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see FIFA (video game series). For the basketball regulatory body, see FIBA.

FIFA

Fédération Internationale de Football Association

Logo of FIFA

Map of the members of FIFA according to their

confederation

Abbreviation FIFA[1]

Motto For the Game. For the World.

Founded 21 May 1904; 115 years ago

Founded at Paris, France

Type Sports federation

Legal status Governing body of association

football
 Purpose Sport governance

Headquarters Zürich, Switzerland

Coordinates
47°22′53″N 8°34′28″ECoordinates:
47°22′53″N 8°34′28″E
Region Worldwide
served
Membership 211 national associations
Official English, French, German, Spanish
languages
President Gianni Infantino
Senior Vice- Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa (AFC)
President
Vice- Aleksander Čeferin (UEFA)
Presidents Greg Clarke
Alejandro Domínguez (CONMEBOL)
Ahmad Ahmad (CAF)
Victor Montagliani (CONCACAF)
Sándor Csányi
Lambert Maltock (OFC)[2]
Secretary Fatma Samoura
General
Main organ Congress
Subsidiaries show
6
Affiliations International Olympic Committee
International Football Association
Board
Staff 103
Website www.fifa.com

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association[a] (FIFA /ˈfiːfə/ FEE-

fə; French for International Federation of Association Football; Spanish: Federación
Internacional de Fútbol Asociación; German: Internationaler Verband des Association Football) is
a non-profit organization which describes itself as an international governing body of association
football, fútsal, beach soccer, and efootball. It is the highest governing body of football.
FIFA was founded in 1904[3] to oversee international competition among the national associations
of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Headquartered in Zürich, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. Member
countries must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the
world is divided: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania,
and South America.
Today, FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statues, including growing
football internationally, providing efforts to ensure football is accessible to everyone, and
advocating for integrity and fair play.[4] FIFA is responsible for the organization and promotion of
football's major international tournaments, notably the World Cup which commenced in 1930 and
the Women's World Cup which commenced in 1991. Although FIFA does not solely set the rules
of football, that being the responsibility of the International Football Association Board of which
FIFA is a member, it applies and enforces the rules across all FIFA competitions.[5] All FIFA
tournaments generate revenue from sponsorship; in 2018, FIFA had revenues of over US $4.6
billion, ending the 2015-2018 cycle with a net positive of US$1.2 billion, and had cash reserves of
over US$2.7 billion.[6]
Reports by investigative journalists have linked FIFA leadership with corruption, bribery, and vote-
rigging related to the election of FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the organization's decision
to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively. These allegations led
to the indictments of nine high-ranking FIFA officials and five corporate executives by the U.S.
Department of Justice on charges including racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering. On
27 May 2015, several of these officials were arrested by Swiss authorities, who were launching a
simultaneous but separate criminal investigation into how the organization awarded the 2018 and
2022 World Cups. Those among these officials who were also indicted in the U.S. are expected
to be extradited to face charges there as well.[7][8][9] Many officials were suspended by
FIFA's ethics committee including Sepp Blatter[10] and Michel Platini.[11] In early 2017 reports
became public about FIFA president Gianni Infantino attempting to prevent the re-elections[12] of
both chairmen of the ethics committee, Cornel Borbély and Hans-Joachim Eckert, during the
FIFA congress in May 2017.[13][14] On May 9, 2017, following Infantino's proposal,[15] FIFA
Council decided not to renew the mandates of Borbély and Eckert.[15] Together with the
chairmen, 11 of 13 committee members were removed.[16]