Football in Sudan explained

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Football in Sudan
Union:Sudan Football Association
Country:Sudan
Sport:Association football
Nationalteam:national football team
Club List:Sudan Premier League
Sudan Cup
Intl List:Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Super Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA World Cup (National Team)
African Cup of Nations (National Team)

The sport of football in the East African country of Sudan is managed by the Sudan Football Association.[1] [2] [3] [4] The association administers the national football team, as well as the Premier League.[5] [6] The Sudan Football Association, which was founded in 1946, and FIFA affiliated in 1948,[7] was one of the founding members of the Confederation of African Football, and continues to be a member of the Confederation. Like in many countries, football is the most popular sport also in Sudan.[8]

Since at least 2006, there was also an inofficial Sudan women's national football team, trained by a male coach. Since September 2019, there has been an official national league for women's football clubs that started on the basis of informal women's clubs since the beginning of the 2000s.[9] In 2021, the Sudan women's national football team participated for the first time in the Arab Women's Cup, held in Cairo, Egypt.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Almasri . Omar . The State Of Football In Oil Rich South Sudan . Sabotage Times . 2012-03-05 . 2014-01-28.
  2. Web site: World Football: The State Of Football In Sudan . Bleacher Report . 2013-12-02.
  3. Web site: The Niles النيلان -Sudanese football teams torn by citizenship, southern players in limbo . Theniles.org . 2011-07-26 . 2013-12-02.
  4. Web site: Copnall . James . BBC Sport - South Sudan's divided support for northern neighbours . Bbc.co.uk . 2012-02-03 . 2013-12-02.
  5. Web site: Arabsat gets exclusive rights to broadcast Sudan's football - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan . Sudan Tribune . 2013-12-02.
  6. Web site: newvision . How Sudan is playing politics with African football . Newvision.co.ug . 2013-06-23 . 2013-12-02.
  7. FIFA. 2006. Women's Football Today. https://web.archive.org/web/20120814213100/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/women/93/77/21/factsheets.pdf. dead. August 14, 2012. 184. 17 April 2012.
  8. http://i.imgur.com/2Q6slko.png
  9. News: 2019-10-03. Women's soccer league kicks off in post-Bashir Sudan. en. Reuters. 2020-08-30.
  10. Web site: 2021-08-24. Arab Women's Cup 2021 set to kick off in Cairo. 2021-08-28. Arab News. en.