The Macau Football Association (

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: Àomén zúqiú zǒng huì; ) is the governing body of

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SAR of

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History

The

Hong Kong–Macau Interport Hong Kong Macau Interport is an annual association football match between Hong Kong and Macau national teams. The matches are hosted by the two alternatively each year. Results Winners Table The rivalry Men's matches Only full international ma ...

tournament, jointly organized by

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and Macau Football Association, has been played since 1937. Macau first entered AFC Asian Cup qualification in 1980, winning their first international match against

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by 2–1 at

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. On 6 December 2018, Benfica de Macau President Duarte Alves accused the Macau Football Association of neglecting club football in favor of the

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. It is the second time in just two years that the club has been barred from participating in the

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on account of an administrative error. He said that the embarrassing situation might have been avoided if the Macau FA had been more proactive in supporting club football. Duartes further complained that he thinks that the Macau FA is simply focused on fulfilling whatever is required to get the FIFA and AFC subsidies – for example, having the various league echelons. On 27 June 2019, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctioned the Macau Football Association for failing to play the second leg of their first-round match against Sri Lanka in the AFC’s 2022 FIFA World Cup preliminary competition, due to be played on 11 June 2019. FIFA declared a 3–0 forfeit victory for Sri Lanka, with the Macau Football Association also receiving a fine of CHF 10,000.

Association staff

Competitions

National division

First division

Liga de Elite Liga de Elite (; ), previously known as Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol, is the top division of the Associação de Futebol de Macau, Macau Football Association, created in 1973. The league features local players and professional foreign pl ...

Lower divisions

2ª Divisão de Macau Campeonato da 2ª Divisão do Futebol, is the second division of the Associação de Futebol de Macau, Macau Football Association, created in 2005. As with the Hong Kong First Division League, it is separate from the mainland Chinese football le ...

* 3ª Divisão de Macau

National cup

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References

External links

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Macau
at the FIFA website (archived 10 June 2007)

at AFC site Football in Macau

Sports organizations established in 1939 1939 establishments in Macau

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