СAFA is AFC Regional Association of the Year
Central Asian Football Association has won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Award of the Year for the first time in its history. The award was presented to the CAFA at...
Central Asian Football Association and All India Football Federation paving the way for the start of Cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding. 
The MoU, which was signed by the General Secretaries of the football organisations on 30 October 2023 in capital city of Qatar prior to AFC Annual Awards Doha 2022, outlines...
Exciting CAFA U14 Girls' Championship Caps Off CAFA Competitions Season 2023
CAFA U14 Girls’ Championship 2023 recently concluded in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, with exciting matches over 5 days from 15th to 19th of October. The IR Iran team emerged victorious, winning the...

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СAFA is AFC Regional Association of the Year
Central Asian Football Association has won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Award of the Year for the first time in...
Central Asian Football Association and All India Football Federation paving the way for the start of Cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding. 
The MoU, which was signed by the General Secretaries of the football organisations on 30 October 2023 in capital city...
Exciting CAFA U14 Girls’ Championship Caps Off CAFA Competitions Season 2023
CAFA U14 Girls’ Championship 2023 recently concluded in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, with exciting matches over 5 days from 15th to 19th...
Football Associations of Central Asia express their full support for Saudi Arabia’s Bid to Host FIFA World Cup 2034
Football Associations of Central Asia express their full support for Saudi Arabia's Bid to Host FIFA World Cup 2034 In...
CAFA signed Cooperation Agreement to Strengthen Collaboration for the growth and continued success of the game.
Dushanbe, 06 October 2023: Two prominent regional football associations signed a Cooperation Agreement aimed at strengthening and further developing the...

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).

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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