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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 ...
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.
Only Congress can pass changes to FIFA's statutes. The congress approves the annual report and decides on the acceptance of new national associations, and holds elections. Congress elects the President of FIFA, its general secretary, and the other members of the FIFA Council in the year following the FIFA World Cup. [33]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. Swiss football administrator (born 1936) Sepp Blatter Blatter in 2015 8th President of FIFA In office 8 June 1998 – 21 December 2015 Preceded by João Havelange Succeeded by Issa Hayatou (acting) Gianni Infantino Secretary General of FIFA In office June 1981 – 8 June 1998 Preceded by ...
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 ...
Main tournament was the Amateur European Championship, this confederations was the rival to FIFA in the early years. NF-Board - New Federation Board - 18 members + 14 provisional - founded in 2003, represented nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA.
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
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.