FIFA headquarters
building complex in Zurich, Switzerland
The headquarters of FIFA (German: FIFA-Hauptquartier) is a distinctive complex in Zürich. The complex has served as the official headquarters of FIFA since its completion in 2006. It is located on the Zürichberg, a wooded hill in District 7.
As well as offices, the complex includes a fitness centre, a meditation room, geographically themed parks, a full-size international football pitch and full-size beach football pitch.
The main building has only two upper levels, but five underground levels, resulting in two thirds of the headquarters lying underground.
“FIFA headquarters” enters the record as building complex in Zurich, Switzerland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what FIFA, headquarters and building can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5425725. VIAF identifies the subject as 241255401. Authority coordinates are 47.381, 8.574. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006.
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