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(Named Honorary FIFA President over a month after leaving office) 12 years, 222 days England: 7: João Havelange [note 5] (1916–2016) 8 May 1974 8 June 1998 (Named Honorary FIFA President on the day he left office, resigned on 30 April 2013) 24 years, 31 days Brazil: 8: Sepp Blatter (born 1936) 8 June 1998 8 October 2015 (impeached) [note 6]
Based on their match results over the previous four-year period, the FIFA Men's World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams. Some national teams that are members of a confederation but not FIFA members compete in confederation-level and subregional tournaments.
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 ...
The national flags of the 211 member associations of FIFA were flown at half-mast at FIFA headquarters in Zürich. [250] Landmarks and stadiums lit up in honour of Pelé included the Christ the Redeemer statue and Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, [ 251 ] the headquarters of CONMEBOL in Paraguay [ 249 ] and Wembley Stadium in London. [ 252 ]
The FIFA Sudden Death Report (FIFA-SDR), was carried out by Saarland University and published in 2020. [7] The report recorded worldwide deaths attributed to sudden cardiac arrest or other unexplained sudden death while playing (or shortly after playing) football during the period from 2014 to 2018. There were 617 cases during the five-year period.
The following National Federations form the members of International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) these are broken down into the following six Continental Associations. v t
FIFA decided in 2007 to retroactively award winners' medals to all members of the winning squads between 1930 and 1974. [1] World Cup winning players are among a selected few who are officially allowed to touch the FIFA World Cup Trophy with bare hands, the group also including managers who have won the competition, heads of state, and FIFA ...
On 28 May 2015, media covering the 2015 FIFA corruption case reported that high-ranking officials from the South African bid committee had secured the right to host the World Cup by paying US$10 million in bribes to then-FIFA Vice President Jack Warner and to other FIFA Executive Committee members. [19] On 4 June 2015, FIFA executive Chuck ...