User:Doefenshmirtz/Namibia Football Association

Doefenshmirtz/Namibia Football Association

CAF
CAF affiliation	1992
President	John Muinjo

The Namibia Football Association (NFA) is the governing body of football in Namibia. It was founded in 1990, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1992. It organizes the national football league and the national team.Its aim is to create a football(soccer) culture and industry that provides entertainment and economical benefits for all; to become a dominant national association within the confederation via the professionalism of the game’s administration ; to promote education and development programmes in all aspects of the game, particularly regarding youth and women’s football; and to provide a force for cohesion in society.

Its Mission:

• Promoting and facilitating the development of football through sustainable structures and training initiatives;
• Engage in pro-active dialogue with the government to cultivate recognition of the game as a national asset;
• Create a mutual beneficial relationship with the corporate world.
• Create the image of being a transparent, stable and progressive organization;
• Do all it can to engage its national teams and clubs in international competitions and in doing so contribute to rise of Africa as a football powerhouse.

Mission on youth football:

Its mission as an Association on Youth Football is to provide the youth of Namibia regardless of race, gender or creed, the opportunity to participate in controlled football competitions. To instill good sportsmanship, value of fair play and good conduct. To promote tolerance between youth through their common interest, to encourage adults to behave in an exemplary manner when supervising youth while keeping the welfare of youth foremost and free from any adult compulsion for power and glory.

External links

• Namibia at the FIFA website
• Namibia at CAF Online
• Namibia Football Association at the Namibia Sports Commission

References

NFA website.

Namibia Category:Football in Namibia