World Unity Football Alliance

World Unity Football Alliance
Formation7 July 2020 (2020-07-07)
TypeFederation of associations
Membership19 Members
Official languages
English, Spanish
Websiteworldunityfootballalliance.org

The World Unity Football Alliance (WUFA) was an international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA, similar to but smaller than the older Confederation of Independent Football Associations. WUFA was founded in 2020 to oversee international competition among the non-FIFA affiliated associations in the world, the alliance of football associations does not have a centralised management structure.[1][2] As of May 2025, WUFA is currently inactive

History

WUFA initially announced 9 founding members, and were joined by the Yorkshire International Football Association on 8 July.[3] Of the 19 members of WUFA, 7 are also members of CONIFA, Darfur left CONIFA prior to establishing WUFA, and Surrey were not a member of any federation prior to joining WUFA.[4][5] On 13 July 2020, WUFA announced a partnership with COSANFF – Consejo Sudamericano de Nuevas Federaciones de Fútbol, establishing an alliance.[6] 3 members, the Armenian Argentine Community, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Mapuche Nation later joined as members of the World Unity Football Alliance as well as the COSANFF.

On 12 September 2020, WUFA announced their first tournament, the World Series, scheduled for 2021.[7] On 6 April 2021, International Surrey Football announced it would host the first stage of the WUFA World Series, all 4 games were played behind closed doors due in part to local COVID restrictions imposed in the United Kingdom at the time. [8] On 7 July 2021, WUFA announced the Kashmir Football Association as its newest member. Kashmir was not previously a member of any non-FIFA organisation prior to joining WUFA.[9][10] On 29 June 2021, WUFA announced plans to organise the WUFA Women's World Unity Cup, its first major international tournament.[11] However there is no proof that this was ever held. On 15 March 2022, the World Unity Football Alliance announced the election of its first General Secretary, President and founder of members International Surrey Football.[12]

Former Members

Europe (3)
Team M W
Parishes of Jersey
Surrey[13]
 Yorkshire
Asia (4)
Team M W
All Black FC Hong Kong
Karen[14]
Kashmir
 Tamil Eelam
Africa (5)
Team M W
 Barawa
 Chagos Islands
 Darfur
 Matabeleland
 Western Sahara
North America (2)
Team M W
California[15]
Kuskatan
South America (4)
Team M W
Armenian Argentine Community
Mapuches
 Easter Island
São Paulo
Oceania (1)
Team M W
West Papua

Member Federation

  • Consejo Sudamericano de Nuevas Federaciones de Fútbol (COSANFF)

Tournaments

World Series

  • WUFA World Series

Organisation

General Secretary

General Secretary of WUFA
No. Name Country of origin Took office Left office
1 Danny Clarke United Kingdom 18 February 2022 30 June 2023

See also

References

  1. ^ "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE". World Unity Cup 2016. 8 July 2020.
  2. ^ Price, Steve. "Soccer Or Activism? Darfur United And Teams Outside FIFA Form World Unity Football Alliance". Forbes.
  3. ^ "Breaking news for the Yorkshire team! – YIFA for YORKSHIRE". Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. ^ @DarfurUnited (15 June 2020). "To better serve its mission and values, Darfur United has decided to part ways with CONIFA effective immediately" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Surrey joins World Unity Football Alliance – International Surrey Football". Archived from the original on 13 July 2020.
  6. ^ Worldunityfootballalliance (13 July 2020). "The South American Council of New Federations joins WUFA". World Unity Football Alliance.
  7. ^ Worldunityfootballalliance (12 September 2020). "2021 WUFA World Series". World Unity Football Alliance.
  8. ^ "WUFA World Series Coming to Surrey – International Surrey Football". Archived from the original on 6 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Kashmir Football Association Joins WUFA". World Unity Football Alliance. 7 July 2021.
  10. ^ "World stage for Kashmir as Bradford to host international teams". The Telegraph and Angus. 22 July 2021.
  11. ^ Worldunityfootballalliance (29 June 2021). "WUFA Announces First Major Tournament: WUFA Women's World Unity Cup". World Unity Football Alliance.
  12. ^ "World Unity Football Alliance Vote for Interim General Secretary". World Unity Football Alliance. 15 March 2022.
  13. ^ "About us". International Surrey Football. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Organisation". Karen Football Association.
  15. ^ "About". California Football Federation (archived).
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