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.

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 ...

in 1954 & FFSL was founding member of

South Asian Football Federation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), founded in 1997, is an association of the football playing nations in South Asia and is part of the larger Asian Football Confederation. The members of the association are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Mald ...

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 U-23 Team is the national team that participates in international football tournaments, such as the Summer Olympics and the AFC U-23 Championship representing Sri Lanka. The team has won bronze medals at the South Asian Games i ...

Sri Lanka national under-20 football team The Sri Lanka national u-20 Football team represents Sri Lanka in International Youth Football tournaments. Sri Lanka U-20 football team has a long history dating back to the 1960s. The Sri Lanka U-20 football team has yet to qualify for the FIFA U ...

* Sri Lanka national under-17 football team *

Sri Lanka national beach soccer team Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in languages of South Asia, South and classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages, Southeast Asian lan ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka women's national under-20 football team The Sri Lanka women's national under-20 football team is the national under-20 team of Sri Lanka that represents the Sri Lanka in international football competitions including the SAFF U-18 Women's Championship, the AFC U-19 Women's Championship ...

Sri Lanka women's national under-17 football team Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in languages of South Asia, South and classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages, Southeast Asian lan ...

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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