Argentine Football Association
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The Argentine Football Association (AFA) (Spanish: 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.
Secondary, it also organises the amateur leagues for women, children, young, Futsal, and other local leagues.
A bit of history
The Argentine Association Football League (in english) was founded on February 21 1893, 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), funded in 1912, joined the Asociación Argentina de Football, as well as did the 1919 funded 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 Liga Argentina de Football (Argentine Football League), funded 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).
External links
- Official site (http://www.afa.org.ar/) (in Spanish and English)
- Argentine Football History (http://www.futbolargentino.com.ar/historia/) (Spanish)
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