© AFPUnder article 83 of the FIFA Statutes, the FIFA Executive Committee has the right to authorise FIFA members to play matches against non-member associations, in this case the Football Federation of Kosovo (FFK). Following various meetings that have taken place since 2012, the FIFA Emergency Committee has today, 13 January 2014, confirmed a set of modalities of friendly matches involving clubs and representative teams of Kosovo. The proposal was submitted to the FIFA Emergency Committee following a meeting between the President of the Football Association of Serbia (FSS), Tomislav Karadzic, and the President of the FFK, Fadil Vokrri, held at…
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© Getty ImagesFIFA can today confirm the extension of a sanction imposed on a player relating to match-manipulation investigations conducted by the El Salvador Football Association to have worldwide effect.Following the worldwide extension of sanctions imposed on 21 El Salvador players in October and November 2013, the deputy chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided to extend the sanction of life ban from all football-related activity imposed on one additional El Salvador player. The Disciplinary Committee of the El Salvador FA decided to impose the sanction on 11 November 2013 after investigations conducted by the El Salvador FA into…
© Getty Images After a brief break from the worldwide tour to join the festivities at the FIFA World Cup™ Final Draw in Brazil, the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola continued its journey, heading to the Middle East where it stopped in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, before heading further East to Bangladesh and Bhutan. Now, following a visit to Nepal, the Trophy will today touch down in India where it will remain for three days. On the second day of the Indian tour, a once in a lifetime experience is being organized by FIFA and…
FIFA Club World Cup Saturday 21 December 2013 FC Bayern Munchen wrapped up a memorable year by being crowned FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013 champions after defeating Raja Casablanca 2-0 in the final at Marrakech Stadium. Have Your SayHighlights FC Bayern München Raja Club Athletic 2:0 Marrakech Stadium FIFA.com Media Release
(FIFA.com) Monday 16 December 2013 © Getty Images FIFA is pleased to confirm the appointment of Aggreko as a Branded Licensee for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. As part of this agreement Aggreko will provide temporary broadcast power solutions for the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and the stadiums in all twelve Host Cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™. This will safeguard the match coverage from all venues of football’s flagship event for fans across the world. The agreement will save about USD 20 million in running costs for Brazil’s 12 Host Cities, including up to USD 5 million…
© FIFA.com As the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Final Draw on 6 December decided the destiny of the 32 teams, football fans around the world flocked to FIFA’s digital platforms. In the run-up to the big event in Costa do Sauípe, 3.6 billion pages of FIFA.com were consumed by fans globally. As the composition of the eight groups was announced, 425,000 users were simultaneously online. It wasn’t just FIFA.com though that witnessed such traffic. FIFA’s app, launched on 1 December, saw 1.3million downloads in its first seven days, with 10 million pages of content consumed. It was also the…
© FIFA.com FIFA and the Nobel Peace Center today launched the Handshake for Peace campaign at the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013. This exciting joint initiative between FIFA and the Nobel Peace Center in Norway will combine the global reach and power of football with a simple handshake – a Handshake for Peace – that seeks to set an example of friendship, respect and peace to society. The handshake will form an integral part of FIFA events, giving a strong platform for this positive gesture of respect, friendship and fair play.The Handshake for Peace will feature at all matches…
© Getty Images A total of 1,179,363 tickets were requested within 24 hours of the opening of the second sales phase for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on www.FIFA.com. Approximately 86% were requested by Brazilian football fans, thus making Brazil the country with the highest number of requests ahead of USA (38,009), Argentina (30,659), Chile (23,014), Colombia (12,103), Mexico (11,580), Australia (8,064), Germany (6,556), England (6,469) and France (6,006). Football fans have until 12.00 (CET) on 30 January 2014 to apply for tickets on www.FIFA.com/tickets. During this sales period, all fans have an equal chance to be successful, regardless of the date of the…
(FIFA.com) Friday 6 December 2013 © AFP With the group stage matches now defined, ticket sales for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will reopen at 12:00 CET/09:00 Brasilia time on Sunday 8 December 2013. Applications can be made on the FIFA ticketing website until 12:00 CET on 30 January 2014. For almost two months, fans will have the chance to apply for tickets for 62 out of the 64 matches (the exceptions are the opening game in São Paulo and the final in Rio de Janeiro). As for the first sales period, in the case where there are more requests than the total number of seats available,…
