Football Association of Ireland
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| Founded | 1921 |
| FIFA affiliation | 1923 |
| UEFA affiliation | 1958 |
| President | Paddy McCaul |
| Website | www |
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI; Irish: Cumann Peile na hÉireann) is the governing body for association football in the Republic of Ireland. It should not be confused with the Irish Football Association which is the governing body in Northern Ireland.
The FAI has an Executive Committee of five members under the President, who receive expenses, as well as a paid administrative staff led by the General Secretary Joe Murphy. The current chief executive is John Delaney who earns a salary of €340,000 a year. There is also a General Council of delegates who vote at the AGM. As well as the senior clubs, the General Council includes delegates from a variety of affiliated organisations:
Recent changes have been made to the organisational structure following the publication of the "Genesis II" report (a non-independent report produced by and for the FAI, following the publication of the independent and highly critical Genesis report) of 2005. This includes the reorganisation of the national football league system in line with the recommendations.
The League of Ireland actually predated the FAI by three months. The FAI Cup was immediately established along the lines of the FA Cup and Scottish Cup competitions. A second cup competition was formed in 1974 called the League of Ireland Cup. The FAI Junior Cup and FAI Intermediate Cup are for non-League of Ireland teams. The Setanta Cup was inaugurated in 2005 as cross-border competition between FAI clubs from the League of Ireland and IFA clubs from the Irish League. There is also an Under 19 League of Ireland. The FAI President's Cup, a game between the previous season's League of Ireland and FAI Cup winners, was inaugurated in 2014.
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