South African Football Association

South African Football Association

CAF
Founded	1991
FIFA affiliation	1992
CAF affiliation	1992
President	Kirsten Nematandani

The South African Football Association or SAFA is the governing body of football (soccer) in South Africa.

History

South Africa is hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In April 2008, they appointed Joel Santana as the new manager of their national team.^[1] However on 19 October 2009, he was relieved of his duties having lost eight of the last nine friendly matches.^[2]

Staff

• Chairman: Kirsten Nematandani
• Vice-President: Mwelo Nonkonyana^[3]

National teams

• UNDER-12 (Tsetse-flies)

• UNDER-17 (Amajimbos)

• UNDER-20 (Amajita)

• UNDER-23 (Amaglug-glug)

• Senior National Team (Bafana Bafana)

SAFA Regions

SAFA's 9 Provinces

• SAFA Eastern Cape
• SAFA Free State
• SAFA Gauteng
• SAFA KwaZulu-Natal
• SAFA Mpumalanga
• SAFA Northern Cape
• SAFA Limpopo
• SAFA North-West
• SAFA Western Cape

Leagues

• ABSA Premier League, the Premier Soccer League
• National First Division
• Vodacom Promotional League, the Second Division
• SAFA Women's League, the Women's Division

Associate Members

• USSASA
• SASSU
• SAIFA
• SAFCA
• SAFMA

References

1. ^ http://www.sa2010.gov.za/news/230408_coach.php
2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8315221.stm
3. ^ Ende eines Irrtums: Südafrika hofft auf Parreira

External links

• SAFA
• South Africa at FIFA site
• South Africa at Confederation of African Football (CAF)

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