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Welcome to the official website of the

Schoolboys Football Association of Ireland.

Contact by e-mail: martin.ohanlon@fai.ie

The SFAI does not publish its rules on the internet, the only official source for SFAI rules is the rule book issued by the SFAI each year following its Annual Geneeral Meeting.

These rule books are issued to each affiliated League who in turn distribute the rule books on a one per member club basis.

We are the governing body for under-age football in the Republic of Ireland and are affiliated to our parent body - the Football Association of Ireland.

The SFAI has been established for over 60 years and caters for close to 100,000 players from more than 1,000 clubs through its 32 affiliated Leagues all round the country under the control of a National Council and an Executive Committee.

Each affililated League of the required size has a seat/s on the Council while a number also have a seat on the Executive Committee, in addition a representative from each Province has a seat on the Executive Committee.

The Officer Board consists of the following:

  • Chairperson
  • Vice Chairperson
  • Honorary Treasurer
  • Past Chairperson

Contact details for SFAI Council  representatives are published under the SFAI Council tab.

Contact details for League Honorary Secretaries are published under the Leagues tab.

SFAI national competitions:

These comprise the UMBRO Kennedy Cup Tournament which is held in Limerick University in June when each of the 32 affiliated Leagues will enter a squad of twenty U-13 year old players to compete over an entire week with additional competitions for those teams which do not progress to the latter stages of the Kennedy Cup itself.

The National Irish Bank Cups which are competed for by club teams from the U-11 up to and including the U-16 age groups with the national Finals held each May.

Each club in the country has the option to enter teams in these knockout Cups at their appropriate age and those teams will compete regionally up to the Round of 32 from when a nationwide draw is held to bring the competitions to a finish.

The inter-League competitions are played between League representative teams at the U-12, U-14, U-15 and U-16 age catergories on a regional group basis with the qualifiers progressing to the knock out stages leading to the National Finals each year.