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Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
AbbreviationUEFA
Formation15 June 1954; 69 years ago (1954-06-15)
Founded atBasel, Switzerland
TypeFootball organisation
HeadquartersNyon, Switzerland
Coordinates46°22′16″N 6°13′52″E / 46.371009°N 6.23103°E / 46.371009; 6.23103
Region served
Europe
Membership
55 full member associations
Official languages
English
French
German
(other main but not official: Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish) [1]
Aleksander Čeferin[2]
First vice-president
Karl-Erik Nilsson
Vice-presidents
Sándor Csányi
Luis Rubiales
Fernando Gomes
Michele Uva
General secretary
Theodore Theodoridis
Main organ
UEFA Congress
Parent organization
FIFA
Websiteuefa.com

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA /jˈfə/ yoo-AY-fə; French: Union des Associations Européennes de Football;[a] German: Vereinigung Europäischer Fußballverbände)[b] is the administrative body for association football, futsal and beach soccer in Europe, although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia. It is one of six continental confederations of world football's governing body FIFA. UEFA consists of 55 national association members.

UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe, runs nation and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, UEFA Nations League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Super Cup, and controls the prize money, regulations, and media rights to those competitions.

Henri Delaunay was the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the first president. The current president is Aleksander Čeferin, a former Football Association of Slovenia president, who was elected as UEFA's seventh president at the 12th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens in September 2016, and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA.[3]

History and membership

UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland

UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations.[4] At the founding meeting, 25 members were present. However, 6 other associations which were not present were still recognised as founding members, bringing the total of founding associations to 31.[5] That number (not counting the six absent founders) doubled by the early 1990s as new associations were born out of the fragmentation of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia into their constituent states. Until 1959 the main headquarters were located in Paris, and later in Bern. In 1995, UEFA headquarters were transferred to Nyon, Switzerland.

UEFA membership coincides for the most part with recognition as a sovereign country in Europe (48 out of 55 members are sovereign UN member states), although there are some exceptions. One UN member state (Monaco) and one UN observer state (Vatican City) are not members. Some UEFA members are not sovereign states, but form part of a larger recognised sovereign state in the context of international law. These include Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales (countries of the United Kingdom), Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory), the Faroe Islands (constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark), and Kosovo (state with limited recognition), however in the context of these countries government functions concerning sport tend to be carried at the territorial level coterminous with the UEFA member entity.

Some UEFA members are transcontinental states (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey) and others are considered part of Europe both culturally and politically (Armenia and Cyprus). Countries which had been members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) were also admitted to the European football association, particularly Israel (because it had been banned from the AFC group in 1974) and Kazakhstan. Additionally some UEFA member associations allow teams from outside their association's main territory to take part in their "domestic" competition. AS Monaco, for example, takes part in the French League (though a separate sovereign entity); Welsh clubs Cardiff City, Swansea City and Newport County A.F.C. participate in the English League; Derry City, situated in Northern Ireland, plays in the Republic of Ireland-based League of Ireland and the 7 native Liechtenstein teams play in the Swiss Leagues, as Liechtenstein has no own league and only a cup competition.

Executive Committee

Members

Code Association National teams Founded FIFA
affiliation
UEFA
affiliation
ALB  Albania 1930 1932 1954
AND  Andorra 1994 1996 1996
ARM  Armenia 1992 1992 1992
AUT  Austria 1904 1905 1954
AZE  Azerbaijan 1992 1994 1994
BLR  Belarus 1989 1992 1993
BEL  Belgium 1895 1904 1954
BIH  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1946 1996 1998
BUL  Bulgaria 1923 1924 1954
CRO  Croatia 1912 1992 1993
CYP  Cyprus 1934 1948 1962
CZE  Czech Republic 1901 1907 1954
DEN  Denmark 1889 1904 1954
ENG  England 1863 1905 1954
EST  Estonia 1921 1923 1992
FRO  Faroe Islands 1979 1988 1990
FIN  Finland 1907 1908 1954
FRA  France 1919[n 1] 1904[n 2] 1954
GEO  Georgia 1990 1992 1992
GER  Germany 1900 1904 1954
GIB  Gibraltar 1895 2016 2013
GRE  Greece 1926 1927 1954
HUN  Hungary 1901 1906 1954
ISL  Iceland 1947[n 3] 1947 1954
ISR  Israel[n 4] 1949 1949 1994[n 5]
ITA  Italy 1898 1905 1954
KAZ  Kazakhstan[n 6] 1994 1994 2002
KVX  Kosovo 2008 2016 2016
LVA  Latvia 1921 1922 1992
LIE  Liechtenstein 1934 1974 1974
LTU  Lithuania 1922 1923 1992
LUX  Luxembourg 1908 1910 1954
MLT  Malta 1900 1959 1960
MDA  Moldova 1990 1994 1993
MNE  Montenegro 1931 2007 2007
NED  Netherlands 1889 1904 1954
MKD  North Macedonia 1926 1994 1994
NIR  Northern Ireland 1880 1911 1954
NOR  Norway 1902 1908 1954
POL  Poland 1919[n 7] 1923 1954
POR  Portugal 1914 1923 1954
IRL  Republic of Ireland 1921 1923 1954
ROU  Romania 1909 1923 1954
RUS  Russia 1912 1912 1954
SMR  San Marino 1931 1988 1988
SCO  Scotland 1873 1910 1954
SRB  Serbia 1919 1923 1954
SVK  Slovakia 1938 1994 1993
SVN  Slovenia 1920 1992 1992
ESP  Spain 1909 1904 1954
SWE  Sweden 1904 1904 1954
SUI  Switzerland 1895 1904 1954
TUR  Turkey 1923 1923 1962
UKR  Ukraine 1991 1992 1992
WAL  Wales 1876 1910 1954
Notes
  1. ^ Founded as Comité Français Interfédéral in 1907, a predecessor to the current federation.
  2. ^ The current French FA, the French Football Federation (in its previous incarnation, the Comité Français Interfédéral), replaced the USFSA in 1907.
  3. ^ Icelandic top-flight club football dates back to 1912 or 35 years prior to founding of KSI, All titles pre-1947 are recognized by KSI
  4. ^ Former member of the Asian Football Confederation (1954–1974), joined UEFA as several AFC teams refused to play against them. See also Foreign relations of Israel and International recognition of Israel.
  5. ^ Israel had been an associated member of UEFA since 1992, therefore Israeli clubs were entitled to take part in the 1992–93 and 1993–94 UEFA club competitions despite Israel not being a full UEFA member.
  6. ^ Former member of the Asian Football Confederation (1994–2002), joined UEFA.
  7. ^ Founded as Związek Polski Piłki Nożnej (part of the disintegrated Austrian Football Union) in 1911, a predecessor to the current federation.

