Article 1.

An international organisation was founded in Paris on 21 May 1904 under the

name of Fédération Internationale de Football Association,

International Fussball-Association Verband,

International Football-Association Federation,

International Association Vœtball Unie,

Internationalt Association Fodbold Forbund,

Internacional Football Associacion Federacion

by the following associations: Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques,

France; Union Belge des Sociétés de Sports, Belgium; Association Suisse de Football,

Switzerland; Nederlandsche Voetbal Bond, Netherlands; Dansk Boldspil Union,

Denmark; Swenska Bollspels Forbundet, Sweden; and Madrid Football Club, Spain.

The associations shall reciprocally recognise each other as the sole governing bodies of

association football in their respective countries and as the exclusive authorities in

matters pertaining to international relations.

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Article 2.

The objective of the organisation is to govern and develop international

football and to act in the best interests of its member associations.

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Article 3.

International football shall only be governed by the represented associations.

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Article 4.

The association of each country has the freedom to organise its own match

calendar.

Players, clubs and local associations shall be prohibited from representing more than

one national association in the same season and at the same time.

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Article 5.

A suspension imposed on a player or a club by one of the signing associations

shall apply across all of the others.

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Article 6.

No international match shall be organised between clubs belonging to the

signing associations without the authorisation of the respective associations.

Notice of forfeiting a match shall be communicated by registered letter no later than ten

days before the match in question. Failure to do so shall result in the forfeiting partybeing obliged to cover the costs of the match and pay a fine in the amount of FRF 50 to

the International Federation.

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Article 7.

In the event of a dispute arising during an international match organised under

the auspices of the signing associations, the regulations of the association in the country

in which the match is contested shall apply exclusively.

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Article 8.

International football association matches shall be contested in accordance

with the Laws of the Game of the Football Association Ltd.

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Article 9.

The International Federation shall have the exclusive right to organise an

international championship.

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Article 10.

No association can admit a club belonging to another country. An exception is

granted to Bohemia.

NB: As a transitional measure, article 3 shall only come into force on 1 September 1905.

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Governance

The International Federation shall hold an annual congress. The date and place shall be

fixed at the previous congress.

Each national association shall be entitled to a single vote in the congress.

The International Federation shall be governed by a committee comprising five

members, who shall be appointed for one year by the congress and shall be eligible for

re-election.

The committee shall consist of a president, two vice-presidents, a secretary general and

a deputy secretary. The Bureau shall consist of the president, the first vice-president and

the secretary general.

The committee shall only comprise one member from each association.

Each association shall pay an annual subscription in the amount of FRF 50, which shall

be due for payment during January. Relations between associations and the

International Federation shall be conducted through official delegates.

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This treaty shall come into force on 1 September 1904.

These statutes were adopted unanimously.

By way of exception, the committee shall fix the place and date of the next congress.

–Read and approved in Paris on 23 May 1904

In representation of France: Robert Guérin, A. Espir

In representation of Belgium: Mühlinghaus, Max Kahn

In representation of the Netherlands: Hirschmann

In representation of Switzerland: Schneider

In representation of Spain: A. Espir

In representation of Denmark: Sylow

In representation of Sweden: Sylow

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