Kurdistan Football Association
SportFootball
Futsal
Beach football
JurisdictionIndependent Republic of Iraqi Kurdistan
AbbreviationIKFA
Founded2006 (2006)
HeadquartersErbil
LocationErbil
Official website
www.kfa.krd/ckb
Kurdistan Region

The Kurdistan Football Association (Kurdish: Yekêtî Nawendî Topîpêy Kurdistan; یەکێتی تۆپی پێی کوردستان)is the football governing body in Iraqi Kurdistan controlling the Kurdistan national football team.[1] It also oversees the Kurdistan Premier League, Kurdistan Cup and Kurdistan Super Cup.

Official Kurdistan FA Emblem

The Kurdistan FA emblem was designed by Kurdish artist Rawand Sirwan Nawroly (Kurdish: ره‌وه‌ند سیروان نه‌ورڕۆڵی) based in London-UK in the year 2005. The emblem represents the Kurdistan flag colours, where the red represents the Kurdish Newroz fire, the yellow represents the Kurdish sun and the green represents the green Kurdistan scenery.

President Kurdistan Football Association

Name Périod
Safeen Kanabi 2006 - 2 March 2021
Tariq Abdulrahman 4 March 2021 -present

References

  1. Takatsuki, YO (14 December 2006). "Kurdish football prospers". news.bbc.co.uk.


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