Former members

Non-members

There are several national teams within Europe that are not members of UEFA. Many of them are instead affiliated with CONIFA.

Competitions

UEFA competitions

UEFA runs official international competitions in Europe and some countries of Northern, Southwestern and Central Asia for national teams and professional clubs, known as UEFA competitions, some of which are regarded as the world's most prestigious tournaments.

International

UEFA is the organiser of two of the most prestigious competitions in international football: The UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. The main competition for men's national teams is the UEFA European Championship (also known as the Euro), started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960, and known as the European Nations Cup until 1964. The UEFA Nations League is the second tournament of UEFA and was introduced in 2018. The tournament largely replaced the international friendly matches previously played on the FIFA International Match Calendar. It will be played every two years.

UEFA also runs national competitions at Under-21, Under-19 and Under-17 levels. For women's national teams, UEFA operates the UEFA Women's Championship for senior national sides as well as Women's Under-19 and Women's Under-17 Championships.

UEFA also organised the UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup with CAF for youth teams in an effort to boost youth football. UEFA launched the UEFA Regions' Cup, for semi-professional teams representing their local region, in 1999. In futsal there is the UEFA Futsal Championship and UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship. Despite the existence of UEFA's Futsal and Beach soccer committee, UEFA does not organise any beach soccer competitions. International and club beach soccer competitions for UEFA members are organised externally by Beach Soccer Worldwide.

The Italian, German, Spanish, French and Russian[11] men's national teams are the sole teams to have won the European football championship in all categories.

Club

UEFA member countries by club competition entry entitlements, 2009/10

The top-ranked UEFA competition is the UEFA Champions League, which started in the 1992/93 season and gathers the top 1–4 teams of each country's league (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded); this competition was re-structured from a previous one that only gathered the top team of each country (held from 1955 to 1992 and known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or simply the European Cup).

A second, lower-ranked competition is the UEFA Europa League. This competition, for national knockout cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by UEFA in 1971 as a successor of both the former UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (also begun in 1955). A third competition, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, which had started in 1960, was absorbed into the UEFA Cup (now UEFA Europa League) in 1999.

In December 2018, UEFA announced the creation of a third club competition, with a working title of Europa League 2 (UEL2) (The name was later decided as UEFA Europa Conference League) . The competition would feature 32 teams directly in 8 groups of 4, with a knockout round between the second placed teams in UEFA Europa Conference League and the third placed teams in the Europa League, leading to a final 16 knockout stage featuring the eight group winners. UEFA announced that the first edition of the competition begins in 2021 [12].

In women's football UEFA also conducts the UEFA Women's Champions League for club teams. The competition was first held in 2001, and known as the UEFA Women's Cup until 2009.

The UEFA Super Cup pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the Europa League (previously the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup), and came into being in 1973.[13][14][15]

The UEFA Intertoto Cup was a summer competition, previously operated by several Central European football associations, which was relaunched and recognised as official UEFA club competition by UEFA in 1995.[16] The last Intertoto Cup took place in 2008.

The European/South American Cup was jointly organised with CONMEBOL between the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores winners.[17]

Only five teams[18][19] (Juventus, Ajax, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Chelsea[20]) have won each of the three main competitions (European Cup/UEFA Champions League, European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League),[21] a feat that is no longer possible for any team that did not win the Cup Winners' Cup. There are currently eight teams throughout Europe that have won two of the three trophies; all but one have won the Cup Winners' Cup, four require a win in the Champions League and four require a UEFA Europa League win.

Juventus of Italy was the first team in Europe—remaining the only one to date (2019)—to win all UEFA's official championships and cups[22] and, in commemoration of achieving that feat, have received The UEFA Plaque by the Union of European Football Associations on 12 July 1988.[23][24]

UEFA's premier futsal competition is the UEFA Futsal Cup, a tournament started in 2001 which replaced the former Futsal European Clubs Championship. This event, despite enjoying a long and well-established tradition in the European futsal community, dating back to 1984, was never recognised as official by UEFA.

