United Arab Emirates Football Association
The United Arab Emirates Football Association is the governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal in the United Arab Emirates.
Current association staff
President
The following is a list of selected presidents of the United Arab Emirates Football Association including pre-UAEFA era.| President | Term |
| Mubarak Al Nahyan | 1957–1961 |
| Ghanem Ghabbash | 1973–1974 |
| Mana' Al Maktoum | 1974–1976 |
| Sultan Al Nahyan | 1976–1981 |
| Hamdan Al Nahyan | 1984–1993 |
| Abdullah Al Nahyan | 1993–2001 |
| Saeed Al Nahyan | 2001–2002 |
| Yousuf Al Serkal | 2004–2008 |
| Muhammed Al Rumaithi | 2008–2011 |
| Yousuf Al Serkal | 2011–2016 |
| Marwan Ghalaita | 2016–2020 |
| Rashid Al Nuaimi | 2020–2023 |
| Hamdan bin Mubarak | 2023– |
Activity
At the level of developing the national cadres, the FA chose 2010 as the Year of the National Coach and signed various agreements with some national associations in the game for development and training including Germany, Spain, Czech, Italy and Egypt. The national coaches took over the youth and junior national teams and they were provided with financial support.At the organizational level, the FA hosted the FIFA Club World Cups in 2009 and 2010, the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and other friendly and official championships and supported the women football and launched the Futsal in collaboration with sports council within the country. The next step is to organize and host the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
In 2010, UAEFA partnered with the Mubadala Development Company to launch the UAEFA Grassroots Festivals, a state-wide campaign to recruit and train certain players.
In July 2011, a 3-year sponsoring deal was signed with Panasonic. In January 2016, UAEFA signed a partnership with the United States Sports Academy to provide UAEFA a football club operators licensing program.
In December 2016, UAEFA renewed its partnership with the Japan Football Association.
In February 2017, UAEFA warned 46 football players about their inappropriate hairstyles that did not conform to its guidelines.
In October 2017, UAEFA requested that the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup be postponed while the issue with Qatar was being resolved.
Management
League system
Domestic Cups
- UAE President's Cup
- UAE League Cup
- UAE Super Cup
Defunct tournaments
- UAE Vice-presidents Cup
- UAE Federation Cup
Women's competition
- UAE Women's Football League
National teams
- United Arab Emirates national football team
- United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team
- United Arab Emirates national under-20 football team
- United Arab Emirates national under-17 football team
- United Arab Emirates women's national football team
- United Arab Emirates national futsal team
- United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team
Honours
- AFC Dream Asia Award: 2012
- AFC President’s Recognition Award for Grassroots Football – Gold Category: 2025
- AFC Grassroots Charter – Gold-level Member: 2024
- AFC League Development Programme Award: 2021
- AFC Golden Award for Medical Excellence: 2025
Men’s National Teams
Intercontinental
- FIFA World Cup
- * 24th: 1990
- FIFA U-20 World Cup
- * 8th: 2003, 2009
- * 16th: 1997
- FIFA Confederations Cup
- * 6th: 1997
- Summer Olympics
- * 15th: 2012
Continental
- AFC Asian Cup
- * 2nd: 1996
- * 3rd: 2015
- * 4th: 1992, 2019
- * 6th: 1984
- * 8th: 1988
- * 9th: 1980
- * 10th: 2023
- * 12th: 2007
- * 13th: 2011
- * 15th: 2004
- AFC U-23 Asian Cup
- * 5th: 2016
- * 6th: 2020
- * 8th: 2013, 2026
- * 11th: 2022
- * 15th: 2024
- AFC U-20 Asian Cup
- * 1st: 2008
- * 3rd: 1985, 1996
- * 4th: 1982, 1988, 1992
- * 6th: 2002
- * 7th: 2010, 2014
- * 9th: 2018
- * 10th: 2000, 2016
- * 11th: 2012
- * 15th: 2006
- Asian Games
- * 2nd: 2010
- * 3rd: 2018
- * 5th: 1986
- * 8th: 1994
- * 10th: 2014
- * 13th: 2002
- * 15th: 1998
- * 18th: 2006
Regional
- FIFA Arab Cup
- * 3rd: 2025
- * 4th: 1998
- * 7th: 2021
- Arab Cup U-20
- * 10th: 2020, 2021
- * 13th: 2022
- Arab Games
- * 4th: 2007
- * 5th: 1997
- * 7th: 1999
- * 8th: 1985
- WAFF Champioship
- * TBD: 2026
- Arabian Gulf Cup
- * 1st: 2007, 2013
- * 2nd: 1986, 1988, 1994, 2018
- * 3rd: 1972, 1982, 1998, 2014
- * 4th: 1974, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2010
- * 5th: 1976, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2009
- * 6th: 1979, 2002
- * 7th: 2019, 2023
- AGCFF U-17 Gulf Cup
- * 1st: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013
- * 2nd: 2008, 2025
- * 3rd: 2003, 2011, 2012, 2016
Other
- Palestine Cup of Nations
- * 8th: 1973
- * 10th: 1975
- Merdeka Tournament
- * 4th: 1981
- * 5th: 1982
- Friendship Tournament
- * 1st: 1996, 1998
- * 2nd: 1999
- * 3rd: 2001
- Oman Cup
- * ' 1st: 2000
- Kirin Cup
- * ' 1st: 2000
- International Arab Friendly Tournament
- * 2nd: 2005
- Dubai Challenge Cup
- * 4th: 2008
- UAE International Cup
- * 2nd: 2009
- OSN Cup
- * 1st: 2013
- King's Cup
- * 4th: 2016, 2018
National Women’s
Beach
Futsal
| Competition | Total | |||
| Futsal AFC Asian Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Men’s Clubs
Intercontinental
- FIFA Club World Cup
- * ' 2nd: 2018
- * 4th: 2017
- * 6th: 2010, 2021
- * 7th: 2009
- * 21st: 2025
- FIFA Intercontinental Cup
- * 5th: 2024
- African–Asian–Pacific Cup
- * ' 2nd: 2024
Continental
- AFC Champions League Elite
- * 1st: 2003, 2024
- * 2nd: 2005, 2015, 2016
- * 3rd: 1993, 1999
- AFC Champions League Two
- * 1st: 2025
- * 2nd: 1995
| Competition | Total | |||
| FIFA Club World Cup | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FIFA Intercontinental Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AFC Champions League Elite | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| AFC Champions League Two | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| UAFA Arab Club Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| AGCFF Champions League | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| City of Granada Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| UAE–Morocco Super Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| UAEFA–QFA Super Cup | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 21 | 12 | 2 | 35 |