FIFA Order of Merit
FIFA Order of Merit | |
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Awarded by FIFA | |
Type | 1 grade Order of merit |
Eligibility | any individual |
Awarded for | "significant contribution to the development of association football" |
Status | Active |
Statistics | |
First induction | 1984 |
Last induction | 2012 |
Total inductees | 121 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | None |
Next (lower) | None |
The FIFA Order of Merit is the highest honour awarded by FIFA. The award is presented at the annual FIFA congress. It is normally awarded to people who are considered to have made a significant contribution to association football.
At FIFA's centennial congress they made one award for every decade of their existence. These awards were also handed out to fans, organisations, clubs, and one to African Football. These were referred to as the FIFA Centennial Order of Merit.
The winner doesn't have to be directly involved with football to receive it. One such notable non-footballing personality was Nelson Mandela who won it for bringing South Africa back to international football.
Recipients[]
Personalities directly involved in football[]
Associations[]
Recipient | Year | Nationality | Notes |
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Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol | 2004 | Uruguay | Centennial Award in 2004 |
African Football | 2004 | Centennial Award in 2004 | |
International Football Association Board | 2004 | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Clubs[]
Recipient | Year | Nationality | Notes |
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Sheffield F.C. | 2004 | England | Centennial Award in 2004[1] |
Real Madrid C.F. | 2004 | Spain | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Players[]
Recipient | Year | Nationality | Notes |
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Franz Beckenbauer* | 1984, 2004 | Germany | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Bobby Charlton | 1984 | England | |
Pelé | 1984, 2004 | Brazil | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Dino Zoff | 1984 | Italy | |
Lev Yashin | 1988 | Soviet Union | |
Antonio Carbajal | 1992 | Mexico | |
Stanley Matthews | 1992 | England | |
Francisco Varallo | 1994 | Argentina | |
Alfredo Di Stefano | 1994 | Argentina | |
Fritz Walter | 1994 | Germany | |
Ferenc Puskás | 1994 | Hungary | |
Eusébio | 1994 | Portugal | |
Just Fontaine | 1994 | France | |
Gunn Nyborg | 1994 | Norway | |
Obdulio Varela | 1994 | Uruguay | |
Zico[2] | 1996 | Brazil | |
Bobby Moore | 1996 | England | |
Salif Keita | 1996 | Mali | |
Michelle Akers | 1998 | United States | |
Larbi Benbarek | 1998 | Morocco | |
Gilmar | 1998 | Brazil | |
Gerd Müller | 1998 | Germany | |
Ivan Toplak | 2000 | Slovenia | |
David Kipiani | 2002 | Georgia | |
Pradip Kumar Banerjee | 2004 | India | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Lee Ramoon | 2004 | Cayman Islands | |
Paolo Maldini | 2008 | Italy | |
Bobby Robson | 2009 | England | |
Johan Cruijff* | 2010 | Netherlands | |
Steve Sumner | 2010 | New Zealand | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Alcides Ghiggia | 2010 | Uruguay |
Managers[]
Recipient | Year | Nationality | Notes |
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Franz Beckenbauer* | 1984, 2004 | Germany | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Helmut Schön | 1984 | Germany | |
Mário Zagallo | 1992 | Brazil | |
Karl Heinz Weigang | 1998 | Germany | |
Miljan Miljanić* | 2002 | Serbia | |
Valeriy Lobanovskyi | 2003 | Ukraine | |
Sein Hlaing | 2004 | Myanmar | |
Kazimierz Górski* | 2006 | Poland | |
Nodar Akhalkatsi | 2008 | Georgia | |
Johan Cruijff* | 2010 | Netherlands | |
2012 | Jamaica | ||
Óscar Tabárez | 2012 | Uruguay |
Referees[]
Recipient | Year | Nationality | Notes |
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Stanley Rous* | 1984 | England | |
Nikolay Latyshev | 1987 | Soviet Union | |
Thomas Wharton | 1992 | Scotland | |
Farouk Bouzo | 1996 | Syria | |
1996 | Mexico | ||
Fernando G. Álvarez | 2005 | Philippines | |
2012 | Fiji |
Administrators[]
Recipient | Year | Nationality | Notes |
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Stanley Rous* | 1984 | England | |
1984 | Yugoslavia | ||
1987 | Brazil | ||
