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{{Short description|Governing body for football in Zanzibar}}
{{National football association
|Logo               = Zanzibar Football Federation.png
|Badge_size         = 200px
|Founded            = 1926
|FIFA affiliation   = None
|Region             = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
|Region affiliation = 2004 (associate member)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3829837.stm |title=Caf welcomes Zanzibar |publisher=BBC News|access-date=2017-03-18 |date=2004-06-22}}</ref>
|IFU affiliation    = 2009
|President          = Seif Kombo Pandu
}}

The '''Zanzibar Football Federation''' (ZFF) (previously known as Zanzibar Football Association) ({{langx|sw|Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Zanzibar}}) is the governing [[football (soccer)|football]] Federation for [[Zanzibar]], [[Africa]].

The ZFA were an ''associate member'' of the African governing body, the [[Confederation of African Football]]. Following a rejection from FIFA in 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4330361.stm|title=FIFA turns Zanzibar down|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2009-01-19 | date=2005-03-08}}</ref> the ZFA were removed from CAF and after much lobbying were reinstated as an ''associate member''. This meant that the club sides associated with the ZFA can participate in the continental club competitions organised by [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] but the [[Zanzibar national football team|Zanzibar national team]] could not. The ZFA are not entitled to vote in CAF affairs due to their associate member status.
Players from Zanzibar are eligible to play in international competition for the [[Tanzania national football team|Tanzania]] team, the representative of the sovereign territory.

As a nation state, it has competed in regional competitions since 1949. It currently competes in [[CECAFA]] organised tournaments.

The ZFA was admitted as a full member of the [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] in March 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39305382 |title=Zanzibar admitted as full Caf member |publisher=BBC News |date=2017-03-17}}</ref> but lost membership four months later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40682462 |title=Zanzibar loses Caf membership in embarrassing U-turn |publisher=BBC News |date=2017-07-21}}</ref>

In March 2017, the Zanzibar Football Association voted on whether to change their name to Zanzibar Football Federation, which succeeded.<ref>{{cite web |title=ZFF yanukia – Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Zanzibar |url=http://zanzibar24.co.tz/zff-yanukia-shirikisho-la-mpira-wa-miguu-zanzibar/ |website=Zanzibar24 |access-date=12 July 2020 |date=22 March 2017}}</ref>

==Staff==

==Continental representation==

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Season
! CAF Champions League
! CAF Confederation Cup
|-
| 2006 
| [[Polisi FC|Polisi]]
| [[JKU SC]]
|-
| 2007
| [[Miembeni SC]]
| [[Chipukizi]]
|-
| 2008
| [[Miembeni SC]]
| [[Mundu SC|Mundu]]
|-
| 2009
| [[Miembeni SC]]
| [[Mundu SC|Mundu]]
|-
| 2010
| [[Mafunzo FC]]
| [[Miembeni SC]]
|}

==Football stadiums in Zanzibar==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Stadium!!Capacity!!City
|-
|[[Amaan Stadium]]||15,000||[[Zanzibar City]]

|}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Football in Zanzibar}}
{{CAF associations}}
{{CECAFA}}

[[Category:National members of the Confederation of African Football|Zanzibar]]
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 1926]]
[[Category:Football in Africa not associated with FIFA]]


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