Fdration Internationale de Football Association
Fedé ration Internationale de Football Association
a federation of sports associations and accordingly carries out sports activites
Federation Internationale de Football Association, the governing body of international soccer.
The acronym used for the Federation Internationale de Football Association, the world governing body for the game of association football, which is based in Switzerland.
World governing body of soccer; founded in 1904; acronym stands for Federation Internationale de Football Association; based in Zurich, Switzerland; president is Joao Havelange of Brazil; general secretary is Joseph "Sepp" Blatter of Switzerland; current membership stands at 191 nations.
World Football Federation ("Fédération Internationale de Football Association")
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Sepp Blatter. FIFA is responsible for the organisation and governance of football's major international tournaments, most notably the FIFA World Cup, held since 1930.