# UNAF

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.

## 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.

## 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 | 2024–2025 |
| Hany Abo Rida | 2025–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'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1974 | 2005 | Yes |
| EGY | Egypt | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1921 | 1923 | 1957 | 1974 | 2005 | Yes |
| LBY | Libya | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1962 | 1964 | 1965 | 1974 | 2005 | Yes |
| MAR | Morocco | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1955 | 1960 | 1959 | 1976 | 2005 | Yes |
| TUN | Tunisia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1957 | 1960 | 1960 | 1976 | 2005 | Yes |

## Competitions

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

### Current title holders

| Competition | Year | Champions | Title | Runners-up | Next edition | Most titles |
| National teams |||||||||
| U-23 tournament | 2011 | Saudi Arabia | 1st | Algeria | TBA | Algeria (2) |
| U-20 tournament | 2024 | Morocco | 3rd | Egypt | TBA | Tunisia (9) |
| U-18 tournament | 2019 | Morocco | 1st | Egypt | TBA | Morocco (1) Tunisia (1) |
| U-17 tournament | 2024 | Egypt | 3rd | Algeria | TBA | Algeria (4) Morocco (4) Tunisia (4) |
| U-16 tournament | 2022 | Egypt | 1st | Morocco | TBA | 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 | TBA | Morocco (2) |
| U-17 women's tournament | 2024 | Tanzania | 1st | Tunisia | TBA | Tanzania (1) |
| 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 | 2024 | AS FAR | 1st | Tutankhamun | 2025 | AS FAR (2) |
| Women's U-20 club tournament | 2024 | Afak Relizane | 1st | ASF Sousse | TBA | TBA |

### 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) | Wydad AC (3) |

## Major tournament records
### Legend

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 | occupied by France | occupied by France | occupied by France | occupied by France | occupied by France | 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 | occupied by France | occupied by France | occupied by France | occupied by France | | • | × | R1 14th | • | • | • | R2 11th | • | R1 23rd | R1 18th | • | • | • | • | R1 27th | 4th | | Q | | 6/23 |
| Tunisia | occupied by France | occupied by France | occupied by France | occupied by France | 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) | 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 | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | 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 | 4th | 13/28 |
| Morocco | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | • | R1 13th | • | QF 8th | • | • | R1 12th | • | R1 15 | • | R1 16th | R1 10th | • | R1 11th | • | • | 3rd | 8/28 |
| Tunisia | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | R1 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 13th | • | R1 14th | • | R1 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 4/28 |
| Total (4 teams) | 0 | 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 | Part of France | Part of France | | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 1st | GS | •• | QF | GS | QF | GS | QF | • | • | 4th | • | GS | QF | GS | 1st | GS | GS | Q | | 21/35 |
| 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 | Q | | 27/35 |
| Libya | | | | | | • | × | • | × | × | × | × | 2nd | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 3/35 |
| 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 | Q | | 22/35 |
| 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 | 4 | TBD | 93 |

### African Nations Championship

African Nations Championship record :
| Team | 2009 (8) | 2011 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2020 (16) | 2022 (17) | 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 | • | • | R1 18th | 3/9 |
| Morocco | × | × | × | • | • | • | R1 23rd | R1 20th | QF 8th | QF 7th | 4/9 |
| Tunisia | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | 0/9 |
| Total (5 teams) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 |

### Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

Futsal Africa Cup of Nations record :
| Team | 1996 | 2000 | h/a 2004 | 2008 | 2011 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Years |
| Algeria | × | × | × | × | | × | • | • | 0/7 |
| Egypt | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 7/7 |
| Libya | × | 3rd | × | 1st | | R1 | 4th | 3rd | 5/7 |
| Morocco | × | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6/7 |
| Tunisia | × | × | × | R1 | | R1 | × | × | 2/7 |
| Total (5 teams) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | − | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 |

### FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

| YearTeam | Beach Soccer World Championships | Beach Soccer World Championships | Beach Soccer World Championships | Beach Soccer World Championships | Beach Soccer World Championships | Beach Soccer World Championships | Beach Soccer World Championships | Beach Soccer World Championships | Beach Soccer World Championships | Beach Soccer World Championships | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances |
| YearTeam | 1995 (8) | 1996 (8) | 1997 (8) | 1998 (10) | 1999 (12) | 2000 (12) | 2001 (12) | 2002 (8) | 2003 (8) | 2004 (12) | 2005 (12) | 2006 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2008 (16) | 2009 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2013 (16) | 2015 (16) | 2017 (16) | 2019 (16) | 2021 (16) | 2024 (16) | 2025 (16) | WC /10 | FIFA /13 | Total /23 |
| Egypt | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 12th | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total (1 team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations record :
| YearTeam | 2006 (6) | 2007 (8) | 2008 (8) | 2009 (9) | 2011 (9) | 2013 (8) | 2015 (8) | 2016 (8) | 2018 (8) | 2021 (7) | 2022 (8) | 2024 (8) | Apps ⁄12 |
| Algeria | × | × | × | × | 6th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| Egypt | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | R1 | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 12 |
| Libya | × | × | × | R1 | 8th | R1 | × | 8th | 8th | × | × | × | 5 |
| Morocco | 6th | × | × | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 10 |
| Tunisia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0 |
| Total (5 teams) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 30 |

### 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 futsal teams

| UNAF | CAF | FIFA | Country | Points |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | Morocco | 1502 |
| 2 | 2 | 37 | Egypt | 1112 |
| 3 | 3 | 42 | Libya | 1080 |
| 4 | 8 | 93 | Tunisia | 800 |
| 5 | 9 | 96 | Algeria | 790 |
Last updated 23 June 2023

## African school football championship

The 2023 CAF African Schools Football Championship Qualifiers took place in Cairo, Egypt. Libya won the boys category and Morocco won the girls category, thus both qualifying African Schools Football Championship Finals.

## Controversy

On 20 November 2009, the Egyptian Football Association withdrew its membership citing the incidents that accompanied the playoff between Egypt and Algeria, but returned in 2011.