FIFA Congress

The FIFA Congress is the supreme legislative body of the International Federation of Association Football (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 football.

The congress may be ordinary or extraordinary. An ordinary congress meets every year, an extraordinary congress may be convened by the FIFA Executive Committee at any time with the support of one fifth of the members of FIFA.

Each of the 211 members of FIFA has one vote in the congress. The members of FIFA can propose candidates for the presidency of FIFA. The FIFA Presidential election takes place at the congress in the year following the FIFA World Cup.^[1]

History

The FIFA congress has been held annually since 1998. It was previously held every two years. Congresses were not held between 1915–1922 and 1939–1945 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 and 65th congresses.

The 1961 FIFA extraordinary congress in London elected Stanley Rous as President.^[2]

The 2016 FIFA extraordinary congress in Zürich elected Gianni Infantino as the new president on 26 February 2016.^[3]

List of ordinary congresses

Congress number	Year	City
1st	1904	Paris
2nd	1905
3rd	1906	Berne
4th	1907	Amsterdam
5th	1908	Vienna
6th	1909	Budapest
7th	1910	Milan
8th	1911	Dresden
9th	1912	Stockholm
10th	1913	Copenhagen
11th	1914	Christiania (Oslo)
12th	1923	Geneva
13th	1924	Paris
14th	1925	Prague
15th	1926	Rome
16th	1927	Helsinki
17th	1928	Amsterdam
18th	1929	Barcelona
19th	1930	Budapest
20th	1931	Berlin
21st	1932	Stockholm
22nd	1934	Rome
23rd	1936	Berlin
24th	1938	Paris
25th	1946	Luxembourg
26th	1948	London
27th	1950	Rio de Janeiro
28th	1952	Helsinki
29th	1954	Berne
30th	1956	Lisbon
31st	1958	Stockholm
32nd	1960	Rome
33rd	1962	Santiago
34th	1964	Tokyo
35th	1966	London
36th	1968	Guadalajara
37th	1970	Mexico
38th	1972	Paris
39th	1974	Frankfurt
40th	1976	Montreal
41st	1978	Buenos Aires
42nd	1980	Zürich
43rd	1982	Madrid
44th	1984	Zürich
45th	1986	Mexico
46th	1988	Zürich
47th	1990	Rome
48th	1992	Zürich
49th	1994	Chicago
50th	1996	Zürich
51st (details)	1998	Paris
52nd	2000	Zurich
53rd (details)	2002	Seoul
54th	2004	Paris
55th	2005	Marrakesh
56th	2006	Munich
57th	2007	Zürich
58th	2008	Sydney
59th	2009	Nassau
60th	2010	Johannesburg
61st (details)	2011	Zürich
62nd	2012	Budapest
63rd	2013	Mauritius
64th	2014	São Paulo
65th (details)	2015	Zürich
66th	2016	Mexico City
67th	2017	Manama[4]
68th	2018	Moscow
69th	2019	Zürich

Extraordinary congresses

Extraordinary congresses have taken place in 1908 (Brussels), 1961 (London), 1999 (Los Angeles), 2001 (Buenos Aires), and 2003 (Doha).^[5] Another extraordinary congress took place in 2016 (Zürich). FIFA President Sepp Blatter would have remained in his position until his successor is elected.^[6] However, due to the fact he was suspended, the Acting FIFA President, Issa Hayatou was in charge of FIFA.^[7]

See also

• List of Presidents of FIFA

References

1. "FIFA Congress". FIFA.
2. "FIFA presidential elections". FIFA.
3. Sweetman, Tom. "FIFA: Presidential election confirmed for February 26". CNN. 20 October 2015. Accessed on 22 December 2015.
4. "FIFA Council discusses vision for the future of football".
5. FIFA Congress venues from 1904 to 2011
6. "FIFA President to lay down his mandate at extraordinary elective Congress". FIFA. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
7. http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/acting-president/index.html

External links

• FIFA Congress
• Congress venues 1904–2011