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| Short name | UAEFA |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates[1] |
| FIFA affiliation | 1974 |
| AFC affiliation | 1974[2] |
| WAFF affiliation | 2001 |
| UAFA affiliation | 1974 |
| AGCFF affiliation | 2016 |
| President | Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan |
| Vice-President | Abdullah Nasser Al Jneibi |
| General Secretary | Mohammed Hazzam Al Dhaheri |
| Website | www |
TheUnited Arab Emirates Football Association (UAE FA;Arabic:الاتحاد الإماراتي لكرة القدم) is the governing body ofassociation football,beach soccer andfutsal in theUnited Arab Emirates.
| Name[3] | Position |
|---|---|
 Sheikh Hamdan AL NAHYAN | President |
| Abdullah AL JUNAIBI | Vice President • Commercial and Marketing Advisory Committee - Member |
| Obaid AL SHAMSI | Vice President |
| Mohammed AL DHAHERI | General Secretary • Youth Boys’ Competitions Committee - Member |
| Hesham ALZAROONI | Treasurer |
| Salim AL NAQBI | Media And Communications Manager |
 Jan VAN WINCKEL | Technical Director |
 Cosmin OLAROIU | National Coach Men |
 Vera PAUW | National Coach Women |
| Salem Ali AL SHAMSI | Chairperson of the Referees Committee |
 Lee PROBERT | Head/Director of the Referees Department |
 Mohamed ELASHMAWI | Referee Coordinator |
The following is a list of selected presidents of the United Arab Emirates Football Association including pre-UAEFA era.
| President | Term |
|---|---|
| Mubarak Al Nahyan | 1957–1961 |
| Ghanem Ghabbash | 1973–1974 |
| Mana' Al Maktoum | 1974–1976 |
| Sultan Al Nahyan | 1976–1981 |
| Hamdan Al Nahyan | 1984–1993 |
| Abdullah Al Nahyan | 1993–2001 |
| Saeed Al Nahyan | 2001–2002 |
| Yousuf Al Serkal | 2004–2008 |
| Muhammed Al Rumaithi | 2008–2011 |
| Yousuf Al Serkal | 2011–2016 |
| Marwan Ghalaita | 2016–2020 |
| Rashid Al Nuaimi | 2020–2023 |
| Hamdan bin Mubarak | 2023– |
At the level of developing the national cadres, the FA chose 2010 as the Year of the National Coach and signed various agreements with some national associations in the game for development and training including Germany, Spain, Czech, Italy and Egypt. The national coaches took over the youth and junior national teams and they were provided with financial support.
At the organizational level, the FA hosted the FIFA Club World Cups in 2009 and 2010, the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and other friendly and official championships and supported the women football and launched the Futsal in collaboration with sports council within the country. The next step is to organize and host the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
In 2010, UAEFA partnered with theMubadala Development Company to launch theUAEFA Grassroots Festivals, a state-wide campaign to recruit and train certain players.[4]
In July 2011, a 3-year sponsoring deal was signed withPanasonic.[5] In January 2016, UAEFA signed a partnership with theUnited States Sports Academy to provide UAEFA a football club operators licensing program.[6]
In December 2016, UAEFA renewed its partnership with theJapan Football Association.[7]
In February 2017, UAEFA warned 46 football players (includingAsamoah Gyan) about their inappropriate hairstyles that did not conform to its guidelines.[8]
In October 2017, UAEFA requested that the23rd Arabian Gulf Cup be postponed while the issue withQatar was being resolved.[9]
AFC Dream Asia Award: 2012AFC President’s Recognition Award for Grassroots Football – Gold Category: 2025AFC Grassroots Charter – Gold-level Member: 2024AFC League Development Programme Award: 2021AFC Golden Award for Medical Excellence: 2025
1st: 20001st: 2000
2nd: 20052nd:20091st:2013| Competition | | |  | Total |
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| Beach Soccer FIFA World Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2007,2008,2009,2013,2017,2019,2021,2024) |
| BSWW Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup | 0 | 0 | 3 (2012,2013,2019) | 3 (2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2021,2022) |
| AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup | 2 (2007,2008) | 2 (2017,2019) | 1 (2013) | 5 (2006,2007,2008,2009,2011,2013,2015,2017,2019,2021,2023) |
| AFC Asian Beach Games | 1 (2010) | 0 | 1 (2014) | 2 (2008,2010,2012,2014,2016) |
| AGCFF Arabian Gulf Beach Games[10] | 0 | 1 (2025) | 0 | 1 (2010, 2015, 2025) |
| CFA International Beach Soccer Tournament[11] | 1 (2024) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2024) |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
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| Futsal AFC Asian Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2012,2018,2020) |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Women’s AFC Champions League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2025) |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Competition | | | | Total |
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| AFC Futsal Club Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2015,2016,2017,2018,2019) |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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