The Congress received a review of FIFA’s finances over the past 15 years, as well as an update on FIFA’s current financial situation. The organisation’s finances are in a good way with USD 1 billion in equity.
The member associations were informed that each would receive an additional financial contribution from FIFA of USD 250,000 in 2010, while the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and the five other confederations learned that each would receive an additional USD 2.5 million as a share in the success of FIFA’s 2009 financial results.
For more information, please refer to the FIFA Financial Report 2009:
www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/documentlibrary/doclists/financial.html
FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter is delighted with the organisation’s excellent state of health.
“Since 2002, we have witnessed some radical changes at FIFA, especially in terms of finance,” he says.
“It has taken time. First of all, people had to get used to the new president. We have also had to develop the game, however. If we hadn’t, we would not have been able to make it a good product,” President Blatter says.
“The FIFA World Cup is a successful product because football is a successful product, and that is the case because we have worked towards its development.”
President Blatter also used the occasion to announce he would be at the disposal of the Congress to run for another year in 2011 to complete FIFA’s three-part mission: to touch the world, develop the game and build a better future.
“I still feel motivated and I am free. I told the Congress members I was going to run for office again because I wanted to be transparent. I do not feel as if my mission is over and I want society to see the social role that football has to play, especially in educating children,” he says.
“Thanks to our competitions, we have managed to touch the world, and I want us to make a contribution to building a better world. I want to work for young people and future generations.”
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