Nordic FAs Jointly Declare Loss of Confidence in Infantino

Six of Europe's national football associations jointly declared they have lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Sunday, August 23, 2026, significantly widening the governance crisis engulfing the sport's global governing body. The football federations of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Faroe Islands issued a unified statement expressing serious concerns about the organization's leadership and decision-making, aligning themselves with regional governing body UEFA and other confederations that have already called for Infantino's resignation.

The Nordic associations said they stand "firmly with UEFA and the measures suggested by its National Associations." They demanded that FIFA provide binding assurances that its governance or competitions will never again be opened to private ownership. This demand references the controversy that sparked the current backlash: Infantino's recently abandoned proposal to sell a stake in events like the World Cup to private equity investors. The Nordic statement also voiced support for calls from UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and CONCACAF for a fully independent, third-party investigation into that...