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The Growth of International Football, FIFA affiliation, 1904-1937


The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in Paris on 21 May 1904 by representatives of the football associations of France, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands.


1904
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (France)

1905
England
Italy

1907
Austria
Czechoslovakia (Bohemia)
France (Fédération Française de Football)
Hungary

1908
Finland
Norway



Out: Bohemia lost FIFA affiliation due to political changes within the Austro- Hungarian empire
Union des Sociétés Françaises des Sports Athlétiques withdraw, leaving Fédération Française de Football as France's sole representative.

1910
Luxembourg
Scotland
Wales
South Africa- the first non- European member.

1911
Ireland

1912
Argentina- the first American member.
Russia

1913
Canada
Chile

1914
U.S.A

1920
Out: England Scotland Wales and Ireland withdraw. They didn't want to play football against the recent enemy (Germany, Austria, Hungary)

1923
Brazil
Egypt
Estonia
Irish Free State
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Turkey
Uruguay

1924
Bulgaria
Faroe Islands
Peru

1925
Paraguay
Thailand

1926
Bolivia
Ecuador

1927
Costa Rica
Greece

1929
Cuba
Dutch Guyana (Suriname)
Japan
Mexico
Palestine

1930
Phillipines

1931
Montenegro

1932
Albania
Curaçao

1934
Haiti

1936
Columbia
Lebanon