Current title holders

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
National teams (Men's)
European Championship 2016  Portugal 1st  France 2020
Nations League 2018–19  Portugal 1st  Netherlands 2020–21
U-21 Championship 2019  Spain 5th  Germany 2021
U-19 Championship 2019  Spain 11th  Portugal 2020
U-17 Championship 2019  Netherlands 4th  Italy 2020
Futsal Championship 2018  Portugal 1st  Spain 2022
U-19 Futsal Championship 2019  Spain 1st  Croatia 2021
National teams (Women's)
Women's Championship 2017  Netherlands 1st  Denmark 2021
Women's U-19 Championship 2019  France 5th  Germany 2020
Women's U-17 Championship 2019  Germany 7th  Netherlands 2020
Women's Futsal Championship 2019  Spain 1st  Portugal 2021
Clubs (Men's)
Champions League 2018–19 England Liverpool 6th England Tottenham Hotspur 2019–20
Europa League 2018–19 England Chelsea 2nd England Arsenal 2019–20
Europa Conference League 2021–22 2022–23
Super Cup 2019 England Liverpool 4th England Chelsea 2020
Youth League 2018–19 Portugal Porto 1st England Chelsea 2019–20
Futsal Champions League 2018–19 Portugal Sporting CP 1st Kazakhstan Kairat 2019–20
Clubs (Women's)
Women's Champions League 2018–19 France Lyon 6th Spain Barcelona 2019–20
Amateur
Regions' Cup 2019 Poland Lower Silesia 2nd Germany Bavaria 2021

Titles by nation

Nation Men Women Futsal Total
Euro League U21 U19 U17 Euro U19 U17 Men's Women's
 Spain 3 5 11 9 3 4 7 1 43
 Germany[A] 3 2 6 3 8 6 7 35
 France 2 1 8 2 5 18
 England 2 10 2 1 15
 Russia[B] 1 2 6 3 1 1 14
 Italy 1 5 3 1 1 2 13
 Portugal 1 1 4 6 1 13
 Netherlands 1 2 4 1 1 9
 Sweden 1 1 3 5
 Czech Republic[C] 1 1 1 1 4
 Serbia[D] - 1 3 4
 Bulgaria 3 3
 Hungary 3 3
 Poland 1 1 1 3
 Turkey 1 2 3
 Austria 2 2
 Denmark 1 1 2
 Norway 2 2
 Republic of Ireland 1 1 2
 Belgium 1 1
 Greece 1 1
 Romania 1 1
 Scotland 1 1
 Ukraine 1 1
  1. ^ Including East Germany and West Germany.
  2. ^ Including the Soviet Union.
  3. ^ Including Czechoslovakia.
  4. ^ Including Yugoslavia.

Sponsors

UEFA national team competitions
UEFA Champions League

Note: The UEFA Champions League sponsors are also sponsors of the UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Women's Champions League and the UEFA Youth League (excluding Heineken, which is replaced by EA Sports´s FIFA).

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Hall of Fame

In 2017, the UEFA announced it would create the Hall of Fame to dedicate European footballers that contributed to European football successes.[31]

National team rankings

Highest Ranked UEFA member
in the men's FIFA World Rankings

Template:FIFA World Ranking leaders (UEFA)
  • Last updates:
    • Men's national teams – 19 December 2019[32]
    • Women's national teams – 12 July 2019[33]
Top men's national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
Top women's national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
UEFA FIFA Nation Points +/- UEFA FIFA Nation Points +/-
1 1  Belgium 1765 Steady 1 2  Germany 2059 Steady
2 2  France 1733 Steady 2 3  Netherlands 2037 Increase 5
3 4  England 1661 Steady 3 4  France 2029 Steady
4 6  Croatia 1642 Steady 4 5  England 2027 Decrease 2
5 7  Portugal 1639 Steady 5 6  Sweden 2021 Increase 3
6 8  Spain 1636 Steady 6 12  Norway 1917 Steady
7 12   Switzerland 1608 Steady 7 13  Spain 1899 Steady
8 13  Italy 1607 Steady 8 14  Italy 1891 Increase 1
9 14  Netherlands 1604 Steady 9 15  Denmark 1839 Increase 2
10 15  Germany 1602 Steady 10 17  Iceland 1822 Increase 5
11 16  Denmark 1598 Steady 11 18  Switzerland 1815 Steady
12 17  Sweden 1579 Steady 12 19  Belgium 1813 Increase 1
13 19  Poland 1559 Steady 13 21  Austria 1793 Increase 2
14 22  Wales 1540 Steady 14 22  Scotland 1791 Decrease 2
15 24  Ukraine 1537 Steady 15 24  Ukraine 1708 Steady
16 26  Austria 1507 Steady 16 25  Russia 1704 Steady
17 29  Turkey 1494 Steady 17 28  Czech Republic 1679 Increase 1
18 29  Serbia 1494 Steady 18 29  Poland 1675 Decrease 1
19 32  Slovakia 1490 Steady 19 30  Portugal 1671 Steady
20 34  Republic of Ireland 1486 Steady 20 31  Finland 1668 Increase 1
21 36  Northern Ireland 1476 Steady 21 32  Wales 1667 Increase 1
22 37  Romania 1475 Steady 22 33  Republic of Ireland 1666 Decrease 2
23 38  Russia 1470 Steady 23 42  Romania 1548 Decrease 1
24 39  Iceland 1464 Steady 24 43  Serbia 1546 Steady
25 44  Norway 1451 Increase 1 25 45  Hungary 1525 Steady
26 45  Czech Republic 1446 Steady 26 47  Slovakia 1500 Decrease 1
27 49  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1430 Steady 27 51  Slovenia 1453 Increase 1
28 50  Scotland 1422 Steady 28 54  Belarus 1446 Increase 1
29 52  Hungary 1416 Steady 29 55  Croatia 1440 Increase 1
30 54  Greece 1409 Steady 30 59  Northern Ireland 1420 Steady
31 58  Finland 1386 Steady 31 62  Turkey 1412 Decrease 1
32 59  Bulgaria 1381 Steady 32 64  Israel 1392 Decrease 1
33 64  Montenegro 1365 Steady 33 65  Greece 1376 Increase 2
33 64  Slovenia 1365 Steady 34 67  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1371 Increase 1
35 66  Albania 1356 Steady 35 73  Kazakhstan 1349 Decrease 1
36 68  North Macedonia 1347 Steady 36 77  Azerbaijan 1345 Steady
37 87  Belarus 1280 Steady 37 78  Albania 1326 Decrease 1
38 91  Georgia 1267 Steady 38 79  Bulgaria 1303 Decrease 1
39 93  Israel 1260 Steady 39 85  Faroe Islands 1272 Decrease 2
40 95  Cyprus 1251 Steady 40 93  Latvia 1228 Steady
41 98  Luxembourg 1236 Steady 41 96  Moldova 1219 Decrease 1
42 102  Armenia 1213 Steady 42 98  Montenegro 1217 Decrease 1
43 103  Estonia 1202 Steady 43 99  Estonia 1212 Steady
44 110  Faroe Islands 1181 Steady 44 102  Malta 1192 Decrease 1
45 114  Azerbaijan 1177 Steady 45 106  Lithuania 1172 Increase 1
46 115  Kosovo 1174 Steady 46 112  Georgia 1143 Steady
47 118  Kazakhstan 1155 Steady 47 113  Luxembourg 1134 Steady
48 131  Lithuania 1089 Steady 48 117  Cyprus 1123 Decrease 2
49 135  Andorra 1082 Steady 49 126  Kosovo 1059 Decrease 3
50 137  Latvia 1082 Steady 50 127  North Macedonia 1053 Decrease 3
51 175  Moldova 959 Steady 51 156  Andorra 749 Decrease 3
52 180  Liechtenstein 926 Steady
53 184  Malta 919 Steady
54 196  Gibraltar 879 Steady
55 209  San Marino 824 Steady
  • * – Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked.

