Football Association of Malawi

National football association

Founded = 1966
FIFA affiliation = 1967
Region = CAF
Region affiliation = 1968
President = Walter Nyamilandu
Coach = Stephen Constantine

The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) is the governing body controlling the sport of football in the central African country of Malawi. The Association is affiliated to the Confederation of African Football, FIFA and COSAFA.

History

The football association of Malawi has been mostly associated with the senior national team called the Flames. This team has been participating in international competitions since the 60s but has not had any honours as yet. It has qualified for the African cup of nations only one in the late 70s when it was on its peak.

Of late there has been administrative and management changes taking place in the hope of winning some honours. Recently the Flames went six games registering losses in all of them. They managed to win the seventh game, a friendly international against Swaziland and that saved the job of the coach, Stephen Constantine of England. As of January 2008 they were ranked 137th in the world and 38th in Africa.

Famous Players

Enerst Mtawali remains the player who has achieved a lot in his playing career. He played in South Africa, France, Mexico etc. Of late there is Esau Kanyenda who plays in Russia, Dan Chitsulo in Germany and Clement Kafwafwa in Denmark. There are also a number of good players in South Africa like Peter Mponda, Joseph Kamwendo, John maduka and Patrick Mabedi

The current staff of the Association are as follows:

"President": Walter Nyamilandu
"Secretary General": Yasin Osman
"Director for Marketing and Public Relations": Suzgo Nyirenda
"Marketing Public Relations Office": Vacant

External links

* [http://www.fam.mw/ Official website]
* [http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/confederations/associationdetails/0,1483,MWI,00.html?countrycode=MWI Malawi] at the FIFA website.