The FIFA exam, whose most recent exam cycle took place in spring 2026, is a crucial step for aspiring agents and soccer professionals. Understanding the exam format, its cost, and the real level of the questions is essential to pass this exam.
Last updated: 08/13/2026
In 2025, 16,117 people submitted an application to FIFA. Only 1,406 of them earned their license. The FIFA agent exam remains one of the most selective professional assessments in global sports, and since 2025 FIFA has been running only one exam period per year.
The exam consists of twenty questions, runs for sixty minutes, requires 75% correct answers to pass, and draws on a syllabus of twenty-six regulatory documents. The format may look simple, but it calls for rigorous preparation.
Let's take a closer look at the dates known so far, how the FIFA agent exam unfolds, its full cost, the languages available, FIFA's official figures, and sample questions asked on exam day.
As of today, no other FIFA agent exam is scheduled for 2026. The next exam cycle should therefore take place in spring 2027, probably between April and June, based on the schedule of previous cycles organized by FIFA.
The information presented below is currently based on the format and schedule of the 2026 exam cycle, pending official communications from FIFA regarding the 2027 exam. As it does every year, FIFA generally publishes information relating to the exam during the month of January.
As soon as FIFA officially announces the new dates and procedures for the FIFA agent exam 2027, the information will be updated.
To prepare successfully, you need to follow the official schedule published by FIFA. Missing a deadline can leave you unable to sit the exam or to change your settings, whether that means your time slot, your location, or your language. Here are the key dates from the 2026 exam cycle, which serve as the reference point while we wait for the official communications covering 2027.
The Football Agents Report published by FIFA in December 2025 gives a precise picture of the exam. The move to an online format sent applications soaring, with 16,117 license applications, the highest total on record.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Applications submitted | 16,117 |
| Candidates scheduled | 9,148 |
| Candidates present on exam day | 7,745 |
| Candidates who passed | 1,406 |
| 2025 pass rate | 18% |
| 2024 pass rate | 40.4% |
This 22-point drop in a single year comes down to the surge in candidate numbers made possible by the shift to an online format, while the difficulty of the exam itself remained unchanged. Three other data points also deserve the attention of future soccer agents:
British agents record the most club representations (412), ahead of French agents (382) and Italian agents (313).
With the FIFA soccer agent exam scheduled for April 28, 29 and 30, 2026, candidates need to make sure they are well prepared both for the licensing process and for the exam itself.
The exam is conducted entirely online with remote proctoring, which spares candidates from having to travel to a FIFA member association exam center. Candidates can take the exam from any private, quiet location, provided they have the required technical setup. Public spaces such as cafés or libraries are not permitted.
The exam must be taken using a laptop or desktop computer equipped with a webcam, along with a smartphone that has the FIFA exam app installed. The smartphone serves as an additional monitoring device to guarantee the integrity of the exam.
No professional exemptions are granted. Lawyers, accountants, and former players take the exam under the same conditions as every other candidate.
The exam is open-book, but only FIFA's official study materials can be consulted in digital format. Printed documents, handwritten notes, and external websites are strictly prohibited. Candidates can choose their time slot and the language of the exam within the deadlines set by FIFA. Once the deadline has passed, no changes are possible.
To prevent cheating, FIFA enforces strict monitoring protocols:
Any attempt to communicate with another person, access unauthorized materials, or use prohibited items results in immediate disqualification.
A stable internet connection is essential, since FIFA does not provide technical support for connection issues. If a candidate loses connectivity during the exam, their attempt may be canceled. No breaks are allowed, including restroom breaks. Leaving the room or closing the exam window immediately terminates the session.
Results are published on June 4, 2026, and candidates who do not pass receive a link by email allowing them to review their attempt for three days.
The FIFA exam rules set out all the obligations that apply on exam day.
The format is set by article 6 of the FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR). The most significant change since 2023 is the move to an online exam in 2025.
| Parameter | Official value |
|---|---|
| Number of questions | 20 multiple-choice questions |
| Duration | 60 minutes, or roughly 3 minutes per question |
| Passing score | 75%, or 15 correct answers out of 20 |
| Value of one question | 5% of the final score |
| Expected answers | one or several correct answers possible |
| Question set | a unique set generated automatically for each candidate |
Candidates who fail must sit the next exam cycle, which currently means a one-year wait.
There are two payments to plan for. The exam fee is owed to FIFA at the time of application, on the Agents Platform. Since the move to an online format in 2025, FIFA sets and collects it directly, which has put an end to the price gaps from one country to another. FIFA does not publish the amount on its public pages. It sits at around $100, with the applicable figure displayed on the Platform at the time of registration. This payment determines whether you can proceed to the exam, and 4,792 applications were rejected in 2025 for failure to pay within the allotted time.
License fees, on the other hand, are only owed if you pass. Expect $600 for the first year, payable within 90 days of the result, then $300 per year before each September 30. Member associations cannot claim any additional fees unless national law provides otherwise. Any payment request made outside the FIFA Agents Platform therefore needs to be verified.
Many candidates underestimate how much the choice of language matters. That decision is strategic, and it becomes irreversible once the deadline set by FIFA has passed.
For the 2025 exam cycle, FIFA offered the exam in four of its official languages: English, French, German, and Spanish. English was chosen by 55% of candidates, ahead of Spanish at 21%, French at 20%, and German at 4%. The language choice can still be changed up to the deadline on the schedule, set at March 29 for the 2026 exam cycle.
FIFA's regulations are drafted in English and then translated. Article 9 of the Statutes sets the rule: regulations, decisions, and official communications are published in English, French, and Spanish, and only where deemed necessary in the other official languages. Where wording diverges, the English version prevails.
A translated concept can lose precision, and a nuance of drafting can change how a rule reads. The FFAR definitions illustrate this, with terms such as engaging entity or releasing entity whose French or Spanish equivalents do not always cover the same contractual reality. There is a practical difficulty on top of that, since searching for a term in a vocabulary that is not the one used in the question can cost precious time on exam day.
For candidates who have a professional command of English, sitting the exam in English offers three advantages:
This recommendation has to be adapted to each candidate's profile. A future sports agent whose legal English remains shaky is far better off sitting the exam in their strongest language rather than adding a language barrier on top of the difficulty of the exam.
The questions do not test memorization of an article, they test the ability to apply a rule to a situation. Here are three examples that represent the level expected.
What is the maximum period of validity of a representation agreement concluded between an agent and a player?
Some FFAR provisions are suspended globally following FIFA Circular No. 1873, but the exam assesses the text as it appears in the official study materials. Suspending enforcement does not remove the question from the syllabus.
This level of demand is built through repetition, by working through practice multiple-choice questions that cover the syllabus subject by subject, or mock exams that reproduce the real conditions of the exam.
The FIFA agent exam fits into a short format, twenty questions and sixty minutes, but it assesses a syllabus of twenty-six regulatory documents. The figures from the 2025 exam cycle show us the gap between the number of candidates drawn to the industry and the number of licenses actually awarded.
A new version published by FIFA does not automatically enter the syllabus for the current exam cycle, because only the edition displayed in the official study materials should be taken into account when revising for the exam. The FIFA Regulations present the twenty-six documents along with the edition selected for each one.
The information available today rests on the 2026 exam cycle. The next one should be held in spring 2027, with no official dates communicated by FIFA at this point. This waiting period is ideal for putting a steady preparation routine in place rather than concentrating everything into the final weeks.
