Asian Football Confederation report finds decision-making power and critical functions focused on certain figures, with formal mandates and channels set aside.
PETALING JAYA: The Asian Football Confederation reportedly flagged the “sick” state of the Football Association of Malaysia at a special FAM congress at a hotel here.
A report by AFC deputy secretary-general Vahid Kardany highlighted issues involving governance, accountability, and organisational management in FAM, Harian Metro reported. It described the issues as stemming from repeated failures across the association’s entire organisational structure, rather than any single department. It found that the administrative structure established in the organisation had not been officially approved by its executive committee. The report also found that decision-making power seemed to be focused on certain figures, bypassing formal mandates and channels.
It said several critical functions depended heavily on individuals rather than systems, posing major risks to the continuity of FAM’s operations. AFC also said there was a dependence on certain persons to “store institutional knowledge and organisational culture”, discouraging staff members from reporting issues. It also said most of FAM’s departments did not have annual business plans, key performance indicators, calendars of planned activities, or complete performance reports, while certain policies were still pending formal approval.
It rated FAM’s organisational “maturity” at 1.2 to 1.8 points out of five after reviewing its governance, administration, finance and risk management, infrastructure and facilities, and management of competitions, clubs and events. FAM only scored higher in the area of media and communications, where it received two points.
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