History
Football developed in Englandwhere an attempt to codification The rules began in the 1840s. While sport spread to Europe,, South AmericaAnd elsewhere worldwide, local and national leagues have started to develop. The spread of international matches at the beginning of the 20th century led to calls to establish global rules. Seven countries –Belgium,, Denmark,, France,, The Netherlands,, Spain,, SuedeAnd Swiss—FIFI -FIFA in Paris in 1904. Germany was not represented at the meeting in Paris, although he played a role in the FIFA Foundation. During the founding meeting, Robert Guérin, a French journalist who led the effort to create the organization, was elected first president of FIFA; He served until 1906.
England (where the powerful Football association (FA) had been created in 1863) was only registered in 1906. 1908 Olympic Games. FIFA also created an exception to its association rule by country under the direction of Woolfall, allowing the separate Irish, Scottish and Welsh associations to join in 1911. In the early 1910s, FIFA extended beyond Europe as Argentina,, Chile,, South AfricaTHE UNITED STATESAnd others joined. This growth aroused the initiation of a distinct international tournament of the Olympic Games under the direction of the third president of FIFA, the French administrator of football Jules Rimet (1921-1954).
The first FIFA World Cup The tournament was organized by Uruguay In 1930, thirteen countries participated and Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the championship match. The United States finished third. England was significantly absent, which had withdrawn from FIFA in 1928 invasive FIFA power on the FA. England joined in 1946 and played during its first World Cup in 1950. The male World Cup tournament took place every four years, except for and just after Second World War. Traditionally played in one or the other Europe Or South AmericaThe male World Cup was organized for the first time in North America in 1970 (Mexico), In Asia in 2002 (cohossed by Japan and South Korea), In Africa in 2010 (South Africa), and in the Middle East in 2022 (Qatar).
After FIFA members of the Second World War increased rapidly to more than 100 members in the 1960s and more than 200 in the early 21st century. As the popularity of the World Cup increased, the number of teams in the tournament also did. Sixteen teams qualified for the male tournament from 1954 to 1978, 24 from 1982 to 1994 and 32 from 1998 to 2022. In 2017, FIFA approved a plan to extend the number of qualification teams to 48 for the 2026 male world cupwhich will be the first tournament cohossed by three countries: the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
In 1991, China welcomed the first FIFA Women’s World Cupwhich takes place every four years, generally a year after the male tournament. The American team won the inaugural Tournament, beating Norway 2-1 in the championship match. In 1991 and 1995, the tournament presented 12 teams. The land extended to 16 teams in 1999 and 24 teams in 2015 and 2019. Australia And New Zealand were selected in 2020 to cohoster 32 teams in the 2023 tournament.
Structure
FIFA is led by a secretary general who oversees the organization’s operations. The FIFA Council, a strategic surveillance body made up of 37 members, appoints the secretary general. The FIFA Council is led by a president and eight vice-presidents. Members are elected to four -year -old mandates and may not not be three terms. The main legislative body is FIFA CongressAnd each of the national organizations has a delegate to the congress. The Congress elects the president, approves the budget and chooses the location of future World Cup tournaments. The football court, created in 2021, solves disputes and makes decisions on regulatory applications. The universal rules that govern football game are kept independently by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the organization that determines the rules to introduce or interrupt. FIFA joined IFAB in 1913 and has half of the votes (the other half was controlled by England, Scotland,, WalesAnd Northern Ireland). Each national association belongs to one of the six regional confederations, covering Africa (CAF), Asia (AFC), Europe (UEFA), South America (Conmebol), Oceania (OFC), and North America,, Central Americaand the Caribbean (Concacaf).
Controversy
FIFA has been assailed by many controversies, some surrounding the selection of host countries in the World Cup. Italy welcomed the 1934 World Cup, a decision criticized as normalization His fascist government under dictator Benito Mussolini. Russia And Qatar were selected as hosts in 2018 and 2022, respectively. The two selections were criticized due to intolerance to the host countries towards the LGBTQ + communityas well as the invasion of Russia of Crimea And allegations against Qatar concerning its treatment of workers.
FIFA has also been the subject of allegations of financial irregularities, in particular fraud And money laundering. In 2010, Chuck Blazer, the chief of the Concacaf, was targeted by the US Federal Office of Investigation (FBI) for having accepted bribes linked to the male World Cup tournaments from 1998 and 2010. Blazer pleaded guilty and became an informant against other corrupt FIFA officials.
THE FIFA 2015 FIFA corruption scandal exploded when the American Department of Justice (DoJ) published a criminal act of 47 charges accusing seven FIFA officials of having accepted $ 150 million in bribes in two decades. Finally, more than two dozen sports marketing leaders and senior FIFA officials were involved in a corruption program linked to the allocation of accommodation rights for the 2018 male World Cup to Russia and 2022 male world cup in Qatar. In response to scandal, FIFA has launched several reforms intended to promote transparency and better governance, including audit training and Compliance Committee in 2016.
