FIFA Congress

The FIFA Congress is the supreme legislative body of the International Association Football Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Football Association), commonly known by the acronym FIFA /ˈfiːfə/. FIFA is the international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. The congress may be ordinary or extraordinary.

An ordinary congress meets every year, an extraordinary congress may be convened by the FIFA Council (formerly Executive Committee) at any time with the support of one fifth of the members of FIFA.[1]

Each of the 211 members of FIFA has one vote in the congress. The members of FIFA can propose candidates for the World Cup Host and Presidency of FIFA. The FIFA Presidential Election, FIFA World Cup Host country election takes place at the congress in the year following the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup Host country election takes place at the congress in the year following the FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]

History

The FIFA Congress has been held annually since 1998. It was previously held every two years. Congresses were not held between 1915 and 1922 and 1939 to 1945, due to the First and Second World Wars. FIFA Presidential Elections have taken place at the 1st, 3rd, 12th, 29th, 30th, 39th, 51st, 53rd, 61st, 65th, 69th and 73rd congresses.

The 1961 FIFA Extraordinary Congress in London elected Stanley Rous as President.[3] The 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress in Zürich elected Gianni Infantino as the new president on 26 February 2016.[4] Only five elections have had two or more candidates: the 39th (1974), 51st (1998), 53rd (2002), 65th (2015), and 2016 Extraordinary Congress.

List of congresses

  Congress voting for president
* Extraordinary Congress
  Congress voting for World Cup Host
  Congress voting for Women's World Cup Host
Congress
number[5] 		Year City Member associations
attending 		Notes
1st 1904 Paris 5 First FIFA Congress. Robert Guérin elected as the first president of FIFA.
2nd 1905 5
3rd 1906 Bern 7
4th 1907 Amsterdam 12
5th 1908 Vienna 16
* 1908 Brussels 7
6th 1909 Budapest 13
7th 1910 Milan 12
8th 1911 Dresden 11
9th 1912 Stockholm 17
10th 1913 Copenhagen 12
11th 1914 Christiania (Oslo) 17 Last Congress before World War I.
12th 1923 Geneva 17 First Congress after World War I. Jules Rimet elected FIFA president.
13th 1924 Paris 27
14th 1925 Prague 22
15th 1926 Rome 23
16th 1927 Helsinki 21
17th 1928 Amsterdam 29
18th 1929 Barcelona 23 Uruguay selected as the host of the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
19th 1930 Budapest 27
20th 1931 Berlin 25
21st 1932 Stockholm 29 Italy selected as the host of the 1934 FIFA World Cup.
22nd 1934 Rome 27
23rd 1936 Berlin 37 France selected as the host of the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
24th 1938 Paris 30 Last Congress before World War II.
25th 1946 Luxembourg 34 First Congress after World War II.
Brazil selected as the host of the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Switzerland selected as the host of the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
26th 1948 London 48
27th 1950 Rio de Janeiro 35 Sweden selected as the host of the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
28th 1952 Helsinki 56
* 1953 Paris 48
29th 1954 Bern 52 Arthur Drewry elected FIFA president.
30th 1956 Lisbon 57
31st 1958 Stockholm 62
32nd 1960 Rome 69 England selected as the host of the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
* 1961 London 67 Stanley Rous elected FIFA president.
33rd 1962 Santiago 59
34th 1964 Tokyo 99
35th 1966 London 94
36th 1968 Guadalajara 78
37th 1970 Mexico City 86
38th 1972 Paris 102
39th 1974 Frankfurt 122 João Havelange elected FIFA president.
40th 1976 Montreal 108
41st 1978 Buenos Aires 107 João Havelange elected to a second term as FIFA president.
42nd 1980 Zürich 103
43rd 1982 Madrid 127 João Havelange elected to a third term as FIFA president.
44th 1984 Zürich 112
45th 1986 Mexico City 111 João Havelange elected to a fourth term as FIFA president.
46th 1988 Zürich 111 United States selected as the host of the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
47th 1990 Rome 130 João Havelange elected to a fifth term as FIFA president.
48th 1992 Zürich 118 France selected as the host of the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
49th 1994 Chicago 164
50th 1996 Zürich 182 Japan and South Korea selected as the hosts of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
51st (details) 1998 Paris 196 Sepp Blatter elected FIFA president.
* 1999 Los Angeles 195
52nd 2000 Zürich 200 Germany selected as the host of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
* 2001 Buenos Aires 202
* 2002 Seoul 202
53rd (details) 2002 202 Sepp Blatter elected to a second term as FIFA president.
* 2003 Doha 204
54th 2004 Paris 203 South Africa selected as the host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
55th 2005 Marrakesh 203
56th 2006 Munich 207
57th 2007 Zürich 206 Sepp Blatter elected to a third term as FIFA president.
58th 2008 Sydney 200
59th 2009 Nassau 205
60th 2010 Johannesburg 207
61st (details) 2011 Zürich 208 Sepp Blatter elected to a fourth term as FIFA president.
62nd 2012 Budapest 209
63rd 2013 Port Louis 208
64th 2014 São Paulo 209
65th (details) 2015 Zürich 210 Sepp Blatter elected to a fifth term as FIFA president.
* (details) 2016 207 Gianni Infantino elected FIFA president.
66th 2016 Mexico City 209
67th 2017 Manama[6] 211
68th (details) 2018 Moscow 210 United States, Mexico, and Canada selected as the hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
69th (details) 2019 Paris 211 Gianni Infantino elected to a second term as FIFA president.
70th 2020 Zürich[note 1] 211
71st 2021 Zürich [note 2] 211
72nd 2022 Doha 210
73rd (details) 2023 Kigali 208 Gianni Infantino elected to a third term as FIFA president.
74th 2024 Bangkok 211 Brazil selected as the host of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.
* 2024 Zürich[note 3] 211 Morocco, Portugal, and Spain selected as the hosts of the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
Saudi Arabia selected as the host of the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
75th 2025 Asunción 210
76th 2026 Vancouver TBC 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup, and 2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup host to be announced
77th 2027 Hangzhou TBC 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and 2029 FIFA U-20 World Cup host to be announced

