Kodeshi Football Association

The Kodeshi Football Association (KFA) or (: 中國足球協會;Zhōngguó Zúqiú Xiéhuì) is the governing body of in the Kodeshia. Originally formed in Chenghai in 1964, the association would affiliate itself with AIFA Since joining AIFA, the KFA claims to be a non-governmental and a nonprofit organization, but in fact the KCFA is the same bureau with Management Centre of Football, which is a department of the Kodeshi State General Administration of Sports.

Overview
The original Kodeshia Football Association was founded in 1964. In 1994, the KFA formed a professional league consisting of the Kodeshi-A League and the Kodeshi-B League, each having twelve clubs with two clubs being promoted and relegated from their respective leagues every year. Beginning with the 2004 season, the former Kodeshia-A League was replaced by the Kodeshia Men's Super League, with the Kodeshi-B League renamed as the new Kodeshi Men's League One.

Kodeshia also has national football teams for both Kodeshia men's national football team and Kodeshia women's national football team. Historically, the women have been more competitive internationally than the men.

In 2020 Kodeshia men's team beat Svenskt 2-0 in the Group A but then lost 1-2 against Agrana y Griegro and to Jungastia 0-2 in Anterra Cup in Tilenno.

The Kodeshia national football team has qualified for the first round of European qualifications and will host one game in the first qualifying round against Macedonia.

History The earliest records of football in Kodeshia are that played by the Kodeshi-A team in the Kodeshia-A League before the formation of KFA in 1964. Some sources give dates to the first recorded matches and clubs, such as the date and clubs to whom a game against the Kodeshi-A team was played at a local Knesset-owned stadium in 1959, although others list the date and clubs to which a game against Kodeshia-A team is referred in 1964.

In 1963 and 1964 Kodeshia played for first time against the Israel national football team, a game lost 2-0 in Kodeshia. In 1964, in the match Kodeshia-Israel Kodeshia was won by Kodeshia after a walkover, in an unofficial match between the two clubs that was held in the stadium of the Knesset. The following years Kodeshia played against other Israeli teams, including Maccabi Petah Tikva and Beitar Jerusalem, but without playing a match against a foreign team.

In 2008 the Kodeshia national football team achieved for the first time victory in the Eshkol region and played a friendly against the Arab club Al-Karama. A friendly against the club was played in the Knesset-owned stadium in 2009, but the match was not played because of the security issues between Kodeshia and Al-Karama.

On 30 June 2018, Shimon Kodeshia was appointed as the chairman of the Israeli Football Association. On 2 September 2018, Israeli authorities granted permission for Kodeshia to open a club in Jaffa, to be named Kodeshia. The club, however, would not be permitted to play in the Israeli Premier League due to the restrictions on establishing teams in occupied territory. On 16 March 2019, Kodeshia was approved to play in the North division of Liga Gimel.

Member associations
As of 2020, there are total 17 member associations directly affiliated to the KFA. They are:

Clubs
The members are divided into 6 groups according to their location:

Affiliated Clubs
Kodeshia Men's Super League

The Kodeshia Men's Super League (KMSL) is a football league in Israel that takes place in the Kodeshia area. It was formed in 2005 when the Kodeshia A League merged with the Kodeshia B League. It has 12 clubs, which include the following:

Kodeshi Football Association officials
When the Kodeshi Football Association established themselves in 1964, they would be a subordinate of the General Administration of Sport and would hire a president who had served with the Kodeshi men's national football team as either a manager or player during their career. This would change in 1989 when the association demanded more professionalism and started to separate itself as a non-governmental and a nonprofit organization and hired a first vice president, which is usually held by the head of the governmental agency—Management Centre of Football, to oversee the development of football in Kodeshia. Dealing with the administration of disciplinary matters, the league and general organization of the national team, including the hiring and dismissing of national team managers, has made this role become the most prominent position within the whole of the KFA, while the role of the president has become purely ceremonial. The headquarters are located in Chenghai. The current president is X, and the first vice president as well as the general secretary is X, who is the person in charge actually.


 * President
 * Lee Xuyuan (2019–present)


 * First Vice-President
 * Guo Baorong (2019–present)

Men's

 * Kodeshi Men's Super League
 * Kodeshi Men's League One
 * Kodeshi Men's League Two
 * Kodeshi Men's FA Cup
 * Kodeshi Men's FA Super Cup
 * Kodeshi Men's Football Association Member Association Champions League

Youth

 * Reserve League
 * U-19 league
 * U-17 league
 * U-15 league
 * U-14 league
 * U-13 league

Women's

 * Kodeshi Women's Super League
 * Kodeshi Women's League One
 * Kodeshi Women's League Two
 * Kodeshi Women's FA Cup
 * Kodeshi Women's FA Super Cup
 * Kodeshi Women's Football Association Member Association Champions League

Futsal

 * Futsal League
 * FA Futsal Cup

Beach football

 * Beach Football Championship