of the Statutes - Michele Colucci

1 100 YEARS fifa 1904 - 2004F d ration Internationale de Football AssociationFIFA STATUTESR egulations Governing the Application of the StatutesStanding Orders of the Congress73 President:Joseph S. Blatter (Switzerland)General Secretary:J r me Valcke (France)Address:FIFAFIFA-Strasse BoxCH-8044 ZurichSwitzerlandTelephone:+41-(0)43-222 7777 Telefax:+41-(0)43-222 7878 d ration Internationale de Football AssociationFIFA StatutesRegulations Governing the Applicationof the StatutesStanding Orders of the provisions 1 8 5 7II. Membership 9 18 8 president, honorary vice-president and honorary member 19 15 54 18 36A. Congress 22 2919 23B. Executive Committee 30 3124 27C. President 32 28D. Emergency Committee 33 29E. Standing committees 34 54 30 measures bodies 56 59 38 6240 to decisions of fifa 63 secretariat 65 66 71 44 in competitions and events72 73 78 47 49A.

2 fifa final competitions 7447B. International matches and competitions75 7848 provisions 79 81 50 IndexarticlepageRegulations Governing the Application of the Statutes for admission to FIFA1 , notification and registration of matches 3 752 and interleague matches arrangements10 12 57 and players agents13 14 to play for Association teams15 60 of the and assistant referees17 19 63 provision 20 2165 Standing Orders of the fifa Congress 1 11 66 72 The terms given below denote the following :1 fifa : F d ration Internationale de Football Association .2 Association:a football association recognised by fifa . It is a member ofFIFA, unless a different meaning is evident from the :an organisation that is subordinate to an Association. 4 British Associations: the four Associations in the United Kingdom TheFootball Association, The Scottish Football Association, The FootballAssociation of Wales and The Irish Football Association (NorthernIreland).

3 5 IFAB:the International Football Association :a group of Associations recognised by fifa that belongto the same continent (or assimilable geographic region).7 Congress:the supreme and legislative body of Committee: the executive body of :an Association that has been admitted into membership ofFIFA by the :every board member, committee member, referee and assistantreferee, coach, trainer, and other persons responsible for technical, med-ical and administrative matters in fifa , a Confederation, Association,League or :any football player licensed by an Football:the game controlled by fifa and organised in accor-dance with the Laws of the :Terms referring to natural persons are applicable to both genders. Anyterm in the singular applies to the plural and GENERAL PROVISIONSA rticle1 Name and headquarters1 The F d ration Internationale de Football Association ( fifa ) is anassociation registered in the Commercial Register in accordancewith art.

4 60 ff. of the Swiss Civil headquarters are located in Zurich (Switzerland) and may onlybe transferred to another location following a resolution passed bythe Congress. Article2 ObjectivesThe objectives of fifa are : (a) to improve the game of football constantly and promote itglobally in the light of its unifying, educational, cultural and humanitarian values, particularly through youth anddevelopment programmes ; (b) to organise its own international competitions ;(c) to draw up regulations and provisions and ensure their enforcement ;(d) to control every type of Association Football by taking appropriate steps to prevent infringements of the Statutes ,regulations or decisions of fifa or of the Laws of the Game ;(e) to prevent all methods or practices which might jeopardise the integrity of matches or competitions or give rise to abuse of Association and stance against racismDiscrimination of any kind against a country, private person orgroups of people on account of ethnic origin, gender, language, reli-gion, politics or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punish-able by suspension or expulsion.

5 Article7 Conduct of bodies and officialsThe bodies and Officials must observe the Statutes , regulations,decisions and Code of Ethics of fifa in their activities. The ExecutiveCommittee shall draw up the Code of languages1 English, Spanish, French and German are the official languages ofFIFA. English is the official language for minutes, correspondenceand announcements. 2 Members are responsible for translations into the language of , Spanish, French, German, Russian, Arabic and Portugueseare the official languages at the Congress. Qualified interpretersshall translate into these languages. Delegates may speak in theirmother tongue if they ensure interpretation into one of the officialCongress languages by a qualified Statutes , Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes ,the Standing Orders of the Congress, decisions and announcementsof fifa shall be published in the four official languages.