© Foto-net The international football community on Thursday learnt the sad news of the passing of former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela. FIFA President Blatter has expressed his deepest sympathy at the loss of such an iconic figure and hailed Mandela. He said: “It is in deep mourning that I pay my respects to an extraordinary person, probably one of the greatest humanists of our time and a dear friend of mine: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. When he was honoured and cheered by the crowd at Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium on 11 July 2010, it was…
© Getty Images Chaired by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, the FIFA Executive Committee held its fourth and final meeting of the year in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia (Brazil) on 4 and 5 December ahead of the Final Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™.With the objective of leaving a lasting legacy in the host country Brazil, the executive approved the creation of a 2014 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust. Contrary to the 2010 Legacy Trust in South Africa, the trust will this time be launched before the kick-off of the upcoming FIFA World Cup. The total amount will be defined…
© Getty Images The total contributions for the participants of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ will be up 37 per cent compared with the last edition in South Africa in 2010. At its meeting in Costa do Sauipe/Bahia earlier today, the FIFA Finance Committee approved an increase to the contribution pool for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ to USD 576 million, compared to USD 420 million in 2010. The winners will receive USD 35 million, while the runners-up will obtain USD 25 million, the third-placed team USD 22 million, the fourth-placed USD 20 million, and quarter-finalists USD 14 million…
© AFP At its meeting in Costa do Sauipe/Bahia earlier today, the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup™ approved the procedures for the Final Draw, which will be held in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia on 6 December 2013 (13.00 local Bahia time/17.00 CET) and will be broadcast live on free-to-air-channels in no fewer than 193 countries. As already announced, the seeded teams have been selected on the basis of the October 2013 edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, namely hosts Brazil (A1), together with Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium, Switzerland, and Uruguay. Pot 2 contains Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana,…
© FIFA.com FIFA.com, the most-visited football website in the world, today announced the launch of the official FIFA app. The launch of the application coincides with the Final Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, which fans can follow live with the app on Friday 6 December 2013. The FIFA app is expected to be the most downloaded sports application ever, with over 70 million downloads predicted in its first few months. The application is built on the foundations of FIFA.com, which during tournament months can receive in excess of 7 billion page views and 150 million unique visitors.…
© Getty Images The FIFA Appeal Committee yesterday decided to reject the appeal lodged by the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) and confirm the decisions rendered by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee with regard to the FFU on 27 September 2013 in their entirety. As such, the next home match of the “A” representative team of Ukraine in the preliminary competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ will be played without spectators. In addition, the “A” representative team is banned from playing in the Arena Lviv stadium for the duration of the same competition. The FFU is also ordered to…
With a national workshop in Colombia and a regional workshop in Algeria, FIFA’s Security Division has brought its workshop activities to a close for 2013, and FIFA Director of Security Ralf Mutschke has drawn positive conclusions. Match manipulation is a worldwide and omnipresent issue, as proven by the most recent case in Austria, as well as by the headlines regarding worldwide bans imposed on players from El Salvador and Ukraine, or the fact that the independent FIFA Ethics Committee has taken over investigations in South Africa. “We are seeing more and more positive reactions,” says FIFA Director of Security Ralf…
The FIFA Interactive World Cup success story continues to develop, with the event being honoured with two significant industry accolades in recent weeks. The FIWC was once again named by the Guinness World Records as the largest online gaming tournament in the world and received the Football Brand of the Year Award at the Football…
© Getty Images FIFA and the National Organising Committee are pleased to announce a sponsorship agreement with Labatt Breweries of Canada. Labatt is the second National Supporter of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™. The agreement provides Labatt with extensive marketing rights within Canada for the next edition of the flagship tournament in women’s…
© Getty Images FIFA can today confirm the extension of sanctions imposed on three players relating to match-manipulation investigations conducted by the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) and the El Salvador Football Association to have worldwide effect.
© Getty Images FIFA has launched a new Facebook page dedicated to women’s football and available in six languages, while also activating the official Twitter account for the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ ahead of a busy calendar of events in 2014 and 2015.