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Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
UEFA logo 2012.png
UEFA member associations map.svg
AbbreviationUEFA
Formation15 June 1954; 64 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: Dutch, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian)
Aleksander Čeferin[1]
First vice-president
Karl-Erik Nilsson
Vice-presidents
Reinhard Grindel
Hryhoriy Surkis
Fernando Gomes
Michele Uva
General secretary
Theodore Theodoridis
Main organ
UEFA Congress
Parent organization
FIFA
Websiteuefa.org
FIFA confederations
World Map FIFA2.svg
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA /juːˈeɪfə/ yoo-AY-fə; French: Union des Associations Européennes de Football;[a] German: Vereinigung Europäischer Fußballverbände)[b] is the administrative body for association football 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.[2]

History and membership[edit]

UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland

UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations.[3] The European football union began with 25 members; that number doubled by the early 1990s. 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, although there are some exceptions. Some states (Monaco and 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 (autonomous country within Denmark), and Kosovo (disputed territory and partially recognised state), 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, Turkey and Russia) 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; Berwick Rangers, situated in England, play in the Scottish Professional Football League. Derry City, situated in Northern Ireland, plays in the Republic of Ireland-based League of Ireland and the 7 native Liechtensteinian teams play in the Swiss Leagues.

Members[edit]

Code Association National teams Founded FIFA
affiliation		 UEFA
affiliation
ALB Albania Albania 1930 1932 1954
AND Andorra Andorra 1994 1996 1996
ARM Armenia Armenia 1992 1992 1992
AUT Austria Austria 1904 1905 1954
AZE Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1992 1994 1994
BLR Belarus Belarus 1989 1992 1993
BEL Belgium Belgium 1895 1904 1954
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 1996 1998
BUL Bulgaria Bulgaria 1923 1924 1954
CRO Croatia Croatia 1912 1992 1993
CYP Cyprus Cyprus 1934 1948 1962
CZE Czech Republic Czech Republic 1901 1907 1954
DEN Denmark Denmark 1889 1904 1954
ENG England England 1863 1905 1954
EST Estonia Estonia 1921 1923 1992
FRO Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 1979 1988 1990
FIN Finland Finland 1907 1908 1954
FRA France France 1919[n 1] 1904[n 2] 1954
GEO Georgia (country) Georgia 1990 1992 1992
GER Germany Germany 1900 1904 1954
GIB Gibraltar Gibraltar 1895 2016 2013
GRE Greece Greece 1926 1927 1954
HUN Hungary Hungary 1901 1906 1954
ISL Iceland Iceland 1947[n 3] 1947 1954
IRL Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 1921 1923 1954
ISR Israel Israel[n 4] 1949 1949 1994[n 5]
ITA Italy Italy 1898 1905 1954
KAZ Kazakhstan Kazakhstan[n 6] 1994 1994 2002
KVX Kosovo Kosovo 1946 2016 2016
LVA Latvia Latvia 1921 1922 1992
LIE Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 1934 1974 1974
LTU Lithuania Lithuania 1922 1923 1992
LUX Luxembourg Luxembourg 1908 1910 1954
MKD Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 1926 1994 1994
MLT Malta Malta 1900 1959 1960
MDA Moldova Moldova 1990 1994 1993
MNE Montenegro Montenegro 1931 2007 2007
NED Netherlands Netherlands 1889 1904 1954
NIR Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1880 1911 1954
NOR Norway Norway 1902 1908 1954
POL Poland Poland 1919[n 7] 1923 1954
POR Portugal Portugal 1914 1923 1954
ROU Romania Romania 1909 1923 1954
RUS Russia Russia 1912 1912 1954
SMR San Marino San Marino 1931 1988 1988
SCO Scotland Scotland 1873 1910 1954
SRB Serbia Serbia 1919 1923 1954
SVK Slovakia Slovakia 1938 1994 1993
SVN Slovenia Slovenia 1920 1992 1992
ESP Spain Spain 1909 1904 1954
SWE Sweden Sweden 1904 1904 1954
SUI Switzerland Switzerland 1895 1904 1954
TUR Turkey Turkey 1923 1923 1962
UKR Ukraine Ukraine 1991 1992 1992
WAL Wales Wales 1876 1910 1954

Notes[edit]

  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[edit]

Sanctions[edit]

Against associations[edit]

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

Against clubs (restrictions against associations)[edit]

  • 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
  • Netherlands Netherlands, in 1991-1992 sanctions were imposed against AFC Ajax due to its fans, the Netherlands were restricted from the European Cup to which Ajax qualified
  • Albania Albania, in 1967 special sanctions were imposed against 1966–67 Albanian Superliga due to its political background
  • 1968–69 the Warsaw Pact demonstrated political protest and imposed sanctions on clubs of its members in continental competitions (included East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Soviet Union)

Competitions[edit]

Main article: 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[edit]

The 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, started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960, and known as the European Nations Cup until 1964. It is also called UEFA or the EURO. The UEFA Nations League is the second tournament of the 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 Futsal Under-21 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[4] men's national teams are the sole teams to have won the European football championship in all categories.

