World Unity Football Alliance

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The World Unity Football Alliance (WUFA) is an international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA, similar to but smaller than the older Confederation of Independent Football Associations. WUFA was founded in 2020 to oversee international competition among the non-FIFA affiliated associations in the world, the alliance of football associations does not have a centralised management structure.

World Unity Football Alliance
Formation7 July 2020; 3 years ago (2020-07-07)
TypeFederation of associations
Membership
19 Members
Official languages
English, Spanish
Websiteworldunityfootballalliance.org

History

WUFA initially announced 9 founding members, and were joined by the Yorkshire International Football Association on 8 July. Of the 18 members of WUFA, 11 are also members of CONIFA, Darfur left CONIFA prior to establishing WUFA, and Surrey were not a member of any federation prior to joining WUFA. On 13 July 2020, WUFA announced a partnership with COSANFF – Consejo Sudamericano de Nuevas Federaciones de Fútbol, establishing an alliance. 3 members, the Armenian Argentine Community, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Mapuche Nation later joined as members of the World Unity Football Alliance as well as the COSANFF.

On 12 September 2020, WUFA announced their first tournament, the World Series, scheduled for 2021. On 6 April 2021, International Surrey Football announced it would host the first stage of the WUFA World Series, all 4 games were played behind closed doors due in part to local COVID restrictions imposed in the United Kingdom at the time. On 7 July 2021, WUFA announced the Kashmir Football Association as its newest member. Kashmir was not previously a member of any non-FIFA organisation prior to joining WUFA. On 29 June 2021, WUFA announced plans to organise the WUFA Women's World Unity Cup, its first major international tournament. On 15 March 2022, the World Unity Football Alliance announced the election of its first General Secretary, President and founder of members International Surrey Football.

Members

Europe (3)
Team M W
  Parishes of Jersey    
  Surrey    
  Yorkshire    
Asia (5)
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  All Black FC Hong Kong    
  Karen    
  Kashmir    
  Tamil Eelam    
  West Papua    
Africa (5)
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  Barawa    
  Chagos Islands    
  Darfur    
  Matabeleland    
  Western Sahara    
North America (2)
Team M W
  California    
  Kuskatan    
South America (4)
Team M W
  Armenian Argentine Community    
  Mapuches    
  Rapa Nui    
  São Paulo    

Member Federation

Tournaments

Men's World Unity Cup

  • WUFA Men's World Unity Cup

Women's World Unity Cup

  • WUFA Women's World Unity Cup

World Series

  • 2021 WUFA World Series

Organisation

General Secretary

General Secretary of WUFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Danny Clarke   United Kingdom 18 February 2022 30 June 2023

See also

References

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