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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 ...
In 2016 however, FIFA made changes to its statutes to define 'country' as "an independent state recognized by the international community", [17] which has made membership of FIFA harder for aspirant national teams. Nonetheless, several organisations exist to encourage, facilitate or promote representative football outside of FIFA, and many 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.
The 1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Trophies; The North American Soccer League archive; The 1994 FIFA World Cup U.S. archive; A rare soccer photography collection from New York depression-era photographer John Albok; Materials from the U.S. national teams in World Cup competition; Artifacts from the American Soccer League of ...
Texas is home of several national sports league franchises among other professional sports, being the second most populated U.S. state.Since the state is located in the South Central United States, most teams are part of the Central / South or West league divisions, with the notable exception of the NFL Dallas Cowboys, which is an NFC East franchise.
The football associations in this section represent fully and partially recognized sovereign states, dependent territories, and stateless nations that are not members of FIFA or a FIFA confederation. Several of these non-FIFA associations are included in the World Football Elo Ratings , which ranks all national association football teams from ...
1904 - Methodist church built. [2]1917 - Sinclair Oil refinery in business on former Allen Ranch (approximate date). [3] [chronology citation needed]1922 - Harris County Public Library Pasadena branch opens.
(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]