Melaka Football Association

YAB Datuk Seri Utama Ab Rauf Yusoh

Melaka Football Association (MAFA; Malay: Persatuan Bolasepak Melaka) is the governing body of football for the state of Melaka, Malaysia. MAFA is responsible for coordinating and developing football in the state of Melaka and has teamed up with the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) as the official governing body of football in Malaysia.

History

Origins

Malacca has sent a football team to play in Malaya Cup since its inaugural season in 1921.^[1] In 1924, the team has been registered and now managed by the newly formed governance body of Malacca football, the Malacca Amateur Football Association (MAFA).^[2] Since then, the football team has been competing in Malaya Cup and FAM Cup consistently. MAFA biggest achievement when they reached the final 1957 and 1958 FAM Cup led by Robert Choe.^[3][4]

The era of amateur football league

In 1979, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) changed the format of Piala Malaysia when they introduced the league stage that acts as the qualifying round for the knockout stage of Piala Malaysia.^[5][6] It was intended primarily as a qualifying tournament for the final knock-out stages of the Piala Malaysia where teams compete in a one-round league before advanced to the knock-out stage.^[5]

The football league in Malaysia has only officially started in 1982, after the introduction of league winners trophy. The league has been known as Liga Malaysia.^[7][8] Malacca football team continued to compete in the league and has become the champion of the league during its second season in 1983? which has been the only time the Malacca team become a champion of the top-tier league in Malaysian football.

The era of semi-pro football league

Over the years, the league competition has gained important stature in its own right. From 1982 until 1988 the league has an amateur status and continues its purpose as qualifying round for Piala Malaysia. Only in 1989 it is changed to a new format as Liga Semi-Pro (MSPFL), introduced by FAM as a way towards fully professional status. The inaugural season of MSPFL consisted of nine teams in Division I and eight teams in Division II.^[9] Malacca has been put in Division II from 1989 to 1992 seasons.

Association Management

Positions	Name
President	YAB Datuk Seri Utama Ab Rauf Yusoh [10]
Deputy President	Datuk Mohd Saiful Mat Sapri
Vice President	YB Datuk Khaidirah Abu Zahar
	Datuk Haji Fadzil A. Bakar
	Datuk Khairi Anuar Ahmad
	Datuk Revindran Chitravelu
General Secretary	Datuk Karim Yaakob
Treasurer
Executive Committee Members	Mohd Azizi Shahril Abd Razak Khalim
	Jezlee Pit
	Dr Shankar Gunarasa
	Dr. Siti Faidul Maisarah Abdullah
	Mohd Fairuz Azwad Mohd Zauwawi
	Ahmad Khairul Mohd Noor
	Melvin Tan Ching Yang
	Syahrul Nizam Shamsuddin

Former presidents

Name	Period
Datuk Wira Md Yunus Husin	2007–2008
Mohd Ali Rustam	2009–2010
Datuk Wira Md Yunus Husin	2011 – April 2013
Datuk Seri Idris Haron	April 2013 – 2018
Adly Zahari	2018–2020
Damian Yeo Shen Li	20 January 2020 – 20 Mac 2020
Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali	20 Mac 2020 – 4 August 2022
Datuk Wira Nur Azmi Ahmad	4 August 2022 – 2 May 2023

Competitions

The Melaka Football Association ran and organized the following competitions for the amateur clubs:

Affiliated

Affiliated clubs

Top clubs in the top tiers league competition that affiliated to the Melaka Football Association include:

• Melaka F.C. Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
• Melaka FA U-21 Piala Presiden (Malaysia)
• Melaka FA U-19 Piala Belia

See also

• Football Association of Malaysia
• Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
• Piala Presiden (Malaysia)
• Piala Belia
• History of Malaysian Football

References