The Tunisian Football Federation ( ar, الجامعة التونسية لكرة القدم, french: Fédération Tunisienne de Football, FTF) is the governing body of
football
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in
Tunisia. It was established in 1957. It became a member in the
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 ...
in 1960, and in the same year it also became a member in the
CAF association. It organises the football league, the
Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, the
Tunisia national football team and the
Tunisia women's national football team. It is based in
Tunis.
History
It was during a meeting held on 9 November 1909 by a provisional committee bringing together sports societies that the first statutes of an official championship were adopted. It was from the 1921-1922 season that the Tunisian championship was regularly organized under the name of “honor division championship”. The
Tunisian Cup
The Tunisian Cup , officially named the President's Cup, is the official competition of the Cup in Tunisian football and is considered the second most important local title after the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The first cup competition was h ...
starts a year later.
As soon as independence was proclaimed in 1956, Tunisian football leaders took the necessary steps to create an exclusively national body to replace the Tunisian Football League (an offshoot of the
French Football Federation
The French Football Federation ( FFF; french: Fédération Française de Football) is the governing body of football in France. It also includes the overseas departments ( Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion), the over ...
).
These steps lead to the creation of the Tunisian Football Federation which was approved on 29 March 1957. Recognized as a public utility, the FTF has since been investing in its dual mission of promoting football and managing the national competition as well as the various teams representing Tunisia in international competitions.
Competitions
Current title holders
See also
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Tunisia national football team
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Tunisia A' national football team
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Tunisia national under-23 football team
The Tunisia Olympic football team ( ar, منتخب تونس الأولمبي لكرة القدم), nicknamed ''Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles)'', is the national under-23 football team of Tunisia and is con ...
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Tunisia national under-20 football team
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Tunisia national under-17 football team
The Tunisia national under-17 football team ( ar, منتخب تونس تحت 17 سنة لكرة القدم), nicknamed ''Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles)'', is the national under-17 football team of Tunisia an ...
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Tunisia national under-15 football team
The Tunisia national under-15 football team ( ar, منتخب تونس تحت 15 سنة لكرة القدم), nicknamed ''Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles)'', is the national under-15 football team of Tunisia ...
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Tunisia women's national football team
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Tunisia women's national under-20 football team
The Tunisia women's national under-20 football team( ar, منتخب تونس للإناث تحت 20 سنة لكرة القدم), nicknamed ''Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles)'', is the national team of Tunisia a ...
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Tunisia women's national under-17 football team
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Tunisia national futsal team
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Tunisia national beach soccer team
The Tunisia national beach soccer team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم الشاطئية), nicknamed ''Les Aigles de Carthage'' (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), represents Tunisia in international beach soccer compet ...
External links
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Federation Tunisienne de Footballat the FIFA website.
Tunisiaat CAF Online
{{UNAF Football
National members of the Confederation of African Football
Football in Tunisia
Football
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Sports organizations established in 1956
1956 establishments in Tunisia