Association football is a practiced sport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). UAE has teams and players at both club and international level. Domestic League The United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA), the governing body for the sport in the UAE, was founded as recently as 1971, affiliating to FIFA in 1974. A "test" league was run by the formed body in 1973–74 season in order to determine a format for competitive association football in the country. The competition was won by Al-Oroba, with the triumph recognised as official in 2001 by the UAEFA. The UAE Football League as it is known, includes the top flight UAE Arabian Gulf League with Al Ain the only club with thirteen title wins. UAE Division 1 currently acts as the UAE's 2nd tier competition with two clubs getting promoted and UAE Second Division League was established in 2019 to act as the UAE's 3rd tier competition. UAE has seen a number of overseas players and coaches imported. Amongst the names to compete have been Paraguayan international Roberto Acuña, former Internazionale Mohamed Kallon and 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year Fabio Cannavaro. In 2011, David Trezeguet and Diego Maradona joined as player and coach respectively. Cup No fewer than six knockout cup competitions have been competed for in the UAE, although only three of these remain in existence. The Emir Cup, now called the UAE President's Cup began at the same time as the league and has been established as an annual contest since 1978–79. More recent additions to the calendar have been the Etisalat Emirates Cup and the UAE Super Cup, a one-off match between the league winners and the President's Cup winners. Some defunct competitions are the Federation Cup, an irregular competition, the UAE Vice Presidents Cup and the UAE FA Cup. International The United Arab Emirates national football team, nicknamed Al Abyad, made their first appearance in 1972. AFC Asian Cup Al Abyad first appeared at the AFC Asian Cup in 1980 when it was eliminated in the first round. Two more first round exits followed before the team finished fourth in 1992. In 1996, as hosts, UAE topped their group and then won games against Iraq and Kuwait to set up a final against Saudi Arabia. The match ended in a 0–0 draw but UAE lost on penalties. The team qualified for three of the four subsequent tournaments and