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Federation of International Football Associations

FIFA
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
FIFA logo without slogan.svg
World Map FIFA.svg
Map of the members of FIFA according to their confederation
Abbreviation FIFA
Motto For the Game. For the World.
Formation 21 May 1904; 113 years ago (1904-05-21)
Type Federation of national associations
Headquarters Zürich, Switzerland
Coordinates 47°22′53″N 8°34′28″E / 47.38139°N 8.57444°E / 47.38139; 8.57444Coordinates: 47°22′53″N 8°34′28″E / 47.38139°N 8.57444°E / 47.38139; 8.57444
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
211 national associations
Official languages
English
French
German
Spanish
Gianni Infantino
Senior Vice-President
Vacant
Vice-Presidents
David Chung
Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
Aleksander Čeferin
David Gill
Alejandro Domínguez
Ahmad Ahmad
Victor Montagliani
Secretary General
Fatma Samoura
Affiliations

International Olympic Committee

International Football Association Board
Staff
103
Website www.fifa.com

International Olympic Committee

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA /ˈffə/; French for "International Federation of Association Football") is a private association which describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer. FIFA is responsible for the organization of football's major international tournaments, notably the World Cup which commenced in 1930 and the Women's World Cup which commenced in 1991.

FIFA was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. Member countries must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania, and South America.

Although FIFA does not control the rules of football (that being the responsibility of the International Football Association Board), it is responsible for both the organization of a number of tournaments and their promotion, which generate revenue from sponsorship. In 2013, FIFA had revenues of over 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, for a net profit of 72 million, and had cash reserves of over 1.4 billion U.S. dollars.


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