Club[edit]

Main article: List of UEFA club competition winners
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 competition would feature 32 teams directly in 8 groups of 4, with a knockout round between the second placed teams in UEL2 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 [5].

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.[6][7][8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

Only five teams[11][12] (Juventus, Ajax, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Chelsea[13]) 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),[14] 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 (2015)—to win all UEFA's official championships and cups[15] and, in commemoration of achieving that feat, have received The UEFA Plaque by the Union of European Football Associations on 12 July 1988.[16][17]

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[edit]

Competitions Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Clubs
UEFA Champions League Spain Real Madrid 13th England Liverpool 2018–19
UEFA Europa League Spain Atlético Madrid 3rd France Marseille 2018–19
UEFA Super Cup Spain Atlético Madrid 3rd Spain Real Madrid 2019
UEFA Youth League Spain Barcelona 2nd England Chelsea 2018–19
UEFA Futsal Champions League Spain Inter FS 5th Portugal Sporting CP 2018–19
UEFA Women's Champions League France Lyon 5th Germany Wolfsburg 2018–19
Nations Men
UEFA European Championship  Portugal 1st  France 2020 (June–July)
UEFA Nations League vacant N/A vacant 2018–19 (Sep.–May)
UEFA European U-21 Championship  Germany 2nd  Spain 2019 (June)
UEFA European U-19 Championship  Portugal 4th  Italy 2019 (July)
UEFA European U-17 Championship  Netherlands 3rd  Italy 2019 (May)
UEFA Futsal Championship Portugal Portugal 1st Spain Spain 2022
Nations Women
UEFA Women's Championship  Netherlands 1st  Denmark 2021 (July)
UEFA Women's U-19 Championship  Spain 3rd  Germany 2019 (July)
UEFA Women's U-17 Championship  Spain 4th  Germany 2019 (May)
UEFA Women's Futsal Championship vacant n/a vacant 2019

UEFA competitions[edit]

Nations with trophies[edit]

Main article: UEFA club competition records and statistics
Nation Men Women Futsal Total
Euro U21 U19 U17 Euro U19 U17 Men's Women's
 Spain 3 4 8 9 0 3 4 7 0 38
 Germany[A] 3 2 4 3 8 6 6 0 0 32
 France 2 1 7 2 0 4 0 0 0 16
 Italy 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 11
 Portugal 1 0 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 11
 Russia[B] 1 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 10
 Netherlands 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 8
 England 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 7
 Sweden 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5
 Bulgaria 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
 Turkey 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
 Czech Republic[C] 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
 Poland 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
 Denmark 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
 Norway 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
 Republic of Ireland 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
 Serbia[D] 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 Greece 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 Hungary 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 Scotland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 Ukraine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  1. ^ Including East Germany and West Germany.
  2. ^ Including the Soviet Union.
  3. ^ Including Czechoslovakia.
  4. ^ Including Yugoslavia.

Sponsors[edit]

The UEFA Champions League current main sponsors are:

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 Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer.)

The UEFA Europa League current main sponsors are:

Adidas is a secondary sponsor and supplies the official match ball and referee uniform for all UEFA competitions.

Corruption and controversy[edit]

Dissatisfied fans across Europe have referred to the organisation as UEFA mafia, including in Russia's top league,[25] in Bulgaria's top league,[26] and in a Champions League group stage match held in Sweden.[27] 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.[28]

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".[29][30] 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.[31]

League revenues[edit]

See also: List of professional sports leagues by revenue

Annual revenue comparison. All figures in Euros.

