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FIFA

FIFA, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, is the institution that governs all the football federations around the world. FIFA oversees 208 football federations and associations from different countries. FIFA is also a member of the FA Board International, the institution that determines the laws of the game of association football. The federation is composed of a legislative body, executive committee and an administrative body and has a staff of 280 people from 30 different countries.

FIFA was founded on May 21, 1904 and its headquarters are in Zurich, Switzerland after football associations from France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain, Sweden authorised the founding act. The first FIFA Congress took place on May 22nd 1904, with Robert Guerin being elected as president. The priority of the new federation was to have new members join.

Two years later the first FIFA Executive Committee was elected in order to fix the problems which the federation was experiencing, including the failures of the first FIFA competitions and internal problems that football associations such as the FFF were having. Modeled after the successful Olympic Football Tournament, the FIFA committee came up with the idea of staging its own international competition, called the World Cup. This new football tournament being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, turned out to be of huge financial success and also helped football gain popularity all around the world.

Ever since that point on The Fédération Internationale de Football Association has grown to become the leading football organisation. Every country that has a national football tries to join the federation in hopes of winning one of the tournaments which FIFA holds. The FIFA World Cup tournament is currently the most popular competition out of any sport, with the next competition being held in 2010 in South Africa.

Three Global FIFA Tournaments

The FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is biggest international competition in football. A total of 208 national football teams from all over the world enter to play in the tournament. Out of those 208, only 31 qualify to play in actual World Cup competition, with the previous tournament's winner making 32 teams total. Brazil has the greatest number of World Cup wins with 5, and Italy is the most recent champion of the competition in Germany in 2006. The winner of the world greatest sporting event is awarded the gold-plated World Cup trophy engraved with each past year's world champion.

FIFA Confederations Cup
The FIFA Confederations Cup is the second most important international football tournament as is often as seen as a warm-up event to the FIFA World Cup. In order to qualify for the tournament, national teams must win their overall confederation competition. The champion of the FIFA World Cup automatically qualifies for this tournament. The most recent champions of the competition were Brazil.

FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between champion club teams from six continental confederations. The tournament was started in 2000 and teams from Brazil have become most successful. The most recent champions of FIFA Club World Cup are AC Milan as they defeated Boca Juniors by a score of 4-2. The event has been held in Tokyo, Japan for the past 2 years and OleOle has covered the matches live from Japan.


FIFA Management

FIFA is governed by a president and an an Executive Committee. Joseph S. Blatter (Sepp Blatter) is the current FIFA president, and is known for his ego and his brash, outspoken demeanor. He is currently trying to convince UEFA and European football clubs to stop using so many foreign players on their starting squads, but with little avail. EU regulation prohibits the practice of discrimination based on ethnicity or country of origin. Some view his statements and opinions as intruding on the governance of European football, which is the responsibility of the UEFA confederation.


FIFA employs approximately 280 people from more than 30 countries and is composed of a Congress which creates and passes rules, an Executive Committee for management, General Secretariat for administration and finance and special committees to assist the Executive Committee with various projects as needed.

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FIFA Table

R Team PTS
1. Spanish Football Federation 1605
2. Holland Football Federation 1571
3. Germany Football Federation 1290
4. Uruguay 1184
5. Portugal Football Federation 1158
6. Italian Football Federation 1142
7. Brazilian Football Confederation 1132
8. The FA 1089
9. Croatia 1057
10. Argentina 1024
11. Hellenic Football Federation 1000
12. Football Federation of France 956
13. Russian Football 954
14. Chilean Football Federation 932
15. Japan 924
16. Ivory Coast 910
17. Danish Football Union 893
18. Switzerland Football Association 886
19. Australian Football Federation 882
20. Mexico 866
21. Serbia Football Association 855
22. Bosnia-Herzegovina 839
23. Norway 835
24. Paraguay 825
25. Sweden 792
27. Hungary 754
27. Turkey 754
29. South Korea 749
29. Ireland 749
31. US Soccer 741
32. Colombia 738
33. Slovenia Football Association 732
34. Belgium 729
35. Peru 724
36. Egypt 713
37. Ghana 700
38. Israel 677
39. Slovakia Football Association 662
40. Czech Republic 656
41. Burkina Faso 651
42. Senegal 614
43. Nigeria 613
44. Armenia 610
45. Jamaica 606
46. Algeria 605
47. Venezuela 598
48. Cameroon 596
49. Romania 584
50. Iran 576
51. South African Football Association 574
52. Scottish Football 572
53. Honduras 564
53. Panama 564
55. Bulgaria 558
56. Belarus 554
57. Costa Rica 549
58. Estonia 537
59. Morocco 534
60. Ukraine 531
61. Tunisia 526
62. Libya 519
62. Mali 519
64. Georgia 499
65. Poland 496
66. Zimbabwe 490
67. Gabon 489
68. Sierra Leone 488
69. Ecuador 481
70. Northern Ireland 477
71. Albania 474
72. Finland 471
73. China 469
74. Latvia 460
75. Lithuania 459
76. Guinea 447
77. Austria 442
78. Malawi 439
79. Uzbekistan 421
80. Trinidad and Tobago 414
81. Bolivia 412
82. Uganda 411
83. Zambia 409
84. Angola 407
86. Cyprus 398
87. Canadian Soccer Association 395
88. El Salvador 390
89. New Zealand Football 377
90. Wales 374
91. Cape Verde 372
92. Benin 370
95. Botswana 364
97. Qatar 360
98. Azerbaijan 359
98. Saudi Arabia 359
100. Kuwait 352
102. Antigua and Barbuda 345
103. Sudan 338
105. Cuba 332
107. Iceland 316
108. Haiti 305
109. Iraq 303
110. Guatemala 302
112. U.A.E. 287
114. Luxembourg 284
115. Mozambique 280
116. Guyana 278
117. Thailand 274
118. Liechtenstein 270
119. Namibia 269
120. Grenada 265
121. DPR Korea 258
122. Moldova 255
123. St. Kitts and Nevis 252
124. Gambia 248
125. Faroe Islands 244
127. Liberia 230
128. DR Congo 225
130. Kenya 200
131. Kazakhstan 198
136. Singapore 188
139. Indonesia 182
142. Rwanda 178
143. Congo 177
144. Puerto Rico 173
146. Fiji 158
146. Malaysia 158
149. Barbados 148
151. Equatorial Guinea 141
153. Malta 138
155. Hong Kong 124
155. Nicaragua 124
158. Madagascar 115
158. Saint Vincent and The Grenadines 115
160. Tchad 110
162. India 106
167. Lesotho 104
169. Swaziland 95
172. Taiwan 89
173. Vanuatu 88
179. Solomon Islands 75
184. Tahiti 68
187. Papua New Guinea 34
188. Mauritius 33
189. Bermuda 30
190. Eritrea 28
197. Cook Islands 10
203. Andorra 0
203. Samoa 0
203. San Marino 0

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