The Largest football confederation in the world.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have become the largest football confederation in the world.

CAF’s members have been increased after the acceptance of Zanzibar at the 39th Ordinary General

Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

At the congress, Zanzibar were unanimously accepted to take CAF members to 54.

 

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania in East Africa.

Once under British control, they got independent in 1963 and one-year later, they merged with former African state of Tanganyika to form Tanzania.

Although part of the country of Tanzania, Zanzibar still elect their own President and House of Representatives, and they deal with internal matters.

They also formed their own football association the Zanzibar Football Association (ZFA) which has now been accepted as members of CAF.

play Zanzibar Football Association (Zanzibar Football Association)

This is a return for Zanzibar who were removed from CAF in 2005 after there were rejected by world football governing body, FIFA.

After the removal, there became just associate member of CAF as their club sides only participated in CAF continental club competitions.

Players from Zanzibar were only eligible to play in international competition for the Tanzania team.