Major tournament records

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  •  3rd  – Third place[wc 1]
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
  • R2 – Second round (for the 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages)
  • R1 – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
  • 1S – First Knockout Stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
  •    – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •     – Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Team 1930
Uruguay
(13)
1934
Italy
(16)
1938
France
(15)
1950
Brazil
(13)
1954
Switzerland
(16)
1958
Sweden
(16)
1962
Chile
(16)
1966
England
(16)
1970
Mexico
(16)
1974
West Germany
(16)
1978
Argentina
(16)
1982
Spain
(24)
1986
Mexico
(24)
1990
Italy
(24)
1994
United States
(24)
1998
France
(32)
2002
South Korea
Japan
(32)
2006
Germany
(32)
2010
South Africa
(32)
2014
Brazil
(32)
2018
Russia
(32)
2022
Qatar
(32)
2026
Canada
Mexico
United States
(48)
Years
 Austria × 4th ×[wc 2] × 3rd R1
15th
× R2
7th
R2
8th
R1
T-18th
R1
23rd
7
 Belgium R1
11th
R1
15th
R1
13th
× R1
12th
R1
T-10th
R2
10th
4th R16
11th
R16
11th
R1
19th
R16
14th
QF
6th
3rd 13
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Part of Yugoslavia × R1
20th
1
 Bulgaria × × R1
15th
R1
15th
R1
13th
R1
12th
R16
15th
4th R1
29th
7
 Croatia Part of Yugoslavia × 3rd R1
23rd
R1
22nd
R1
19th
2nd 5
 Czech Republic[wc 3] × 2nd QF
5th
× R1
14th
R1
9th
2nd R1
15th
R1
19th
QF
6th
R1
20th
9
 Denmark × × × × × × R16
9th
QF
8th
R16
10th
R1
24th
R16
11th
5
 East Germany[wc 3] Part of Germany × × R2
6th
Part of Germany 1
 England × × × R1
8th
QF
6th
R1
11th
QF
8th
1st QF
8th
R2
6th
QF
8th
4th R16
9th
QF
6th
QF
7th
R16
13th
R1
26th
4th 15
 France R1
7th
R1
T-9th
QF
6th
R1
11th
3rd R1
T-13th
R1
12th
4th 3rd 1st R1
28th
2nd R1
29th
QF
7th
1st 15
 Germany[wc 3] × 3rd R1
10th
× 1st 4th QF
7th
2nd 3rd 1st R2
6th
2nd 2nd 1st QF
5th
QF
7th
2nd 3rd 3rd 1st R1
22nd
19
 Greece × × R1
24th
R1
25th
R16
13th
3
 Hungary × QF
6th
2nd × 2nd R1
10th
QF
5th
QF
6th
R1
15th
R1
14th
R1
18th
9
 Iceland × × × × × × × × R1
28th
1
 Israel[wc 4] × R1
12th
1
 Italy × 1st 1st R1
7th
R1
10th
R1
9th
R1
9th
2nd R1
10th
4th 1st R16
12th
3rd 2nd QF
5th
R16
15th
1st R1
26th
R1
22nd
18
 Netherlands × R1
T-9th
R1
14th
× × 2nd 2nd R16
15th
QF
7th
4th R16
11th
2nd 3rd 10
 Northern Ireland × × × QF
8th
R2
9th
R1
21st
3
 Norway × × R1
12th
× R1
17th
R16
15th
3
 Poland × R1
11th
× × 3rd R2
5th
3rd R16
14th
R1
25th
R1
21st
R1
25th
8
 Portugal × 3rd R1
17th
R1
21st
4th R16
11th
R1
18th
R16
13th
7
 Republic of Ireland[wc 5] × QF
8th
R16
16th
R16
12th
3
 Romania R1
8th
R1
12th
R1
9th
× R1
T-10th
R16
12th
QF
6th
R16
11th
7
 Russia[wc 6] × × × × × QF
7th
QF
6th
4th QF
5th
R2
7th
R16
10th
R1
17th
R1
18th
R1
22nd
R1
24th
QF
8th
11
 Scotland × × × •• R1
15th
R1
14th
R1
9th
R1
11th
R1
15th
R1
19th
R1
T-18th
R1
27th
8
 Serbia[wc 3] 4th[wc 7] R1
5th
QF
7th
QF
5th
4th R2
7th
R1
16th
QF
5th
× R16
10th
R1
32nd
R1
23rd
R1
23rd
12
 Slovakia Part of Czechoslovakia R16
16th
1
 Slovenia Part of Yugoslavia × R1
30th
R1
18th
2
 Spain × QF
5th
× 4th R1
12th
R1
10th
R1
10th
R2
12th
QF
7th
R16
10th
QF
8th
R1
17th
QF
5th
R16
9th
1st R1
23rd
R16
10th
15
 Sweden × QF
8th
4th 3rd 2nd R1
9th
R2
5th
R1
13th
R1
21st
3rd R16
13th
R16
14th
QF
7th
12
  Switzerland × QF
7th
QF
7th
R1
6th
QF
8th
R1
16th
R1
16th
R16
15th
R16
10th
R1
19th
R16
11th
R16
14th
11
 Turkey × × × •• R1
9th
× 3rd 2
 Ukraine[wc 6] Part of Soviet Union × QF
8th
1
 Wales × × × QF
6th
1
Total (34 teams) 4 12 13 6 12 12 10 10 9 9 10 14 14 14 13 15 15 14 13 13 13 13 TBD

