The Football Federation of Macedonia (FFM; mk, Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија, ФФМ; sq, Federata e Futbollit të Maqedonisë) or Football Federation of North Macedonia is the governing body of

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North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

based in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

History

FFM was officially formed after the establishment of then

SR Macedonia The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was ...

as part of

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

, following World War II on 14 August 1949 in

(after the end of

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, the first football department was established as a part of the sport association of the city of Skopje, the football section was separated on 16 August 1948). From 1949 to 2002, it was called the Football Association of Macedonia ( mk, Фудбалски Сојуз на Македонија / Fudbalski Sojuz na Makedonija or ФСМ/FSM). The first ever president was Ljubisav Ivanov - Dzingo.

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was appointed by FFM as the first ever coach of the North Macedonia national team.

Crest

Macedonian flag on top behind a yellow background. Below, a blue crest with the yellow FFM

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letters above a football. On 22 March 2014, the FFM launched a new crest.

Operations

It operates these codes: *

First Macedonian Football League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competitio ...

Second Macedonian Football League The Macedonian Second Football League ( mk, Втора македонска Фудбалска Лига, ''Vtora Makedonska Fudbalska Liga''; also called Macedonian Second League, 2. MFL and Vtora Liga) is the second-highest professional football ...

* Third Macedonian Football League *

Macedonian Regional Leagues The Macedonian Municipal Leagues ( mk, Македонски Општински Лиги) is the fourth and fifth-highest football competition in the North Macedonia. Municipal football associations There are 25 active municipal football associa ...

Macedonian Football Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...

* Macedonian Football Super Cup * Macedonian women's football championship * Macedonian Women's Football Cup *

North Macedonia national football team The North Macedonia national football team ( mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Северна Македонија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Severna Makedonija) represents North Macedonia in men's international footbal ...

North Macedonia national under-21 football team The North Macedonia national under-21 football team is a youth association football national team which represents North Macedonia at this age level and is a feeder team for the North Macedonia national football team. It was formerly known as the ...

North Macedonia national under-19 football team The North Macedonia national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of the Republic of North Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of North Macedonia. The current manager is Shkumbin Arsllani. The current ...

North Macedonia national under-17 football team North Macedonia's national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of the Republic of North Macedonia and is controlled by the Football Federation of North Macedonia. The current manager is Dragi Kanatlarovski. For only pla ...

North Macedonia women's national football team The North Macedonia women's national football team represents North Macedonia in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation of Macedonia, the governing body for football in the country. History ...

* North Macedonia national futsal team

Staff

Presidents

References

External links

Official Website

at UEFA.com

at FIFA.com {{UEFA associations

Football in North Macedonia Futsal in North Macedonia

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Sports organizations established in 1948 1948 establishments in Yugoslavia