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{{Short description|Governing body of association football in Republic of the Congo}}
{{About|the FA of the Republic of the Congo|the FA of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese Association Football Federation}}
{{National football association |
  Logo               = Congolese Football Federation logo.svg|
  Founded            = 1962<ref>CAF and FIFA, ''50 years of African football - the DVD'', 2009</ref> |
  FIFA affiliation   = 1964 |
  Region             = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] |
  Region affiliation = 1965<ref>[[East African Standard]]. 20 November 1965.</ref> |
  President          = [[Jean Blaise Guy Mayolas]] |
  Coach              = [[Gaston Tchiangana]] |
}}

The '''Congolese Football Federation''' ({{langx|fr|Fédération Congolaise de Football, FECOFOOT}}) is the governing body of [[Football (soccer)|football]] in the [[Republic of Congo]]. It was founded in 1962, affiliated to [[FIFA]] in 1964 and to [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] in 1966. It organizes the national football league and the [[Congo national football team|national team]].

==History==
Founded in 1962, the Congolese Football Federation was headed by thirteen presidents, some of whom, such as Sylvestre Mbongo and Thomas Gilbert Manckundia, have served several terms. It has experienced several crises that have led the Ministry of Sports to intervene and set up ad hoc committees.

Before 1962, Congolese football was run by two personalities who wrote some fine pages in its organization. Jacques Ndingahat, former president of the Brazzaville league from 1950 to 1955 who was responsible for organizing national competitions, and especially the famous Papa Odin, vice president of football of French Equatorial Africa, who played an important role in organizing Congolese football.

On 6 February 2025, the federation was suspended by [[FIFA]] due to interference by third parties in the affairs of the organisation amid an ongoing conflict with the Ministry of Sport. The suspension will be lifted when all third party influence is removed from the organisation.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 February 2025 |title=FIFA suspends the Congolese Football Association and the Pakistan Football Federation |url=https://inside.fifa.com/organisation/media-releases/fifa-suspends-congolese-football-association-pakistan-football-federation |website=FIFA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=6 February 2025 |title=FIFA suspends Congolese Football Federation |url=https://www.africanews.com/2025/02/08/fifa-suspends-congolese-football-federation/ |website=Africanews }}</ref> FIFA lifted the suspension on 14 May 2025.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.fecofoot.cg/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070615031924/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=cgo/index.html Congo] at the FIFA website.
*[http://www.cafonline.com/association/congo Congo] at the CAF website.

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