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The International Federation of Corporate Football (FIFCO ; or in French Fédération Internationale de Football Corporatif) is the world governing body of corporate football.

Founded in 2009 by Albert Zbily, FIFCO is recognized as a Canadian non-profit organization since 2011. FIFCO focuses on all formats of football, such as football 11s, football 7s and football 5s.

As of 2019, FIFCO has over 2.5 registered players located in 60 countries. FIFCO was founded on four guiding and fundamental principles: promote amateur sport, promote a healthy lifestyle, promote teambuilding, and promote international networking.

FIFCO organizes an annual event entitled the World Corporate Champions Cup, which saw its first edition in 2018 in Montreal, Canada, and its latest edition in 2019 in Monaco.

History
In 2006 Albert Zbily and a small group of Canadian entrepreneurs created the Canadian Corporate Soccer League (CCSL).

Its success gave them the will to extend the organization worldwide. FIFCO saw the day in January 2009, headed by its founding president Albert Zbily. FIFCO was officially recognized in Canada as a national non-profit organization in 2011. The City of Montreal has also recognized FIFCO as an International Organisation.

FIFCO strives to harmonize the rules of corporate football for all league operators around the world. FIFCO has also created exchange and training seminars for referees and has assisted its members to organize friendly games in addition to official tournaments. FIFCO’s premier tournament is the World Corporate Champions Cup.

Organization
FIFCO is composed of 6 sister confederations working in 6 continents :


 * Confédération Africaine de Football Corporatif (CAFCO) in Africa
 * Confederation of North American Football (CONAFCO) in North America
 * Confederación Sudamericana de Futbol Corporativo (COSAFCO) in South America
 * Asian Federation of Corporate Football (FAFCO) in Asia
 * Oceanic Federation of Corporate Football (FOFCO) in Oceania
 * Union of European Associations of Corporate Football (UEFCO) in Europe

World Corporate Champions Cup
The FIFCO World Corporate Champions Cup is the premier corporate footballing event organized annually by FIFCO members in various host nations. The format of the tournament is 5v5 small-sided football and is open to both men and women to participate.

World Corporate Champions Cup 2018
The first edition of the World Corporate Champions Cup was hosted in Montreal, Canada in 2018 where sixteen qualified teams competed at the McGill Percival Molson Stadium in Montreal, Canada.

The Mexican team representing employees of Gambetta7 from Monterrey, Mexico won the final 5-1 against the team of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) from Muscat, Oman. Third place was Sportland Calcio from Milan, Italy, beating out SportXGlobal from Cairo, Egypt by a score of 6-4.

World Corporate Champions Cup 2019
In 2019, the second edition was hosted in Monaco, where the games were played in the adjoining French town of Cap d’Ail. Sixteen corporate teams competed, and the Iranian mining team of Arman Gohar Sirjan won the final by a score of 2-1 beating Rádio Televisão de Cabo Verde from Cape Verde. The Egyptian team defeated the team of la Fonction Publique of Monaco, which was comprised of municipal workers of the city-state, in the third place play-off.