UNAF

Union of North African Football
اتحاد شمال إفريقيا لكرة القدم
*Union nord-africaine de football*
Formation	26 February 2005
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Tunis, Tunisia
Region served	North Africa
Membership	5 members Algeria ; Egypt ; Libya ; Morocco ; Tunisia;
Official language	Arabic, English, French and Spanish
President	Gamal Allam
Affiliations	CAF
Website	www.unafonline.org

The Union of North African Football (UNAF;

Arabic: اتحاد شمال إفريقيا لكرة القدم, romanized: Ittiḥād Shamāl Ifrīqyā li-Kurat al-Qadam; French: Union nord-africaine de football) is an association football organising body. It was launched in 2005 by the North African members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. The post of president will be rotated among the five founding nations.^[1]

History

The Union of North African Football (UNAF) was founded in 2005 and includes the countries of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia and is continued to the Confederation of African Football that have 53 national football associations distributed into 6 regions. The UNAF is the sixth region of the continent by division accredited to the CAF and the Union has presided over in the first parliamentary period immediately following its founding by Mr. Samir Zaher a former president of the Egyptian Football Association, the president is elected during a plenary session for a period of 4 years by the members of the Union and are the heads of the five unions and the president-elect proposes as his deputy from among the immediate superiors five national unions during the first meeting of an executive office following the election as General Assembly by the Executive Office to determine the heads and members of the committees.

The recent president elected is Mr. Wadii Jari, a president of the Tunisian Football Federation. He was unanimously elected chairman of the UNAF for a term of four years and during the electoral general assembly, which was held on Saturday 25 October 2014 in Tunis. He was also selected Mr. Gamal Allam, a head of the Egyptian Football Association as a vice-president of the UNAF unanimously. On the other hand, the General Assembly approved in particular on the administrative and financial reports of the UNAF as well as the adoption of the estimated budget of the Union project for the year 2015 and the report of the Finance Committee meeting held on 23 October 2014. The program was approved on the North African Union's activities for the year 2015.^[2]

Board of directors

Current board of directors

President	Years
President	Abdelhakim Al-Shalmani
General Secretary	Mahmoud Hammami
Assistant General Secretary	Ridha Kraiem
Chairman of the Technical Committee	Chafik Ameur
Chairman of the Finance Committee	Hassan Filali
Chairman of the Referees Committee	Essam Abdel Fattah
Chairman of the Medical Committee	Chafik Jarraya

Former presidents

President	Years
Samir Zaher	2005–2008
Mohamed Raouraoua	2008–2011
Ali Fassi-Fihri	2011–2014
Wadi Jari	2014–2018
Jamal Al-Jaafari	2018–2019
Abdelhakim Al-Shalmani	2019–2024
Gamal Allam	2024–Present

Member associations

UNAF has 5 member associations. All associations were founding members of UNAF. All of them are members of the Confederation of African Football and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CAF affiliation	UAFA affiliation	UNAF affiliation	IOC member
ALG	Algeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1962	1963	1964	1974	2005	Yes
EGY	Egypt	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1921	1923	1957	1974	2005	Yes
LBY	Libya	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1962	1964	1965	1974	2005	Yes
MAR	Morocco	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1955	1960	1959	1976	2005	Yes
TUN	Tunisia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1957	1960	1960	1976	2005	Yes

Competitions

UNAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth, clubs and futsal.

