What are the national and international football organizations and what they stand for

Football, like other sports, has an organization that oversees it. The parent organization for national football is PSSI (Association of Indonesian Football) while the parent organization for international football is FIFA which stands for The Federation Internationale de Football Association.

Detailed discussion of the Football Parent Organization

The national football parent, PSSI was founded on April 19, 1930 by Soeratin Sosrosoegondo. This organization recently joined FIFA in 1952 or two years before joining the AFC (Asian Football Confederation).

Meanwhile, FIFA was founded in Paris on May 21, 1904. This organization oversees 6 football confederations in the world, namely

• AFC (Asian Football Confederation) – Asian football confederation
• CAF (Confederation of African Football) – Confederation of African football
• UEFA (Union of European Football Association) – European football association
• CONMENBOL ( Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol) – South American football confederation
• CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central and Caribbean Association Football) – Football confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean region
• OFC (Oceania Football Confederation) – Oceania football confederation

Question Details

Class: Middle School

Mapel: Physical Education

Category: football

Keywords: Football parent organization