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with ratification from Stanley Rous, who then had become FIFA president.
This is chronologically wrong: Stanley Rous did not become FIFA president until 1961, not 1960.
Full reasoning
FIFA’s own list of past presidents shows that Arthur Drewry remained FIFA president until 25 March 1961, and that Stanley Rous only "took the reins in September 1961." That means Rous had not yet become FIFA president in 1960, so the article’s wording is incorrect on its face.
This correction is only about the office/title claim. It does not resolve whether Rous was otherwise involved in the International Soccer League in 1960; it simply corrects the false statement that he was already FIFA president at that time.
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- Inside FIFA — Past Presidents
Arthur Drewry ... spent as President ... from his election in 1956 to his passing aged 70 on 25 March 1961 ... Sir Stanley Rous ... became the third English President of FIFA when he took the reins in September 1961.
with the champions of each tournament both retroactively recognised by FIFA as club world champions in 2017.
The 2017 FIFA decision retroactively recognized Intercontinental Cup winners only; the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was already an official FIFA tournament.
Full reasoning
FIFA’s 27 October 2017 Council release says the body recognized "all European and South American teams that won the Intercontinental Cup ... as club world champions." That decision was specifically about the Intercontinental Cup winners from 1960 to 2004.
By contrast, FIFA separately describes the 2000 competition as "The first ever FIFA Club World Cup" and names Corinthians as the "Inaugural Club World Cup winners." In other words, the 2000 FIFA-run tournament was already official; it was not something that needed retroactive recognition in 2017.
So the article overstates the 2017 decision by saying the champions of both the Intercontinental Cup and the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship were retroactively recognized then. FIFA’s own materials indicate that the retroactive step applied to the Intercontinental Cup winners, not to the winners of FIFA’s 2000 tournament.
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- FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup™
The meeting in Kolkata ... included ... Recognition of all European and South American teams that won the Intercontinental Cup - played between 1960 and 2004 - as club world champions.
- A world first for the new millennium
The first ever FIFA Club World Cup was held in 2000 ... Inaugural Club World Cup winners ... it was Corinthians who emerged victorious 4-3 on penalties.