47-707: The South African Football Association (colloquially known as SAFA ) is the national administrative governing body that controls the sport of football in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). SAFA established in 1991. The South African Football Association is the second Football Association in South Africa to be named the South African Football Association and it
94-493: A "unity" process that eventually formed a non-racial South African Football Association. In January 1992, the Confederation Africaine de Football also reinstated South Africa into their football organisation. The new South African Football Association was founded on 23 March 1991, the culmination of a long unity process that was to rid the sport in South Africa of all its past racial division. A delegation of
141-513: A Southern African confederation so that South Africa and Rhodesia (who were themselves expelled in 1970) could compete, but he was forced to back down after CAF members made it clear that they would withdraw en masse from FIFA at the 1966 FIFA congress in London. In 1973 Rous insisted the USSR team play a World Cup qualifier against Chile in the aftermath of General Pinochet 's military coup , at
188-571: A certain group, such as the Catholic or Jewish sports groups. General sports organizations and multi-sport events also exist for other groups such as the Invictus Games for military veterans. Professional sports leagues are usually the highest level of play in sport, specifically if they consist of the best players around the world in a certain sport. Because of this, they usually work with national or international federations, but there
235-610: A non-commissioned officer in the 272nd Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery (East Anglian) in France, Palestine, Egypt, and Lebanon. After the war Rous attended St Luke's College in Exeter and then became a sports teacher at Watford Boys Grammar School . Rous played football at amateur level as a goalkeeper for clubs including Kirkley and Lowestoft Town , but was forced to retire from playing after breaking
282-584: A particular sport, as evident in the example of the Northern Ireland Federation of Sub-Aqua Clubs . Multi-sport event organizers are responsible for the organization of an event that includes more than one sport. The best-known example is the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the organizer of the modern Olympic Games . General sports organizations are responsible for sports-related topics, usually for
329-580: A team in the minor leagues . This enables them to shuffle players who are not doing well to the minor leagues, which will inspire them to contribute more to the team by playing better. A 2014 study by the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) criticized major international sports governing bodies including the International Olympic Committee and FIFA for not having sufficient provisions for human and labor rights. Stanley Rous Sir Stanley Ford Rous CBE (25 April 1895 – 18 July 1986)
376-488: A time when thousands of political prisoners were being held in the Estádio Nacional sports stadium. The USSR however refused to do so and Chile qualified automatically for the 1974 World Cup , where they failed to advance from a group containing both West and East Germany and Australia . Rous stood for re-election as president in 1974, but was defeated by the vigorous canvassing of João Havelange , and in
423-531: A type of national federation, as they are responsible for a country's participation in the Olympic Games and in the Paralympic Games respectively. However, a national governing body (NGB) can be different from a national federation due to government recognition requirements. Also, national governing bodies can be a supraorganization representing a range of unrelated organizations operating in
470-495: A variety of regulatory functions, including disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in the sport that they govern. Governing bodies have different scopes. They may cover a range of sport at an internationally acceptable level, such as the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee , or only a single sport at a national level, such as
517-562: A wrist. He developed an interest in refereeing whilst watching Norwich City and later qualified as a referee while studying at St Luke's and became a football league referee in 1927. He officiated in his first international match, a 2–0 friendly win for Belgium against the Netherlands , in the Bosuilstadion , Antwerp, on 13 March in the same year. He eventually officiated in a total of 34 international matches. He rose to
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#1732775630042564-639: Is also the second football association in South Africa to affiliate to FIFA. The present day South African Football Association, unlike its predecessor allows for a mixed-race national team. SAFA was admitted to FIFA in 1992 and its senior team has since represented South Africa at the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup . During SAFA's time as the FIFA-affiliated football organisation, South Africa has also hosted several editions of
