Ashish Pendse

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) was founded in March 1984 in Leipzig, Germany, and is today registered in Zurich, Switzerland. More than 211 countries all over the world, from all football continents, are represented in the IFFHS. The course of IFFHS statutory object fulfills the requests of FIFE-regulations. For the time being IFFHS’s activities are corresponding to the endeavor and instructions of FIFA, to present statistically the worldwide football. The IFFHS has as its main objective the chronological documentation of world football results, data and football-related information on FIFA and confederation tournaments, international and national games, teams, leagues, federations, players, and referees. The IFFHS organizes through its members' experts federations all over the world-wide voting and statistical data, to determine each year rankings of teams leagues players, referees, and promote and establish special events and awards recognized in the world of football.