West African Football Union

West African Football Union - Union des Fédérations Ouest-Africaines de Football
Founded	1972
Association headquarters	Freetown , Sierra Leone
president	Augustin Senghor (Zone A) ? (Zone B)
Secretary General	Jammeh EK Bojang (Zone A) ? (Zone B)
Homepage	www.wa-fu.org (Zone A) ? (Zone B)

WAFU-UFOA members until 2011

The West African Football Union / Union des Fédérations Ouest-Africaines de Football ( WAFU-UFOA ; German  West African Football Association ) is a regional football association of the Confédération Africaine de Football . There were 16 member associations from West Africa .

history

The association was founded in 1972 and was headquartered in Freetown , Sierra Leone . The president since 2008 was Amos Adamu from Nigeria .

The Union was divided into two zones in 2011: Zone A and Zone B. Zone A will include Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Zone B will have Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Togo as members. They have been managed separately since then, but come together for the West African Football Championship, among other things .

Member associations

Zoning since 2011

Zone A

• Gambia
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Cape Verde
• Liberia
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone

Zone B

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Ivory Coast
• Ghana
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Togo

Competitions

National teams

• WAFU Cup of Nations (successor to the CSSA Nations Cup )
• WAFU U-20 Cup (also Ibori Cup ); 2008 winner: Ghana
• WAFU Women Championship (played individually in both zones)

Club teams

• WAFU Club Cup

Web links

• Official website (English / French)
• Official website of Zone West A (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ West African Football Union (Wafu) disbanded by Caf. BBC, May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2015
2. ^ West African Football Union (Wafu) disbanded by Caf , accessed May 2011
3. ^ Wafu Cup to make a comeback, BBC Sports, September 29, 2008