The Football Association has been asked to lobby the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to lower the price of World Cup tickets by a leading supporters’ group.

The Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) says the pricing structure for the 2026 tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico is “scandalous”.

It has joined Football Supporters Europe (FSE) in demanding that the sales process be stopped so fan groups can hold talks with the world governing body, FIFA, over its pricing policy.

“We back Football Supporters Europe in calling for a halt in ticket sales, and we are calling on the Football Association to work with fellow FAs to directly challenge these disgraceful prices,” the FSA said in a statement.

“We call on all national associations to stand up for your supporters, without whom there would be no professional game.”

FIFA, the FA and the Scottish FA are yet to comment.

BBC Sport has been told that the FA is aware that England fans are angry and is planning to relay those concerns to FIFA.

There is a FIFA Council meeting in Doha next week, and FA Chair Debbie Hewitt will be present. on November 2025, she said that she was opposed to dynamic ticket pricing and has vowed that it will not be used at Euro 2028, which the UK and Ireland are hosting.

Despite mounting pressure, FIFA has also not yet made any public comment on its ticket price policies.

That may change if several national football associations jointly raise concerns, but with the Home Nations FAs hoping to host the 2035 Women’s World Cup, they (and the UK government) may also be wary of upsetting FIFA.

BBC Sport has been told that FIFA is waiting to see how many people have entered the ballot, but that it is expecting strong demand.

Privately, FIFA insiders say that while tickets will seem expensive to many, the governing body has a duty to set prices with the US market in mind, grow the game around the world, and use its revenues to develop men’s, women’s and youth football.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has also promised to achieve record revenues, and the most lucrative sports event in history will not harm his re-election hopes in 2027.

The huge increase in the price of tickets was revealed on Thursday when FIFA released allocation details for the official supporters’ groups of each country.