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Back in September 2025, during the FMA Congress at FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, the FIFA Master Alumni Association proudly announced its collaboration with the United Nations Youth Office on the global #Football4MentalHealth...

The FIFA Master Alumni (FMA) community is incredibly proud to announce that Samson Adamu, a graduate of the 9th Edition of the FIFA Master, has been appointed Acting General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (...

Mental health in sport took centre stage at the XXIII Sports Management Seminar – Sport and Mental Health, held at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in Rio de Janeiro. The event brought together academics, practitioners...

The FIFA Master Alumni (FMA) Committee is proud to highlight a landmark moment for the current 26th edition cohort: an exclusive engagement with the highest level of Paralympic leadership and global sports industry during the...

On November 5th, The Qatar-based FIFA Master Alumni community came together in Doha for a special dinner reception to celebrate the official launch of the #Football4MentalHealth initiative, organised in close...

We are proud to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our FIFA Master Alumni, whose expertise continues to shape world football. Recently, five alumni were appointed to serve on FIFA Independent Committees, a testament...

On 11–12 June 2025, several FIFA Master alumni convened in Miami for a regional gathering coinciding with the inaugural edition of Confut USA — a prominent B2B trade event in the football...

By Aisha Nazia, FMA'22

I thought of putting this together because I often get messages from friends, juniors, and sports management aspirants asking, “How do I apply for the FIFA Master?” or “Do you have any tips for...

The FIFA Master Alumni Association (FMA) is proud to celebrate the election of our fellow alumnus, Mohsen Gilani (Class of 2003), as the new President of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).

Following a long-awaited...

The FIFA Master Alumni Association (FMA) proudly congratulates Pierre Ducrey (Class of 2003) on his recent appointment as Sports Director at the International Olympic Committee (IOC)—one of the most prestigious leadership...

The FIFA Master Alumni Association (FMA) proudly highlights the inspiring journey of Mohsen Gilani (Class of 2003), who has officially entered the race to become the next President of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF). ...

On top of the FMA World Gathering, which happened on 26-27 July, all FIFA Master alumni were invited to attend the UNESCO’s Change the Game Sport Conference, on 23-24 July. Conference day one, the Partners’ Forum,...

On Friday, 19 July 2024, the 24th edition of the FIFA Master graduated, at a ceremony at Neuchâtel’s Castle.

This year's Patron was the President of the International Equestrian Federation (Fédération Equestre...

Dear alumni,

We hope this message finds you well. Today, we are reaching out to bring your attention to a critical situation unfolding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil—a state roughly the size of Italy. Several...

We are proud to share with our alumni community that FIFA Master alumnus from the 13th edition and football legend, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, has become President of the Japan Football Association.

Tsune, as he's called by...

On the evening of August 10, 2023, the Colombian chapter of the FIFA Master alumni gathered at District, a famous sports bar in Bogotá’s Parque de la 93, to mark the 20th anniversary of the FIFA Master Alumni Committee.

By Giny Oh

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the FIFA Master Alumni Association and extend a warm welcome to the 23rd edition who recently graduated, FMA members convened in Seoul on August 5th to celebrate the...

On Friday, 21 July 2023, the 23rd edition of the FIFA Master graduated, at a ceremony at Neuchâtel’s Castle.

This year's Patron was Brazil's football legend, Gilberto Silva, winner of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Korea...

The summer ‘matsuri’ (festival) season is in full flow in Japan at the moment and there was a festival filled family atmosphere as the Tokyo (JPN) Chapter of the 2023 FMA Decentralized World Gathering took place on Saturday,...

To mark the 20th anniversary of the FIFA Master Alumni Association, the FMA is hosting several regional gatherings over the coming weeks.  The first decentralized event of the series took place in Los Angeles, California, on...

Dearest members,

I write to you with great happiness after the resounding success of the recently concluded 11th FIFA Master Alumni World Gathering in Doha. Over the course of 3 days we had more than 100 alumni members...

The FIFA Master Alumni International Sports Conference is a world-class business conference bringing together some the most influential decision makers in the sports industry.

Knowledge exchange and networking will take...

As published by CIES on September 26th, 2022

The FIFA Master - International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport has maintained its position as the No.1 ranked Postgraduate Sport Management course in...

As the 20th Edition of the FIFA Masters began their Sustainability module at SDA Bocconi in February 2020, little did they know this would be the last class they would have ‘in-person’ all year. 

In the weeks that...

Fábio Figueiras, a FIFA Master Alumnus from the 21st Edition, is representing Panathlon International, an italian based Sports NGO, in a sports integrity project, which is counting with the participation of the Portuguese...

Leaders of the national football federations of Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe signed the creation of the Union of Portuguese-speaking Football Federations last...

The San Fernando Club Deportivo established a pioneering measure in sports entities. The club has reformed its internal labour code and, since last May 11, all female employees are entitled to the so-called "menstrual leave...

FIFA Master alumna Pema Tshering (Class of 2021) from Bhutan was instrumental in the campaign that saw her team Sunrise Women’s FC win the Kelme Bhutan Women’s National Football League 2021. The final match of the competition...

Dear all,

Tune in on Wednesday, December 8, at 12h (ET) / 18h (CET) for the fifth episode of season 1 of the FMA LatAm Webinar Series.*

In this episode Alvaro Llorente (FMA 2004) will interview Mario Maggi (FMA...

The FMA Family is proud to congratulate alumna Emma Twigg, from New Zealand, for winning the Olympic gold medal in rowing, single sculls, at the Tokyo 2020 Games, this Friday morning.

If that wasn't enough, she also...

FIFA Master alumna Alyssa Lagonia (Class of 2019) has been crowned Swiss Champion, with Servette FCCF’s women’s team on May 19th.

The Canadian-Italian midfielder combines a life of professional athlete with the work as...

FIFA Master alumna, Dr. Natalie Smith (Class of 2010), Assistant Professor at East Tennessee State University is the co-author of the new book, “Organizational Behavior in Sport Management:  An Applied Approach to...

John Barton, originally from UK, is Director of Sponsorship Sales at TEAM Marketing, UEFA’s exclusive commercial agency for its club competitions.  He attended the first edition of the FIFA Master, 20 years ago, and since then...

The Turkish Bugra Cem Imamogullari, 37, is the son of a semi-professional basketball player and from a very young age knew that he wanted to have a career in sports. He first tried it as a basketball player too, but couldn’t...

By Kristina Fraesdorf

The FIFA Master Alumni is very proud to report about two FIFA Master recently making sports history. Nicholas (Nick) Lau (FMA’04) and Nzumbe Nyanduga (FMA’14) participated at the FIS...

The Irish-Australian Adam Crothers is another FIFA Master Alumni with an impressive career in sport. Graduate from the 11th edition of the course, he actually already had some experience working in sport before enrolling in...

The Nepalese-American Biplav Gautam graduated from the 7th edition of the FIFA Master, back in 2007, and since then has built a solid career in the sports industry, primarily in Asia, where he has been based since graduation....

The Japanese Shoko Tsuji is yet another talented woman who benefited from her FIFA Master experience to boost her career in sports. She had already studied Sports Sciences at Waseda University, in Japan, and then did a Masters...

You can say that Eden Ghebresellassie epitomises the diversity which the FIFA Master is known for. American, born and raised in Italy, to Eritrean parents, Eden holds not only three different nationalities, but also a...