Fédération internationale de football association

LC control no.	n 50041646
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Fédération internationale de football association *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	F.I.F.A. (Fédération internationale de football association) Federación Internacional de Fútbol Asociación FIFA (Fédération internationale de football association) Football Association International Federation Internationaler Verband des Association Football
Beginning date	1904
Associated country	Switzerland
Located	Zurich (Switzerland)
Field of activity	Soccer
Special note	Not the same as International Football Association Board per Fussball lexikon, c1991. International Football Association Board was est. in 1886 in London.
Found in	Its Handbook, 1950- 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, c1982: t.p. (Fédération internationale de football association; FIFA) LC data base, 2-17-84 (hdg.: Football Association International Federation; usage: Fédération internationale de football association; FIFA) FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015, the official book, 2015. Wikipedia, viewed August 21, 2019 (The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA); French for International Federation of Association Football, Spanish: Federación Internacional de Fútbol Asociación, German: Internationaler Verband des Association Football; non-profit organization which describes itself as an international governing body of association football, fútsal, beach soccer, and efootball; it is the highest governing body of football; was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland; headquartered in Zürich, its membership now comprises 211 national associations) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA> Information from 678 field, converted Nov. 24, 2021 (Founded 1904.)
National bib agency no.	1031L3214E
Quality code	nlc