TheCongolese Association Football Federation (French:Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association, FECOFA) is the governing body offootball in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo. It founded in 1919 and affiliated to theFIFA in 1964 andCAF in 1964. It organizes the national football leagueLinafoot and thenational team.
The organisation was previously named theZairian Association Football Federation (French:Fédération Zaïroise de Football Association, FEZAFA) while the country was known asZaire.[1]
In September 2021, the General Inspectorate of Finance claims to have foiled an attempt to embezzle public funds. Fécofa, the Congolese Football Association, was forced to return nearly a million US dollars acquired fraudulently. This sum was initially allocated to the organization of a sporting event.[2]
Scandal riddled, on April 25, 2023 the Bureau of the FIFA council has decided to appoint a normalization committee to run FECOFA's daily affairs.[3]
