East Visayas R.F.A.

East Visayas Regional Football Association
Abbreviation	EVRA
Formation	2003 (as FSL); 2009 (as LFA); 2017 (as EVRFA)
Type	Football association
Headquarters	Tacloban
Region	Eastern Visayas
President	Dan Palami
Parent organization	Philippine Football Federation
Website	http://evrfa.org/

Last updated August 02, 2019

The East Visayas Regional Football Association (EVRFA) is the regional football association for the provinces of Eastern Visayas and is a regular member of the Philippine Football Federation.

Eastern Visayas is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region VIII. It consists of three main islands, Samar, Leyte and Biliran. The region has six provinces, one independent city and one highly urbanized city namely, Biliran, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, Ormoc and Tacloban. The highly urbanized city of Tacloban is the sole regional center. These provinces and cities occupy the easternmost islands of the Visayas group of islands.

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History

Futbol Sociedad de Tacloban/Leyte and Leyte FA

Logo as Leyte FA.

The Leyte Football Association was established on March 8, 2003 and was initially known as the Futbol Sociedad de Tacloban/Leyte (FSL). The FSL was formally reorganized as the Leyte Football Association in April 29, 2009 and elected its first officers as the LFA. Dan Palami was elected as the first LFA President. The LFA was admitted to the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) on November of the same year. The LFA became the 33rd regular member of the PFF on November 30, 2010.^[1]

East Visayas RFA

On March 22, 2017, Leyte F.A. reorganized itself to become a regional football association to comply with the statutes of the PFF. It renamed itself as the East Visayas Regional Football Association.^[2]

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References

↑ "About Us - History". Leyte F.A. Leyte F.A. Retrieved 13 August 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "About Us". East Visayas Regional Football Association. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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[1] "About Us - History". Leyte F.A. Leyte F.A. Retrieved 13 August 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[2] "About Us". East Visayas Regional Football Association. Retrieved 5 December 2017.