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Football Association of Ireland - Definition and Overview

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Founded1921
FIFA affiliation1923
UEFA affiliation1958
President
Milo Corcoran
Coach
Brian Kerr (2003-) (Men's)
Noel King (Women's)

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is the organising body for the sport of Association football (soccer) in the Republic of Ireland. It should not be confused with the Irish Football Association (IFA), which is the organising body for the sport in Northern Ireland.

The FAI was formed in 1921 upon the partition of Ireland into the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. The already existent IFA that had been the organising body across the whole of Ireland continued to organise in the North and the FAI was formed to organise in the Free State.

The FAI formed a league championship, the Football League of Ireland, and extablished a FAI Cup competition along the lines of the FA Cup and Scottish Cup competitions.

The FAI has responsibility for the Republic of Ireland national football team.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the FAI had an aggressive policy of recruiting talented players in the Irish diaspora who were eligible for Irish citizenship for the national team. A standing joke in the Republic during that time asserted that FAI actually stood for "Find Any Irishman" or "Finding All Irishmen."

See Also

External links

  • FAI Website (http://www.fai.ie/FAI/Welcome+to+the+FAI.htm)


National Football Associations of Europe (UEFA)

Albania | Andorra | Armenia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Belarus | Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | England | Estonia | Faroe Islands | Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Iceland | Republic of Ireland | Israel | Italy | Kazakhstan | Latvia | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Republic of Macedonia | Malta | Moldova | Netherlands | Northern Ireland | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | San Marino | Scotland | Serbia and Montenegro | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Turkey | Ukraine | Wales


International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year
Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup
South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup
Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship

Association Football in Ireland
Republic of Ireland

FAI - National Team - Football League

Northern Ireland

IFA - National Team - Football League


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