Notes

  1. ^ There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
  2. ^ Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
  3. ^ a b c d FIFA considers that the national team of Russia succeeds the USSR, the national team of Serbia succeeds Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro, the national team of Czech Republic succeeds Czechoslovakia, and the national team of Germany succeeds West Germany and East Germany.
  4. ^ Israel competed as Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) in 1934 and in 1938, with a team consisting exclusively of Jewish and British footballers from the Palestine Mandate.
  5. ^ Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.
  6. ^ a b Russia's best result is quarter-finals in 2018. However, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
  7. ^ There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes USA as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team 1991
China
(12)
1995
Sweden
(12)
1999
United States
(16)
2003
United States
(16)
2007
China
(16)
2011
Germany
(16)
2015
Canada
(24)
2019
France
(24)
2023
Australia
New Zealand
(32)
Years
 Denmark QF
7th
QF
7th
R2
15th
R2
12th
4
 England QF
6th
QF
7th
QF
7th
3rd 4th 5
 France R2
9th
4th QF
5th
QF
4
 Germany 4th 2nd QF
8th
1st 1st QF
6th
4th QF
8
 Italy QF
6th
R2
9th
QF
3
 Netherlands R2
13th
2nd 2
 Norway 2nd 1st 4th QF
7th
4th R2
10th
R2
10th
QF
8
 Russia × QF
5th
QF
8th
2
 Scotland R1
1
 Spain R1
20th
R2
2
 Sweden 3rd QF
5th
QF
6th
2nd R2
10–11
3rd R2
16th
3rd 8
 Switzerland R2
15th
1
Total (12 teams) 5 5 6 5 5 5 8 9 TBD 48

Olympic Games For Men

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team 1900
France
(3)
1904
United States
(3)
1908
United Kingdom
(6)
1912
Sweden
(11)
1920
Belgium
(14)
1924
France
(22)
1928
Netherlands
(17)
1936
Germany
(16)
1948
United Kingdom
(18)
1952
Finland
(25)
1956
Australia
(11)
1960
Italy
(16)
1964
Japan
(14)
1968
Mexico
(16)
1972
West Germany
(16)
1976
Canada
(13)
1980
Soviet Union
(16)
1984
United States
(16)
1988
South Korea
(16)
1992
Spain
(16)
1996
United States
(16)
2000
Australia
(16)
2004
Greece
(16)
2008
China
(16)
2012
United Kingdom
(16)
2016
Brazil
(16)
2021
Japan
(16)
Years
 Austria 6 2 =11 =5 4
 Belarus 10 1
 Belgium 3 1 15 =5 4 5
 Bulgaria 10 =17 3 5 2 5
 Czech Republic 14 1
 Czechoslovakia 9 9 2 9 1 Split into Slovakia and Czech Republic 5
 Denmark 2 2 10 3 =5 2 6 13 8 9
 East Germany[34] 3 3 1 2 Merged with West Germany 4
 Estonia =17 1
 Finland 4 =9 =14 9 4
 France 2 5 4 5 =9 =5 =17 9 7 5 1 5 q 13
 Germany[35] 7 =5 =6 4 =9 5 5 3 2 q 10
 Great Britain 1 1 1 11 =6 4 =17 =5 8 5 10
 Greece 13 =17 15 3
 Hungary 5 13 =9 1 3 1 1 2 16 9
 Ireland 7 =17 2
 Israel Competed with Asia (qualified 2 times) 2
 Italy 8 5 6 3 1 =5 =9 4 4 4 5 12 5 3 5 15
 Latvia 16 1
 Lithuania =17 1
 Luxembourg 12 11 =9 =9 =9 =9 6
 Netherlands 3 3 3 4 =9 =9 =17 7 8
 Norway 9 7 3 =14 10 5
 Poland =17 4 =9 10 1 2 2 7
 Portugal =5 4 14 6 4
 Romania 14 =17 5 q 4
 Russia 10 1
 Serbia 12 1
 Serbia and Montenegro 16 Split into 2 nations 1
 Slovakia 13 1
 Soviet Union =9 1 3 3 3 1 Split into 15 nations 6
 Spain 2 =17 =5 6 12 10 1 6 2 14 q 11
 Sweden 4 11 6 3 =9 1 3 6 6 15 10
 Switzerland 2 =9 13 3
 Turkey =17 =9 =9 =5 =5 14 6
 Yugoslavia 9 =17 =9 2 2 2 1 6 4 3 10 Split into 7 nations 11
Total (36 teams)

