FIFA launches the first world football week to mobilize the whole family of the ball
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From May 21 to 25, World Football Week offers supporters, players and action groups, exchanges and lots of pleasure around football power
The World Football Week Guide was designed to help members, clubs, sports centers and groups to organize their own activities
Launched by Gianni Infantino, World Football Week has its origins in World Football Day, May 25
The first World Football Week Will take place from May 21 to 25, 2025. For five days, the festivities will give pride of place to the ability of football to create links beyond borders, cultures and languages. Gathered around the theme “Union is strength”, people, teams and organizations around the world are invited to play, watch and pay tribute to football to highlight the virtues of unity.
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On May 23, 2024, Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, proposed to extend the United Nations World Football Day (May 25) over five days, giving birth to World Football Week. This week of celebrations will take place on May 21, the day of the FIFA Foundation in 1904, and will continue until World Football Day on May 25. On May 25 also marked the opening of the Olympic tournament at the Paris 1924 games, the first organized by FIFA, thus launching the foundations for the FIFA ™ World Cup, six years later.
President of FIFA The United Nations supports the president of FIFA to celebrate a world football week each year
The proposal of the president of FIFA, who addressed the United Nations General Assembly on the occasion of World Football Day in 2024, received the support of Dennis Francis, president of the 78e Session of the United Nations General Assembly, and the Group of Friends of Football. Thanks to this initiative, participants will have more time to meet around football and enjoy the joy and peace that his practice brings. “World Football Week is not just a party; It is a symbol of unity. Around the theme “Union is strength”, it pays homage to the formidable ability of football to bring together individuals. It is also a way for us to show what we are capable of when we are united, “said President Infantino. “Whatever your way of loving football, whether you are on the field with friends or in the stands to encourage a team, you are part of a sport that truly unites the world. “” I would like to thank the group of Friends of Football and the United Nations General Assembly for their support, which allowed us to extend these festivities beyond World Football Day, which is held on May 25. I can’t wait to see the world unite for this great week of joy and happiness. »»
Mattias Grafström, Secretary General of FIFA: “World Football Week offers football lovers a unique opportunity to meet and celebrate our beautiful sport. We thank the associations member of FIFA, as well as all the people involved, for their creativity and their commitment to the organization of these celebrations which will contribute to living together and will shape, all over the world, moments of joy thanks to football. World Football Week will take place from May 21, date of 121e FIFA anniversary, May 25. This inaugural edition will also benefit from an exceptional spotlight on the occasion of the 75e FIFA Congress, which will be held on May 15 in Paraguay in the presence of the 211 associations member of the body, and more particularly the delegate tournament. FIFA in parallel publishes a digital guide for member associations, clubs, sports centers and groups of all levels, in order to offer them some advice on the best way to organize events. He offers ideas to address people of all ages and all levels, but also bring together groups to play or watch a match. It contains promotional equipment, such as posters and models to use on social networks to attract public attention. The objectives of World Football Week are:
Unite people from all walks of life around football
Create a feeling of belonging by watching a football match
Download the World Football Week Guide By downloading the Official Guide of World Football Weekindividuals and organizations will have access to all the resources necessary to organize events and promote this great football festival. They will find ideas for events, models to use on social networks and advice for living a week under the sign of entertainment and unit.
How to participate:
1) Download the World Football Week Guide here To access all the necessary resources.
2) Play or watch matches: Gather your friends, family or colleagues to play a little game, support a local club or watch a football match together.
3) Share your experience: Use the hashtag #worldfootballweek and Taguez FIFA (@fifa on Instagram and @fifacom On x) to share your best moments and show that football brings together everyone everywhere.