Extraordinary congresses

A total of nine extraordinary congresses have taken place: 1908 (Brussels), 1953 (Paris), 1961 (London), 1999 (Los Angeles), 2001 (Buenos Aires), 2002 (Seoul), 2003 (Doha), 2016 (Zürich) and 2024 (Online).[12] In the 2016 Extraordinary Congress, FIFA President Sepp Blatter would have remained in his position until his successor is elected.[13] However, due to the fact he was suspended, the Acting FIFA President, Issa Hayatou was in charge of FIFA.[14]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The 70th FIFA Congress, originally scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa on 5 June 2020,[7] was rescheduled as an online event on 18 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia.[8]
  2. ^ The 71st FIFA Congress, originally scheduled to take place in Tokyo in May 2021,[9] was rescheduled as an online event on 21 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.[10]
  3. ^ The FIFA extraordinary congress was held online[11]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Statutes (2010 edition)" (PDF). 19 October 2003. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2010.
  2. ^ "FIFA Congress". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2010-04-05.
  3. ^ "FIFA presidential elections". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2010-04-08.
  4. ^ Sweetman, Tom. "FIFA: Presidential election confirmed for February 26 ". CNN. 20 October 2015. Accessed on 22 December 2015.
  5. ^ "FIFA Congress venues 1904-2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  6. ^ "FIFA Council discusses vision for the future of football". Archived from the original on October 17, 2016.
  7. ^ "70th FIFA Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 5 June 2020" (PDF). FIFA. 5 February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  9. ^ "FIFA Council unanimously appoints China PR as hosts of new Club World Cup in 2021". FIFA. 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  10. ^ "FIFA Council passes landmark reforms for female players and coaches, agrees further steps in COVID-19 response". FIFA. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Relive the 74th FIFA Congress". FIFA. 17 May 2024. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  12. ^ FIFA Congress venues from 1904 to 2011
  13. ^ "FIFA President to lay down his mandate at extraordinary elective Congress". FIFA. 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  14. ^ FIFA.com
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