Federated F.A. of Masbate

Federated Football Association of Masbate
Formation	1991
Type	Football association
Region	Masbate
President	Diobe B. Arellano
Parent organization	Philippine Football Federation

Last updated April 06, 2019

The Federated Football Association of Masbate is a Filipino football association based in Masbate. It works under the Philippine Football Federation as provincial football association for the region. The FA of Masbate sends a team to represent the region in the yearly PFF National Men's Club Championship.

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

Masbate, officially the Province of Masbate is an island province in the Philippines located near the middle of the nation's archipelago. Its provincial capital is Masbate City. The province consists of three major islands: Masbate, Ticao and Burias.

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