The FIFA Statutes - FIFA.com

6 I. GENERAL PROVISIONS1 Name and headquarters1. FIFA is an association registered in the Commercial Register in accordancewith art. 60 ff. of the Swiss Civil Code.2. FIFA headquarters are located in Zurich (Switzerland) and may only betransferred to another location following a resolution passed by the Congress.2 ObjectivesThe objectives of FIFA are:(a) to improve the game of football constantly and promote it globallyin the light of its unifying, educational, cultural and humanitarian values,particularly through youth and development programmes;(b) to organise its own international competitions;(c) to draw up regulations and provisions and ensure their enforcement;(d) to control every type of Association Football by taking appropriatesteps to prevent infringements of the Statutes, regulations or decisions ofFIFA or of the Laws of the Game;(e) to prevent all methods or practices which might jeopardise the integrityof matches or competitions or give rise to abuse of Association Football.