611-615: Is responsible for directing, managing, and representing their federation. Trusts are organizations or groups that have control over the money that will be used to help someone else, such as the Youth Sport Trust . National governing bodies have the same objectives as those of an international federation, but within the scope of one country, or even part of a country, as the name implies. They support local clubs and are often responsible for national teams . National Olympic Committees and National Paralympic Committees are both
658-494: Is usually a separation between the different federations. Most North American professional leagues usually do not have amateur divisions, as the amateur divisions are mostly run in separate leagues. Also, most professional leagues are related to other leagues, as players usually attempt to play in the league with the highest level of play. Because of this, promotion and relegation can occur; or, in league systems without promotion and relegation, clubs in professional leagues can have
705-609: The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia. At under-17 level, South Africa was the runners-up at 2015 African U-17 Championship hosted in Niger thereby qualifying to compete at 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup hosted in Chile. At club level, Orlando Pirates won the prestigious African Champions Cup in 1995, the first club from the southern African region to take the title in more than 30 years of competition. Pirates were playing in
752-613: The COSAFA Cup , the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup . The South African Football Association is responsible for the administration of the South African national football teams (both men's and women's), and the third tier and below of the South African Football league system. The Premier Soccer League administers the top two divisions and several cup competitions. The founding of
799-543: The Confederation of African Football (CAF), in 1958, and were suspended from FIFA in 1961 after failing to fulfill an ultimatum regarding anti-discrimination rules. In 1963, they were readmitted to FIFA after Rous travelled to the country to "investigate" football in the country, concluding that the game could disappear in the country if they were not readmitted, while the South African Football Association proposed playing an all-white team for
846-583: The Football Association of South Africa (FASA) in 1957. The newly renamed association also removed a clause from its constitution excluding non-whites. In his book African Soccerscapes , Professor Peter Alegi says this was to "create the perception of substantive change while maintaining the status quo". In 1959, the SASF successfully managed to have a FIFA sanctioned game between Brazilian club Portuguesa Santista and white South Africa cancelled, as
893-512: The Rugby Football League . National bodies will largely have to be affiliated with international bodies for the same sport. The first international federations were formed at the end of the 19th century. Every sport has a different governing body that can define the way that the sport operates through its affiliated clubs and societies. This is because sports have different levels of difficulty and skill, so they can try to organize
940-663: The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee in London. CAF had already expelled South Africa from its own membership. The request for expulsion from FIFA was downgraded to suspension and it was passed by a majority of associations at the 1964 FIFA Congress. Following the suspension, South Africa were also not allowed to take part in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and were expelled from the Olympic movement in 1970. During this time Rous had been lobbying to have South Africa re-instated into FIFA and
987-531: The 1966 finals and an all-black team in 1970. It turned out to be short-lived. At FIFA's next annual congress, held in Tokyo just after the Olympic Games, a greater turnout of African and Asian representatives led to South Africa being suspended again, and they were ultimately expelled from FIFA in 1976. Rous, however, continued to press for them to be readmitted, to the point that he was prepared to establish
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#17327756300421034-662: The Brazilian club had agreed to withdraw its black players from the game. The SASF had complained to the Brazilian consul in Cape Town, the Brazilian government prevented the club from taking part. At FIFA's 1960 Congress in Rome, an anti-racism resolution was adopted that demanded the Football Association of South Africa (FASA) integrate football within a year or they would be expelled from FIFA. There were calls from
1081-519: The Confederation Africaine de Football for discrimination. In September 1961, FASA were suspended from FIFA because of their pro-apartheid stance and refusal to field non-white players. This was the first time a major organisation had expelled the administration of South Africa. Also, in 1961 the white-South Africa sympathiser Stanley Rous was elected as FIFA President. Rous and United States citizen Joseph Maguire would later visit white South African officials for two weeks. Rous reported to FIFA that there
