The Associazione Italiana Football Sala (Italian Futsal Association / AIFS) was founded in 1987, and renamed the Federazione Italiana Football Sala (Italian Futsal Federation / FIFS) in 1988. .
In 1988 it was among the founders of the European Union of Futsal (UEFS), the governing body in Europe.
FIFS sent the teams who won national championships to participate in the Champions League Cup.
Giovanni Caminiti, the President of the FIFS ceased its work at the end of the 1990s due to ill health, and the organisation was dormant until the summer of 2009 when Axel Paderni revived its activities.
Now 15 national futsal organisations are member of the association: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Monaco, Seborga, Switzerland, Tunisia.