Football in the Maldives is run by the
Football Association of Maldives
The Football Association of Maldives (FAM), founded in 1982, is the governing body of football in the Maldives. The association under the guidance of the Ministry of Youth & Sports is responsible for all regulatory aspects of the sport in the M ...
(FAM). The association administers the
national football team as well as the
national league
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...
. Football is one of the most popular sports in the country.
References
{{Maldives-sport-stub