1128-626: The Football Association from 1934 to 1962. At UEFA , Rous joined the Executive Committee in 1958, becoming vice-president in March 1960, before leaving to become FIFA president the following year. During his time as FIFA president from 1961 to 1974, Rous witnessed the crowning of England as champions of the world in 1966. Rous supported the apartheid -era South African Football Association . South Africa had been admitted to FIFA in 1954, but were expelled from their local federation,
1175-622: The Graham Taylor Stand in 2014. He wrote A History of the Laws of Association Football , published in 1974. Stanley Rous was married to Adrienne Gacon in 1924. He was appointed CBE in 1943 and knighted in 1949 . He was a friend of one of the founding members of FIFA, Ivo Schricker (1877–1962). Rous was a freemason attending Exonian Lodge No. 3415 in London. Rous died in Paddington , London , of leukaemia in 1986, at
1222-757: The Olympic level where applicable. About 30 international sport federations are located in Switzerland , with about 20 or so in the Lausanne area, where the International Olympic Committee is located. International federations for sports that do not participate in the Olympic Games are managed by equivalent organizations to the International Olympic Committee , such as the SportAccord . International federations are typically organized with legislative and executive branches at
1269-730: The Olympics. In 1973, Brazilian FIFA President candidate Joao Havelange withdrew Brazil from the 1973 South African Games to curry favour with the anti-apartheid national associations and went to beat Rous in the FIFA Presidential Election. At the FIFA Congress on 16 July 1976 in Montreal, FASA were formally suspended from FIFA. Members of FIFA had voted to exclude South Africa 78 votes to 9. On 8 December 1991, many opposing football associations came together in
1316-616: The SAFA received a standing ovation at the congress of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Dakar, Senegal a month later, where South Africa were accorded observer status. South Africa's membership of the world governing body FIFA was confirmed at their congress in Zürich in June 1992. Membership of CAF followed automatically and South Africa was back on the world stage, and were awarded
1363-507: The SASF attempted to join FIFA. In May 1955, FIFA concluded that SAFA does not have "the standing of a real national association" because it did not control all clubs, there were more clubs and players with SASF than SAFA. SASF's application was rejected because there were no white players. In 1956, FIFA chose to accept SAFA's stance that segregation was a "tradition and custom" in South Africa. The South African Football Association were renamed to
1410-449: The South African community. There are now national age-group competitions from under-12 level up, qualified coaches working around the country and nine provincial affiliates, who are further divided into 52 regions. SAFA's 9 Provinces and 52 Regions Sports governing body A sports governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sports governing bodies come in various forms and have
1457-559: The Soviet bloc and Asia for the South African Soccer Federation (SASF) to become a member of FIFA in place of FASA. The calls were rejected as FIFA's own statutes stated that "a National Association must be open to all who practice football in that country whether amateur, 'non-amateur', or professional and without any racial, religious, political discrimination". FASA as well as South Africa were also expelled for
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1504-515: The anti-apartheid South African Soccer Federation (SASF). The South African Football Association struggled for the right to represent South African in world football (FIFA) against South African Soccer Federation (SASF) SASF claimed it was the legitimate representative of South Africa considering three-fourths of football players were registered within SASF. SAFA were expected to play in the newly formed Confederation of African Football 's 1957 Africa Cup of Nations , however they did not. The minutes of
1551-465: The context of discontent of other nations at European domination of FIFA, as well as opposition by African and Asian countries due to the pro-South African stance of Rous. Upon his retirement as president, on 11 June 1974, he was nominated Honorary President of FIFA. The short-lived Rous Cup was named after him, as was the Rous Stand at Watford F.C. 's Vicarage Road ground, until being renamed
1598-597: The event for the first time and won the title away from home in the Ivory Coast to further amplify the magnificence of the victory. Mamelodi Sundowns won the 2016 CAF Champions League and qualified for the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, their first appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup . Behind the scenes, SAFA has worked long and hard to provide the structures to take football to all levels of
1645-526: The first football associations in South Africa were influenced by arrival of many British soldiers to South Africa. The original South African Football Association was a white only organisation established in 1892. The year started with a Currie Cup match where Western Province beat Griqualand West. Matches were being played before the formation of SAFA, the Natal Football Association was established in 1882 by five football clubs. The sport
