FIFA: Norway’s football federation calls for Gianni Infantino’s immediate resignation

Norway’s Football Federation (NFF) has become the first national association to openly call for Gianni Infantino to resign as FIFA president, intensifying the growing backlash over his abandoned plan to sell minority stakes in the commercial rights of the FIFA World Cup.

The demand comes as the Swiss football executive faces mounting opposition from several European football associations following the collapse of the controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal.

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Norway demands immediate resignation

Speaking on Friday, Norwegian Football Federation president Lise Klaveness said Infantino no longer enjoys the institutional trust needed to continue leading world football.

“He does not have the institutional trust required to govern FIFA stably in the times we are in,” Klaveness said.

“There is no going back for Gianni Infantino. International football cooperation is in serious trouble, and we believe the FIFA president should resign now.”

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Klaveness added that Norway would formally communicate its position directly to FIFA while monitoring whether other national associations adopt a similar stance.

“We will see which other countries eventually join in if that becomes the strategy from the UEFA board. We will ask him to resign in our dialogue with FIFA,” she said.

Norway goes beyond other European nations

Norway’s position is the strongest yet against Infantino and goes further than the football associations of England, Wales, Croatia and Albania, which have withdrawn their support for the FIFA president but stopped short of demanding his resignation.

Klaveness, a qualified lawyer, also highlighted a series of governance concerns that Norway has raised with FIFA over the past four years.

Those concerns include FIFA’s tournament hosting decisions, the decision to award the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize to U.S. President Donald Trump in December 2025, and FIFA’s decision to overturn the World Cup suspension of American forward Folarin Balogun following reported intervention from Trump.

UEFA maintains boycott threat

The latest development comes after UEFA reaffirmed on Thursday that its threat to boycott FIFA competitions remains in place despite FIFA’s decision to withdraw the FFE proposal and publicly apologise for its handling of the plan.

European football’s governing body said it still lacks confidence in Infantino’s leadership, insisting FIFA has failed to meet the conditions required to restore trust.

Support remains divided

While opposition to Infantino continues to grow across Europe, the FIFA president retains support from several member associations.

Football federations in Mexico and Argentina have publicly backed Infantino, highlighting the widening divide within global football over his leadership.

Earlier this week, Infantino also secured unanimous backing from FIFA’s senior leadership during a summit in Rabat, Morocco, where the governing body admitted mistakes in handling the failed commercial rights proposal and pledged to improve its governance processes.

The battle over Infantino’s future now appears set to intensify as FIFA moves closer to the 77th FIFA Congress in Rabat in March 2027, where the Swiss official is expected to seek another term as president.