Olympic Games For Women

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team 1996
United States
(8)
2000
Australia
(8)
2004
Greece
(10)
2008
China
(12)
2012
United Kingdom
(12)
2016
Brazil
(12)
2021
Japan
(12)
Years
 Denmark 8 1
 France 4 6 2
 Germany 5 3 3 3 1 5
 Great Britain 5 q 2
 Greece 10 1
 Netherlands q 1
 Norway 3 1 7 3
 Sweden 6 6 4 6 7 2 q 7
Total (8 teams) 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 22

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record
Team 1960
France
1964
Spain
1968
Italy
1972
Belgium
1976
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1980
Italy
1984
France
1988
West Germany
1992
Sweden
1996
England
2000
Belgium
Netherlands
2004
Portugal
2008
Austria
Switzerland
2012
Poland
Ukraine
2016
France
2020
Europe
2024
Germany
Years
 Albania × × × GS 1
 Austria GS GS q 3
 Belgium × 3rd 2nd GS GS QF q 6
 Bulgaria GS GS 2
 Croatia Part of  Yugoslavia QF GS QF GS R16 q 6
 Czech Republic[c] 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd GS SF GS QF GS q 10
 Denmark 4th SF GS 1st GS GS QF GS q 9
 England × 3rd GS GS GS SF GS QF QF R16 q 10
 Finland × × q 1
 France 4th 1st GS SF 1st QF GS QF 2nd q 10
 Germany[d] × × 1st 2nd 1st GS SF 2nd 1st GS GS 2nd SF SF q q 14 [e]
 Greece ×[f] GS 1st GS QF 4
 Hungary 3rd 4th R16 3
 Iceland × × × QF 1
 Italy × 1st 4th SF GS 2nd GS QF 2nd QF q 10
 Latvia Part of  Soviet Union GS 1
 Netherlands × 3rd GS 1st SF QF SF SF QF GS q 10
 Northern Ireland × R16 1
 Norway GS 1
 Poland GS GS QF q 4
 Portugal SF QF SF 2nd QF SF 1st q 8
 Republic of Ireland GS GS R16 3
 Romania GS GS QF GS GS 5
 Russia[g] 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd GS GS GS SF GS GS q 12
 Scotland × × GS GS 2
 Serbia[h] 2nd 2nd 4th GS •×[i] × QF 5
 Slovakia Part of  Czechoslovakia R16 1
 Slovenia Part of  Yugoslavia GS 1
 Spain •×[j] 1st GS 2nd GS QF QF GS 1st 1st R16 q 11
 Sweden × SF GS QF GS GS GS q 7
  Switzerland × GS GS GS R16 q 5
 Turkey GS QF SF GS q 5
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union GS GS q 3
 Wales × SF q 2
Total (34 teams) 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 16 16 16 16 16 24 24 24

Notes

  1. ^ pronounced [ynjɔ̃ dez‿asɔsjɑsjɔ̃ øʁɔpeɛn futbol].
  2. ^ pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ ɔʏʁoˈpɛːɪʃɐ ˈfuːsbalfɛɐ̯ˌbɛndə].
  3. ^ Includes three appearances as Czechoslovakia
  4. ^ Includes five appearances as West Germany
  5. ^ Including UEFA Euro 2024 in which Germany is already qualified as host.
  6. ^ Greece entered the 1964 competition, but later withdrew after refusing to play Albania.
  7. ^ Includes five appearances as the Soviet Union and one as CIS
  8. ^ Includes four appearances as Yugoslavia and one as FR Yugoslavia
  9. ^ Does not include Euro 1992 qualification and disqualification due to international sanctions
  10. ^ Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their qualification match, so the Soviet Union qualified by walkover.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record
Team 1984 1987
Norway
1989
West Germany
1991
Denmark
1993
Italy
1995 1997
Norway
Sweden
2001
Germany
2005
England
2009
Finland
2013
Sweden
2017
Netherlands
2021
England
Years
 Austria × × × × × × SF 1
 Belgium GS 1
 Denmark SF 3rd 3rd GS SF GS GS SF 2nd 9
 England 2nd 4th SF GS GS 2nd GS SF q 9
 Finland SF QF GS 3
 France GS GS GS QF QF QF 6
 Germany 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st QF 10
 Iceland × × × GS QF GS 3
 Italy SF 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd GS GS QF QF GS 11
 Netherlands SF GS 1st 3
 Norway 1st 2nd 2nd 1st SF GS SF 2nd SF 2nd GS 11
 Portugal GS 1
 Russia × × × × GS GS GS GS GS 5
 Scotland × GS 1
 Spain × SF QF QF 3
 Sweden 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd SF 2nd SF QF SF QF 10
 Switzerland GS 1
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union × GS 1
Total (18 teams) 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 12 12 16 16