1692-471: The meetings between SAFA and their counterparts from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan were lost to fire and so the official reason for their non-appearance is unknown. Fred Fell, SAFA's representative at FIFA said that SAFA withdrew because of the conflict at the Suez Canal . There were also rumours that they were expelled from the initial competition due to their favourable stance on apartheid. In November 1954,
1739-520: The people playing their sport by ability and by age. The different types of sport governing bodies are all shown below: International sports federations are non-governmental non-profit organizations for a given sport (or a group of similar sport disciplines, such as aquatics or skiing ) and administers its sport at the highest level. These federations work to create a common set of rules, promote their sport, and organize international competitions. International sports federations represent their sport at
1786-540: The right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Within a month the country hosted their first international match as World Cup quarterfinalists Cameroon came to play in three matches to celebrate the unity process. In September 1992, South Africa played its first junior international against Botswana at under-16 level in Lenasia and to date the country has entered a team in each of FIFA's and CAF's competitions, from under-17 to national team level, and also for
1833-519: The top tier of the game when he was appointed to referee the 1934 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium , where Manchester City defeated Portsmouth by 2 goals to 1. The following day, after travelling to Belgium to control an international match, Rous retired from refereeing. Rous made a major contribution to the game by rewriting the Laws of the Game in 1938, making them simpler and easier to understand. He
1880-417: The top. The legislative body is usually referred to as a congress or general assembly of the international federation and is responsible for defining its sports policies. It consists of all of the national federations, each of which receives one vote. On the other hand, the executive branch, which is often referred to as the council or executive committee, consists of elected members by the legislative branch and
1927-479: The visitors did not lose any of the 23 matches. In 1906 , the nation’s first international match took place against Argentina in Buenos Aires , where South Africa won 1–0. 1907 saw the first black association formed; The Durban & District African Football Association. The South African Football Association was the first national governing body on the continent and affiliated to FIFA in 1910. The SAFA of 1892
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1974-610: The women's team. In the short space of six years, SAFA has achieved remarkable success with qualification for the World Cup finals in France in 1998, the title of African champions at the 1996 African Nations Cup finals, which the country hosted, and the runners-up berth in Burkina Faso two years later. At under-20 level, South Africa were runners-up at the 1997 African Youth Championship in Morocco and qualified to play at
2021-404: Was also the first to employ the diagonal system of control for referees as a standard practice. According to Belgian referee John Langenus , who had been in charge of the 1930 FIFA World Cup Final , he had seen referees from his country making a similar attempt at scientific positioning on the field of play. Rous moved on to the sphere of football administration. He served as secretary of
2068-714: Was an English football referee and the 6th President of FIFA , serving from 1961 to 1974. He also served as secretary of the Football Association from 1934 to 1962 and was an international referee . Rous was born in Mutford near Lowestoft in East Suffolk and attended Sir John Leman School in Beccles . He was the eldest son of a provision master. He trained as a teacher in Beccles before serving in World War I as
2115-588: Was initially supported by the English-speaking community and after World War I by immigrants from European countries. Crowds of over 20,000 attended local matches in Johannesburg after World War II . There was good relationship between soccer and rugby, with rugby grounds being used by soccer clubs. Many Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs are still using rugby stadiums. The first overseas visitors to South Africa were English club Corinthians in 1897,
2162-673: Was no wilful discrimination within FASA and on the basis of his report, FASA were allowed back into FIFA in September 1963. At the Tokyo Congress, the Confederation of African Football members were lobbying for the expulsion of the FASA unless its "obnoxious apartheid policy [was] totally eliminated". They had retained the support of Soviet and Asian National Associations and held meetings with South African Soccer Federation in Durban and
2209-780: Was the first association on the African continent to become affiliated to FIFA. SAFA withdrew from FIFA in 1924 and later regained full membership in 1952. In 1932, the South African African Football Association (SAAFA) was formed and a year later the South African Bantu Football Association (SABFA) and the South African Coloured Football Association (SACFA) followed suit. In September 1951, the three merged to form
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