Under-fire Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been re-elected despite international pressure for him to step down after the federation was rocked by a £100 million corruption scandal.
He was re-elected after Prince Ali bin al-Hussein pulled out of the running in the second round of voting.
Prime Minister David Cameron joined calls for Mr Blatter to resign after 18 people were arrested as US and Swiss authorities launched investigations into kickbacks, bribes and "rampant corruption" dating back decades.
But the Swiss bureaucrat, 79, was determined to hang on to his position and he is set to stay at the helm of the world football governing body for another four years.
Mr Blatter thanked Prince Ali for standing down as a contender despite his "very good result."
He told the hall: "Thank you that you accepted me, that for the next four years I will be in command of this boat called Fifa, and we will bring it back, off shore, and back to the beach, we will bring it back, where finally football can be played, beach soccer can be played everywhere."
He said there were organisational problems to solve at Fifa and changes to make in some competitions, but they would not touch the World Cup.
"I take the responsibility to bring back Fifa, we can do it, and I'm convinced we can do it."
He received a standing ovation at the end of a speech which he finished with: "Let's go Fifa! Let's go Fifa!"
UEFA President Michel Platini sat still and did not applaud after Blatter's acceptance speech.
Meanwhile, asked why he had withdrawn from the presidential race, Prince Ali said there were 73 national associations who had been "really brave" and he said: "I did it for them. I don't want them to be in any more trouble."
He said he hoped Fifa will realise that "football is for the world" and said he looks forward to a "bright future" for Fifa.
Scottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan said he was "disappointed but unsurprised" by the re-election of Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA.
Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term defying growing calls for him to step down in the face of corruption scandals engulfing world football's ruling body.
Mr Regan, chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, previously called for Blatter to step down and called for "fundamental change" at Fifa.
Mr Regan, SFA president Campbell Ogilvie, and vice-president Alan McRae were all in Zurich for the Fifa Congress.
After the re-election, Mr Regan said: "We are disappointed but unsurprised by today's election result and will consult with UEFA to consider our collective position in order to achieve the essential governance changes required within FIFA."
Greg Dyke, chairman of the English FA, one of football's richest associations, threw his support behind the principle of a coordinated European boycott of the World Cup in Russia in 2018 if Blatter was re-elected, but said it would need a consensus within Uefa in order to be a realistic option.
Mr Dyke insisted FIFA cannot continue under Mr Blatter adding: "He's had 16 years to reform it but he hasn't done it."
On the subject of pulling out of future World Cups he said: ""England won't withdraw from anything on its own and you can be absolutely certain about that. That would be ridiculous.
"There will be discussions I think in FIFA about this result and what FIFA should do next but that won't be England alone."
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