About Para Football
Para Football is a foundation and worldwide body of football for persons with disabilities.
- Legally registered in the Netherlands as a stichting (Foundation) and non-profit, Para Football was founded in 2020 building upon a history of collaboration between international federations linked to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) which has now expanded to cover all types of football for persons with disabilities.
- Para Football also works closely with FIFA, Regional Confederations, Sub-Regional Football Federations and National Football Associations / Federations.

Para
- From the Greek preposition “para” - beside or alongside.
- Para Football runs in parallel to mainstream football.
- Shows how all formats exist side-by-side.
Football
Any of various forms of football (soccer) involving kicking (and in some cases also handling) a ball.
NOTE: The term 'Para' is a trademark of the International Paralympic Committee. Para Football has a trademark/licence agreement allowing use of the term 'Para' in our title. The term 'Para' may only be used by sports adhering to the IPC athlete classification code and with expressed permission of the IPC.

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By making a donation, you can support Para Football to offer more programmes, develop projects and create more opportunities worldwide for persons with disabilities to play football.