FIFA Order of Merit | |
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Awarded by FIFA | |
Type | Order of merit |
Eligibility | Any individual |
Awarded for | "significant contribution to the development of association football" |
Status | Active |
Grades | 1 |
Statistics | |
First induction | 1984 |
Last induction | 2012 |
Total inductees | 121 |
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 does not 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.
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 |
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 |
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 | |
Johan Cruijff* | 2010 | Netherlands | |
Steve Sumner | 2010 | New Zealand | Centennial Award in 2004 |
Alcides Ghiggia | 2010 | Uruguay |
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 | |
Bobby Robson | 2009 | England | Emerald Award [3] |
Kazimierz Górski* | 2006 | Poland | |
Nodar Akhalkatsi | 2008 | Georgia | |
Johan Cruijff* | 2010 | Netherlands | |
Winston Chung Fah | 2012 | Jamaica | |
Óscar Tabárez | 2012 | Uruguay |
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 | |
Javier Arriaga Muñiz | 1996 | Mexico | |
Fernando G. Álvarez | 2005 | Philippines | |
Hari Raj Naicker | 2012 | Fiji |
*in diamond, ruby or emerald [6]
Recipient | Year | Nationality | Notes |
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Roberto Marinho | 1987 | Brazil | |
Everwijn van Steeden | 1987 | England | |
Emilio Azcárraga Milmo | 1987 | Mexico | |
Diego Lucero | 1987 | Uruguay | |
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez | 1988 | Mexico | |
Karl-Heinz Heimann | 1992 | Germany | |
Walter Lutz | 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 | |
Erwin Himmelseher | 2000 | Germany | |
Kofi Annan | 2002 | Ghana | |
Thaksin Shinawatra | 2004 | Thailand | |
Robert Louis-Dreyfus | 2006 | France | |
Otto Schily | 2006 | Germany | |
Rudi Michel | 2006 | Germany | |
Mohammed Yusuf | 2008 | Fiji | |
Alpha Oumar Konaré | 2008 | Mali | |
Thabo Mbeki | 2010 | South Africa |
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 |
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 |
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