Source is the Deloitte 2015 annual report, which uses 2013–14 figures.[32]

Rank League Revenue Revenue sources
1 English Premier League 3.9 bn Broadcast revenue accounts for 50% of league revenue
2 German Bundesliga 2.3 bn Commercial sponsorship accounts for 50% of league revenue
3 Spanish La Liga 1.9 bn Real Madrid and Barcelona account for 56% of league revenue
4 Italian Serie A 1.7 bn Matchday revenue accounts for 12% of league revenue
5 French Ligue 1 1.5 bn Matchday revenue accounts for 11% of league revenue
6 Russian Premier League 636 m
7 English Championship 588 m
8 Turkish Süper Lig 444 m
9 Dutch Eredivisie 434 m

World Cup participation and results[edit]

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

Men[edit]

Team 1930
(13) 		1934
(16) 		1938
(15) 		1950
(13) 		1954
(16) 		1958
(16) 		1962
(16) 		1966
(16) 		1970
(16) 		1974
(16) 		1978
(16) 		1982
(24) 		1986
(24) 		1990
(24) 		1994
(24) 		1998
(32) 		2002
(32) 		2006
(32) 		2010
(32) 		2014
(32) 		2018
(32)
 Austria × 4th ×[wc 2] × 3rd R1
15th		 × • • • R2
7th		 R2
8th		 • R1
T-18th		 • R1
23rd		 • • • • •
 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
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Part of Yugoslavia × • • • • R1
20th		 •
 Bulgaria × • • × • • R1
15th		 R1
15th		 R1
13th		 R1
12th		 • • R16
15th		 • 4th R1
29th		 • • • • •
 Croatia Part of Yugoslavia × 3rd R1
23rd		 R1
22nd		 • R1
19th		 2nd
 Czech Republic[wc 3] × 2nd QF
5th		 × R1
14th		 R1
9th		 2nd • R1
15th		 • • R1
19th		 • QF
6th		 • • • R1
20th		 • • •
 Denmark × × × × × • × • • • • • R16
9th		 • • QF
8th		 R16
10th		 • R1
24th		 • R16
11th
 East Germany[wc 3] Part of Germany × × • • • • R2
6th		 • • • • Part of Germany
 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
 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
 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
 Greece × • • × • • • • • • • • • • R1
24th		 • • • R1
25th		 R16
13th		 •
 Hungary × QF
6th		 2nd × 2nd R1
10th		 QF
5th		 QF
6th		 • • R1
15th		 R1
14th		 R1
18th		 • • • • • • • •
 Iceland × × × × × • × × × • • • • • • • • • • • R1
28th
 Israel[wc 4] × • • • • • • • R1
12th		 • • • • • • • • • • • •
 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		 •
 Netherlands × R1
T-9th		 R1
14th		 × × • • • • 2nd 2nd • • R16
15th		 QF
7th		 4th • R16
11th		 2nd 3rd •
 Northern Ireland × × × • • QF
8th		 • • • • • R2
9th		 R1
21st		 • • • • • • • •
 Norway × × R1
12th		 × • • • • • • • • • • R1
17th		 R16
15th		 • • • • •
 Poland × • R1
11th		 × × • • • • 3rd R2
5th		 3rd R16
14th		 • • • R1
25th		 R1
21st		 • • R1
25th
 Portugal × • • • • • • 3rd • • • • R1
17th		 • • • R1
21st		 4th R16
11th		 R1
18th		 R16
13th
 Republic of Ireland[wc 5] × • • • • • • • • • • • • QF
8th		 R16
16th		 • R16
12th		 • • • •
 Romania R1
8th		 R1
12th		 R1
9th		 × • • • • R1
T-10th		 • • • • R16
12th		 QF
6th		 R16
11th		 • • • • •
 Russia[wc 6] × × × × × QF
7th		 QF
6th		 4th QF
5th		 • • R2
7th		 R16
10th		 R1
17th		 R1
18th		 • R1
22nd		 • • R1
24th		 QF
8th
 Scotland × × × •• R1
15th		 R1
14th		 • • • R1
9th		 R1
11th		 R1
15th		 R1
19th		 R1
T-18th		 • R1
27th		 • • • • •
 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
 Slovakia Part of Czechoslovakia • • • R16
16th		 • •
 Slovenia Part of Yugoslavia × • R1
30th		 • R1
18th		 • •
 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
 Sweden × QF
8th		 4th 3rd • 2nd • • R1
9th		 R2
5th		 R1
13th		 • • R1
21st		 3rd • R16
13th		 R16
14th		 • • QF
7th
  Switzerland × QF
7th		 QF
7th		 R1
6th		 QF
8th		 • R1
16th		 R1
16th		 • • • • • • R16
15th		 • • R16
10th		 R1
19th		 R16
11th		 R16
14th
 Turkey × × × •• R1
9th		 × • • • • • • • • • • 3rd • • • •
 Ukraine[wc 6] Part of Soviet Union × • • QF
8th		 • • •
 Wales × × × • • QF
6th		 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Total 4 12 13 6 12 12 10 10 9 9 10 14 14 14 13 15 15 14 13 13 14

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.