Current title holders

National teams
Competition	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition	Most titles
U-23 tournament	2011	Saudi Arabia	1st	Algeria	TBA	Algeria (2)
U-20 tournament	2023	Tunisia	4rd	Morocco	TBA	Tunisia (9)
U-18 tournament	2019	Morocco	1st	Egypt	TBA	Morocco (1) Tunisia (1)
U-17 tournament	2022	Morocco	4th	Egypt	2024 (Algeria, 16–26 April)	Algeria (4) Morocco (4)
U-16 tournament	2022	Egypt	1st	Morocco	TBD	Mauritania (1) Tunisia (1) Egypt (1)
U-15 tournament	2019	Morocco	2nd	Algeria	TBA	Morocco (2)
Futsal tournament	2010	Libya	3rd	Morocco	TBA	Libya (3)
National teams (women)
Women's tournament	2020	Morocco	1st	Tanzania	TBA	Morocco (1) Tunisia (1)
U-21 women's tournament	2019	Algeria	1st	Morocco	TBA	Algeria (1)
U-20 women's tournament	2023	Morocco	2nd	Algeria	2024 (Morocco, 1–8 May)	Morocco (2)
U-17 women's tournament	2023				TBA
Schools women's tournament	2022	School Al-Khattab de Rabat	1st	School Laroui de Sousse	2024 (Egypt, 14–20 December)
Club teams
Club cup	2015	Raja Casablanca	1st	Ismaily SC	TBA	Raja Casablanca (1)
Club teams (women)
Women's club tournament	2009	ASF Sahel	1st	Wadi Degla	TBA	ASE Alger Centre (1) FC Berrechid (1) ASF Sahel (1)
CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers	2023	SC Casablanca	1st	Afak Relizane	2024	Wadi Degla (1) AS FAR (1) SC Casablanca (1)

Defunct competitions

Competition	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	–	Most titles
Club teams (Men's)
UNAF Cup of Champions	2010	Club Africain	2nd	MC Alger	–	Club Africain (2)
UNAF Cup Winners Cup	2010	ES Sétif	1st	Al-Nasr Benghazi	–	–
UNAF Super Cup	2010	ES Sétif	1st	CS Sfaxien	3 teams (1 title each)	ES Sétif (1)

Major tournament records

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
GS – Group stage
R2 – Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–present: knockout round of 16)
R1 – Round 1

Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•• – Qualified but withdrew
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
– Hosts
– Not affiliated in FIFA

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	2030 (48)	2034 (48)	Years
Algeria	occupied by France							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•	•				4/23
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	•				3/23
Morocco	occupied by France						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	R1 27th	4th		Q		6/23
Tunisia	occupied by France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th	R1 21st				6/23
Total (4 teams)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	TBD	TBD	TBD	19

Firsts

1934: Egypt first African team to qualify for the World Cup
1970: Morocco first African team to draw a match in the World Cup
1978: Tunisia first African team to win a match in the World Cup
1982: Algeria first African team to win two matches in the World Cup
1986: Algeria first African team to qualify two consecutive World Cups
1986: Morocco first African team to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen)
2022: Morocco first African team to reach the semi-finals

Olympic Games For Men

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team	1900 (3)	1904 (3)		1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2020 (16)	2024 (16)	Years
Algeria	Part of France													•	•	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 14th	•	•	2/28
Egypt						R1 8th	QF 8th	4th	R1 9th	R1 11th	R1 9th	•	R1 12th	4th	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	•	QF 8th	Q	13/28
Morocco	Part of France												•	R1 13th	•	QF 8th	•	•	R1 12th	•	R1 15	•	R1 16th	R1 10th	•	R1 11th	•	•	Q	8/28
Tunisia	Part of France												R1 15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 13th	•	R1 14th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	4/28
Total (4 teams)	0		0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	2	27

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record
Team	1957 (3)	1959 (3)	1962 (4)	1963 (6)	1965 (6)	1968 (8)	1970 (8)	1972 (8)	1974 (8)	1976 (8)	1978 (8)	1980 (8)	1982 (8)	1984 (8)	1986 (8)	1988 (8)	1990 (8)	1992 (12)	1994 (12)	1996 (15)	1998 (16)	2000 (16)	2002 (16)	2004 (16)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (15)	2012 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (24)	2021 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	2027 (24)	Years
Algeria	Part of France				×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	4th	3rd	GS	3rd	1st	GS	••	QF	GS	QF	GS	QF	•	•	4th	•	GS	QF	GS	1st	GS	GS			20/34
Egypt	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	×	×	3rd	•	3rd	4th	•	4th	×	4th	1st	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	1st	QF	QF	GS	1st	1st	1st	•	•	•	2nd	R2	2nd	R2			26/34
Libya						•	×	•	×	×	×	×	2nd	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•			3/34
Morocco			×	•	×	×	•	GS	×	1st	GS	3rd	•	•	4th	4th	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	••	QF	R2	QF	R2	Q		20/35
Tunisia			3rd	GS	2nd	•	×	×	×	•	4th	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	2nd	QF	4th	GS	1st	QF	QF	GS	QF	GS	QF	QF	4th	QF	GS			21/34
Total (5 teams)	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	TBD	TBD	89

