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| Founded | 28 May 2002 at Koror |
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| FIFA affiliation | none |
| President | Destin Penland |
| Website | PFA |
The Palau Football Association is the governing body for association football in Palau. The association is based in the town of Koror. Palau currently is not a member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), the Asian Football Federation (AFC), or FIFA.
The Association runs the national football team and the Palau Soccer League, as well as the Palau Youth Soccer League.
The Palau Football Association (PFA) was incorporated on May 28, 2002 under the laws of the Republic of Palau as a non-profit corporation. It is one of 14 federations of the Palau National Olympic Committee (PNOC). There is a small volunteer board that is primarily responsible to conduct all the activities of the association along with a handful of volunteer parent/coaches. (From the PFA website)
After its creation the PFA was listed as an associate member of the OFC. [1] Subsequently this status was lost and has not been regained as of the 4th of October, 2023.
In 2009 the PFA requested to become a quasi-member of the East Asia Football Federation. [2] As of 2013, no further progress has been made. [3]
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The 2012 Palau Soccer League was the eighth season of association football competition in Palau, and the first that has been split into two stages: the Spring League and the Fall League. The Spring League was won by Team Bangladesh. The Spring League consisted of five rounds of matches in a round robin group stage, from which the top four qualified for semi-finals, and a play-off final. According to the fixture list, the Fall League was played in the same format, only this time each team played the others twice. This is assumed to be the first season of football since 2010 as the 2011 winner is unknown.
The 2014 Palau Soccer League is the ninth season of association football competition in Palau, and it also marks ten years since the league began in 2004. The 2014 League was competed by five teams from Palau. The league will be played in a round-tobin format, with the top four teams qualifying for the semi-finals. This is the first season of football in Palau since the 2012 Fall season, as that season stretched into 2013. The round robin stage began on April 13, and will end on June 15. The Semi-finals and Final will then take place on June 22 and June 29 respectively.
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