Football Federation of Macedonia

Football Federation of Macedonia

UEFA
Founded	1926
FIFA affiliation	1994
UEFA affiliation	1994
President	Ilčo Gjorgioski (2012–present)
Website	ffm.mk

The Football Federation of Macedonia (Macedonian: Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија / Fudbalska Federacija na Makedonija or ФФМ/FFM) is the governing body of football in the Republic of Macedonia based in Skopje. It was founded in 1926 and is currently headed by Ilčo Gjorgioski.

History

Macedonian Soccer Association was formed on 18 December 1926 on the founding general assembly that was held in the "Unknown Fallen Hero" restaurant in the city of Skopje. FFM was officially formed again after the World War II on 14 August 1949 in Skopje (after the end of World War Two, the first football department was established as a part of sport association of the city of Skopje, the football section is separated on 16 August 1948). From 1949 to 2002, it was called the Football Association of Macedonia (Macedonian: Фудбалски Сојуз на Македонија / Fudbalski Sojuz na Makedonija or ФСМ/FSM). The first ever president was Ljubisav Ivanov - Dzingo.^[1] Andon Dončevski was appointed by FFM as the first ever coach of the Macedonia national team.

Crest

The previous logo used up until 2014.

The 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.^[2]

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
• Macedonia national football team
• Macedonia national under-21 football team
• Macedonia national under-19 football team
• Macedonia national under-17 football team
• Macedonia women's national football team
• Macedonia national futsal team

Staff

Position	Name	Nationality
President	Ilčo Gjorgioski	Macedonian
Vice President	Kenan Idrizi	Macedonian
General Secretary	Igor Klimper	Macedonian
Match Commissioner	Vasko Dojčinovski	Macedonian
Referee Coordinator	Emil Božinovski	Macedonian

Presidents

References

External links

• Official Website (Macedonian) (English)
• Macedonia at UEFA.com
• Macedonia at FIFA.com

Football in the Macedonia
Football Federation of Macedonia
National teams	Men's (Results) Women's Futsal U-21 U-19 U-17
League system	men: First League Second League Third League (N, E, S, W, SW) Regional Leagues Reserves women: Macedonian women's football championship
Domestic cups	Macedonian Cup Macedonian Super Cup Macedonian Women's Cup
Defunct competitions	Republic League (1944–1992)
List of clubs List of venues Footballer of the Year Clubs in European tournaments

International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football