FIFA Proposes $6.3 Billion Funding for Soccer Development, $25 Million for Each Association
The plan would more than double planned development funding and channel fresh reserves into women’s and youth football, FIFA said.
- FIFA plans a $6.35 billion soccer development fund for 2027-2030, proposing to increase payments to each of its 211 member associations to $25 million.
- The unprecedented commercial success of the 48-team World Cup prompted this increase, which more than doubles the original $10 million allocation for the four-year period.
- Allocations include more than $3.5 billion from financial reserves and $99 million for each continental confederation, with focus on women's and youth soccer development.
- The FIFA council will finalize the financial plan in December 2026, with final approval subject to the 77th FIFA Congress in March 2027.
- Seeking reelection next year, FIFA President Gianni Infantino faces pressure from European soccer leaders searching for a candidate to oust him following divisive investment plan proposals.
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FIFA To Offer Members $6.35bn Development Fund Windfall
To finance this development fund for the 2026–2030 period, which would allow money to be distributed to FIFA's 211 federations as well as to the regional confederations, it would draw in part on its financial reserves after a commercially successful 2026 World Cup.
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FIFA plans to present a development plan worth 5.71 billion euros for the next four years during the FIFA Council meeting in Zurich on Thursday. An insider told news agency AFP this on Wednesday.
FIFA to offer members $6.35-billion development fund windfall
The plan is due to be approved at its Council meeting on Thursday in Zurich, where FIFA president Gianni Infantino and the 36 other members of the federation's executive will gather. To finance this development fund for the 2026–2030 period, which would allow money to be distributed to FIFA's 211 federations as well as to the regional confederations, it would draw in part on its financial reserves after a commercially triumphant 2026 World Cup.…
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