Tag Archives: FIFA

FIFA President announces his vision for the period up to 2023!

On the day of the fourth anniversary of his election as FIFA President, Gianni Infantino published The Vision 2020-2023: Making Football Truly Global, his proposed action plan for the organisation over the course of the coming years. “This document lays out a plan to further modernise the football world, make …

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FIFA’s Adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee sanctions Wilmar Valdez!

The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found Wilmar Valdez, former President of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) and a former member of both the FIFA Council and the CONMEBOL Executive Committee, guilty of having infringed his duty of loyalty, in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics. …

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Qatar on track to welcome the world with just 1,000 days to go until the 2022 FIFA World Cup!

In exactly 1,000 days, the world will gather again for the biggest football show on Earth – in the most unique setting yet. The compact nature of the first FIFA World Cup in the Middle East and Arab world will ensure that fans of all 32 teams are always within …

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FIFA World Rankings: India stay 108th, Belgium stay No. 1!

Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the February rankings, India stay in 108th position behind Kenya, but ahead of Central African Republic; while 2018 FIFA World Cup semifinalists Belgium stays No. 1. India have …

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FIFA Council meeting to be held via video conference!

At the request of several of its members, the upcoming meeting of the FIFA Council, which was originally scheduled to take place in Asunción, Paraguay, will be held by video conference on March 20, 2020 at 10:00h (CET) from Zurich, Switzerland. The meeting will be organised at the Home of …

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Normalisation committee appointed for Iraqi Football Association!

Following the developments that have affected the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) since September 2019, which resulted in the resignation of all members of the IFA Executive Committee and the IFA General Secretary, the Bureau of the FIFA Council decided on February 10 2020 to appoint a normalisation committee for the …

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FIFA’s transfer report: Big 5 accounted for almost three quarters of global spending in January 2020!

The winter 2020 edition of FIFA’s Big 5 Transfer Window Analysis is now available. The report is a summary of the activity in the International Transfer Matching System (ITMS) involving clubs from England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain (the “Big 5”). Key statistics on international transfer activity from 1 January …

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FIFA set to launch global fund for player salary protection!

FIFA and FIFPRO, the World Players’ Union, have reached an agreement to establish the FIFA Fund for Football Players (FIFA FFP), which aims to provide financial support to players who have not been paid and have no chance of duly receiving the wages agreed with their clubs. FIFA has set …

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Complexity Gaming marvellous in Milan as new FIFA eClub World Cup champions are crowned!

After a journey that saw over 190 teams battle it out in online qualifying, Complexity Gaming were crowned new FIFA eClub World Cup champions today after a weekend of intense drama, passion and excitement in Milan. Following three days of fierce competition between some of the world’s top professional FIFA …

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