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| 25/07/2008 |
Vision Asia Bureau |
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| 16 July 2008 |
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Bahrain start training in earnest
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| Bahraini League top scorer Jaycee John and key midfielder Hussain Baba are missing from the Gulf side’s two-week long European training camp which got |
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| 9 July 2008 |
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Iran, Bahrain renew acquaintances
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| Familiar adversaries Iran and Bahrain will meet again in a friendly match on August 26 as the two sides prepare for their respective 2010 World Cup |
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| 3 July 2008 |
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Japan, Bahrain clash again
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| Japan and Bahrain are set to renew acquaintances for the third consecutive qualifying campaign after the draw for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup final |
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| 26 June 2008 |
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Macala has no preferences
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| Bahrain’s Czech coach Milan Macala believes the Gulf side has a good chance of booking progression to the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals. |
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| 22 June 2008 |
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Okada hails Japan spirit
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| Japan’s unconventional winning goal against Bahrain in the pouring rain at Saitama Stadium on Sunday evening had head coach Takeshi Okada praising his |
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| Organisation Structure |
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In the late 1920's, football kicked off in a school called Al Khalifa, forming its own football team combining with Al Wattaniah. In 1931, a team from Bahrain made its first foray into international football when they visited Basrah city in Iraq to play two friendly matches. The team lost to Al Basrah High School team and the British Air Force. Also in the same year, the first national championship was organised with participating teams coming from the Royal Air Force, companies and organisations. Muharraq emerged as the first winners. Before the formation of the Bahrain Football Association (BFA) in 1958, the early governing body of Bahraini football set up a council to supervise football activities. It was headed by Hamad bin Mohammed Isa. The first thing they did was to set up a league and a cup championship in 1951 and 1952. A team called BABCO became the first league champions while Muharraq was the first cup champions. In 1957, this governing body announced plans to officially establish BFA and also to organise tournaments for local clubs only. Thus, BFA was born on October 11, 1958. They joined FIFA in 1965 as a temporary member and became a full member in 1968 at the FIFA Congress in Mexico. A year later, they joined AFC. In 1970, as BFA, they organised their first international tournament, the Gulf Cup. Bahrain football has made great strides in the new millennium. A huge number of players are playing professional football in Qatar and surprised many at the Asian Cup 2004 when in their first participation at the Finals, they qualified for the semi-finals and was ten seconds away from knocking out then power-house and defending champion Japan..
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Committee |
| President |
| H.E.Sh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa |
| Vice President |
| Sh. Ali Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa |
| General Secretary |
| Ahmed Jassim Mohamed |
| Treasurer |
| Ahmed Abdulla Al-Noaimi |
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| Contact Address |
| Address |
| Riffa-Area 934 Road 3407 Bldg 315 Riffa 5464 Manama Bahrain |
| Telephone |
| 0973 17 689 569 |
| Fax |
| 973 17 781 188 |
| E-mail |
| bhrfa@batelco.com.bh |
| Website |
| www.bahrainfootball.org |
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| Other Info |
| Founded |
| 1957 |
| Affiliation since |
| 1970 (AFC), 1966 (FIFA) |
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