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==Structure==
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===Six confederations and 211 national associations===
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Besides its worldwide institutions, there are six confederations recognized by FIFA which oversee the game in the different [[continent]]s and regions of the world. National associations, and not the continental confederations, are members of FIFA. The continental confederations are provided for in FIFA's statutes, and membership of a union is a prerequisite to FIFA membership.

* [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC; 47 members){{Efn|name=Australia|[[Football Australia|Australia]] has been a member of the AFC since 2006.}}
* [[Confederation of African Football]] (CAF; 54 members)
* [[CONCACAF|Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football]] (CONCACAF; 41 members){{Efn|name=CONCACAF/CONMEBOL|[[Ligue de Football de la Guyane|French Guiana]], [[Guyana Football Federation|Guyana]] and [[Surinamese Football Association|Suriname]] are CONCACAF members although they are in South America. The French Guiana team is a member of CONCACAF but not of FIFA.}}
*[[CONMEBOL|Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol]] (CONMEBOL; 10 members)
* [[Oceania Football Confederation]] (OFC; 13 members){{Efn|name=Australia}}
* [[UEFA|Union of European Football Associations]] (UEFA; 55 members){{Efn|name=UEFA|Teams representing the nations of [[Football Federation of Armenia|Armenia]], [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]], [[Cyprus Football Association|Cyprus]], [[Georgian Football Federation|Georgia]], [[Israel Football Association|Israel]], [[Kazakhstan Football Federation|Kazakhstan]], [[Russian Football Union|Russia]] (suspended by UEFA in 2022), and [[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]] are UEFA members, although [[list of transcontinental countries|the majority]] or entirety of their territory is outside of [[continental Europe]]. [[Monégasque Football Federation|Monaco]] is not a member of UEFA or FIFA.}}

In total, FIFA recognizes 211 national associations and their associated men's national teams as well as 129 women's national teams; see the [[list of men's national association football teams|list of national football teams]] and their respective [[list of FIFA country codes|country codes]]. The number of FIFA member associations is higher than the number of UN member states as FIFA has admitted associations from 23 non-sovereign entities as members in their own right, such as the four [[Home Nations]] within the United Kingdom and the two [[special administrative regions of China]]: [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]].

On 28 February 2022, FIFA suspended Russia from all competitions due to controversy surrounding [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine.]]<ref>{{cite news |date=1 March 2022 |url= https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37625920/means-how-works |title=FIFA suspends Russia from World Cup, all soccer competitions: What it means, how it works}}</ref>

FIFA can suspend countries due to numerous multifaceted issues. Common reasons include governance interference, corruption, and financial irregularities. Doping or the misappropriation of drugs is also a consideration for expulsion.

The [[FIFA Men's World Rankings]] are updated monthly and rank each team based on their performance in international competitions, qualifiers, and friendly matches. There is also a [[FIFA Women's World Rankings|world ranking for women's football]], amended on a quarterly schedule.

===Laws and governance===
[[File:Home of FIFA - buiding and flags.jpg|thumb|261px|[[FIFA headquarters]] in [[Zürich]], Switzerland]]
FIFA's [[FIFA headquarters|headquarters]] is in [[Zürich]], and it is an association established under the [[law of Switzerland]].

FIFA's supreme body is the [[FIFA Congress]], an assembly of representatives from each affiliated member association. Each national football association has one vote, regardless of size or footballing strength. The Congress assembles in ordinary sessions once every year, and extraordinary sessions have been held once a year since 1998. Congress makes decisions relating to FIFA's governing statutes and their method of implementation and application. Only Congress can pass changes to FIFA's statutes. The congress approves the annual report and decides on the acceptance of new national associations, and holds elections. Congress elects the [[List of Presidents of FIFA|President of FIFA]], its general secretary, and the other members of the [[FIFA Council]] in the year following the [[FIFA World Cup]].<ref name="FIFA-congress">{{cite news |date=27 May 2011 |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/congress.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405100855/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/congress.html |archive-date=5 April 2010 |title=FIFA Congress |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>

The FIFA Council – formerly called the FIFA Executive Committee – is the organization's main strategic body, making decisions in the intervals between Congress meetings. The council comprises 37 people: the president, who chairs the Council; 8 vice-presidents; and 28 members from the confederations. Each confederation must elect at least one woman to the Council. Six of the Vice-Presidents hold the role ''ex officio'' as the Presidents of the Confederations, and the remaining two must come from UEFA.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/16d1f7349fa19ade/original/FIFA-Statutes-2024.pdf |title=FIFA STATUTES |year=2024 |edition=May 2024 |pages=33-35}}</ref> The Council reviews the bids to host the World Cup and proposes up to three of these to the Congress, which votes to select the host country or countries.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/16d1f7349fa19ade/original/FIFA-Statutes-2024.pdf |title=FIFA STATUTES |year=2024 |edition=May 2024 |page=55}}</ref>

