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Due to the geographical size of Africa, CAF is divided into five regional federations: Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) – represents nations generally regarded as forming the regions of East Africa and some nations of Central Africa.
The clubs playing in each top-level league compete for the title as the country's club champions, and also for places in next season's CAF club competitions, i.e., the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. Due to promotion and relegation, the clubs playing in the top-level league in many countries are different every season.
From here the island would receive some support from the KNVB and the construction of a Cruyff Court for small scale football, [6] but organised football would fall apart, with the KNVB losing contact in 2008 and league football ceasing by 2011. The current president of the FA, Johnny Singh, describes football at the time as a "mess."
The federation administers the men's national football team, the women's national football team, and various national leagues, predominantly the Sint Maarten Senior League. [ 3 ] The FF mostly fell inactive around 2010, with football being described as a "mess" and returned in 2015, with national and international football coming back. [ 4 ]
A second category encompasses regions of larger nations which have a history of autonomy. They may have already achieved a degree of self-governance (for example the autonomous communities of Spain including Catalonia, Galicia, and the Basque Country which usually play just one game a year, traditionally at Christmas), or be seeking it (like for example the French region of Brittany).
The six continental confederations. This page is a list of the continental championships for clubs and national teams in association football.. The championships are organised by the respective FIFA-affiliated continental confederations: AFC (), CAF (), CONCACAF (North America – comprising Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (), and UEFA ().
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) and Niue (nu) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country ...
Toggle Sovereign island nations subsection. ... This is a list of islands of Africa. Sovereign island nations ... South Row Island; Table Ronde; Cosmoledo Atoll: Menai;