TheFootball Federation of Macedonia – FFM (Macedonian:Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија, ФФМ,romanized: Fudbalska Federacija na Makedonija, FFM) orFootball Federation of North Macedonia[2][3] is the governing body offootball inNorth Macedonia, based inSkopje.[4][5][6]
FFM was officially formed as part of theFootball Association of Yugoslavia after the establishment of the thenSocialist Republic of Macedonia,[7] a constituent state of theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, followingWorld War II, on 14 August 1949 inSkopje. 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 ofFIFA andUEFA.[8] The first ever president was Ljubisav Ivanov - Dzingo.[9]Andon Dončevski was appointed by FFM as the first ever coach of theNorth Macedonia national team.