ALFA

**ALFA** (stands for **All Leagues Football Association**) is the international governing body of association football in the *Narios FC* universe. Headquartered in Gibraltar, ALFA's membership compromises 201 national associations, all of whom must also be registered in one of the five major confederations into which the world is divided: DAD (The Americas), AOC (Asia & Oceania), MEAX (Middle East & Africa), ED (Europe), and ANZAC (Australia & New Zealand).

The major confederations are responsible for the organization and overseeing of both their allotted national associations, as well as the various leagues within each division that consist of private clubs. Each league must then be represented by a governing body that is responsible for its designated clubs. Many leagues feature tiers, with as many as three different tiers fluctuating in a ladder system where clubs can be promoted and relegated based on performance. While the governing bodies of these leagues each maintain a membership with one of the five confederations, they must also maintain a membership with ALFA, and are still governed by ALFA's laws and statutes.

ALFA is responsible for the organization and promotion of association football's major international and club tournaments. ALFA sets the laws of the game, as well as applies and enforces the rules across all competitions. Its current president is Bing Hudson, who has carried out the role since 2002.

## Structure

### **Confederations and National Associations**

There are five major confederations recognized by ALFA, which oversee the game in the different continents of the world. These confederations consist of national associations, of which there are 201 total. National teams from these confederations are comprised of players who are native to or have citizenship within their respective nations, and can compete against each other in either a friendly exhibition match, or in a tournament, such as the World Bowl which is hosted every four years. The five confederations are as followed:

* Dos Americas División (DAD; 51 members)
* Asia & Oceania Classic (AOC; 39 members)
* Middle East & Africa Exhibition (MEAX; 55 members)
* European Division (ED; 47 members)
* Australia New Zealand Allegiance Confederation (ANZAC; 9 members)

### **Club Leagues**

Each confederation is divided into leagues which feature private clubs who compete against each other every season, with a winner that is determined by a point and table system. At the conclusion of each season, the winningest clubs from their respective leagues advance to a final tournament, with an amount that varies depending on league size.

##### DAD - 7 Leagues

* United Soccer League (USL), Centroamérica Liga (CAL; two tiers), Primera Liga de Colombia (PLC), Liga Brasileira de Futebol (LBF; three tiers), Campeonato Sudamericano Occidental (CSO), Gran Liga del Sur (GLS; two tiers), Big Caribbean (CSL)

##### AOC - 4 Leagues

* Korean Football Classic (KFC), Super East League (SEL; two tiers), Oceania Conference of Association Football (OCAF), Live Japan (LJFL; three tiers)

##### **MEAX - 3 Leagues**

* Persian Soccer League (PSL; two tiers), Arabian League of Professional Football (ALPF; three tiers), African Continent Exhibition (ACE; three tiers)

##### **ED** **- 10 Leagues**

* Baron League of England (EBL; three tiers), British Irish Association Football League (BIAFOL; three tiers),