FOOTBALL

Fédération Internationale de Football

Association (FIFA)
• Founded in Paris (May 1904)
• 7 members only
• In 1930, it was 41 members
• In 1950, it become 73 members
• Now, FIFA has 204 members
 FIFA World Cup
• FIFA president, Jules Rimet - international
football tournament
• Each 4 years

First FIFA World cup

• Uruguay in 1930
• 13 nations took part
• The winner - Uruguay
Number of team
• 1934 until 1978 – 16 teams
• 1982 until 1994 – 24 teams
• 1998 until now – 32 teams

Format
• Qualification
- within six zones
- start three years before
- last over a two-year period
Final tournament
- two stages : group stage and knockout stage
- compete within eight groups of four teams
- group winner and runner up – second round
 Interesting facts
• Number of teams • Successive player and
32 (finals) coach
204 (qualifiers for 2010) Mário Zagallo and Franz
• Current champions Beckenbauer
 Italy (4th title) • Oldest player ever to
• Most successful team score
 Brazil (5 titles) Roger Milla (42 years
old)
• Top scorer
• Coach win 2 world cup
Ronaldo (15 goals)
Vittorio Pozzo (italy)