What is the name of the highest governing body of soccer?
The highest governing body in world soccer is the International
Football Association Board, or IFAB. The IFAB are the custodians of
the seventeen Laws of the Game, and meet annually to discuss
proposed updates to the Laws and other matters that impact the
world of soccer on the highest levels. The IFAB is composed of the
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, the
largest soccer association in the world) and the four pioneering
soccer associations in the UK: England's Football Association (the
FA), the Scottish Football Association (SFA) the Football
Association of Wales (FAW), and the Irish Football Association
(IFA) of Northern Ireland.