Macau Football Association

{{Short description|Governing body of association football in Macau}} {{National football association |Logo = Macau Football Association logo.svg |Badge_size = 220px |Founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1939}} |FIFA affiliation = 1978 |Region = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] |Region affiliation = 1978<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19781220-1.2.113.2.aspx|title=Singapore get okay to host pre- Games|date=20 December 1978|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]}}</ref> |Subregion = [[East Asian Football Federation|EAFF]] |Subregion affiliation = 2002 |Website = [http://macaufa.com/en/home www.macaufa.com] |President = Cheung Lup Kwan }}

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The '''Macau Football Association''' ({{zh|c=澳門足球總會}} [[Pinyin]]: Àomén zúqiú zǒng huì; {{langx|pt|Associação de Futebol de Macau}}) is the governing body of [[association football]] in [[Macau]] [[Special administrative regions of China|SAR]] of [[China]].

==History== The [[Hong Kong–Macau Interport]] tournament, jointly organized by [[Hong Kong Football Association]] and Macau Football Association, has been played since 1937. Macau first entered [[1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification|AFC Asian Cup qualification in 1980]], winning their first international match against [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]] by 2–1 at [[Tokyo National Stadium]].{{fact|date=December 2023}}

On 6 December 2018, [[Benfica de Macau]] President Duarte Alves accused the Macau Football Association of neglecting club football in favor of the [[Macau national football team]]. It is the second time in just two years that the club has been barred from participating in the [[AFC Cup]] 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/football-after-stunning-debut-benfica-barred-from-afc-again.html|title=After stunning debut, Benfica barred from AFC again|author=Daniel Beitler|date=6 December 2018|newspaper=Macau Daily Times}}</ref>

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 qualification – AFC first round|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/fifa-disciplinary-committee-sanctions-macau-football-association|title=FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions Macau Football Association|date=27 Jun 2019|website=[[fifa.com]]}}</ref>

==Association staff== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Position !Source |- |{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Victor Cheung Lup Kwan]] |President |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510080749/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2021|title=Member Association - Macau |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/macau/macau-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Chong Coc Veng]] |Vice-president |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510080749/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2021|title=Member Association - Macau |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/macau/macau-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Lai Pak Leng]] |2nd Vice-president |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510080749/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2021|title=Member Association - Macau |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Chan Keng Hou]] |General secretary |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510080749/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2021|title=Member Association - Macau |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/macau/macau-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Benjamin Chio]] |Treasurer |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510080749/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2021|title=Member Association - Macau |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Iong Cho Ieng]] |Technical director |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510080749/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2021|title=Member Association - Macau |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/macau/macau-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Iong Cho Ieng]] |Team coach (men's) |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510080749/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2021|title=Member Association - Macau |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/macau/macau-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |[[Zhang Hong (football coach)|Zhang Hong]] |Team coach (women's) |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510080749/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2021|title=Member Association - Macau |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/macau/macau-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=The AFC|language=en-GB}}</ref> |- |n/a |Media/communications manager | |- |{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Lau Weng Hang]] |Futsal Coordinator |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510080749/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2021|title=Member Association - Macau |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Macau}} [[Lau Peng Wai]] |Referee coordinator |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510080749/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/mac/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2021|title=Member Association - Macau |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> |}

==Competitions==

===National division===

====First division==== *[[Liga de Elite]]

====Lower divisions==== *[[2ª Divisão de Macau]] *[[3ª Divisão de Macau]]

===National cup=== *[[Taça de Macau]]

==See also== *[[Macau national football team]] *[[Macau national under-17 football team]] *[[Macau national under-20 football team]] *[[Macau national under-23 football team]] *[[Macau women's national football team]] *[[Sport in Macau]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|http://macaufa.com/en/home}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070610021752/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=mac/index.html Macau] at the FIFA website (archived 10 June 2007) *[http://www.the-afc.com/en/member-associations/east/macau-football-assoc.html Macau] at AFC site

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