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This article is about the governing body of association football. For the video game franchise, see FIFA (video game series). For the basketball regulatory body, see FIBA.

FIFA is a

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. FIFA is the organization who decides who hosts the world cup. FIFA is also the only organization who is officially allowed to govern and regulate the game of football on a global platforms[1]. 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. 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.

Contents

• 1History
• 2Flag
• 3Anthem
• 4Presidency
• 5Structure
  • 5.1Six confederations and 211 national associations
  • 5.2Laws and governance
  • 5.3Administrative cost
• 6Governance
  • 6.1Discipline of national associations
  • 6.2Video replay and goal-line technology
• 7Recognitions and awards
• 8FIFA competitions
  • 8.1National teams
  • 8.2Clubs
  • 8.3eSports
  • 8.4Former Tournaments
  • 8.5Title holders
• 9Sponsors
• 10Corruption
  • 10.1Guilty pleas
  • 10.2Indictments and arrests
  • 10.32018 and 2022 World Cup bids
  • 10.42011 FIFA presidential election
  • 10.5Response to allegations
  • 10.62018 revision of code of ethics
• 11See also
• 12Notes
• 13References
• 14Further reading
• 15External links

History[edit]

Main article: History of FIFA

The need for a single body to oversee

The first president of FIFA was Robert Guérin. Guérin was the first president at the helm of FIFA from 1904-1906^[2]. Guérin was then replaced in 1906 by Daniel Burley Woolfall from England, by then a member of the association. The first tournament FIFA staged, the association football competition for the 1908 Olympics in London was more successful than its Olympic predecessors, despite the presence of professional footballers, contrary to the founding principles of FIFA.^{[dubious – discuss]}

Membership of FIFA expanded beyond Europe with the application of

Presidency[edit]

Main article: List of presidents of FIFA

Anthem[edit]

Main article: FIFA Anthem

Akin to the

Structure[edit]

Main article:

Six confederations and 211 national associations[edit]

Besides its worldwide institutions, there are six confederations recognized by FIFA which oversee the game in the different continents and regions of the world. National associations, and not the continental confederations, are members of FIFA. The continental confederations are provided for in FIFA's statutes, and membership of a confederation is a prerequisite to FIFA membership.

    Asian Football Confederation (AFC; 47 members)

    Confederation of African Football (CAF; 56 members)

    Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF; 41 members)

    Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL; 10 members)

    Oceania Football Confederation (OFC; 14 members)

    Union of European Football Associations (UEFA; 55 members)

In total, FIFA recognizes 211 national associations and their associated men's national teams as well as 129 women's national teams; see the

1. Independent states not in FIFA (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Niue, Palau, Tuvalu, Vatican City)
2. Non-independent territories (
   Åland Islands, Guadeloupe, Greenland, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Martinique, Northern Mariana Islands, Réunion, Sint Maarten, Zanzibar
   )
3. Politically sensitive areas (Abkhazia, Crimea, Northern Cyprus, South Ossetia).

The

Laws and governance[edit]

FIFA is

The president and the general secretary are the main office holders of FIFA, and are in charge of its daily administration, carried out by the general secretariat, with its staff of approximately 280 members. Gianni Infantino is the current president, elected on 26 February 2016 at an extraordinary FIFA Congress session after former president Sepp Blatter was suspended pending a corruption investigation.

FIFA's worldwide organizational structure also consists of several other bodies, under the authority of the FIFA Council or created by Congress as standing committees. Among those bodies are the FIFA Emergency Committee, the FIFA Ethics Committee, the Finance Committee, the Disciplinary Committee, and the Referees Committee.

The FIFA Emergency Committee deals with all matters requiring immediate settlement in the time frame between the regular meetings of the FIFA Council. The Emergency Committee consists of the FIFA president as well as one member from each confederation. Emergency Committee decisions made are immediately put into legal effect, although they need to be ratified at the next Executive Committee meeting.

Administrative cost[edit]

FIFA publishes its results according to IFRS. The total compensation for the management committee in 2011 was 30 million for 35 people. Blatter, the only full-time person on the committee, earned approximately two million Swiss francs, 1.2 million in salary and the rest in bonuses. A report in London's The Sunday Times in June 2014 said the members of the committee had their salaries doubled from $100,000 to $200,000 during the year. The report also said leaked documents had indicated $4.4 million in secret bonuses had been paid to the committee members following the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Governance[edit]

Main article: Laws of the Game (association football) FIFA headquarters in Zürich

The laws that govern football, known officially as the Laws of the Game, are not solely the responsibility of FIFA; they are maintained by a body called the International Football Association Board (IFAB). FIFA has members on its board (four representatives); the other four are provided by the football associations of the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, who jointly established IFAB in 1882 and are recognized for the creation and history of the game. Changes to the Laws of the Game must be agreed by at least six of the eight delegates.

The FIFA Statutes form the overarching document guiding FIFA's governing system. The governing system is divided into separate bodies that have the appropriate powers to create a system of checks and balances. It consists of four general bodies: the congress, the executive committee, the general secretariat, and standing and ad-hoc committees.

Discipline of national associations[edit]

FIFA frequently takes active roles in the running of the sport and developing the game around the world. One of its sanctions is to suspend teams and associated members from international competition when a government interferes in the running of FIFA's associate member organizations or if the associate is not functioning properly.

A 2007 FIFA ruling that a player can be registered with a maximum of three clubs, and appear in official matches for a maximum of two, in a year measured from 1 July to 30 June has led to controversy, especially in those countries whose seasons cross that date barrier, as in the case of two former Ireland internationals. As a direct result of this controversy, FIFA modified this ruling the following year to accommodate transfers between leagues with out-of-phase seasons.

Recognition's and awards[edit]

FIFA holds an annual awards ceremony,

Sponsors[edit]

• Adidas
• Coca-Cola
• Hyundai/Kia Motors
• Visa
• Wanda Group
• Qatar Airways

FIFA competitions[edit]

Single handedly the biggest sporting event in the world is the world cup. The world cup generated a significant economical impact. The FIFA world cup generates 90% of FIFA'S income. The world cup's marketing rights have generated over $4.5 billion for the governing body of FIFA.^[4]

Corruption[edit]

Main article: 2015 FIFA corruption case

In May 2006, British investigative reporter

Prime Minister David Cameron and Andy Anson, head of England's World Cup bid, criticized the timing of the broadcast, three days before FIFA's decision on the host for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, on the grounds that it might damage England's bid; the voters included officials accused by the programme.

In June 2011, it came to light that the International Olympic Committee had started inquiry proceedings against FIFA honorary president João Havelange into claims of bribery. Panorama alleged that Havelange accepted a $1 million 'bung' in 1997 from ISL. The IOC stated that it "takes all allegations of corruption very seriously and we would always ask for any evidence of wrongdoing involving any IOC members to be passed to our ethics commission".

In a 2014 interview, American sports writer Dave Zirin said that corruption is endemic to FIFA leadership, and that the organization should be abolished for the good of the game. He said that currently, FIFA is in charge of both monitoring corruption in football matches, and marketing and selling the sport, but that two "separate" organizational bodies are needed: an organizational body that monitors corruption and match-fixing and the like, and an organization that's responsible for marketing and sponsorships and selling the sport. Zirin said the idea of having a single organization that's responsible for both seems highly ineffective and detrimental to the sport.

In May 2015, 14 people were arrested, including nine FIFA officials, after being accused of corruption.

FIFA is now considered to be one of the most corrupt organizations globally. FIFA has consistently been battered in the media for there lack of transparency and accountability. The sports world has demanded that FIFA be held accountable and be more transparent and accountable with there actions.^[5]

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