The President and the Secretary General are the main office holders of FIFA and are in charge of its daily administration, carried in by the general secretariat, with its staff of approximately 280 members. [[Gianni Infantino]] is the current president, elected on 26 February 2016 at an extraordinary FIFA Congress session after former president [[Sepp Blatter]] was suspended pending a [[2015 FIFA corruption case|corruption investigation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/oct/08/iss-hayatou-acting-president-fifa-sepp-blatter-suspended |title=Issa Hayatou to be acting Fifa president following suspension of Sepp Blatter |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=8 October 2015 |website=The Guardian |access-date=10 October 2015 |archive-date=15 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015202919/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/oct/08/iss-hayatou-acting-president-fifa-sepp-blatter-suspended |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Acting FIFA President Issa Hayatou |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/acting-president/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010023004/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/acting-president/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 October 2015 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>

FIFA's worldwide organizational structure also consists of several other bodies under the authority of the FIFA Council or created by Congress as standing committees. Among those bodies are the FIFA Emergency Committee, the [[FIFA Ethics Committee]], the Finance Committee, the Disciplinary Committee, and the Referees Committee.

The FIFA Emergency Committee deals with all matters requiring immediate settlement in the time frame between the regular meetings of the [[FIFA Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/committees/committee=1882020/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529180725/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/committees/committee=1882020/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2015 |title=Emergency Committee |publisher=FIFA |access-date=7 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chaudhary |first=Vivek |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/apr/25/newsstory.sport1 |title=Outraged Scot takes up the chase of Blatter |date=25 April 2002 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=8 December 2015 |archive-date=10 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210181611/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/apr/25/newsstory.sport1 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Emergency Committee consists of the FIFA president as well as one member from each confederation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-emergency-idUSKBN0OD1BX20150528 |title=Blatter chairs emergency FIFA meeting as scandal grows |date=28 May 2015 |work=Reuters |access-date=8 December 2015 |archive-date=10 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210181742/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-emergency-idUSKBN0OD1BX20150528 |url-status=live }}</ref> Emergency Committee decisions made are immediately put into legal effect, although they need to be ratified at the next Executive Committee meeting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/745/fifa/2009/12/04/1665888/fifa-ratify-suspension-of-iraqi-football-association |title=FIFA Ratify Suspension of Iraqi Football Association |date=4 December 2009 |publisher=Goal |access-date=8 December 2015 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306144038/http://www.goal.com/en/news/745/fifa/2009/12/04/1665888/fifa-ratify-suspension-of-iraqi-football-association |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Administrative cost===
FIFA publishes its results according to [[International Financial Reporting Standards]]. The total compensation for the management committee in 2011 was 30 million for 35 people. Blatter, the only full-time person on the committee, earned approximately two million Swiss francs, 1.2 million in salary, and the rest in bonuses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bilanz.ch/unternehmen/fifa-boni-von-wegen-30-millionen |title=Fifa-Boni: Von wegen 30 Millionen |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611131139/http://www.bilanz.ch/unternehmen/fifa-boni-von-wegen-30-millionen |archive-date=11 June 2014 |work=Bilanz |date=17 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/30/12/07/fifafr2013en_neutral.pdf |title=FIFA Financial Report 2013 |page=94 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327075633/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/30/12/07/fifafr2013en_neutral.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.persoenlich.com/interview/blatter-joseph-fifa-pr%C3%A4sidentoktober2002-152063 |title=Interview mit: Joseph Blatter |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725165054/http://www.persoenlich.com/interview/blatter-joseph-fifa-pr%C3%A4sidentoktober2002-152063 |archive-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |website=persönlich.com |date=October 2002 }}</ref> A report in London's ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' in June 2014 said the members of the committee had their salaries doubled from $100,000 to $200,000 during the year. The report also said leaked documents had indicated $4.4 million in secret bonuses had been paid to the committee members following the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] in South Africa.<ref name="FIFA payments">{{cite news |title=Report claims FIFA bosses secretly doubled their salaries |url=http://www.sportssun.com/index.php/sid/223159751/scat/c4cdc9be967f45f9/ht/Report-claims-FIFA-bosses-secretly-doubled-their-salaries |access-date=23 June 2014 |publisher=Sports Sun|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725084250/http://www.sportssun.com/index.php/sid/223159751/scat/c4cdc9be967f45f9/ht/Report-claims-FIFA-bosses-secretly-doubled-their-salaries|archive-date=25 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>