70th Congress of FIFA to be held in Addis Ababa in May 2020

Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, will host the seventieth Congress of FIFA in May next year. The decision concerning the venue was a part of the highlights of the 69th FIFA Congress in Paris, that witnessed the re-election, by well-liked plaudits, of Gianni Infantino as the President of FIFA till 2023. Gianni was first elected in February 2016.

"In just over three years, this organization went from being toxic, almost criminal, to being what it should be: an institution that develops football," said Infantino when addressing the Congress. "This new FIFA has a mission and a plan for it, which is why the next four years have, in fact, already started: we have laid solid building blocks for the future."

FIFA's supreme legislative body approved the Activity Report and financial statements for 2018 as well as budget for 2020.