"The president was elected by the member associations and continues to serve with their mandate" (FIFA)

"Echoing the recent statements of CONMEBOL and CAF, as well as discussions with FIFA member associations and confederations from around the world, FIFA will not support, facilitate or tolerate any process concerning the election of the FIFA president that is inconsistent with FIFA’s Statutes, democratic procedures and established governance framework. The FIFA president was democratically elected by FIFA’s member associations and continues to serve with their mandate," the international federation stated in a message published on the evening of 8 August 2026.

Since the announcement on 28 July 2026 of the FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) commercial company project (see "Further reading" section), which was ultimately abandoned a few days later, on 1 August 2026, notably due to opposition from…