FIFA’s standing committees report to the FIFA Council, advising and assisting the Council in their respective fields of function. The composition and structure, including qualification and number of members fulfilling independence criteria as well as the specific duties and powers of the individual committees, shall be stipulated in the FIFA Governance Regulations.

For more information on the standing committees, please see the document below or articles 39-46 of the FIFA Statutes.

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Standing Committees

The Disciplinary Committee shall consist of a chairperson, a deputy chairperson and a specific number of other members. The chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Disciplinary Committee must be qualified to practise law. 
The committee shall act in accordance with the FIFA Disciplinary Code. It shall take its decisions in the presence of at least three members. In special cases, the chairman may decide alone.
The Disciplinary Committee pronounces the sanctions described in the FIFA Statutes and the FIFA Disciplinary Code on member associations, clubs, officials, players, intermediaries and licensed match agents. 
The disciplinary competence of the Congress and the Executive Committee with regard to the suspension and expulsion of members is reserved.


Disciplinary Committee

The independent Ethics Committee is one of FIFA’s judicial bodies. It is primarily responsible for investigating possible infringements of the FIFA Code of Ethics. Since 2012, it has been divided into two separate chambers – the investigatory chamber and the adjudicatory chamber

Ethics Committee

The Appeal Committee is composed of a chairman, a vice-chairman and the number of members deemed necessary. The chairman and the vice-chairman must have legal training.
The Commission shall act in accordance with the FIFA Disciplinary Code Decisions are made in the presence of at least three members. In special cases, the chairman may decide alone.
The Appeals Committee is responsible for the handling of appeals against decisions of the Disciplinary Commission, which FIFA regulations do not define as final.
The decisions of the Appeals Committee are final and binding on all parties concerned. All rights to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) are reserved.

Appeal Committee

The Appeal, Disciplinary and Ethics Committees are FIFA’s judicial bodies and are three of FIFA’s four independent committees. The three judicial bodies are to be composed in such a way that the members have the knowledge, abilities and specialist experience that is necessary for the due completion of their tasks. The chairperson, deputy chairperson and members of the committees shall fulfil the independence criteria as defined by the FIFA Governance Regulations. They are elected by the FIFA Congress to terms lasting four years, for a maximum of three terms. For more information on the independent committees, please see article 52 ff. of the FIFA Statutes as well as articles 36 and 38 of the FIFA Governance Regulations.

Judicial Bodies

The Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee shall consist of at least three members and not more than 15 members, all of whom must not belong to any other FIFA body. The committee members shall be knowledgeable and experienced in governance and/or financial and/or legal matters and may not be involved in any decision affecting the operations of FIFA. The chairperson, deputy chairperson and members must meet all the criteria set out in the FIFA Governance Regulations. 

Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee

The Review Committee is responsible to conduct eligibility checks of the FIFA Governance Regulations, except for the candidates for, or holders of, positions on the Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee. In addition, the Committee conducts the independence reviews with regard to the candidates for, or holders of, the positions requiring such independence, except for the candidates for, or holders of, positions on the Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee itself. 

Review Committee

The Compensation Sub-Committee is responsible for defining the individual annual compensation of the FIFA President, of the vice-presidents and members of the Council, as well as of the Secretary General.

Compensation Sub-Committee

The FIFA Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee is one of FIFA’s four independent committees. In accordance with FIFA Statutes and the FIFA Governance Regulations, the Committee shall establish a Review Committee, a Compensation Sub-Committee, and a Human Rights and Social Responsibility Sub-Committee.

According to article 49 of the FIFA Statutes, the FIFA Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee advises, assists and oversees the Council in monitoring FIFA’s financial, governance and compliance matters, and monitors compliance with the FIFA Governance Regulations.

The chairperson, deputy chairperson and members of the Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee are elected by the Congress. Their terms last four years, beginning at the end of the Congress which has elected them, with a maximum of three cycles. The chairperson, deputy chairperson and other members of the Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee may only be relieved of their duties by the Congress.

The Congress is FIFA’s supreme and legislative body. The Council is the strategic and oversight body, and the general secretariat is the executive, operational and administrative body of FIFA. The standing committees advise and assist the Council and the general secretariat in fulfilling their duties, while the independent committees conduct their activities and perform their duties entirely independently but always in the interest of FIFA and in accordance with the Statutes and regulations of FIFA.

ℹ️ The below-listed composition of the FIFA Standing Committees remains subject to further appointments conditional upon the approval of the FIFA Council.

Organisation

Committees