Ahmed Saleh Al-Eissi	President	[5][6]
Hasan Bashanfar	Vice President	[7][8]
Abdulmoniam Sharhan	2nd Vice President	[9]
Hamid Al Shaibani	General Secretary	[10][11]
Mohamed Al-Tawel	Treasurer	[12][13]
n/a	Technical Director
Ahmed Al Dhrab	Team Coach (Men's)	[14]
n/a	Team Coach (Women's)
Moad Al-Khamese	Media/Communications Manager	[15]
Labeb Al Mehde	Futsal Coordinator	[16]
Gamal Al-Khwarabi	Referee Coordinator	[17]

See also

• Yemen football clubs in the AFC Cup