FIFA Council discusses vision for the future of football

FIFA Council held its second meeting in its new composition at the Home of FIFA in Zurich this week. Over two days (13 and 14 October) the Council discussed a series of issues relating to the 2026 FIFA World Cup™ bidding process, women’s competitions, the FIFA Football Awards 2016, the venue for the 67th FIFA Congress and FIFA 2.0: The Vision for the Future – a roadmap for the future of the organisation.  

FIFA President Gianni Infantino welcomed the Council, including several new members and FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura, who was attending her first FIFA Council meeting. He underlined the many challenges faced by FIFA and its commitment to tackling these head on.

As part of this commitment and to ensure that concrete steps are taken to move FIFA forward, President Infantino presented members with a roadmap for the direction of FIFA’s future, entitled “FIFA 2.0: The Vision for the Future”. He emphasised that this was the first time in the organisation’s history that it has published a roadmap on how to effectively grow the game, enhance the football experience for fans and players and build a stronger institution.

The President also updated Council members on the scheduling of a series of global “Executive Football Summits”, which will provide a platform for the member associations (MAs) and confederations to discuss matters of strategic importance with FIFA. Led by top executives, the meetings will see MA representatives invited to take part in summits at six different locations around the world, chosen to ensure accessibility, language compatibility and diversity. The first Executive Football Summit will take place in Paris this November.