The West African Football Union (French: Union des Fédérations Ouest-Africaines de Football; Portuguese: União das Federações Oeste Africanas), officially abbreviated as WAFU-UFOA and WAFU, is a sports governing body representing the football associations in West Africa that was founded in 1975 and is a subregional body of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
It mainly organizes qualifying tournaments/championships for the CAF Women's Champions League and CAF's national team competitions except the Africa Cup of Nations, but also organizes its own competitions, like the currently-inactive WAFU Nations Cup.
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Seyi Memene (1977–1984)
Abdoulaye Fofana (1984–1988)
Jonathan Boytie Ogufere (1988–1994)
Dieng Ousseynou (1994–1999) Abdulmumini Aminu (1999–2002) El Hadji Malick Sy (2002–2004) Jacques Anouma (2004–2008)[1] Amos Adamu (2008–2010) Kwesi Nyantakyi (2011–2018)[2] Kurt Okraku (2019–present)WAFU consists of all football associations of West Africa, but got split into two zones by CAF, who cited "organisational issues facing WAFU."[3]
Mauritania is the only WAFU member to also be a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).
WAFU runs main and qualifying competitions covering men, women and youth.
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[9]
Last updated 4 April 2024
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