World football governing body FIFA has on Tuesday launched FIFA+, a world-class digital platform created to connect football fans across the globe more deeply with the game they love, for free.In a statement, FIFA said that the platform will provide access to live football matches from every corner of the world, interactive games, news, tournament information, ground-breaking, unrivaled video content delivering truly global storytelling around the men’s and women’s game, and much more.The platform will provide thousands of live and archived games as well as news, analysis, and information for tournaments around the world together with original series and documentaries from and about the biggest names in the beautiful game.𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 . 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 . 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲Introducing #FIFAPlus: your new home for football ✨Watch or stream for free thousands of live matches per month, stories from your favourite footballers, and the biggest archive of World Cup matches 👉 https://t.co/EO11dasOum pic.twitter.com/h4vm0z3PqJ— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) April 12, 2022 FIFA President Gianni Infantino said that the platform represented the body’s vision to make football global and inclusive.“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. 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 democratization of football and we are delighted to share it with fans,” Infantino said.From launch, FIFA+ will be available across all web and mobile devices, and across a range of connected devices soon and will be available in five language editions namely English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish, with an additional six languages to follow in June this year.What will FIFA+ offer?Live Matches: 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+, rising rapidly.FIFA+ Archive: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, totaling more than 2,000 hours of archive content. For the first time ever, this entire archive will be available to fans.Untold stories from your favourite footballers 🗣Introducing #FIFAPlus Originals 🎬 pic.twitter.com/PsfJMx2VgG— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) April 12, 2022 Fans will have the ability to watch full-match replays, highlights, goals, and magical 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.Match Centre, News, and Gaming: 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 will enjoy interactive games including votes, quizzes, fantasy games, and predictors.FIFA+ Originals:FIFA+ will also provide unrivaled content delivering global storytelling around the men’s and women’s game. It will feature full-length documentaries, docuseries, talk shows, and shorts – localized into 11 languages, telling stories from local grassroots to national teams and footballing heroes past and present from more than 40 countries.Additional reporting by FIFA
