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The FIFA Statutes form the overarching document guiding FIFA's governing system. The governing system is divided into separate bodies with the appropriate powers to create a system of checks and balances. It consists of four general bodies: the Congress, the executive committee, the general Secretariat, and standing and ad hoc committees. [44]
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 ]
FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association - 211 members - founded in 1904, represents nations from around the world, and is the overall governing body of recognised international football. Its premier tournament is the quadrennial FIFA World Cup.
Since the 1958 FIFA World Cup, to avoid future boycotts or controversy, FIFA began a pattern of alternating the hosts between the Americas and Europe, which continued until the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup , hosted jointly by South Korea and Japan, was the first one held in Asia, and the first tournament with multiple hosts. [ 83 ]
The FIFA Legal and Compliance Division oversaw a record 74,836 cross-border international player transfers in 2023; handled an all-time high of cases, applications and inquiries by the FIFA ...
All 22 national governing bodies that form UAFA are also members of both FIFA and either the AFC or CAF. National teams from UAFA member countries are noted in the list below. The Arab Cup is the top championship tournament for national teams, organised historically by UAFA and by FIFA since 2021.
English clubs spent almost $2 billion — while recouping $956 million in sales of players abroad — and Saudi clubs spent $875.4 million on international deals through FIFA’s Sept. 1 cutoff.
FIFA Men's Rankings (as of 19 December 2024) [22] AFC* FIFA +/- National Team Points 1 15 Japan: 1652.79 2 18 Iran: 1635.31 3 23 South Korea: 1585.45 4 26 Australia: 1544.15 5 48 Qatar: 1474.6 6 56 Iraq: 1442.86 7 58 Uzbekistan: 1424.93 8 59 Saudi Arabia: 1406.56 9 63 United Arab Emirates: 1385.57 10 64 Jordan: 1375.91 11 80 Oman: 1306.67 12 81 ...