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FIFA publishes its results according to International Financial Reporting Standards. 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.
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 ]
The base contains two layers of semi-precious malachite while the bottom side of the trophy bears the engraved year and name of each FIFA World Cup winner since 1974. [62] The description of the trophy by Gazzaniga was: "The lines spring out from the base, rising in spirals, stretching out to receive the world.
Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Republic of China (Taiwan); national governing body was a member of OFC from 1975 to 1989; Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Hong Kong; Official name used by FIFA and AFC for Islamic Republic of Iran; Official name used by FIFA for Democratic People's Republic of Korea; official name used by AFC is ...
The sport's full name association football has never been widely used, although in Britain some clubs in rugby football strongholds adopted the suffix Association Football Club (A.F.C.) to avoid confusion with the dominant sport in their area, and FIFA, the world governing body for the sport, is a French-language acronym of "Fédération ...
Namely, the name of the stadium. “Impressive Kansas City Stadium will stage a total of six matches from the biggest-ever World Cup, including one quarter-final,” FIFA wrote on its website.
Name (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)
The Fifa football video games are rebranded after a reported disagreement with the governing body. Fifa to EA Sports FC: Name change is big gamble for UK's best-selling game Skip to main content