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team 1977
Tunisia
(16)
1979
Japan
(16)
1981
Australia
(16)
1983
Mexico
(16)
1985
Soviet Union
(16)
1987
Chile
(16)
1989
Saudi Arabia
(16)
1991
Portugal
(16)
1993
Australia
(16)
1995
Qatar
(16)
1997
Malaysia
(24)
1999
Nigeria
(24)
2001
Argentina
(24)
2003
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2005
Netherlands
(24)
2007
Canada
(24)
2009
Egypt
(24)
2011
Colombia
(24)
2013
Turkey
(24)
2015
New Zealand
(24)
2017
South Korea
(24)
2019
Poland
(24)
2021
Indonesia
(24)
Years
 Austria R1 R1 4th R1 R2 5
 Belgium R2 1
 Bulgaria QF QF 2
 Croatia R2 R1 R2 3
 Czech Republic[36] R1 R1 QF R1 2nd R2 6
 East Germany 3rd R1 2
 England 4th R1 R1 3rd R2 R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 1st 11
 Finland R1 1
 France R1 QF QF 4th 1st R2 R2 7
 Germany 1st 2nd R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 QF QF QF R2 11
 Greece R2 1
 Hungary R1 R1 R1 R1 3rd R2 6
 Italy R1 R1 QF QF QF 3rd 4th 7
 Kazakhstan[37] R1 1
 Netherlands QF R1 QF QF 4
 Norway R1 R1 R1 3
 Poland 4th R1 3rd R2 R2 5
 Portugal QF 1st 1st R1 3rd R2 R2 2nd R2 QF QF R1 12
 Republic of Ireland R1 R1 3rd R2 R2 5
 Romania 3rd 1
 Russia[38] 1st 2nd R1 4th QF 3rd QF QF 8
 Scotland QF QF R1 3
 Serbia[39] R1 1st 1st 3
 Slovakia R2 1
 Spain R1 QF R1 2nd R1 QF 4th QF 1st 2nd QF QF R2 QF QF 15
 Sweden R1 1
  Switzerland R1 1
 Turkey R1 R2 R2 3
 Ukraine R2 R2 R2 1st 4
Total (29 teams) 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 5

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team 2002
Canada
(12)
2004
Thailand
(12)
2006
Russia
(16)
2008
Chile
(16)
2010
Germany
(16)
2012
Japan
(16)
2014
Canada
(16)
2016
Papua New Guinea
(16)
2018
France
(16)
2021
Costa Rica
(16)
Years
 Denmark QF 1
 England QF QF GS GS 3rd 5
 Finland GS GS 2
 France GS QF 4th GS 3rd 2nd 4th q 8
 Germany 3rd 1st QF 3rd 1st 2nd 1st QF QF q 10
 Italy GS GS 2
 Netherlands QF q 2
 Norway GS QF 2
 Russia QF QF 2
 Spain GS QF 2nd q 4
 Sweden QF GS 2
  Switzerland GS GS GS 3
Total (12 teams) 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 43

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team 1985
China
(16)
1987
Canada
(16)
1989
Scotland
(16)
1991
Italy
(16)
1993
Japan
(16)
1995
Ecuador
(16)
1997
Egypt
(16)
1999
New Zealand
(16)
2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2003
Finland
(16)
2005
Peru
(16)
2007
South Korea
(24)
2009
Nigeria
(24)
2011
Mexico
(24)
2013
United Arab Emirates
(24)
2015
Chile
(24)
2017
India
(24)
2019
Brazil
(24)
2021
Peru
(24)
Years
 Austria R1 R1 2
 Belgium R1 3rd 2
 Croatia R1 R1 QF 3
 Czech Republic QF R1 2
 Denmark R1 1
 East Germany QF 1
 England QF QF R1 1st 4
 Finland R1 1
 France QF 1st QF QF R2 R2 3rd 6
 Germany 2nd QF R1 4th R1 3rd R2 3rd R2 QF 10
 Hungary QF R1 2
 Italy R1 4th R1 R1 R1 QF R2 QF 8
 Netherlands 3rd R1 R1 4th 4
 Poland 4th R1 2
 Portugal 3rd QF QF 3
 Russia 1st R2 R2 3
 Scotland 2nd 1
 Slovakia R2 1
 Spain 2nd R1 3rd R1 R1 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd QF 10
 Sweden 3rd 1
  Switzerland 1st 1
 Turkey 4th QF R1 3
Total (22 teams) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team 2008
New Zealand
(16)
2010
Trinidad and Tobago
(16)
2012
Azerbaijan
(16)
2014
Costa Rica
(16)
2016
Jordan
(16)
2018
Uruguay
(16)
2021
India
(16)
Years
 Azerbaijan R1 1
 Denmark QF 1
 England 4th QF 2
 Finland GS 1
 France R1 1st 2
 Germany 3rd QF 4th GS QF QF 6
 Italy 3rd 1
 Republic of Ireland QF 1
 Spain 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 4
Total (9 teams) 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 19

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team 1989
Netherlands
(16)
1992
Hong Kong
(16)
1996
Spain
(16)
2000
Guatemala
(16)
2004
Taiwan
(16)
2008
Brazil
(20)
2012
Thailand
(24)
2016
Colombia
(24)
2021
Lithuania
(24)
Years
 Azerbaijan QF 1
 Belgium 4th R2 R2 3
 Croatia R2 1
 Czech Republic R2 R1 R2 3
 Denmark R1 1
 Hungary R2 1
 Italy R2 R1 R2 2nd 3rd 3rd R2 7
 Kazakhstan R1 R2 q 3
 Lithuania q 1
 Netherlands 2nd R2 R2 R2 4
 Poland R2 1
 Portugal 3rd R2 R1 QF 4th q 6
 Russia R1 3rd 4th 4th QF 2nd q 7
 Serbia R2 1
 Spain R1 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd QF q 9
 Ukraine 4th R2 R2 QF R2 5
Total (16 teams) 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 56