African Nations Championship

African Nations Championship record
Team	2009 (8)	2011 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2020 (16)	2022 (17)	2024 (TBD)	Years
Algeria	•	4th	×	×	•	•	2nd		2/7
Egypt	×	×	×	×	•	×	×		0/7
Libya	GS	•	1st	•	4th	GS	GS		5/7
Morocco	•	•	QF	GS	1st	1st	••		4/7
Tunisia	•	1st	•	QF	×	••	×		2/7
Total (5 teams)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2		13

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Years
Algeria	R1 15th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•		1/9
Egypt	×	×	R1 12th	R2 6th	R1 9th	R1 13th	R2 14th	QF 8th	R1 19th		7/9
Libya	×	×	×	•	×	R1 16th	R1 24th	•	•		2/9
Morocco	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	R1 20th	QF 8th		3/9
Tunisia	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×		0/9
Total (5 teams)	1	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	2		13

Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

Futsal Africa Cup of Nations record
Team	1996	2000	h/a 2004	2008	~~2011~~	2016	2020	2024	Years
Algeria	×	×	×	×		×	•		0/6
Egypt	1st	1st	1st	2nd		2nd	2nd		6/6
Libya	×	3rd	×	1st		R1	4th		4/6
Morocco	×	2nd	3rd	3rd		1st	1st		5/6
Tunisia	×	×	×	R1		R1	×		2/6
Total (5 teams)	1	3	2	4	/	4	3		17

Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Team	2006 (6)	2007 (8)	2008 (8)	2009 (9)	2011 (9)	2013 (8)	2015 (8)	2016 (8)	2018 (8)	2021 (7)	2022 (8)	2024 (TBD)	Apps ⁄12
Algeria	×	×	×	×	6th	×	×	×	×	×	×		1
Egypt	3rd	5th	4th	4th	3rd	R1	6th	3rd	3rd	5th	2nd	Q	12
Libya	×	×	×	R1	8th	R1	××	8th	8th	××	××		5
Morocco	6th	×	×	5th	5th	3rd	5th	4th	4th	3rd	3rd		9
Tunisia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		0
Total (5 teams)	2	1	1	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3		28

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team	1992 (4)	1995 (6)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	Years
Egypt	•	•	•	R1 7th	•	•	•	R1 6th	•	•	2/10
Tunisia	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 6th	•	•	•	1/10
Total (2 teams)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3

Rankings

Men's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[3]

UNAF	CAF	FIFA	Country	Points
1	1	11	Morocco	1677.79
2	3	28	Tunisia	1535.76
3	4	34	Algeria	1504.19
4	5	35	Egypt	1500.67
5	31	121	Libya	1145.82

Last updated 6 April 2023

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years.^[4]

UNAF	CAF	FIFA	Country	Points
1	7	73	Morocco	1333.57
2	8	76	Tunisia	1298.6
3	10	80	Algeria	1288.27
4	13	89	Egypt	1229.98
5	n/a	n/a	Libya	No FIFA recognition

Last updated 24 March 2023

Men's national beach soccer teams

UNAF	CAF	FIFA	Country	Points
1	2	18	Morocco	711
2	3	21	Egypt	665
3	11	64	Libya	83
4	16	84	Algeria	39
5	n/a	n/a	Tunisia	–

Last updated 8 May 2023

Women's national beach soccer teams

UNAF	CAF	FIFA	Country	Points
1	2	20	Algeria	79
2	n/a	n/a	Morocco	–
3	n/a	n/a	Tunisia	–
4	n/a	n/a	Egypt	–
5	n/a	n/a	Libya	–