The Sudan Football Association (S.F.A.) ( ar, الإتحاد السوداني لكرة القدم) is the

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Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. It was established in 1936 and affiliated with

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in 1948. Along with the national associations of

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and

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, the Sudan Football Association was one of the founding members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 1957. The International Federation of Football Associations, FIFA, decided to suspend the activities of the Sudan Football Association (SFA) starting from Friday 30 June 2017. The suspension was lifted on Thursday 13 July 2017.

Logos

File:Sudan FA.png, Old logo

Presidential history

Abdel Halim Muhammad , birth_place = Omdurman, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , death_date = , death_place = Khartoum, Sudan , birth_date = 10 April 1910 , occupation = PhysicianCivil ServantWriterPolitical activist , native_n ...

* Mohammed Talat Fareed * Mamoun Mubark Aman * Omer Al Bakri Abu Haraz * Kamal Shaddad * Mutasim Jaafar Sarkhatm

National Teams

;Men *

Sudan national football team The Sudan national football team ( ar, منتخب السودان الوطني لكرة القدم) represents Sudan in international football and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association, the governing body for football in Sudan. Its hom ...

* Sudan national under-23 football team * Sudan national under-20 football team * Sudan national under-17 football team ;Women * Sudan women's national football team

Competitions

;Men * Sudan Premier League * Sudan Cup ;Women * Sudanese Women League

References

External links

Official website

at FIFA.com
Sudan
at CAF Online {{CECAFA Football

Football in Sudan

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

Sports organizations established in 1936