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(Birth–Death) Term of office Country of origin Took office Left office Time in office 1: Robert Guérin (1876–1952) 22 May 1904 4 June 1906 2 years, 12 days France: 2: Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852–1918) 4 June 1906 24 October 1918 (died in office) 12 years, 142 days England – Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman [note 1] (1877–1951) 24 ...
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.
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 ...
Three states with limited international recognition and no UN membership are members of both FIFA and an affiliated confederation: the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei), Kosovo, and Palestine. The Cook Islands is an associated state with no UN membership, but it is a member of both FIFA and the OFC. The national teams representing these ...
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 ]
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 upon by at least ...
He brought together representatives of the first seven member countries in Paris for the signing of FIFA's foundation act and agreement of the first FIFA statutes. On 23 May 1904, Guérin (then just 28) was elected president at the inaugural FIFA Congress and remained in his post for two years, during which time another eight associations came ...
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.