The FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) is an international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal.
It was founded on May 21, 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania and South America.
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