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title: "Who were the fonuding members of FIFA ?"  
description: "Who were the fonuding members of FIFA ?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-07-22  
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# Who were the fonuding members of FIFA ?

Who were the fonuding members of [FIFA](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32257/when-was-the-first-fifa-world-cup-inaugurated) ?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

**FIFA** is an international bodyfor association of **football, futsal, and beach soccer**. It is a **non-profit organization.** It is association **football's highest governing body**.

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 organisations must also belong to one of the **world's six regional confederations: Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania, and South America.**

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**Robert Guérin was FIFA's first president.** In **1906, Guérin** was replaced by **Daniel Burley Woolfall, an Englishman** who was already a member of the organization. Despite the participation of professional footballers, FIFA's first event, the association football competition for the **1908 Olympics in London,** was more successful than its Olympic predecessors, despite FIFA's basic principles.


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