Football Federation of Macedonia

The Football Federation of Macedonia – FFM (Macedonian: Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија, ФФМ) or Football Federation of North Macedonia^[2][3] is the governing body of football in North Macedonia, based in Skopje.^[4][5][6]

Football Federation of Macedonia

UEFA
Short name	FFM
Founded	14 August 1949; 75 years ago (1949-08-14)[1]
Headquarters	Skopje
FIFA affiliation	1994
UEFA affiliation	1994
President	Masar Omeragikj
Website	ffm.mk

History

FFM was officially formed as part of the Football Association of Yugoslavia after the establishment of then SR Macedonia,^[7] 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 (Macedonian: Фудбалски Сојуз на Македонија / Fudbalski Sojuz na Makedonija or ФСМ/FSM). In 1994, FFM became a member of FIFA and UEFA.^[8] The first ever president was Ljubisav Ivanov - Dzingo.^[9] Andon Dončevski was appointed by FFM as the first ever coach of the North Macedonia national team.

Crest

The previous logo used up until 2014.

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.^[10]

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

Presidents

Nr.	President	Years in power
1.	Ljubisav Ivanov-Dzingo	1993–1999
2.	Lambe Arnaudov	1999–2002
3.	Haralampie Hadži-Risteski	2002–2012
4.	Ilčo Gjorgioski	2012–2018
5.	Muamed Sejdini	2019–2024
6.	Masar Omeragikj	2024–

References

1. "History". ffm.mk. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
2. "Football Federation of North Macedonia (MKD) | Member associations". UEFA. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
3. "Football Federation of North Macedonia". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
4. "Football Federation of Macedonia". FIFA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
5. "North Macedonia". UEFA. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
6. "UEFA President meets Football Federation of Macedonia President". UEFA. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
7. Richard Mills, The Politics of Football in Yugoslavia: Sport, Nationalism and the State, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018, ISBN 1786733595, p. 82.
8. Ristovski, Blaže, ed. (2009). Makedonska enciklopedija: M-Š (in Macedonian). MANU. p. 1569. ISBN 9786082030241.
9. "ФФМ - Историја на федерацијата". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
10. "Одржано Редовно Годишно Собрание на ФФМ" (in Macedonian). ffm-mk.com. 23 March 2014. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

External links

• Official Website (in Macedonian, English, and Albanian)
• North Macedonia at UEFA.com
• North Macedonia at FIFA.com