1987 | Ecuador | ||
1987 | Peru | ||
1987 | Soviet Union | ||
1988 | Brazil | ||
Pedro Escartín | 1988 | Spain | |
Yidnekatchew Tessema | 1988 | Ethiopia | |
1992 | India | ||
1992 | Japan | ||
1992 | Argentina | ||
1992 | Egypt | ||
Arthur George | 1994 | Australia | |
Chen Chengda | 1994 | China | |
Abdel Halim Muhammad | 1994 | Sudan | |
Gene Edwards | 1994 | United States | |
Vitali Smirnov | 1995 | Russia | |
1996 | France | ||
Henry Fok | 1998 | Hong Kong | |
Julio Grondona | 1998 | Argentina | |
Vyacheslav Koloskov | 1998 | Russia | |
Bert Millichip | 1998 | England | |
Guillermo Cañedo de la Bárcena | 1998 | Mexico | |
2000 | Brazil | ||
Josep Lluís Núñez | 2000 | Spain | |
2000 | Indonesia | ||
2000 | Israel | ||
Horace Burrell | 2000 | Jamaica | |
Faisal bin Fahd | 2000 | Saudi Arabia | |
2000 | Nigeria | ||
Nikita Simonyan | 2000 | Russia | |
Juan Antonio Samaranch | 2001 | Spain | |
2002 | Brazil | ||
Jim Fleming | 2002 | Canada | |
2002 | Egypt | ||
Santiago Bernabéu | 2002 | Spain | |
Miljan Miljanić | 2002 | Serbia | |
2002 | Switzerland | ||
René Hüssy | 2002 | Switzerland | |
Miljan Miljanić* | 2002 | Serbia | |
Johnny Warren | 2004 | Australia | Centennial Award in 2004[3] |
João Havelange | 2004 | Brazil | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Jules Rimet | 2004 | France | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 2004 | Kuwait | |
2006 | Belgium | ||
Issa Hayatou | 2006 | Cameroon | |
Egidius Braun | 2006 | Germany | |
2006 | Guatemala | ||
Saburō Kawabuchi | 2006 | Japan | |
Hamzah Abu Samah | 2006 | Malaysia | |
2006 | New Caledonia | ||
Per Ravn Omdal | 2006 | Norway | |
Kazimierz Górski* | 2006 | Poland | |
Aleksei Paramonov | 2006 | Russia | |
Alan Rothenberg | 2006 | United States | |
2008 | Chile | ||
Zhang Jilong | 2008 | China | |
2008 | Costa Rica | ||
Nodar Akhalkatsi | 2008 | Georgia | |
2008 | Switzerland | ||
Lisle Austin | 2010 | Barbados | |
Holger Obermann | 2010 | Germany | |
2010 | Japan | ||
2010 | South Africa | ||
Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder | 2012 | Germany | |
György Szepesi | 2012 | Hungary | |
Ahmad Shah of Pahang | 2012 | Malaysia | |
2012 | Togo |
Other individuals[]
Recipient | Year | Nationality | Notes |
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Roberto Marinho | 1987 | Brazil | |
1987 | England | ||
Emilio Azcárraga Milmo | 1987 | Mexico | |
1987 | Uruguay | ||
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez | 1988 | Mexico | |
1992 | Germany | ||
1992 | Switzerland | ||
Henry Kissinger | 1996 | United States | |
Douglas Ivester | 1996 | United States | |
Udo Jürgens | 1996 | Germany | |
Fernand Sastre | 1998 | France | |
Nelson Mandela | 1998 | South Africa | |
2000 | Germany | ||
Kofi Annan | 2002 | Ghana | |
Thaksin Shinawatra | 2004 | Thailand | |
Robert Louis-Dreyfus | 2006 | France | |
Otto Schily | 2006 | Germany | |
2006 | Germany | ||
Mohammed Yusuf | 2008 | Fiji | |
Alpha Oumar Konaré | 2008 | Mali | |
Thabo Mbeki | 2010 | South Africa |
Other collectives[]
Recipient | Year | Nationality | Notes |
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Television | 2004 | Centennial Award in 2004 | |
The City of Sheffield | 2004 | England | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Fans of Japan | 2004 | Japan | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Fans of Korea | 2004 | South Korea | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Commercial brands[]
Recipient | Year | Nationality | Notes |
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Adidas | 2004 | Germany | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Coca-Cola | 2004 | United States | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive | 2004 | France | Centennial Award in 2004 |
References[]
- ^ "Honours of Oldest Soccer Team in World". Sheffield FC. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Anniversary with nine FIFA Order of Merit Awards". FIFA. 9 August 1996. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Global game honours fighter Warren". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 July 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
External links[]
- FIFA Fact Sheet: FIFA Order of Merit holders, FIFA, 2010.
Categories:
- FIFA awards
- Awards established in 1984