The sport of

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

in Macau is run by the Associação de Futebol de Macau. The association administers the national football team as well as the national league. The national team has never qualified for the

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

EAFF East Asian Championship EAFF E-1 Football Championship, known as the East Asian Football Championship from 2003 to 2010, and the EAFF East Asian Cup for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is a men's international football competition in East Asia for member nations of the East ...

. The team qualified for the

2006 AFC Challenge Cup The 2006 AFC Challenge Cup was held between 1 and 16 April 2006 in Bangladesh. Sixteen teams were split into four groups, the top two in each group qualifying for the quarterfinals, and from then on a straight knockout contest. There was no quali ...

, where they got one draw and two losses. Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, as a result the

Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China The Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China (MOC, ; pt, Comité Olímpico e Desportivo de Macau, China, ''CODM''), is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Macau and is responsible for organizing the Special Administrative Region's (SAR) ...

is not recognized as a National Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee, the Macau national under-23 football team is unable to take part in the

Olympic football tournament Football at the Summer Olympics, referred to as the Olympic Football Tournament, has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 (the inaugural Games) and 1932 (in an attempt to promote the new FIFA Wo ...

. In November 2016, Macau finished second in the

2016 AFC Solidarity Cup The 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup was the inaugural edition of the AFC Solidarity Cup, an international football tournament. It took place between 2–15 November 2016 in Malaysia. The tournament was created by the Asian Football Confederation as a re ...

. Due to the withdraw of Guam and suspension of Kuwait, Macau qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying third round. There are three major FIFA standard 11 a side football fields in Macau, they are: * Estádio Campo Desportivo * Macau University of Science and Technology Sports Field * Lin Fong Stadium

League system

Domestic tournaments

* Taça da Associação de Futebol de Macau (Macau FA Cup) the national open cup.

Macau stadiums

References

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