Football Federation of Macedonia

Football Federation of Macedonia

UEFA
Association crest
Founded	1919/1926
FIFA affiliation	1923/1994
UEFA affiliation	1954/1994
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 Ilco Gjorgioski. 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

History

File:Macedonian Football Federation logo (used until 2014).png

The previous logo used up until 2014.

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 WWII 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. Andon Dončevski was appointed by FFM as the first ever coach of the Macedonia national team.

Crest

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.

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

President	Years in power
Ljubisav Ivanov-Dzingo	1993–1999
Lambe Arnaudov	1999–2002
Haralampie Hadži-Risteski	2002–2012
Ilčo Gjorgioski	2012–present

External links

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