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Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of the sport of association football (called simply football or soccer). It is based in Zürich, Switzerland. A sport governing body comes in several forms. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Zürich IPA (in English often Zurich, which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 364,558 in 2002; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. ...

FIFA was formed in Paris on May 21, 1904 and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004. It announced in April 2004 that it is expecting to earn $144 million profit on $1.64 billion in revenue between 2003 and 2006. On May 20th 2004, FIFA commemorated their 100th year with a centennial match of Brazil vs. France. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... First International Argentina 3 _ 0 Brazil (Buenos Aires, Argentina; August 20, 1914) Largest win Brazil 9 _ 0 Colombia (Lima, Peru; 23 March 1957) Worst defeat Argentina 6 _ 1 Brazil (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 March 1940) World Cup Appearances 17 (First in 1930) Best result Winners, 1958, 1962... First International Belgium 3 - 3 France (Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904) Largest win France 10 - 0 Azerbaijan (Paris, France; 6 September 1995) Worst defeat Denmark 17 - 1 France (London, England; 19 October 1908) World Cup Appearances 11 (First in 1930) Best result Winners, 1998 European Championship Appearances 6 (First in...

FIFA

The organisation works in conjunction with regional arms that oversee football development in the different parts of the world. The six confederations that comprise FIFA (and the regions that they govern) are:

• AFC - (Asia)
• CAF - (Africa)
• CONMEBOL - (South America)
• CONCACAF - (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
• OFC - (Oceania)
• UEFA - (Europe)

FIFA organizes, amongst others, the following football competitions: Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Asian national football teams | Football (soccer) governing bodies ... CONMEBOL (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL - South American Football Confederation) was founded July 9, 1916, thanks to Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez who materialized his project of uniting football around the continent. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | North American national football teams | Football (soccer) governing bodies ... The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ... UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...

1. Football World Cup
2. Olympic Football Tournament
3. Football World Youth Championship
4. Football U-17 World Championship
5. Women's World Cup
6. Women's U-19 World Championship
7. Confederations Cup
8. Club World Championship
9. FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA also promotes the sport, regulates the transfer of players between teams, awards the FIFA World Player of the Year, and publishes the FIFA World Rankings every month. The Football World Cup (official name: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer). ... A mens football tournament has been held at every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932. ... The Football World Youth Championship is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... The Football U-17 World Championship is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 17 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... The FIFA Womens World Cup is the most important competition in international football ( soccer) for women. ... The FIFA Confederations Cup is an football (soccer) tournament for national teams, held every two years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six continental championships, with one or more other teams invited, to bring the number of teams up to eight. ... The FIFA Club World Championship is a football (soccer) competition contested between the leading clubs from all 6 continental confederations. ... The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who is thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches of international teams. ... The FIFA World Rankings were introduced in August 1993 to make it possible to publish comparisons of the relative strengths of internationally active teams at regular intervals. ...

The laws of football that govern the game, are maintained by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which consists of four representatives from FIFA. and one representative each from The Football Association, the Scottish Football Association, the Football Association of Wales, and the Irish Football Association. The Laws of Football (officially the Laws of the Game) are the rules governing the play of Association football (soccer). ... The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is the body that determines the Laws of the Game of association football (soccer). ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ... The Scottish Football Association (SFA) was formed in 1873 making it the second oldest national football association in the world (after The English Football Association). ... The Football Association of Wales is the governing body of football in Wales, being a member of both FIFA and UEFA. Established in 1876, it is the third-oldest association in the world, and is one of the five associations (with the English Football Association, the Scottish Football Association, the... The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the organising body for the sport of football (soccer) in Northern Ireland. ...

FIFA and EA Sports also produce versions of the game on PC and various game consoles approximately every year, along with World Cup editions. (See FIFA series for a detailed description of each.) There is also a Street version of the game (see FIFA Street for more information). EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on sports. ... The tower of a personal computer. ... The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a popular video game console. ... Mega Drive FIFA International Soccer cover The FIFA Series, released yearly by EA under the EA Sports label since late 1993, is one of the most profitable and well known video game franchises. ...

See also

• List of national football teams
• Bodies of FIFA
• History of FIFA
• Presidents of FIFA
• FIFA 100 (List of 125 Greatest Living Footballers)
• List of FIFA country codes
• FIFA video game series
• FIFA Street

This is a list of national football (soccer) teams, sorted alphabetically within their confederations. ... The History of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) began on 21 May 1904, when it was founded at the headquarters of the Union Française de Sports Athlétiques, 229 Rue St Honoré in Paris. ... Presidents of the FIFA: Sepp Blatter, Switzerland, elected June 8, 1998 João Havelange, Brazil, 1974-1998, Honorary President of FIFA nominated June 8, 1998 Stanley Rous, England, 1961-1974, Honorary President of FIFA nominated June 11, 1974 Arthur Drewry, England, 1955-1961 Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Belgium, 1954-1955 Jules Rimet... On March 4, 2004, at a gala ceremony in London, to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of football (soccer) revealed the FIFA 100. ... FIFA assigns a three-letter code (dubbed FIFA Trigramme) to each of its member and non-member countries. ... Mega Drive FIFA International Soccer cover The FIFA Series, released yearly by EA under the EA Sports label since late 1993, is one of the most profitable and well known video game franchises. ...

External link

• FIFA web site (http://www.fifa.com/)