The
sport of
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 ...
in the East African country of
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 ...
is managed by the
Sudan Football Association. The association administers the
national football team, as well as the
Premier League. The Sudan Football Association, which was founded in 1946, and FIFA affiliated in 1948,
was one of the founding members of the
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...
, and continues to be a member of the Confederation. Like in many countries, football is the most popular sport also in Sudan.
Since at least 2006, there was also an inofficial
Sudan women's national football team
The Sudan women's national football team () is the official women's national football team of the country of Sudan. The team was established in 2021, and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association (SFA), the governing body for football in ...
, trained by a male coach. Since September 2019, there has been an official national league for women's football clubs that started on the basis of informal women's clubs since the beginning of the 2000s. In 2021, the
Sudan women's national football team
The Sudan women's national football team () is the official women's national football team of the country of Sudan. The team was established in 2021, and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association (SFA), the governing body for football in ...
participated for the first time in the
Arab Women's Cup
The Arab Women's Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للسيدات) is an international Association football, football competition contested by the senior List of women's national association football teams, women's national teams of the members of the ...
, held in Cairo, Egypt.
Football stadiums in Sudan
See also
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Sudan men's national football team
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Sudan women's national football team
The Sudan women's national football team () is the official women's national football team of the country of Sudan. The team was established in 2021, and is controlled by the Sudan Football Association (SFA), the governing body for football in ...
References
{{Football in Africa
Football in Sudan
Sport in Sudan by sport
Women's sport in Sudan