Current Coach Sudan Mohamed Abdallah
South Sudan will become provisional members of the Confederation of African Football on Friday, the first step to becoming the world’s newest footballing nation.
But the newly-independent state, which broke away from Sudan and was declared independent in July last year, will need another two years before being able to compete fully in all competitions.
They will be inaugurated in a flag raising ceremony at the CAF Congress in Libreville on Friday and become eligible for immediate financial assistance from African football’s governing body.
A new South Sudan Football Association was established last month and a first election for leaders will be held in April. Full membership of FIFA, which already has 208 members, will granted in 2014 after which it will be able to play in the World Cup, African Nations Cup and enter teams in Africa’s two annual club competitions.
In the meantime CAF would seek to assist with the development of administrators, referees, coaches and sports medicine specialists, plus the establishment of a national league.
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