UEFA Competitors

Founded in 1904, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the umbrella organisation of its members, currently 211 national football associations. Its main objectives, enshrined in its statutes, are to develop football around the world, to stage international competitions and to protect the integrity of football (against match manipulation, doping etc.). FIFA is composed of a number of political bodies (such as the FIFA Congress and the FIFA Council) and the administration. The highest political position is the FIFA President, elected every four years by FIFA’s member associations. The FIFA administration, with more than 800 people from over 60 nations, is based in Zurich. It is run by the Secretary General (CEO). FIFA stages FIFA World Cups™ in various forms such as youth, men’s and women’s, futsal, beach soccer or club competitions. The men’s FIFA World Cup™ is not only the most popular single sporting event in the world but also the financial backbone for FIFA and its efforts to develop football worldwide. The financial success of the FIFA World Cup™ allows FIFA to run a wide range of football development programmes and to provide funds, infrastructure and know-how to its member associations through the FIFA Forward Development Programme. For more information visit our website.

The Serie A Championship is the premier football division in Italy and is one of the world's elite football leagues. Since Serie A's inception more than 100 years ago, the Ballon d'Or has been awarded 18 times to players of Serie A Clubs, more than any other league in the world. Furthermore, of the 55 UEFA Champions League finals that have been played, 25 of them have involved Serie A Clubs, making Serie A Championship amongst the most highly important leagues in Europe. Italian Clubs also lead the way in terms of European competition titles (UEFA Champions’ League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Supercup), with 30 total victories. As for the FIFA Club World Cup, with a combined total of 9 titles, the Serie A Clubs lead the ranking of European club victories. At present, the Serie A Championship consists of 20 Clubs playing a total of 380 Matches between them each Season, usually running from August until May the following year.

LALIGA es una organización global, innovadora y socialmente responsable, líder en el sector del ocio y entretenimiento. Es una asociación deportiva de carácter privado, integrada por los 20 clubes/SAD de fútbol de LALIGA EA SPORTS y los 22 de LALIGA HYPERMOTION, responsable de la organización de las competiciones futbolísticas de carácter profesional y ámbito nacional en España. Con sede central en Madrid (España), cuenta con la red internacional más amplia de todas las propiedades deportivas, con la que está presente en 41 países a través de 11 oficinas. Tiene más de 200 millones de seguidores en redes sociales a nivel global, en 16 plataformas y 20 idiomas diferentes. La asociación realiza su acción social a través de su Fundación y es la primera liga de fútbol profesional del mundo que cuenta con una competición para futbolistas con discapacidad intelectual: LALIGA Genuine.