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The Burma Football Federation, the predecessor to the Myanmar Football Federation, was founded in 1947, one year before Burma gained independence from the United Kingdom. It joined FIFA in 1948 and the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.
Football was reportedly introduced to Burma by James George Scott, a British colonial administrator, during the colonial era. The sport became the country's most popular game before the national federation was formally established in 1947.
Burma won the Southeast Asian Games football title five times between 1965 and 1973. No other country in the region matched that run during the same period.
The Myanmar National League is the national professional football competition announced by the MFF in December 2008. Its first full season began in 2010.
In March 2009, following FIFA requirements, the MFF reportedly became an independent organization free of government administration. This ended decades of ties between football governance and clubs run by government ministries.
The MFF launched the FIFA Football for Schools project on the 31st of January 2020, backed by the FIFA Foundation. The launch was hosted by MFF President Zaw Zaw and attended by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and FIFA Foundation CEO Youri Djorkaeff.