FCI

International Football Federation

Foederatio Calcitro Internationalis (FCI)
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Map of the members of FCI according to their confederation
Abbreviation	FCI
Founded	21 April 1932 (1932-04-21)
Founded at	Castellum, Latium
Type	Sports federation
Purpose	Sport governance
Headquarters	Castellum, Latium
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	94 national associations
President	Tobe Decidis
Senior Vice-President	Ochrani person (OAFF)
Vice-Presidents	Malaio person (MFF) Oxidentale person (OFC) Belisarian person (UBCS) Norumbia person (UNFA) Scipia person (SCU)
Secretary General	Jane Doe
Main organ	FCI Congress
Subsidiaries	MFF (Malaio) OAFF (Ochran) OFC (Oxidentale) UBCS (Belisaria) UNFA (Norumbia) SCU (Scipia)
Affiliations	World Games Committee
Staff	690+
Website	FCI.com

The Foederatio Calcitro Internationalis (Latin for 'International Football Federation', abbreviated as FCI) is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal worldwide. Founded in 1932, the FCI was initially organised to oversee international competition among the national football associations of Belisaria but soon came to incorporate national football associations from the rest of the world. Presently, the FCI has its headquarters in Castellum, Latium, and presently comprises 94 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six continental confederations: MFF (Malaio), OAFF (Ochran), OFC (Oxidentale), UBCS (Belisaria), UNFA (Norumbia), and SCU (Scipia).

The FCI outlines several objectives in its organisational statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for integrity and fair play. It is also responsible for the organisation and promotion of association football's major international tournaments, notably the World Cup, which commenced in 1932, and the Women's World Cup, which began in 1993. Additionally, the FCI sets the laws of the game and is responsible for applying and enforcing those rules across all FCI competitions. All FCI tournaments generate revenue from sponsorships; in 2020, FCI had revenues of over LAS $5.8 billion, ending the 2016–2020 cycle with a net positive of LAS $1.2 billion and cash reserves of LAS $3.1 billion.

Despite their mission of promoting and enforcing fair play and the laws of the game, advocates and independent watchdog groups have noted the FCI leadership involvement in corruption, bribery, and vote-rigging of international tournament matters. Most recently, the organisation's decision to award the hosting privileges of the 2004 World Cup to Gran Aligonia has been reported by investigative journalists to be rife with reports citing gifts of beachfront property, supercars, and Hemicyon security, and the corruption of the voting process on the part of then FCI president Malbona Viro for Gran Aligonia. These allegations led to the boycotting of several nations, eventually culminating in the indictments of several high-ranking FCI officials and corporate executives by the Anti-Corruption Coalition of Football Associations (ACCFA), an ad-hoc international criminal tribunal formed by a coalition of national football associations which would eventually become the FCI Ethics Committee. On 02 February 2008, several of those indicated were arrested by Latin authorities, their charges including racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering alongside the aforementioned corruption and bribery.

Many officials were suspended by the ACCFA's independent ethics committee, including the ousting of Malbona Viro as president of FCI. The 2005 FCI corruption case also contributed to the 2005 Gran Aligonian protests, that led to the internal mutiny of the Xendarmeria, who were unwilling to continue policing the protests. In the face of the Xendarmeria mutiny, the Gran Aligonia Duque passed the Valladares-Botello Act, which expanded the powers of the Gran Aligonian Grand Ministry by introducing veto power.

History

Main article: History of FCI

Identity

Anthem

Main article: FCI Anthem

Presidents of FCI

Main article: List of presidents of FCI

No	Name	Country	Took office	Left office	Note
1	Nomen Nescio	Latium	23 April 1932	4 June 1937
2	Daniel Burley Woolfall	United Kingdom	4 June 1906	24 October 1918	Died in office
—	Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman	Netherlands	24 October 1918	1920	Acting
3	Jules Rimet	France	1 March 1921	21 June 1954
4	Rodolphe Seeldrayers	Belgium	21 June 1954	7 October 1955	Died in office
5	Arthur Drewry	United Kingdom	9 June 1956	25 March 1961	Died in office
—	Ernst Thommen	Switzerland	25 March 1961	28 September 1961	Acting
6	Stanley Rous	United Kingdom	28 September 1961	8 May 1974
7	João Havelange	Brazil	8 May 1974	8 June 1998
8	Sepp Blatter	Switzerland	8 June 1998	8 October 2015	Impeached
—	Issa Hayatou	Template:Country data Cameroon	8 October 2015	26 February 2016	Acting
9	Gianni Infantino	Italy Switzerland	26 February 2016	Incumbent

Structure

Main article: Geography of association football (Ajax)

Six confederations and 94 national associations

As a prerequisite of the FCI's statutes, national football associations have to be members of a football confederation to become members of FCI. These confederations oversee the game in their respective continents, and regions of the world are divided into six:

• Malaio Football Federation (MFF; 6 members)
• Ochran Association of Football Federations (OAFF; 16 members)
• Oxidentale Football Confederation (OFC; 8 members)
• Union of Belisarian Football Associations (UBCS; 28 members)
• Union of Norumbia Football Associations (UNFA; 15 members)
• Scipian Football Union (SCU; 21 members)

In total, FCI recognises 94 national associations and their associated men's and women's national teams; see the list of national football teams and their respective country codes. The FCI men's and women's world rankings are updated monthy and each rank are determined by the team's performance in international competitions, qualifiers, and friendly matches.

FCI competitions

See also: List of association football comeptitions (Ajax) and FCI International Match Calendar

FCI World Rankings

Further information: FCI Men's World Ranking and FCI Women's World Ranking