While the Congress is set up democratically, it only meets once a year, which lowers productivity tremendously. In addition, and perhaps most importantly, every four years they elect the President. It meets annually for ordinary congresses to decide on rules amendments, statutes, and to approve the annual report. The FIFA Congress is composed of 209 members, one from each national football association of FIFA. He is also very active on twitter- you can check out his page or follow him here :
While most discussion surrounding Blatter is that of controversy, he has also been involved in other major changes, such as instituting a golden goal policy and penalizing players for excessive celebrations. He has been reelected three times, most recently in 2011. He then served as technical director and Secretary General for FIFA before being elected as President. His involvement with international sports started in the 1970s when he helped to organize two Olympic Games, first in 1972, and the second in 1976. Rumors and allegations of bribery have followed him since his first election in 1998.
Source: Agência Brasil via Wikimedia Commonsīlatter is FIFA’s 8th President, and has been one of the more controversial heads of FIFA or any other sports-based governing body. The current president of FIFA is Sepp Blatter The President is elected by the Congress for a term of four years, and can be reelected indefinitely They host their own tournaments and outreach programs and help to organize their various member associations.įIFA is run by a President. These confederations serve as the umbrella organizations for FIFA on the various continents. Union des Associations Européenes de Football – UAEF The six FIFA confederations are:Ĭonfédération Africaine de Football – CAFĬonfederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football – CONCACAFĬonfederación Sudamericana du Fútbol – CONMEBOL The nations are divided into six different confederations, one for each continent. It also structures the entire FIFA organizationįIFA started with only seven members, and now boasts a total 209 member associations, 17 more members than the United Nations. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, was founded in 1904 and is the international governing body of soccer.įIFA’s mission is simple: “Develop the Game, Touch the World, Build a Better Future”.įIFA’s Mission is a short video produced by FIFA that briefly explains the global role of FIFA as well as it’s commitment to growing the game, not only in enormous events such as the World Cup, but also through grassroots initiatives as well. Most of it can be found within FIFA’s own website, but here I aim to compile a brief overview all on one page and add additional information as well as links to relevant pages both on the Soccer Politics blog and beyond. This page aims to consolidate much of the information on how FIFA is structured in one place. Edited and updated in 2015 by Brigid Larkin
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