Daau Football Association
| AEFA | |
 | |
| Founded | 2022 |
|---|---|
| FMF affiliation | 2022 |
| AEFA affiliation | 2022 |
| President | Howard Jones |
The Daau Football Association (Daau: Bola Sepak Di Daau) is the main governing body of association football in Daau. Officially founded in 2022, the association is responsible for all different kinds of football-related tournaments in Daau.
History
The Association was first founded by Nicklas Berndtner, known as the father of Daau football due to his immense support for local football and his work for Daau football. He soon realized that Daau needed a proper association rather than a corrupted Daau Football Federation. He and his team quickly reported the corrupt members of the DFF (formerly known as the Daau Football Federation, now as Daau Football Association). He then renamed the federation to its modern day name, Daau Football Association.
He set up the Daau Top League and the Daau Country Wide League, both now known as the Daau Super League and the Daau Premier League. Realizing that Daau needed fresh and young blood for the national team and league, Nicklas quicly set up the Daau Country Wide School League which was seperated into the lower school and upper school section for different age groups to participate.
The Daau national football team was then founded in due course.
On 3rd August 2022, the Daau national women's football team was founded.
President Isaac Zainol stepped down on the 23rd of May 2023 following a round of public online slandering regarding the national team's poor performance. His departure lead to a massive backlash towards the specific fan community which drove him away from continuing his passion towards Dauian football. Howard Jones was then elected as acting president following his departure.
DAFA would submit an application for Draugti's FMF membership to no avail, with FMF executive "Ed" asking DAFA "How many f**king national teams do you need" in explicit language. DAFA president Howard Jones claimed such actions were out of line coming from a gentleman with probable high regard in the micras community. As a result from such disrespect from the FMF, the Daau Sports Federation would issue a public statement as uproar rose among the footballing community.
President Howard Jones ended his term on 1st January 2025, ending his 2 year reign at the Football Association. Enrick Fernando was voted in as the new FA President following an internal vote. 223 days into his new role, Enrick Fernando would resign as the DAFA president citing health concerns while Sufri Jupree was elected as deputy president until September 2025, where the emergency voting will commence.
The Dauian government on June 1st 2026 announced that the football association would be omitted from government funding beginning July 1st 2027, as Daau would slowly redirect its funding towards civilian infrastructure and political stability structures.
However on July 1st 2026, DAFA announced that the Dauian government had granted a 5 year financial extension starting on January 1st 2027, which extended the association's operation lifespan.
On July 22nd 2026, Solomon Waheed acted as a whistleblower and broke social media with rumours of internal corruption within DAFA within hours after the annoucement that the government had released grant to the association. As Waheed worked under Howard Jones and claimed to be mistreated, this was cited as a main reason for the whistleblowing. DAFA refused to comment on the allegations. However following further questioning and probing within the organization and potential suspects, it was found that the rumour was pure speculation based on a string of unrelated leaked emails. Waheed's social reputation would take a further hit as he was forced into a public apology to the DAFA organization.
Youth Development Programmes
The Daau Football Association focuses on football development and operates national age group programmes with U-15, U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-23 teams (known as Daau U23, who compete in the country's professional Daau Super League). The Football Assoication also operates Daau Premier League club Dei Rangers as part of the DNTP project.
All Daau Super League clubs have also fully implemented their own programmes for the Under-14s, adding on to the existing U-16s, U-18s and U-21s program.
Council members
DAFA Head Council
The President is voted in every 2 years as one term and FA Presidents are allowed to re-run their campaign up to 3 terms. Vice-Presidents are voted in every 3 years as a term and are rotated. General and honorary members do not have a term restriction, though former FA Presidents are no longer allowed to be full members and may not participate in major votings. DSL Club chairmans are encouraged to join as Observer Members of the Association before pledging full membership.
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
 Sufri Jupree
|
President |
| Anderson Lainez
|
Vice President |
| Tan Jian Hreng
|
Vice President |
| Yazeen Hanapi
|
Vice President |
| Sean Bah
|
Vice President |
| Jason Kiranbir
|
Member |
| Wan Abdin bin Zainol Haikal
|
Member |
| Christoffe Yu
|
Member |
| Isaac Yew
|
Member |
| Hassan Mohammad
|
Member |
| Zachary Tan
|
Member |
| Chen Wei Jing
|
Member |
| Umar Al-Haansum
|
Member |
| Samuel Yoong
|
Observer Member |
| Howard Jones
|
Honorary Member |
| Isaac Zainol
|
Honorary Member |
| Zaquan Aihil
|
General Secretary |
| Aidil bin Zainal Haikal
|
Treasurer |
DAFA Secondary Council
The DAFA Secondary Council is the council for sub-federations of the Daau Football Federation. Secondary Council members are only called in for FA general assemblies and not general meetings. The Secondary Council reports back to the Head Council the progress of football in their respective representative regions. The representatives are elected every 2 years.
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
 Phil Searaan
|
Representative of MFF |
| Nicolas Ghaixk
|
Representative of Draguti |
Past Presidents
| Name | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Isaac Zainol
|
2022-2023 | |
| Howard Jones
|
2023-2025 | |
| Enrick Fernando
|
2025 | |
| Sufri Jupree
|
2025- | Deputy President |
DAFA tournaments
The Daau Football Association oversees these competitions:
- Daau Super League
- Daau Premier League
- Daau League
- Dauian Lower League
- Daau School League 1 (Upper School)
- Daau School League 2 (Lower School)
- DNTP Under-21 League
- DNTP Under-18 League
- Daau Futsal League
- Daau District 11v11
- Daau Women's League
- Daau SuperShield
- Daau Youth Cup
- Daau National Youth League
