History of FIFA: Few Facts About It.

The Federation Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, is the international governing body of soccer. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition between the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. Today, FIFA has 211 member associations.

The first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930 in Uruguay. Since then, the World Cup has been held after every four years, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, when it was not held due to World War 2. The World Cup is most prestigious football competition in the world and is contested by the senior men’s national teams of the members of it.

Throughout its history, FIFA has faced many dispute and claim of corruption. In 2015, many high-ranking FIFA officials were arrested and charged with racketeering, conspiracy, and corruption. In 2017, FIFA’s president at the time, Gianni Infantino, implemented a series of reforms designed to address these issues and raise transparency within the organization.

Some Interesting Facts About It.

Here are a few interesting facts about FIFA:

The most successful team is Brazil, who have won the tournament a record 5 times.

The biggest margin of win in a World Cup match was in the 1930 tournament, when the United States beat Mexico 7-0.

The first non-European team to win the FIFA Cup was Brazil in 1958.

The only time that the World Cup has been held in North America was in 1994, when it was held in the United States.

The biggest presence of audience for a match was 199,854 which was for the 1950 World Cup Final between Brazil and Uruguay.

The youngest player to ever appear in a World Cup match was Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland, who was 17 years and 41 days old when he played in the 1982 tournament.

The oldest player to ever pop up in a World Cup match was Egypt’s Essam El-Hadary, who was 45 years and 161 days old when he played in the 2018 tournament.

The most goals scored in a single World Cup tournament is 13, which was scored by both Miroslav Klose of Germany in 2002 and 2006 and James Rodriguez of Colombia in 2014.

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