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South African Football Association (SAFA)

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The South African Football Association (SAFA) is the governing body for association football in South Africa, founded in 1991 through the merger of previously racially segregated football bodies as the apartheid era ended, and headquartered in Johannesburg. It oversees the South African national football teams, known as Bafana Bafana and Banyana Banyana, and organized the country's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first held on the African continent.

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Body Type
National administrative governing body 1
Founded
1991 1
Headquarters
Johannesburg, South Africa 1
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  • History section
    The new South African Football Association was founded on 23 March 1991, the culmination of a long unity process that was to rid the sport in South Africa of all its past racial division.
  • Infobox / Headquarters field
    Headquarters: Johannesburg
  • Lead paragraph
    The South African Football Association (SAFA) is the national administrative governing body that controls the sport of football in South Africa
  • Associated With: FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), Lead section
    SAFA was admitted to FIFA in 1992
  • Associated With: CAF (Confederation of African Football), Lead section
    is a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF)
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