The Gambia Football Federation (GFF), formerly known as the Gambia Football Association, is the governing body of

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Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

. It was founded in 1952, and affiliated to

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 1968 and to CAF in 1966. It organizes the

GFA League First Division The GFA League First Division is the highest division of football in The Gambia. The league began play in 1965. 2021—22 season clubs Previous champions *1965–66 : Augustinians (Bathurst) *1966–67 : Augustinians (Bathurst) *1967–68 : ...

, the

GFA League Second Division The GFA League Second Division is the second highest division of football in Gambia. 2017/18 Participants * BK Milan * Brufut United * Gunjur United *Immigration * Kexx United ( Wellingara) * Latrikunda United * Lions ( Banjul) * Red Hawks * ...

and the

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. The current president is

Lamin Kaba Bajo Lamin Kaba Bajo (born 10 November 1964) is a former Gambian politician and diplomat who is the current president of the Gambia Football Federation, having been elected in September 2014. A military officer who commanded the presidential guard ...

since September 2014.

References

External links

Gambia
at the FIFA website.
Gambia
at CAF Online

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 ...

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