6 If there isany divergence in the wording, the English text is GENERAL PROVISIONSA rticle4 Promoting friendly relations1 fifa shall promote friendly relations :(a) between Members, Confederations, clubs, Officials andPlayers. Every person and organisation involved in the gameof football is obliged to observe the Statutes , regulations and the principles of fair play ;.(b) in society for humanitarian shall provide the necessary institutional means to resolve anydispute that may arise between Members, Confederations, clubs,Officials and Executive Committee shall regulate the status of Players and theprovisions for their transfer in special of the Game1 Each Member of fifa shall play Association Football in compliancewith the Laws of the Game issued by IFAB. Only IFAB may lay downand alter the Laws of the is composed of eight members ; four members are designatedby fifa and four by the British Associations.

7 3 The duties and responsibilities of IFAB are contained in special Member of fifa shall play futsal in accordance with the FutsalLaws of the Game, as issued by the fifa Executive and procedure for application1 The Executive Committee shall request the Congress either to admitor not to admit an Association. The Association may state the rea-sons for its application to the new Member shall acquire membership rights and duties assoon as it has been admitted. Its delegates are eligible to vote andbe elected with immediate effect. Article12 Members rights1 Members have the following rights :(a) to take part in the Congress ;(b) to draw up proposals for inclusion inthe agenda of the Congress ;(c) to nominate candidates for the fifa presidency ;(d) to take part in competitions organised by fifa ; (e) to take part in fifa s assistance and development programmes ;(f) to exercise all other rights arising fromthese Statutes and other exercise of these rights is subject to other provisions in theseStatutes and the applicable , suspension and expulsionThe Congress shall decide whether to admit, suspend or expel a Association which is responsible for organising and supervisingfootball in its country may become a Member of fifa .

8 In this con-text, the expression country" shall refer to an independent staterecognised by the international community. Subject to par. 5 and below, only one Association shall be recognised in each country. 2 Membership is only permitted if an Association has already been aprovisional member of a Confederation for at least two Association wishing to become a Member of fifa shall apply inwriting to the fifa general Association s legally valid Statutes shall be enclosed with theapplication for membership and shall contain the mandatory fol-lowing provisions :(a) always to comply with the Statutes , regulations and decisions of fifa and of its Confederation ; (b) to comply with the Laws of the Game in force ; (c) to recognise the Court of Arbitration for Sport, as specified in these of the four British Associations is recognised as a separateMember of An Association in a region which has not yet gained independencemay, with the authorisation of the Association in the country onwhich it is dependent, also apply for admission to Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes shall reg-ulate the details of the procedure for article shall not affect the status of existing MEMBERSHIPA rticle14 Suspension1 The Congress is responsible for suspending a Member.

9 The ExecutiveCommittee may, however, suspend a Member that seriously andrepeatedly violates its obligations as a Member with immediateeffect. The suspension shall last until the next Congress, unless theExecutive Committee has lifted it in the meantime. 2A suspension shall be confirmed at the next Congress by a three-quarter majority of the votes taken. If it is not confirmed, the suspen-sion is automatically lifted. 3A suspended Member shall lose its membership rights. OtherMembers may not entertain sporting contact with a suspendedMember. The Disciplinary Committee may impose further Members which do not participate in at least two of all fifa com-petitions over a period of four consecutive years shall be suspend-ed from voting at the Congress until they have fulfilled their obli-gations in this Congress may expel a Member :(a) if it fails to fulfil its financial obligations towards fifa ; or(b) if it seriously violates the Statutes , regulations, decisions or the Code of Ethics of fifa .

10 Or(c) if it loses the status of an Association representingAssociation Football in its presence of an absolute majority of Members entitled to vote atthe Congress is necessary for an expulsion to be valid, and themotion for expulsion must be adopted by a three-quarter majorityof the votes obligations1 Members have the following obligations :(a) to comply fully with the Statutes , regulations, directives anddecisions of fifa bodies at any time as well as the decisionsof the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) passed on appealon the basis of art. 60 of the fifa Statutes ;(b) to take part in competitions organised by fifa ;(c) to pay their membership subscriptions ;(d) to ensure that their own members comply with the Statutes ,regulations, directives and decisions of fifa bodies ;(e) to create a Referees Committee that is directly subordinate tothe Member;(f) to respect the Laws of the Game ;(g) to comply fully with all other duties arising from these Statutes and other of the above-mentioned obligations by any Member maylead to sanctions provided for in these Statutes .