The Royal Melillan Football Federation ( es, Real Federación Melillense de Fútbol; RFMF) is responsible for administering football in the Autonomous City of

Melilla Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was par ...

. They are not directly affiliated with

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or CAF or

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. Till now there has been no attempt to select a team to represent the whole Spanish

exclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

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. Only under 14 and under 18 years teams have played so far, against other autonomous entities of Spain. At the autonomous community level (4th tier) of the

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below the national competitions controlled by the

Royal Spanish Football Federation The Royal Spanish Football Federation ( es, Real Federación Española de Fútbol; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. It is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. It was founded on 14 October 1909 ...

, clubs from Melilla are placed along with those from in Group 9 of the

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

rather than in their own group, but at the 5th level, the city has its own league, the Primera Autonómica de Melilla.

References

External links

Official site of Melilla Football FederationTerritorial Federations in Spain
Football Federation Mellila Sports organizations established in 1999 1999 establishments in Spain Organisations based in Spain with royal patronage {{Footy-org-stub