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Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa (Arabic: سلمان بن ابراهيم آل خليفة; born 2 November 1965) is a Bahraini football administrator. As of 2023[update] he is Senior Vice-president of the FIFA Council. He has been president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 2 May 2013. Before becoming president of the AFC, he had been president of Bahrain Football Association (2002–13) and also chairman of the AFC Disciplinary Committee and deputy chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.
He is member of the House of Khalifa, the royal family of Bahrain, and has been accused of involvement in the crackdown on dissidents since the Arab Spring in Bahrain. He has denied these allegations.
Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa was born on 2 November 1965 in Bahrain. He is a member of the royal family of Bahrain. He is the second son of Ibrahim bin Hamad al-Khalifa and Aisha bint Salman al-Khalifa, daughter of Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, the ruler of Bahrain from 1942 until his death in 1961.[citation needed]
He graduated from the University of Bahrain in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in English literature and history.
Salman has been involved in football for many years, dating back to the early 1980s when he played a few years in the youth team of Bahrain Division I team, Riffa Club.
Since leaving Riffa Club to focus on his academic studies, Salman has held executive positions at the Bahrain Football Association (BFA). In 1996, he became chairman of the national team. In 1998, he was elected vice-president of the BFA, and president in 2002, a post he held until 2013, when he assumed a new post at the AFC.
Salman was president of the Bahrain Football Association at time of the "golden era" of Bahraini football. The national team was a match away from qualifying to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup. The team also managed to reach the 2004 Asian Cup semi-final, the furthest the national team has ever reached in the continental championship. The national team FIFA ranking also reached its highest in the history of Bahraini Football, as it moved up to the 44th position.
In May 2013, Salman was elected president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which also made him a member of the FIFA Executive Committee. Soon after his election he changed the AFC constitution, which led to Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan losing his seat as an Asian representative on the FIFA Executive Committee and caused a rift between the two men.
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Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa (Arabic: سلمان بن ابراهيم آل خليفة; born 2 November 1965) is a Bahraini football administrator. As of 2023[update] he is Senior Vice-president of the FIFA Council. He has been president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 2 May 2013. Before becoming president of the AFC, he had been president of Bahrain Football Association (2002–13) and also chairman of the AFC Disciplinary Committee and deputy chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.
He is member of the House of Khalifa, the royal family of Bahrain, and has been accused of involvement in the crackdown on dissidents since the Arab Spring in Bahrain. He has denied these allegations.
Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa was born on 2 November 1965 in Bahrain. He is a member of the royal family of Bahrain. He is the second son of Ibrahim bin Hamad al-Khalifa and Aisha bint Salman al-Khalifa, daughter of Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, the ruler of Bahrain from 1942 until his death in 1961.[citation needed]
He graduated from the University of Bahrain in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in English literature and history.
Salman has been involved in football for many years, dating back to the early 1980s when he played a few years in the youth team of Bahrain Division I team, Riffa Club.
Since leaving Riffa Club to focus on his academic studies, Salman has held executive positions at the Bahrain Football Association (BFA). In 1996, he became chairman of the national team. In 1998, he was elected vice-president of the BFA, and president in 2002, a post he held until 2013, when he assumed a new post at the AFC.
Salman was president of the Bahrain Football Association at time of the "golden era" of Bahraini football. The national team was a match away from qualifying to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup. The team also managed to reach the 2004 Asian Cup semi-final, the furthest the national team has ever reached in the continental championship. The national team FIFA ranking also reached its highest in the history of Bahraini Football, as it moved up to the 44th position.
In May 2013, Salman was elected president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which also made him a member of the FIFA Executive Committee. Soon after his election he changed the AFC constitution, which led to Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan losing his seat as an Asian representative on the FIFA Executive Committee and caused a rift between the two men.