Macau Football Association

The Macau Football Association (Chinese: 澳門足球總會 Pinyin: Àomén zúqiú zǒng huì; Portuguese: Associação de Futebol de Macau) is the governing body of association football in Macau SAR of China.

Macau Football Association
AFC
Founded1939; 85 years ago (1939)
FIFA affiliation1978
AFC affiliation1978[1]
EAFF affiliation2002
PresidentCheung Lup Kwan
Websitewww.macaufa.com
Macau Football Association
Traditional Chinese澳門足球協會
Simplified Chinese澳门足球协会
Literal meaningMacau Football Association
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÀomén Zúqiú Xiéhuì
Wade–GilesAomen Tsuch'iu Hsieh-hui
Tongyong PinyinÀomén Zúcióu Siéhuèi
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingOu3mun4 zeoi3kau4 hip3wui4
IPA[ʔōumʊ̏n tsɵ̄y kɐ̏u hɪ̄pwȕːi]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJÒ-mn̂g Chiok-kiû Hia̍p-hōe

History

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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 AFC Asian Cup qualification in 1980, winning their first international match against Philippines by 2–1 at Tokyo National Stadium.[citation needed]

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.[2]

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 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.[3]

Association staff

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Name Position Source
  Victor Cheung Lup Kwan President [4][5]
  Chong Coc Veng Vice-president [6][7]
  Lai Pak Leng 2nd Vice-president [8]
  Chan Keng Hou General secretary [9][10]
  Benjamin Chio Treasurer [11]
  Iong Cho Ieng Technical director [12][13]
  Iong Cho Ieng Team coach (men's) [14][15]
Zhang Hong Team coach (women's) [16][17]
n/a Media/communications manager
  Lau Weng Hang Futsal Coordinator [18]
  Lau Peng Wai Referee coordinator [19]

Competitions

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National division

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First division

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Lower divisions

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National cup

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Singapore get okay to host pre- Games". The Straits Times. 20 December 1978.
  2. ^ Daniel Beitler (6 December 2018). "After stunning debut, Benfica barred from AFC again". Macau Daily Times.
  3. ^ "FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions Macau Football Association". fifa.com. 27 Jun 2019.
  4. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Macau". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.[dead link]
  5. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  6. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Macau". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.[dead link]
  7. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  8. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Macau". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.[dead link]
  9. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Macau". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.[dead link]
  10. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  11. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Macau". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.[dead link]
  12. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Macau". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.[dead link]
  13. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  14. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Macau". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.[dead link]
  15. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  16. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Macau". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.[dead link]
  17. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  18. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Macau". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.[dead link]
  19. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Macau". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.[dead link]
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