The French Football Federation (abbr. FFF; French: Fédération Française de Football) is the governing body of football in France. It also includes the overseas departments (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion) and local authorities (New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and Saint-Barthélemy-Saint-Martin) as well as Monaco .
It was founded in 1919 and is based in the capital Paris. The FFF was a founding member of FIFA and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in France, both professional and amateur. The French Football Federation is a founding member of UEFA and joined FIFA in 1907 after replacing founding members USFSA.
Before the creation of the FFF, football, rugby union and other sports in France were regulated by the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA). Founded in November 1890, the USFSA was originally headquartered in Paris, but its membership soon expanded to include sports clubs across France.
In 1894, the USFSA also organized the first recognized French football championship. The first competition consisted of just four Parisian teams and was organized on a knockout basis.
In 1900, the USFSA sent players from the Paris Club Français to represent France at the 1900 Summer Olympics. On May 1, 1904, the USFSA also selected the first official France national football team. The USFSA was dissolved in 1919 after some disagreements with FIFA.