The council is a non-executive, supervisory and strategic body that sets the vision for FIFA and global football.

After those four years, the members as well as the vice-presidents can be re-appointed by their confederations and associations and re-installed by the Congress for another four-year period.

[8] It meets at least twice a year, with the mandate for each member lasting four years, and its role includes determining the dates, locations and format of tournaments, appointing FIFA delegates to the IFAB and electing and dismissing the General Secretary on the proposal of the FIFA President.

This guaranteed position was officially removed by FIFA in 2013 but unofficially maintained by UEFA only nominating British candidates for any vacancies.

[11] In November 2010, two Executive members, Reynald Temarii and Amos Adamu, were banned for one and three years respectively.

Bin Hammam involved Sepp Blatter in the scandal claiming he knew about the alleged cash payments.

As a result of this scandal, bin Hammam stood down from the June 2011 presidential election and FIFA later suspended both he and Jack Warner.

"[14] On 27 May 2015, fourteen top football officials – including executive committee members – were arrested in Switzerland on corruption charges.

Executives Webb, Warner, and Figueredo as well as Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Rafael Esquivel, José Maria Marin, and Nicolás Leoz all faced extradition to the United States for violation of federal law.

[17] Four days later, Blatter abruptly announced he would be stepping down, and Gill said he would "reconsider" his decision to quit in light of the development.