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Confederation Africaine
de Football (CAF)
Homepage: http://www.cafonline.com/
Rules and regulations URL: http://www.cafonline.com/
index.php?lng=1&opt=45&cmpt=19&titre=Regulations
History:
CAF, Africa’s main
football governing body, was officially
created on August 2, 1957 by representatives
from Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Africa.
Based in Cairo, Egypt, CAF is headed by
President Issa Hayatou of Cameroon and general
secretary Mustapha Fahmy of Egypt. Its current
membership stands at 51 nations.
Prior to the creation of
CAF, Africa was represented within FIFA
by four national associations, which included
Egypt affiliated in 1923, Sudan in 1948,
South Africa in 1952 and Ethiopia in 1953.
These four associations were then recognized
as a regional group. However, during the
30th FIFA Congress in June 1956, African
delegates - including Messrs. Abdelaziz
Abdallah Salem, Mohamed Youssef and Mohamed
Latif (Egypt), Abdel Halim Mohamed, Abdel
Rahim Sheddad and Mohamed Ali Badawi (Sudan),
and Fred W. Fell (South Africa) –
decided to consolidate the efforts of these
four national associations and agreed to
create an African Football Confederation.
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