


Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations.

It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The Fédération internationale de football association ( French for ' International Association Football Federation' abbreviated as FIFA and pronounced in English as / ˈ f iː f ə/) is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.
