Wednesday 11 May 2016 16:08, UK
Gianni Infantino will address his first FIFA Congress as president on Thursday following his election to the post three months ago.
Recent years have seen controversial World Cup-bidding races, senior figures arrested, others banned from the game for life and long-standing leader Sepp Blatter toppled, along with his heir apparent Michel Platini.
Infantino was elected in February and the Swiss-Italian has outlined his vision for the organisation in a written welcome message.
"Your overwhelming support for the far-reaching reforms at the extraordinary congress in February will help restore credibility, strengthen governance and rebuild trust, creating a new culture at FIFA that it is now up to you to emulate at the level of the national associations," the 46-year-old said.
Those reforms included more diversity, term limits, integrity checks and some independent scrutiny.
Infantino spent Monday and Tuesday with the FIFA Council and they have come up with a number of matters to put to the congress for votes.
One is to swell their number to 211, with Kosovo and Gibraltar joining, although both have staunch opponents in Serbia and Spain respectively.
If they are approved, both will be able to start the qualification process for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
There is also a plan to decide who should get the 2026 World Cup, with four years of deliberation before a vote in 2020.
