Which nations are backing Fifa's Gianni Infantino and which want him to go?

Fifa president Gianni Infantino is still fighting for his job, and battle lines are being drawn up as the election for his final term looms.

Until a few weeks ago, Infantino seemed assured of continuing as Fifa president in the upcoming vote, scheduled for March 2027.

But the crisis over his Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan to invite private companies to invest in the World Cup has triggered fury around the world.

The plan has now been shelved, but the anger it generated has not gone away.

Infantino has fought back, and this week he secured the backing of Fifa’s top executives at a crisis meeting in Rabat, Morocco.

But ultimately the power to oust Infantino lies with the 211 national football associations that make up Fifa.

Each nation has one vote, meaning support from small nations like San Marino and the Bahamas is equal to backing from big hitters like Brazil and England.

Football groups like Uefa, the union of European associations, can support a candidate and lobby for their members to back one as a group, but the final decision lies with each nation.

Gianni Infantino has been backed by several nations. / Credit: AP

Uefa has been vocal in its criticism of Infantino, but the other groups like the Confederation of African Football are backing the president.

No one has yet come forward to publicly challenge Infantino in the vote, with the final date for candidates to enter the election set for November 18.

ITV News unpacks which national football associations are for – or against – Infantino.

Who is calling for Infantino to go?

Almost all of the nations that have either called for Infantino to go immediately or said they will not back him at the upcoming election come from Europe.

Many of these nations had previously endorsed him before the recent crisis.

Finland was among the first to withdraw their support, followed by England, Wales and Serbia.

Sweden, Greece, Albania, Croatia, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have all since followed suit.

The Romanian and Czech associations also hinted that they will not back Infantino but have not formally declared so.

The only non-European nation to say they will not support Infantino’s re-election has been Jordan, with former Fifa vice president Prince Ali bin Al Hussein accusing the sporting body’s leadership of blackmail this week.

Prince Ali said the Jordanian federation he leads has not been paid money for reaching the final of the Fifa Arab Cup played last December in Qatar, and claimed he was told backing Infantino would “go a long way to helping our FA out”.

The Jordan FA has since received all the money, Prince Ali said on Thursday.

Who has backed Infantino?

Infantino has also had his fair share of support since the outbreak of the crisis.

Qatar, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Lebanon and Morocco have all publicly backed him after the FFE was withdrawn.

This was soon followed by DR Congo, Indonesia, Bhutan, Philippines, Mexico, Argentina and Paraguay.

Several nations, which have been prominent backers of Infantino in the past, have also voiced support for him in recent weeks but stopped short of full endorsements.

These include Egypt, Niger and Mauritania.