The

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Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...

is run by the

Associação de Futebol de Macau The Macau Football Association ( Pinyin: Àomén zúqiú zǒng huì; ) is the governing body of association football in Macau Special administrative regions of China, SAR of China. History The Hong Kong–Macau Interport tournament, jointly or ...

. The association administers the national football team as well as the

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. The national team has never qualified for the

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest c ...

EAFF East Asian Championship EAFF E-1 Football Championship, known as the East Asian Football Championship from 2003 to 2010, and the EAFF East Asian Cup for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is a men's international football competition in East Asia for member nations of the East ...

. The team qualified for the

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, where they got one draw and two losses. Macau is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. As a result the

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is not recognized as a National Olympic Committee by the

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. The Macau national under-23 football team is thus unable to take part in the Olympic football tournament. In November 2016, Macau finished second in the

2016 AFC Solidarity Cup The 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup was the inaugural and only edition of the AFC Solidarity Cup, an international association football, football tournament. It took place between 2–15 November 2016 in Malaysia. The tournament was created by the Asian ...

. Due to the withdrawal of

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and suspension of

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, Macau qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying third round. There are three major FIFA standard 11-a-side football fields in Macau. They are: * Estádio Campo Desportivo *

Macau University of Science and Technology Sports Field The Macau University of Science and Technology Football Field () is a football stadium in Taipa, Macau, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exce ...

* Lin Fong Stadium

League system

Domestic tournaments

* Taça da Associação de Futebol de Macau (Macau FA Cup) the national open cup.

Football stadiums in Macau

Macau Stadium Instituto do Desporto Mo707 3

References

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League system

Domestic tournaments

Football stadiums in Macau

See also

References