Japan Football Association (JFA) has signed on a partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA).

The MoU focuses on knowledge sharing and exchange programmes in order to cooperate together for further development of football in both Argentina and Japan.

Both football associations agreed that football exchanges can be enhanced through the signing of a partnership this time, and expressed expectation for the future initiatives.

The MoU between AFA and JFA aims to cooperate with each other in the areas as follows:

1. Friendly matches and various exchange programmes for National Teams and Players of each age category
2. Friendly matches and various exchange programmes for National Teams and Players of Futsal, Beach soccer, and Women’s football
3. Referee exchange programmes
4. Coach exchange programmes

Until today JFA has signed a MoU with the following football associations, confederation and club:

Asia
[East] Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Mongolia
[ASEAN] Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
[Central] Iran, Uzbekistan
[West] Jordan, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates

Europe
Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, FC Bayern München

South America
CONMEBOL, Paraguay, Venezuela