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Team Beach Soccer World Championship record FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record Appearances
1995
Brazil
(8)
1996
Brazil
(8)
1997
Brazil
(8)
1998
Brazil
(10)
1999
Brazil
(12)
2000
Brazil
(12)
2001
Brazil
(12)
2002
Brazil
(8)
2003
Brazil
(8)
2004
Brazil
(12)
2005
Brazil
(12)
2006
Brazil
(16)
2007
Brazil
(16)
2008
France
(16)
2009
United Arab Emirates
(16)
2011
Italy
(16)
2013
French Polynesia
(16)
2015
Portugal
(16)
2017
The Bahamas
(16)
2019
Paraguay
(16)
2021
Russia
(16)
WC
/10
FIFA
/11
Years
/21
 Belarus × × × R1
11th
0 1 1
 Belgium R1
12th
× × × × × × × 1 0 1
 Denmark R1
6th
× × × × × × × × × 1 0 1
 England 3rd × 1 0 1
 France R1
7th
2nd R1
11th
R1
11th
2nd R1
7th
4th QF
5th
1st 3rd 4th QF
8th
8 4 12
 Germany R1
5th
R1
12th
R1
12th
R1
11th
4 0 4
 Italy 4th 3rd R1
5th
R1
10th
R1
9th
QF
8th
QF
8th
R1
6th
R1
6th
4th R1
15th
R1
10th
2nd QF
8th
QF
5th
4th 4th 2nd 10 8 18
 Netherlands R1
8th
× R1
14th
× × 1 1 2
 Poland R1
11th
R1
15th
0 2 2
 Portugal R1
6th
R1
5th
2nd QF
6th
1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th QF
8th
3rd 3rd 3rd 1st QF
8th
1st 8 9 17
 Russia R1
5th
× R1
9th
QF
6th
QF
7th
1st 1st 3rd 3rd q 1 8 9
 Spain R1
6th
QF
5th
3rd QF
6th
R1
6th
2nd 2nd QF
7th
R1
10th
QF
7th
4th QF
6th
2nd R1
10th
7 7 14
  Switzerland QF
8th
2nd R1
10th
QF
8th
QF
5th
QF
8th
1 5 6
 Turkey R1
10th
× × 1 0 1
 Ukraine QF
6th
R1
9th
R1
12th
× × 0 3 3
Total (15 teams) 4 3 3 4 4 5 6 4 4 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team 1992
Saudi Arabia
(4)
1995
Saudi Arabia
(6)
1997
Saudi Arabia
(8)
1999
Mexico
(8)
2001
South Korea
Japan
(8)
2003
France
(8)
2005
Germany
(8)
2009
South Africa
(8)
2013
Brazil
(8)
2017
Russia
(8)
Years
 Czech Republic × 3rd 1
 Denmark × 1st 1
 France × •• 1st 1st 2
 Germany × •• GS •• 3rd 1st 3
 Greece × GS 1
 Italy × •• GS 3rd 2
 Portugal × 3rd 1
 Russia × GS 1
 Spain × •• 3rd 2nd 2
 Turkey × 3rd 1
Total (10 teams) 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 15

Sanctions

Against associations

  • Lithuania Lithuania, in 1990 sanctions were imposed due to the secession of the Lithuanian Football Federation from the Football Federation of the Soviet Union
  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia, in 1992–1998 sanctions were imposed due to the Bosnian War (as part of the Yugoslav Wars)

Against clubs

  • Albania Albania, in 1967 special sanctions were imposed against 1966–67 Albanian Superliga due to its political background
  • England England, in 1985–1991 sanctions were imposed against English association football clubs due to the Heysel Stadium disaster by suspending their participation in continental competitions for five years
  • Italy Italy, in 1974–1975 sanctions were imposed against SS Lazio due to its fans, Italy was restricted from the European Cup to which Lazio qualified
  • Netherlands Netherlands, in 1990–1991 sanctions were imposed against AFC Ajax due to its fans, the Netherlands were restricted from the European Cup to which Ajax qualified

Corruption and controversy

Dissatisfied fans across Europe have referred to the organisation as UEFA mafia, including in Russia's top league,[40] in Bulgaria's top league,[41] and in a Champions League group stage match held in Sweden.[42] The term has also been covered for its use outside of stadiums, for example during a protest in Kosovo outside an EU building following the Serbia v Albania (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying) match.[43]

Following the 2015 FIFA corruption case, the current president of UEFA, Michel Platini, was also involved himself in the case. Swiss prosecutors accuse FIFA president Sepp Blatter of making a "disloyal payment" of $2m (£1.6m) to Mr Platini. Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber, stated: "We didn't interview Mr Platini as a witness, that's not true. We investigated against him in between as a witness and an accused person".[44][45] Both Platini and Sepp Blatter are currently under formal investigation by FIFA's independent ethics committee.[citation needed] On 8 October 2015, Platini was provisionally suspended for 90 days from any football-related activity.[46]

In 2019 UEFA's decision to host Europa League Cup final in Baku, Azerbaijan left one of the finalists, Arsenal, with a decision to withdraw their Armenian player Henrikh Mkhitaryan out of the competition due to safety concerns.[47]

See also

Resolutions

Financial fair play

UEFA coefficient

UEFA presidents

Related links

Notes

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