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| Abbreviation | RFFM |
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| Formation | 1913 |
| Purpose | Football Association |
| Headquarters | Madrid |
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President | Francisco Díez Ibáñez |
| Website | www |
TheRoyal Madrid Football Federation (Spanish:Real Federación de Fútbol de Madrid;RFFM) is the governing body of the sport offootball in theCommunity of Madrid, Spain. Its headquarters are in the city ofMadrid.
Below the national level competitions controlled by theRoyal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), the Madrid Federation has various functions, including administering:
Founded in 1913 as theCentre Regional Federation (Spanish:Federación Regional Centro), the new organisation replaced the casualMadrid Association of Foot-ball Clubs which had been formed a decade earlier, between 1902 and 1904.[2] TheCentro Federation, expanded to include the widerCastile region but always dominated by clubs from the capital, particularlyReal Madrid CF, took over the running of the existingMadrid regional championship, the local league competition in which the best-placed teams qualified for theCopa del Rey each year until these were disbanded in 1940.Centro also played regional representative matches, mostly friendlies but they also participated in thePrince of Asturias Cup between1915 and1924, and winning twice, in1917 and1918,[3][4][5] their most frequent opponent beingCatalonia.
In 1932, the name changed to theCastilian Football Federation which remained in place until 1988, when separate federations were created for the establishedautonomous communities of Spain, thereforeCastile and León, Castilla–La Mancha and Madrid have had different governing bodies since then.
To celebrate the federation's centenary in 2013, a match was played between Madrid and theAndalusia autonomous football team,[6] the same opposition as for its 'golden jubilee' in 1963.[7][8] However, matches are rarely played by the Madrid XI and other regions as such fixtures have not proven cost-effective to arrange, other than for the regions such as Catalonia and theBasque Country with leanings towards independence whose matches draw larger crowds.[9]
