FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of association football, futsal, and beach soccer worldwide. It is the top governing body in association football.
FIFA was established in 1904 to manage international competition amongst Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. It now has 211 national associations as members, with its headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.
These national organizations must also belong to one of the world's six regional confederations: Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, the Caribbean, Oceania, and South America. In its organizational Statutes, FIFA lists a number of goals, including expanding association football internationally, ensuring that it is accessible to all, and pushing for integrity and fair play.
FIFA is in charge of organizing and promoting association football's biggest international competitions, including the World Cup, which first took place in 1930, and the Women's World Cup, which began in 1991.
Although the International Football Association Board, of which FIFA is a member, is responsible for establishing the rules of the game, FIFA applies and enforces them across all FIFA competitions.
For all FIFA events, sponsorship provides revenue; in 2018, FIFA announced revenues of over US $4.6 billion, a net positive of US$1.2 billion for the 2015–2018 cycle, and cash reserves of US$1.2 billion of over US$2.7 billion.
