The Malagasy Football Federation (french: Fédération Malagasy de Football, FMF) is the governing body of

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Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. It was founded in 1961, affiliated to

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

in 1964 and to CAF in 1963. It organizes the

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and the

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. On 19 March 2008, the FMF was suspended by FIFA. On 19 May 2008, the suspension was lifted.

References

External links

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Madagascar
at the FIFA website.

Madagascar
at CAF Online

Football in Madagascar Sports organizations established in 1961

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