Ligue Nationale de Football: Chad's Top Soccer League and Its Fight to Rebuild

When you hear Ligue Nationale de Football, the top professional soccer league in Chad, also known as LINAFOOT, you might not think of blockchain or crypto. But here’s the twist: the same federation that runs it, the Chadian Football Federation (FTFA), the governing body for soccer in Chad, which was suspended by FIFA from 2021 to 2025 due to government interference, is now trying to rebuild trust—just like a DeFi protocol recovering from a hack. Both need transparency, accountability, and community buy-in to survive.

The Ligue Nationale de Football, the domestic league that feeds the Chad national team, Les Sao, was frozen for years while FIFA investigated political meddling. Now, with the ban lifted in March 2025, the league is restarting. Clubs are scrambling to get funding. Players are looking for sponsors. And just like crypto projects trying to attract users after a scandal, LINAFOOT needs to prove it’s clean, fair, and worth following. No more backroom deals. No more fake registrations. Just real games, real talent, and real stakes.

What does this have to do with crypto? Plenty. The same tools used to track on-chain activity—public ledgers, smart contracts, transparent token distributions—are now being explored by sports federations worldwide to fight corruption. Imagine a future where player contracts are stored on blockchain, or match results are verified via decentralized oracles. Chad’s struggle isn’t unique. It’s a microcosm of a global shift: institutions that lost trust must rebuild with tech, not just promises.

On this page, you’ll find real stories from the front lines of this rebuild. Posts cover how FTFA survived the FIFA ban, what LINAFOOT’s return means for African football, and how governance failures in sports mirror failures in crypto. You’ll see how a banned federation learns to operate again, how a national team without World Cup experience fights for relevance, and why transparency isn’t just a buzzword—it’s survival.