Portal:Association football/Selected association

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The Selected association box on the portal chooses one of the following at random when displaying the page. Follow the instructions below for adding or nominating a new article to the list.

1 Usage
- 1.1 Template
- 1.2 To add a new article
2 Selected associations list
- 2.1 articles 1 - 20
- 2.2 articles 21 - 40
3 Nominations
- 3.1 Current Nominations

[edit] Usage

Football related Featured articles can be added directly to this list without nomination. All other articles should be nominated first to ensure that we only display our best work on the portal. The procedure for nomination is at the bottom of this page.

[edit] Template

{{Portal:Association football/Selected association/Layout
  |image=
  |size=
  |caption=
  |text=
  |link=
}}<noinclude>
[[Category:Association football portal selected associations|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]
</noinclude>

Note that the prefix Image: is not required when using this template, also - the template will auto-wikilink the article entered in the link= field. Further information on this template can be found at Portal:Association football/Selected association/Layout.

[edit] To add a new article

Click on the next successive empty entry or red link from this page.
Paste the above layout template if it isn't already there.
Write two or three paragraphs in the text field using information from the selected notable FA article, you may find it useful to examine the existing entries for an idea of the length required.
Ensure the main title of the article is in bold and add this same article to the link field.
Add a free image and caption, this will generally be a map of the area the association covers.
Preview the page, check that the image size is correct. If the image is too big, add 100px to the size field.
Save the page.
Go to the main Portal:Association football page.
Click on edit page.
Update "max=" to its new total for the {{Random portal component}} on the main page. The line which is edited is this one: {{Random portal component|max=4|header=Selected association|subpage=Selected association}} Make sure that "max=" is the same numerical value as the article entry added above (i.e. if you added article 43, then max=43)
Place the Portal selected content template on the chosen article's talk page using the type association as below

{{football portal selected|association}}

[edit] Selected associations list

[edit] articles 1 - 20

Portal:Association football/Selected association/1

FIFA is the international governing body of football. From its headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, FIFA is responsible for the organization and governance of football's major international tournaments, most notably the FIFA World Cup, held since 1930.

In total, FIFA recognises 208 national federations and their associated men's national teams as well as 129 women's national teams. Curiously, FIFA has more member states than the United Nations, as FIFA recognises several non-sovereign entities as distinct nations, most notably the four Home Nations within the United Kingdom. The FIFA World Rankings are updated monthly and rank each team based on their performance in international competitions, qualifiers, and friendly matches. There is also a world ranking for women's football, updated four times a year.