FIFA: record revenues of $7.6bn over 2019-2022, including 70% for global football development

FIFA has generated record revenues of $7.6bn (€7.1bn as of 31/12/2022) over the 2019-2022 cycle, of which 70% ($5.3bn/€5bn, also a record) has been reinvested in "football development across the globe," announced the international federation as the FIFA Council approved the 2022 Annual Report on 14/02/2023.

"FIFA's unprecedented investment in football is the result of our solid financial transparency and stands as a concrete example of how we are aiming to make football truly global. The resounding success of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar has been key to the organisation's ability to fulfil its mission in relation to our member associations and the world of football, despite the multiple challenges we faced during the past cycle, not least the Covid-19 pandemic," said Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, who is expected to be the sole candidate for a new four-year term at the helm of the body at its 73^rd Congress, scheduled for Thursday 16/03/2023 in Kigali (Rwanda).

"The net result for 2022 came to $2,368m (€2.2bn), which offset the structurally negative results in the first three…