Scottish Football Association

Information about Scottish Football Association

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Founded1873
FIFA affiliation1910
UEFA affiliation1954
President
George Peat


The Scottish Football Association (SFA) is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations. It was formed in 1873, making it the second oldest national football association in the world.

The Scottish Football Association sits on the International Football Association Board which is responsible for the laws of the game. The SFA is also a member of FIFA and founder member of UEFA. It is based at Hampden Park in Glasgow. In addition, the Scottish Football Museum is located there.

The Scottish Football Association is responsible for the operation of the Scotland national football team, the annual Scottish Cup and several other duties important to the functioning of the game in Scotland.

History

Following the formation of Scotland’s earliest football clubs in the 1860s, football experienced a rapid growth but there was no formal structure, and matches were often arranged in a haphazard and irregular fashion.

Queen's Park, a Glasgow club founded in 1867, took the lead, and following an advertisement in a Glasgow newspaper in 1873, representatives from seven clubs - Queen's Park, Clydesdale, Vale of Leven, Dumbreck, Third Lanark, Eastern and Granville - attended a meeting on 13 March, 1873. Furthermore, Kilmarnock sent a letter stating their willingness to join.

That day, these eight clubs formed the Scottish Football Association, and resolved that, "The clubs here represented form themselves into an association for the promotion of football according to the rules of The Football Association and that the clubs connected with this association subscribe for a challenge cup to be played for annually, the committee to propose the laws of the competition".[1]

Chief executive

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Gordon Smith
The chief executive of the Scottish Football Association oversees the development of football in Scotland and the administration of disciplinary matters, and is also responsible for the general organisation of the national side. One of the most prominent roles of the chief executive is to hire and dismiss Scotland national team managers.[2]

There have been seven chief executives since 1882:[3]

National teams

As well as the Scotland national football team, the Scottish Football Association is also currently responsible for organising the Scotland B national football team, as well as men's national teams at under-21, under-19, under-18 and under-17 levels. There is also a semi-professional team. In women's football, there is the full Scotland women's national football team and an under-19 team.

Club competitions

The Scottish Football Association organises the following competitions: Although the SFA are not involved in the day-to-day operation of the Scottish Premier League or the Scottish Football League they do appoint referees to officiate the games in these leagues.[3]

Affiliated associations

National associations

The Scottish Football Association has affiliated to it the following six national associations:

Local associations

The following nine local associations are affiliated:
  • Aberdeenshire and District Football Association
  • East of Scotland Football Association
  • Fife Football Association
  • Forfarshire Football Association
  • Glasgow Football Association
  • North of Scotland Football Association
  • Southern Counties Football Association
  • Stirlingshire Football Association
  • West of Scotland Football Association

See also

References

1. ^ Brief History of the Scottish Football Association. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
2. ^ New SFA chief ready to take flak. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
3. ^ Gordon Smith appointed chief executive. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.

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Federation of International Football Associations

Motto for the good of the game. .
Formation May 21, 1904
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Zürich, Switzerland
Membership 208 national associations
President Sepp Blatter
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Union of European Football Associations

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Formation 15 June, 1954
Type Sports organisation
Headquarters Nyon, Switzerland
Membership 53 national associations
President Michel Platini
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Governing bodies have different scopes.
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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   
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Clubs in membership of the Scottish Premier League

  • Aberdeen F.C. ''
  • Celtic F.C.
  • Dundee United F.C.
  • Falkirk F.C.
  • Gretna F.C.
  • Heart of Midlothian F.C. ''(also known as Hearts)
  • Hibernian F.C. '' (also known as Hibs)
  • Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.

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The International Football Association Board (IFAB) (also known as The International F. A. Board or simply The International Board) is the body that determines the Laws of the Game of association football (soccer).
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Federation of International Football Associations

Motto for the good of the game. .
Formation May 21, 1904
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Zürich, Switzerland
Membership 208 national associations
President Sepp Blatter
Website [1]
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Union of European Football Associations

UEFA member associations are in red

Formation 15 June, 1954
Type Sports organisation
Headquarters Nyon, Switzerland
Membership 53 national associations
President Michel Platini
Website [1] The
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Location Glasgow, Scotland

Opened 1903
Renovated 1999

Owner Queen's Park F.C.
Operator Hampden Park Limited
Surface Grass pitch

Tenants
Queen's Park F.C.
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Glasgow
Gaelic - Glaschu
Scots - Glesca, Glesga


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The Scottish Football Museum is the Scottish Football Association's National Museum of football, located in Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

The Museum

The museum houses over 2000 objects of football memorabilia, including the world's oldest cap and match ticket, from
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Scotland

Nickname(s) The Tartan Army[1][2]

Association Scottish Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach
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Founded
1874
Nation
Scotland
Holders (2006-07)
Celtic
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup[1], usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national cup knockout competition in Scottish football.
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Queen's Park

Full name Queen's Park Football Club
Nickname(s) The Spiders, The Hoops
Founded July 9 1867
Ground Hampden Park, Glasgow
Capacity 52,500
Chairman G. M.
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Clydesdale F. C. were a nineteenth-century Glasgow-based soccer club, who were attached to Clydesdale Cricket Club during the 1870s. In 1873, Clydesdale was one of the teams to found the Scottish Football Association.
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Vale of Leven Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club based in the town of Alexandria in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire. Nicknamed the Vale and formed in 1939, they play at Millburn Park.
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Third Lanark Athletic Club was a Scottish football team that existed from 1872 to 1967 and were based in Glasgow.

Originally one of the great clubs of early Scottish Football, Third Lanark were far from being the first major Scottish football club to be declared bankrupt and
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Kilmarnock F.C.

Full name Kilmarnock Football Club
Nickname(s) Killie
Founded 1869
Ground Rugby Park
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
Capacity 18,128
Chairman Michael Johnston
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Date of birth November 30 1944 (1944--) (age 64)
Place of birth    Bargeddie, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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James "Jim" Farry is a former Chief Executive of the Scottish Football Association.

Early life

Farry was born in Glasgow in 1955, attending school in East Kilbride before working as a landscape gardener.
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Gordon Duffield Smith (born Kilwinning December 29 1954) was a football player who played for Rangers F.C. and Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. and until worked as a football agent and BBC football pundit.
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Scotland

Nickname(s) The Tartan Army[1][2]

Association Scottish Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach
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Scotland B national football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is a secondary football team of Scotland, run occasionally as support for the Scotland national football team.
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