Argentina - Asociació del Fútbol Argentino
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Primera División Argentina and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires.
Secondly, it also organizes the amateur leagues for women, children, youth, Futsal, and other local leagues, as well as the Argentina women's national football team.
History
The Argentine Association Football League (in English) was founded on February 21 1893 (thus it is the oldest in South America and one of the oldest to be formed outside Europe), to be later renamed
Argentine Football Association in 1903, and translated into
Asociación Argentina de Football (Argentine Football Association) in 1912.
The parallel
Federación Argentina de Football (Argentine Football Federation), founded in 1912, joined the
Asociación Argentina de Football, as well as did the 1919 founded
Asociacion Amateurs de Football (Amateur Football Association) in 1926.
In 1926 it was again renamed to
Asociación Amateur de Argentina de Football (Argentine Amateur Football Association), but with the professionalization of the sport in 1931 it was named
Asociación de Football Amateur y Profesionales (Amateur and Professional Football Association). The first round of the first professional championship was on May 31 1931.
The
Liga Argentina de Football (Argentine Football League), founded in 1931 merged with the
Asociación de Football Amateur y Profesionales on November 3 1934, into what is still today the
Asociación de Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association).
Asociació del Fútbol Argentino related pages
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asociaci%C3%B3n_del_F%C3%BAtbol_Argentino