The Football Sri Lanka (FSL) is the governing body of football in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It operates the

Sri Lanka national football team The Sri Lanka national football team ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාපන්දු කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கால்பந்து அணி) represents Sri Lanka in Association football an ...

and

Sri Lanka Football Premier League The S1 League ( si, එස්1 ලීගය; ta, எஸ்1 லீக்), or simply S1, also known as Sri Lanka Champions League, is the second tier division of the Football in Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan football league system and was succeeded by th ...

History

Football Sri Lanka was founded on 1939 as Ceylon Football Association, later rechristened as Football Federation of Sri Lanka in 1972. FSL affiliated with

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 1952. FSL affiliated with

Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly ...

in 1954 & FFSL was founding member of South Asian Football Federation which was founded in 1997. In 2021 organisation has changed their name to the current one.

National teams

Men

* Sri Lanka national under-23 football team * Sri Lanka national under-20 football team *

Sri Lanka national under-17 football team The Sri Lanka national under-17 football team is the under-17 football (soccer) team of Sri Lanka. The team participates in the U-16 football competitions in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka. The t ...

* Sri Lanka national beach soccer team

Women

Sri Lanka women's national football team The Sri Lanka women's national football team is the female representative football team for Sri Lanka. As of 2014 the national team has never entered qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup nor the AFC Women's Asian Cup. The team has played i ...

* Sri Lanka women's national under-20 football team * Sri Lanka women's national under-17 football team

Corporate structure

References

External links

Official website

at the FIFA website.

at AFC site Football in Sri Lanka 1939 establishments in Ceylon

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