Fédération Malagasy de Football

Fédération Malagasy de Football
founding	1961
FIFA accession	1964
CAF membership	1963
president	Ahmad Ahmad
National teams	Men's national team
Clubs (approx.)	220 (2010)

The Fédération Malagasy de Football is the national football association of the African state of Madagascar .

The association was founded in 1961 and joined FIFA in 1964 . In March 2008 the association was dissolved by the government.

At the beginning of March 2008, several hundred football fans devastated the Stade Municipal de Mahamasina in the capital Antananarivo , whereupon the football association was disbanded by the Madagascan Sports Minister Patrick Ramiaramanana in response to this incident. The association president called on FIFA. The government let an ultimatum to immediately withdraw the dissolution of the national association decided on March 9th and to let the elected board work again. On March 19, 2008, FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced the immediate expulsion of the Fédération Malagasy de Football from FIFA. After the Malagasy government lifted the association's dissolution, FIFA decided on May 19, 2008 to lift the association's suspension.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: Malagasy Football Association suspended (Wednesday 19 March 2008) ( Memento from June 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ fifa.com: lifting of the suspension of the football association of Madagascar ( Memento of the original of May 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.