FIFA Order of Merit

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

Football Associations

Recipient	Year
Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol	2004 (Centennial Award)
African Football	2004 (Centennial Award)
International Football Association Board	2004 (Centennial Award)

Footballers

Recipient	Year	Nationality	Notes
Franz Beckenbauer	1984, 2004	Germany	Centennial Award in 2004
Bobby Charlton	1984	England
Pele	1984, 2004	Brazil	Centennial Award in 2004
Stanley Rous	1984	England
Dino Zoff	1984	Italy
Lev Yashin	1988	Soviet Union^[1]
Antonio Carbajal	1992	Mexico
Stanley Matthews	1992	England
Francisco Varallo	1994	Argentina
Alfredo Di Stefano	1994	Argentina/ Spain
Eusébio	1994	Portugal
Just Fontaine	1994	France
Zico	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
Fernand Sastre	1998	France
Pradip Kumar Banerjee	2004	India	Centennial Award in 2004
Lee Ramoon	2004	Cayman Islands
Johnny Warren	2004	Australia
Paolo Maldini	2008	Italy
Bobby Robson	2009	England
Johan Cruijff	2010	Netherlands
Steve Sumner	2010	New Zealand	Centennial Award in 2004

Football Referees

Recipient	Year	Nationality
Farouk Bouzo	1996	Syria
Javier Arriaga Muñiz	1996	Mexico

Football Officials

Recipient	Year	Nationality
Chen Chengda	1994	China
Sir Arthur George	1994	Australia
Maurice Burlaz	1996	France
Guillermo Cañedo	1998	Mexico
Henry Fok	1998	Hong Kong/ China
Julio Grondona	1998	Argentina
Vyacheslav Koloskov	1998	Russia
Bert Millichip	1998	England
Karl Heinz Weigang	1998	Germany
Santiago Bernabéu	2002	Spain
João Havelange	2004	Brazil (Centennial Award)
Jules Rimet	2004	France (Centennial Award)
Nodar Akhalkatsi	2008	Georgia
Lisle Austin	2010	Barbados
Junji Ogura	2010	Japan
György Szepesi	2012	Hungary

Other individuals

Recipient	Year	Nationality
Henry Kissinger	1996	United States
Nelson Mandela	1998	South Africa
Fernando G. Álvarez	2005	United States Philippines
Sein Hlaing	2004	Myanmar

Clubs

Recipient	Year	Nationality
Real Madrid	2004	Spain (Centennial Award)
Sheffield F.C.	2004	England (Centennial Award)

Corporate

Recipient	Year	Nationality	Corporation
Douglas Ivester	1996	United States	Coca-Cola
Adidas	2004	Germany	N/A (Centennial Award)
Coca-Cola	2004	United States	N/A (Centennial Award)
Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive	2004	France	N/A (Centennial Award)

Other

Recipient	Year
Fans of Japan	2004 (Centennial Award)
Fans of Korea	2004 (Centennial Award)
Television	2004 (Centennial Award)
The City of Sheffield	2004 (Centennial Award)

References

↑ http://www.123football.com/players/y/lev-yashin/index.htm

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External links

FIFA Fact Sheet: FIFA Order of Merit holders, FIFA, 2010.

FIFA

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Football codes	Association football Beach football Futsal

Confederations	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Men's tournaments	FIFA World Cup FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA Club World Cup FIFA Futsal World Cup FIFA Beach Football World Cup Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

Women's tournaments	FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup FIFA Women's Club World Cup

Presidents	Robert Guérin (1904–1906) Daniel Burley Woolfall (1906–1918) Jules Rimet (1921–1954) Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1954–1955) Arthur Drewry (1955–1961) Stanley Rous (1961–1974) João Havelange (1974–1998) Sepp Blatter (1998–2015) Issa Hayatou (2015–2016, acting) Gianni Infantino (2016–present)

General Secretaries	Louis Muhlinghaus (1904–1906) Wilhelm Hirschman (1906–1931) Ivo Schricker (1932–1951) Kurt Gassmann (1951–1960) Helmut Käser (1961–1981) Sepp Blatter (1981–1998) Michel Zen-Ruffinen (1998–2002) Urs Linsi (2002–2007) Jérôme Valcke (2007–2015) Markus Kattner (2015–present, acting)

Awards	FIFA 100 FIFA Ballon d'Or FIFA Club of the Century FIFA Development Award FIFA Fair Play Award FIFA Female Player of the Century FIFA FIFPro World XI FIFA Order of Merit FIFA Player of the Century FIFA Presidential Award FIFA Puskás Award FIFA Women's World Cup awards FIFA World Coach of the Year FIFA World Cup All-Time Team FIFA World Cup Dream Team FIFA World Cup awards FIFA World Player of the Year

Rankings	FIFA World Rankings (list) FIFA World Ranking system (1999–2006) FIFA Women's World Rankings

Congresses	51st (Paris 1998) 53rd (Seoul 2002) 61st (Zürich 2011) 65th (Zürich 2015) Extraordinary (Zürich 2016)

Corruption	"FIFA's Dirty Secrets" Garcia Report 2015 FIFA corruption case

Others	FIFA (video game series) List of FIFA country codes FIFA Disciplinary Code FIFA Fan Fest FIFA Futbol Mundial FIFA eligibility rules FIFA International Match Calendar FIFA International Referees List FIFA Master FIFA Transfer Matching System FIFA World Cup Trophy Non-FIFA United Passions

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