Organisation

Turks & Caicos Iislands Football Assotiation

THE TURKS & CAICOS IOSLANDS FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION FOUNDED IN 1996 AND WAS PROUD TO BE THE 200TH MEMBER JOINING FIFA IN 1998.

PRIOR TO 1996 EXPERIENCED PERSONS INTERESTED IN ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (SOCCER) WERE WORKING TOWARDS THE FORMATION OF A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION WITH AFFILIATION TO THE FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FIFA) THE INTERNATIONAL GOVERNING BODY OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AS THEIR GOAL. THE TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS GOVERNMENT (TCIG) AND THE ISLANDS SPORTS COMMISSION FULLY COOPERATED AND GAVE THEIR FULL SUPPORT TO THE FORMATION OF A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND ITS APPLICATION FOR AFFILIATION TO FIFA.

IN MAY 1996 THE TCIFA WERE ADMITTED AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE CONFEDERATION NORTE-CENTRO AMERICANA Y DEL CARIBE DE FOOTBALL (CONCACAF), A GEOGRAPHIC CONFEDERATION OF FIFA, AND IN MAY 1998 ADMITTED AS A FULL MEMBER. AS A RESULT THERE IS NOW A ONE HUNDRED PER CENT MEMBERSHIP IN CONCACAF OF COUNTRIES FROM THE CARIBBEAN, NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AREA.

MEMBERSHIP OF FIFA OPENED THE WAY FOR MAJOR ASSISTANCE TO THE TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL COMMUNITY MAINLY IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUTH AND SCHOOL FOOTBALL. THE ASSISTANCE WERE FINANCIAL TOGETHER WITH THE PROVISION OF EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR TRAINING NATIVE PERSONS IN COACHING, REFEREEING, ADMINISTRATION AND SPORTS MEDICINE.

TO MAKE THEIR VISION A REALITY THE TCIFA WILL REQUIRE THE COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE OF PARENTS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE ISLANDS.