Global InformationArgentine Football Association information
| CONMEBOL | |
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| Founded | 21 February 1893 [1] |
| Headquarters | Viamonte 1366, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| FIFA affiliation | 1 July 1912 |
| CONMEBOL affiliation | 9 July 1916 |
| President | Claudio Tapia[2] |
| Vice-President | List
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| Website | afa.com.ar |
The Argentine Football Association (Spanish: Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, locally [asosjaˈsjon del ˈfuðβol aɾxenˈtino]; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Torneo Regional Federal and Torneo Promocional Amateur), including domestic cups: Copa Argentina, Supercopa Argentina, Copa de la Liga Profesional, Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional and the Supercopa Internacional. The body also manages all the Argentina national teams, including the Senior, U-20, U-17, U-15, Olympic and women's squads. Secondly, it also organizes the women's, children, youth, futsal, and other local leagues.
The AFA also organised all the Primera División championships from 1893 to 2016–17. From the 2017–18 season the "Superliga Argentina", an entity which was administered independently and had its own statute, took over the Primera División championships.[3] Nevertheless, the Superliga was contractually linked with the main football body.[4] The last championship organised by the Superliga was 2019–20, shortly after the season ended the body was dissolved.[5]
- ^ "SITIO OFICIAL DE LA ASOCIACIÓN DEL FÚTBOL ARGENTINO". Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ a b La nueva AFA on TyC, 18 Mar 2020
- ^ El fútbol que viene asomando by Gustavo Veiga, Página/12, 28 Jun 2017
- ^ La Superliga dio el puntapié inicial, Página/12, 28 Jul 2017
- ^ Reunión clave en el fútbol argentino: Tapia recibió a los principales dirigentes de Primera con la idea de ponerle fin a la Superliga on Infobae, 26 Feb 2020