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FIFA has announced the launch of FIFA+, a free digital platform created to connect football fans across the globe more deeply with the game they love.
Launching today, Tuesday 12 April 2022, FIFA+ will provide access to live football matches from every corner of the world, interactive games, news, tournament information and video content. FIFA is the first sports federation ever to offer such an extensive streaming and content experience to its fans.
"FIFA+ represents the next step in our vision to make football truly global and inclusive, and it underpins FIFA's core mission of expanding and developing football globally", said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. "This project represents a cultural shift in the way different types of football fans want to connect with and explore the global game and has been a fundamental part of my Vision 2020-2023. It will accelerate the democratisation of football and we are delighted to share it with fans".
By the end of 2022, FIFA+ will be streaming the equivalent of 40,000 live games per year from 100 Member Associations across all six confederations, including 11,000 women's matches. FIFA+ offers live coverage from Europe's topflight leagues to previously unserved competitions from around the world in men's, women's and youth football. From launch, 1,400 matches will be live streamed monthly on FIFA+.
Ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, FIFA+ will be home to every FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup match ever recorded on camera, totalling more than 2,000 hours of archive content. For the first time ever, this entire archive will be available to fans. Fans will have the ability to watch full-match replays, highlights, goals and other memorable moments all in one place. The FIFA+ Archive will launch with more than 2,500 videos dating back to the 1950s, with many more to come throughout the year.
The Match Centre will allow football fans to immerse themselves in rich football data across 400 men's competitions and 65 women's competitions. A daily feed of news from around the world of men's and women's football will also complement and offer additional updates. Throughout the year, fans can play interactive games including votes, quizzes, fantasy games and predictors.
FIFA+ also aims to provide unrivalled content delivering global storytelling around the men's and women's game. It will feature full-length documentaries, docuseries, talk shows and shorts - localised into eleven languages, telling stories from local grassroots to national teams and footballing heroes past and present from more than 40 countries.
From launch, FIFA+ will bring the game to life through exclusive, world-class titles including: "Ronaldinho: The Happiest Man in the World", an exclusive, feature-length documentary about the Brazilian footballer: "Captains: Season 1", an eight-part series following six captains as they lead their countries through qualification for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022; "Croatia: Defining a Nation", an original feature-length documentary that tells the story of how football unites and binds this nation and a group of friends who reached global recognition against the backdrop of the most extreme adversity; "HD Cutz", an original eight-part docuseries with barber to the stars Sheldon Edwards; "Dani Crazy Dream", an all-access 6 x 30-minute documentary series featuring Dani Alves, the most decorated player in history as he tries to make it to the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar; "Golden Boot", an original 4 x 48-minute docuseries interviewing the greatest FIFA World Cup goalscorers; "Icons", a 5 x 26-minute docuseries showcasing five of the biggest game-changers of the women's game: Wendie Renard, Lucy Bronze, Asisat Oshoala, Carli Lloyd and Sam Kerr; "Academies", the inside story of some of the greatest talent production lines in world football from Shoot the Company.
From launch, FIFA+ will be available across all web and mobile devices - and across a range of connected devices soon. It will be available in five language editions (English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish), with an additional six languages to follow in June of 2022.
The content on the FIFA+ platform will continue to grow and evolve throughout the year.
