Spotlight on Africa

There are 53 FIFA members (and 2 non-FIFA members) in CAF. These are split into 5 seperate unions/associations/federations.



Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (5/10)

West Africa Football Union (13/16)

Union des Fédérations de Football d’Afrique Centrale (1/8)

  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Congo, Republic of
  • Congo, Democratic Republic of
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Sao Tome and Principe

Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (7/14)

Union of North African Football Federations (4/5)

New Zealand

New Zealand – Home -1997

Used during the World Cup qualifiers in 1997m the first evidence I can find is against Papua New Guinea on 11/06/97, although it is likely that it was also used in the away game on 31/05/97. It was later used in further home qualifiers aginst Fiji and Australia.

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