Asociación del Fútbol Argentino

National football association

Founded = 1893
FIFA affiliation = 1912
Region = CONMEBOL
Region affiliation = 1916
President = Julio Grondona
Coach = Alfio "Coco" Basile

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) ( _es. Asociación del Fútbol Argentino) is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires.

Secondly, it also organizes the amateur leagues for women, children, youth, Futsal, and other local leagues, as well as the national women's team.

History

"The Argentine Association Football League" (in English) was founded on February 21 1893 (thus it is the oldest in South America and one of the oldest to be formed outside Europe), to be later renamed "Argentine Football Association" in 1903, and translated into "Asociación Argentina de Football" (Argentine Football Association) in 1912.

The parallel "Federación Argentina de Football" (Argentine Football Federation), founded in 1912, joined the "Asociación Argentina de Football", as well as did the 1919 founded "Asociacion Amateurs de Football" (Amateur Football Association) in 1926.

In 1926 it was again renamed to "Asociación Amateur de Argentina de Football" (Argentine Amateur Football Association), but with the professionalization of the sport in 1931 it was named "Asociación de Football Amateur y Profesionales" (Amateur and Professional Football Association). The first round of the first professional championship was on May 31 1931. [ [http://www.ole.clarin.com/jsp/v4/pagina.jsp?pagId=1205537 Diario Ole - "Bodas de Brillante"] ]

The "Liga Argentina de Football" (Argentine Football League), founded in 1931 merged with the "Asociación de Football Amateur y Profesionales" on November 3, 1934, into what is still today the "Asociación de Fútbol Argentino" (Argentine Football Association).

References

External links

*es icon en icon [http://www.afa.org.ar/ Official site]
* [http://www.tiemporojo.com/ TiempoRojo] (Spanish)
* [http://www.futbolargentino.com.ar/ Argentine Football History] (Spanish)
* [http://www.futbolinterior.com.ar. Argentina leagues] (Spanish)
* [http://www.ascensodelinterior.com.ar Information Argentina leagues]
* [http://rankingargentino.blogspot.com Argentine Ranking Teams]