Football Federation of Macedonia explained

The Football Federation of Macedonia – FFM (mk|Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија, ФФМ); sq|Federata e Futbollit të Maqedonisë, FFM) or Football Federation of North Macedonia^{[1] [2]} is the governing body of football in North Macedonia, based in Skopje.^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

FFM was officially formed as part of the Football Association of Yugoslavia after the establishment of then SR Macedonia,^[6] a constituent state of SFR Yugoslavia, following World War II, on 14 August 1949 in Skopje. The first football department was established as a part of the sports' association of the city of Skopje, while the football section was separated on 16 August 1948. From 1949 to 2002, it was called the Football Association of Macedonia (mk|Фудбалски Сојуз на Македонија / Fudbalski Sojuz na Makedonija or ФСМ/FSM). In 1994, FFM became a member of FIFA and UEFA.^[7] The first ever president was Ljubisav Ivanov - Dzingo.^[8] Andon Dončevski was appointed by FFM as the first ever coach of the North Macedonia national team.

Crest

Macedonian flag on top behind a yellow background. Below, a blue crest with the yellow FFM Cyrillic letters above a football.

On 22 March 2014, the FFM launched a new crest.^[9]

Operations

It operates these codes:

• First Macedonian Football League
• Second Macedonian Football League
• Third Macedonian Football League
• Macedonian Regional Leagues
• Macedonian Football Cup
• Macedonian Football Super Cup
• Macedonian women's football championship
• Macedonian Women's Football Cup
• North Macedonia national football team
• North Macedonia national under-21 football team
• North Macedonia national under-19 football team
• North Macedonia national under-17 football team
• North Macedonia women's national football team
• North Macedonia national futsal team

Staff

Position	Name
President	Muamed Sejdini
Vice President	Lazar Rakidjiev
General Secretary	Filip Popovski
Match Commissioner	Vasko Dojchinovski
Referee Coordinator	Emil Bozhinovski

External links

• Official Website
• North Macedonia at UEFA.com
• North Macedonia at FIFA.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football Federation of North Macedonia (MKD) Member associations. 2021-10-12. UEFA . en.
2. Web site: Football Federation of North Macedonia. 2021-10-12. FIFA . en . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210623125047/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/MKD . 2021-06-23.
3. Web site: Football Federation of Macedonia . https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155920/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mkd/ . dead . February 15, 2019 . . 24 April 2019.
4. Web site: North Macedonia . . 24 April 2019.
5. News: UEFA President meets Football Federation of Macedonia President . . 15 April 2019 . 24 April 2019.
6. Richard Mills, The Politics of Football in Yugoslavia: Sport, Nationalism and the State, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018,, p. 82.
7. Book: Ristovski . Blaže . Makedonska enciklopedija: M-Š . 2009 . MANU . 9786082030241 . 1569 . mk.
8. Web site: ФФМ - Историја на федерацијата . 2014-04-13 . https://archive.today/20120708115009/http://ffm.com.mk/istorijanaffm . 2012-07-08 . dead .
9. Web site: Одржано Редовно Годишно Собрание на ФФМ. ffm-mk.com. 23 March 2014. mk. 23 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140323032800/http://www.ffm-mk.com/2014/03/%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%84/. 23 March 2014. dead.