FIFA Presidents

The people who shaped world football · 1904–present

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João Havelange

The Commercial Pioneer

24 years (1974–1998) · Brazil

KEY CONTRIBUTIONTransformed FIFA into a global commercial powerhouse

✓ Expanded the World Cup from 16 to 24 (1982) and then 32 teams (1998)

✓ Created the FIFA World Youth Championship (1977) and Women's World Cup (1991)

✓ Secured landmark sponsorship deals with Adidas and Coca-Cola

✓ Grew FIFA from ~50 to 204 member associations

✓ First non-European FIFA president

→ World Cup 1974–1998 (seven editions overseen)

→ Women's World Cup creation, 1991

→ FIFA U-20 World Cup creation, 1977

→ Multi-billion dollar TV rights revolution

! ISL bribery scandal — implicated in secret payments by Adidas and ISL

! Ethics violations confirmed by FIFA Ethics Committee, 2012

All FIFA Presidents (1904–present)

#	NAME	COUNTRY	FROM	TO	TENURE
1	🇫🇷Robert Guérin	🇫🇷	1904	1906	2 yrs
2	🇬🇧Daniel Burley Woolfall	🇬🇧	1906	1918	12 yrs
3	🇫🇷Jules Rimet	🇫🇷	1921	1954	33 yrs
4	🇧🇪Rodolphe William Seeldrayers	🇧🇪	1954	1955	1 yr
5	🇬🇧Arthur Drewry	🇬🇧	1955	1961	6 yrs
6	🇬🇧Sir Stanley Rous	🇬🇧	1961	1974	13 yrs
7	🇧🇷João Havelange	🇧🇷	1974	1998	24 yrs
8	🇨🇭Sepp Blatter	🇨🇭	1998	2015	17 yrs
9	🇨🇲Issa Hayatou (interim)	🇨🇲	2015	2016	1 yr
10	🇨🇭Gianni Infantino	🇨🇭	2016	Present	10 yrs

Source: FIFA.com · Wikipedia · Official records