The Bahrain Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد البحريني لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
, and controls the
Bahrain national football team
The Bahrain national football team ( ar, منتخب البحرين لكرة القدم) represents Bahrain in international football and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association, which was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. The ...
. It was founded in 1957, and has been a member of
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
since 1968. It is a member of the
Asian Football Confederation
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.
Office-holders and officials
The Association's president is
Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa. The vice-president is Sheikh Ali Bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa.
The General Secretary is Ebrahim Saad Al Buainain.
The National Men's Team Coach is Hélio Sousa (Portugal) and the Women's Team Coach is Khaled Al-Harban.
Address and website
Bahrain Football Association
Bahrain National Stadium, P.O. Box 5464, MANAMA, Bahrain
Tel.: +973/17 689 569
Fax: +973/17 781 188
Official website
BFAref name="FIFA.com Bahrain
accessed 24 June 2011
Controversies
In November 2017, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain pulled out of the
23rd Arabian Gulf Cup due to the
2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis
The Qatar diplomatic crisis was a diplomatic incident in the Middle East that began on 5 June 2017 when Foreign relations of Saudi Arabia#Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Qatar–United Arab Emirates relations, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain–Qatar relat ...
.
References
External links
*
at FIFA Onlineat AFC site
Football in Bahrain
Football
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Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
Sports organizations established in 1957
1957 establishments in Bahrain
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