أعلن الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم (الكاف) قراراً تاريخياً بإقامة بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا كل أربع سنوات بدلاً من كل عامين، وذلك ابتداءً من النسخة التي تلي نسخة 2028. يُعد هذا التغيير الجوهري الأبرز في روزنامة أكبر مسابقة كروية في القارة السمراء. القرار صدر في اجتماع الرباط جاء الإعلان خلال اجتماع اللجنة التنفيذية للكاف الذي عُقد […]
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الكاف
The Confederation of African Football (CAF)[a] (in French Confédération Africaine de Football) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel[2] in Khartoum, Sudan[3] by the national football associations of: Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa.[4] following formal discussions between the aforementioned associations at the FIFA Congress held on 7 June 1956 at Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal.[5
Representing the African confederation of FIFA, CAF organizes runs and regulates national team and club continental competitions annually or biennially such as the Africa Cup of Nations and Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, which they control the prize money and broadcast rights to. CAF will be allocated 9 spots at the FIFA World Cup starting from 2026 and could have an opportunity of 10 spots with the addition of an intercontinental play-off tournament involving 6 teams to decide the last 2 FIFA World Cup places (46+2).
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The main headquarters of CAF was first situated within the offices of the Sudanese Football Association in Khartoum until it experienced a fire outbreak and then moved to a town near Cairo, Egypt until 2002. Youssef Mohamad was the first general secretary and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem, the first president. President Patrice Motsepe from South Africa was elected on 12 March 2021 in an unopposed elections held in Rabat, Morocco.[6][7]
