The FIFA Congress is the supreme legislative body of FIFA, the international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. The congress may be summoned for an "ordinary" or "extraordinary" session.

An ordinary congress meets every year; an extraordinary congress may be convened by the FIFA Council (formerly Executive Committee) at any time with the support of one-fifth of the members of FIFA.

Each of the 211 members of FIFA has one vote in the congress. The members of FIFA can propose candidates for the World Cup host and presidency of FIFA. The FIFA Presidential Election, FIFA World Cup host country election takes place at the congress in the year following the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup host country election takes place at the congress in the year following the FIFA Women's World Cup.

History The FIFA Congress has been held annually since 1998. It was previously held every two years. Congresses were not held between 1915 and 1922 and 1939 to 1945, due to the First and Second World Wars. FIFA Presidential Elections have taken place at the 1st, 3rd, 12th, 29th, 30th, 39th, 51st, 53rd, 61st, 65th, 69th and 73rd congresses.

The 1961 FIFA Extraordinary Congress in London elected Stanley Rous as President. The 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress in Zürich elected Gianni Infantino as the new president on 26 February 2016.Sweetman, Tom. "FIFA: Presidential election confirmed for February 26 ". CNN. 20 October 2015. Accessed on 22 December 2015. Only five elections have had two or more candidates: the 39th (1974), 51st (1998), 53rd (2002), 65th (2015), and 2016 Extraordinary Congress.

List of congresses

Congressnumber Year City Member associationsattending Notes 1st 1904 Paris 5First FIFA Congress. Robert Guérin elected as the first president of FIFA. 2nd 1905 5 3rd 1906 Bern 7 4th 1907 Amsterdam 12 5th 1908 Vienna 16 * 1908 Brussels 7 6th 1909 Budapest 13 7th 1910 Milan 12 8th 1911 Dresden 11 9th 1912 Stockholm 17 10th 1913 Copenhagen 12 11th 1914 Christiania (Oslo) 17Last Congress before World War I. 12th 1923 Geneva 17First Congress after World War I. Jules Rimet elected FIFA president. 13th 1924 Paris 27 14th 1925 Prague 22 15th 1926 Rome 23 16th 1927 Helsinki 21 17th 1928 Amsterdam 29 18th 1929 Barcelona 23Uruguay selected as the host of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. 19th 1930 Budapest 27 20th 1931 Berlin 25 21st 1932 Stockholm 29Italy selected as the host of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. 22nd 1934 Rome 27 23rd 1936 Berlin 37France selected as the host of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. 24th 1938 Paris 30Last Congress before World War II. 25th 1946 Luxembourg 34First Congress after World War II. Brazil selected as the host of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Switzerland selected as the host of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. 26th 1948 London 48 27th 1950 Rio de Janeiro 35Sweden selected as the host of the 1958 FIFA World Cup. 28th 1952 Helsinki 56 * 1953 Paris 48 29th 1954 Bern 52 30th 1956 Lisbon 57 Arthur Drewry elected FIFA president. Chile selected as the host of the 1962 FIFA World Cup. 31st 1958 Stockholm 62 32nd 1960 Rome 69England selected as the host of the 1966 FIFA World Cup. * 1961 London 67Stanley Rous elected FIFA president. 33rd 1962 Santiago 59 34th 1964 Tokyo 99 35th 1966 London 94 36th 1968 Guadalajara 78 37th 1970 Mexico City 86 38th 1972 Paris 102 39th 1974 Frankfurt 122João Havelange elected FIFA president. 40th 1976 Montreal 108 41st 1978 Buenos Aires 107João Havelange elected to a second term as FIFA president. 42nd 1980 Zürich 103 43rd 1982 Madrid 127João Havelange elected to a third term as FIFA president. 44th 1984 Zürich 112 45th 1986 Mexico City 111João Havelange elected to a fourth term as FIFA president. 46th 1988 Zürich 111 United States selected as the host of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. 47th 1990 Rome 130João Havelange elected to a fifth term as FIFA president. 48th 1992 Zürich 118 France selected as the host of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. 49th 1994 Chicago 164 50th 1996 Zürich 182 Japan and South Korea selected as the hosts of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. 51st (details) 1998 Paris 196Sepp Blatter elected FIFA president. * 1999 Los Angeles 195 52nd 2000 Zürich 200 Germany selected as the host of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. * 2001 Buenos Aires 202 * 2002 Seoul 202 53rd (details) 2002 202Sepp Blatter elected to a second term as FIFA president. * 2003 Doha 204 54th 2004 Paris 203 South Africa selected as the host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 55th 2005 Marrakesh 203 56th 2006 Munich 207 57th 2007 Zürich 206Sepp Blatter elected to a third term as FIFA president. 58th 2008 Sydney 200 59th 2009 Nassau 205 60th 2010 Johannesburg 207 61st (details) 2011 Zürich 208 Sepp Blatter elected to a fourth term as FIFA president. 62nd 2012 Budapest 209 63rd 2013 Port Louis 208 64th 2014 São Paulo 209 65th (details) 2015 Zürich 210 Sepp Blatter elected to a fifth term as FIFA president. * (details) 2016 207 Gianni Infantino elected FIFA president. 66th 2016 Mexico City 209 67th 2017 Manama 211 68th (details) 2018 Moscow210 United States, Mexico, and Canada selected as the hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.69th (details) 2019 Paris 211Gianni Infantino elected to a second term as FIFA president. 70th 2020 Zürich 211 71st 2021 Zürich 211 72nd 2022 Doha 21073rd (details) 2023 Kigali 208Gianni Infantino elected to a third term as FIFA president. 74th 2024 Bangkok 211Brazil selected as the host of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.* 2024 Zürich 211Morocco, Portugal, and Spain selected as the hosts of the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Saudi Arabia selected as the host of the 2034 FIFA World Cup. 75th 2025 Asunción 210 76th 2026 Vancouver 210 * 2026 Zürich 211 Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and United States expected be awarded the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup. United Kingdom expected to be awarded the 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup. 77th (details) 2027 Rabat TBC2029 FIFA Club World Cup host to be announced78th 2028 TBC79th 2029 80th 2030

Extraordinary congresses A total of ten extraordinary congresses have taken place: 1908 (Brussels), 1953 (Paris), 1961 (London), 1999 (Los Angeles), 2001 (Buenos Aires), 2002 (Seoul), 2003 (Doha), 2016 (Zürich), 2024 (Online), and 2026 (Online).FIFA Congress venues from 1904 to 2011 In the 2016 Extraordinary Congress, FIFA President Sepp Blatter would have remained in his position until his successor is elected. However, due to the fact he was suspended, the Acting FIFA President, Issa Hayatou was in charge of FIFA.FIFA.com

See also List of presidents of FIFA List of IOC meetings UEFA Congress

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References

External links FIFA Congress Congress venues 1904–2011