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FIFA (French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association) is an international self-regulatory governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. It is one of the world's oldest and largest NGOs, being founded on 21 May 1904. [1] It has since expanded to include 211 member associations and is governed by a set of ...
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in the rear of the headquarters of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA) at the Rue Saint Honoré 229 in Paris on 21 May 1904. [17] The French name and acronym are universally adopted outside French-speaking countries.
FIFA Council: Seat: FIFA Headquarters, Zürich, Switzerland: Appointer: FIFA Congress: Term length: Four years Elected in the year following a FIFA World Cup (renewable twice) Constituting instrument: FIFA Statutes: Formation: 21 May 1904: First holder: Robert Guérin: Deputy: Senior Vice President of FIFA: Salary: £2.6 million (FIFA figures ...
Robert Guérin (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ ɡeʁɛ̃]; 28 April 1876 – 19 March 1952) (née Clément Auguste Maurice Robert [2]) was a French journalist, and the 1st President and one of the founders of the FIFA.
The history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back to at least medieval times. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] FIFA cites Cuju in ancient China is the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is scientific evidence, a military manual from the Han dynasty , and it closely resembles modern association football.
FIFA and the IOC also disagreed over the status of amateur players, and so football was dropped from the Games. [15] FIFA president Jules Rimet thus set about organizing the inaugural World Cup tournament. With Uruguay now a two-time official world champion and due to celebrate its centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the ...
Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman [1] (16 February 1877 – 26 June 1951), known as Carl Anton Wilhelm Hirschman, [2] was a Dutch banker, co-founder of FIFA in 1904 and the 2nd General Secretary of FIFA, serving from 1906 to 1931. [3] In 1912 he was also one of the founders of the Dutch Olympic Committee (NOC). [4]
Jules Rimet (French pronunciation: [ʒyl ʁimɛ]; 14 October 1873 – 16 October 1956) was a French football administrator who was the 3rd President of FIFA, serving from 1921 to 1954. He is FIFA's longest-serving president, in office for 33 years.