Third Edition of CAFA Referee Assessors Webinar Successfully Conducted
As part of the Central Asian Football Association’s ongoing commitment to refereeing development and capacity building initiatives, the third edition of the CAFA Referee Assessors...
10th CAFA Congress Convened in Kuala Lumpur, Marking a Decade of Regional Football Development
The Central Asian Football Association successfully held its 10th Ordinary Congress on 12 April 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking a significant milestone that coincides...
International Women's Day Celebrated on the Pitch as Uzbekistan Wins CAFA U17 Women’s Championship 2025
The CAFA U17 Women’s Championship 2025 successfully concluded in the capital city of Tajikistan, bringing together four talented teams in a spirited competition from March...

Latest news from CAFA

Third Edition of CAFA Referee Assessors Webinar Successfully Conducted
10th CAFA Congress Convened in Kuala Lumpur, Marking a Decade of Regional Football Development
International Women’s Day Celebrated on the Pitch as Uzbekistan Wins CAFA U17 Women’s Championship 2025
Central Asia bids to host AFC Asian Cup 2031: historic bid from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
CAFA Women’s Futsal Championship 2025: Iran Claims Fourth Consecutive Title

About CAFA

The Central Asian Football Association is one of the five Regional Associations of the Asian Football Confederation. In June 2014, the establishment of the new association was in principle approved by the Asian Football Confederation and it was subsequently approved at the AFC Extraordinary Congress in January 2015.  CAFA is currently headquartered in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and through its events, CAFA aims to develop and strengthen the game of football throughout the region by raising the standards and creating more opportunities for the Member Associations for further growth.

Member Associations

CAFA consists of six Member Associations. All of them are fully-fledged members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Afghanistan Football Federation

The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran

Kyrgyz Football Union

Tajikistan Football Federation

Football Federation of Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan Football Association

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Afghanistan

Capital: Kabul

Area: 652,860 km²

Population: 40,875,196

FIFA Ranking:  154

I.R.IRAN

Capital: Tehran

Area:  1,648,195 km²

Population: 85,029,000

FIFA Ranking:  22

Turkmenistan

Capital: Ashgabat

Area: 491,210 km²

Population: 6,031,200

FIFA Ranking:  135

Uzbekistan

Capital: Tashkent

Area: 448.978 km²

Population: 34,546,199

FIFA Ranking:  77

Tajikistan

Capital: Dushanbe

Area: 143,100 km²

Population: 10,040,063

FIFA Ranking:  109

Kyrgyz Republic

Capital: Bishkek

Area: 199,951 km²

Population: 6,763,199

FIFA Ranking:  95