Women[edit]

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)
 Denmark QF
7th		 QF
7th		 R2
15th		 • R2
12th		 • • TBD
 England • QF
6th		 • • QF
7th		 QF
7th		 3rd TBD
 France • • • R2
9th		 • 4th QF
5th		 q
 Germany 4th 2nd QF
8th		 1st 1st QF
6th		 4th TBD
 Italy QF
6th		 • R2
9th		 • • • • q
 Netherlands • • • • • • R2
13th		 TBD
 Norway 2nd 1st 4th QF
7th		 4th R2
10th		 R2
10th		 TBD
 Russia × • QF
5th		 QF
8th		 • • • •
 Spain • • • • • • R1
20th		 q
 Sweden 3rd QF
5th		 QF
6th		 2nd R2
10–11		 3rd R2
16th		 TBD
  Switzerland • • • • • • R2
15th		 TBD

FIFA Confederations Cup[edit]

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • GS – Group stage
  •  ••  – Qualified / Invited, but declined to take part
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew from continental championship / Confederation did not take part
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •    – Hosts
Team 1992
(4) 		1995
(6) 		1997
(8) 		1999
(8) 		2001
(8) 		2003
(8) 		2005
(8) 		2009
(8) 		2013
(8) 		2017
(8)
 Czech Republic × × 3rd • • • • • • •
 Denmark × 1st • • • • • • • •
 France × • • •• 1st 1st • • • •
 Germany × • •• GS • •• 3rd • • 1st
 Greece × • • • • • GS • • •
 Italy × • • • • •• • GS 3rd •
 Portugal × • • • • • • • • 3rd
 Russia × • • • • • • • • GS
 Spain × • • • • •• • 3rd 2nd •
 Turkey × • • • • 3rd • • • •

National team rankings[edit]

Highest Ranked UEFA member
in the men's FIFA World Rankings
  • Last updates:
    • Men's national teams – 20 September 2018[33]
    • Women's national teams – 7 June 2018[34]
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 1729 1 2  Germany 2049
1 1  France 1729 2 3  France 2032
3 4  Croatia 1634 3 4  England 2026
4 6  England 1612 4 9  Netherlands 1977
5 7  Portugal 1606 5 11  Sweden 1941
6 8   Switzerland 1598 6 12  Spain 1911
7 9  Spain 1597 7 13  Denmark 1903
8 10  Denmark 1581 8 14  Norway 1887
9 12  Germany 1568 9 16  Italy 1870
10 15  Sweden 1550 10 18   Switzerland 1861
11 17  Netherlands 1540 11 19  Iceland 1823
12 18  Poland 1537 12 21  Scotland 1801
13 19  Wales 1536 13 22  Austria 1794
14 20  Italy 1526 14 23  Belgium 1773
15 24  Austria 1499 15 24  Ukraine 1731
16 26  Slovakia 1491 16 27  Russia 1702
17 27  Romania 1489 17 29  Wales 1679
18 28  Northern Ireland 1487 18 30  Finland 1678
19 29  Ukraine 1483 19 31  Republic of Ireland 1664
20 30  Republic of Ireland 1478 20 32  Czech Republic 1648
21 34  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1468 21 34  Portugal 1644
22 35  Serbia 1463 22 36  Poland 1629
23 36  Iceland 1461 23 40  Romania 1567
24 38  Turkey 1456 24 43  Serbia 1545
25 39  Scotland 1448 25 45  Hungary 1537
26 41  Montenegro 1444 26 46  Slovakia 1503
27 42  Greece 1433 27 52  Belarus 1431
28 44  Bulgaria 1430 28 53  Croatia 1425
29 46  Russia 1423 29 54  Slovenia 1423
30 47  Czech Republic 1418 30 56  Northern Ireland 1419
31 49  Hungary 1409 31 61  Turkey 1403
32 52  Norway 1405 32 63  Israel 1392
33 57  Albania 1383 33 65  Greece 1374
34 58  Finland 1378 34 66  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1373
35 61  Slovenia 1376 35 69  Azerbaijan 1360
36 68  Macedonia 1344 36 70  Kazakhstan 1353
37 80  Belarus 1304 37 74  Bulgaria 1340
38 82  Luxembourg 1292 38 75  Albania 1325
39 86  Cyprus 1283 39 81  Faroe Islands 1272
40 92  Faroe Islands 1261 40 89  Moldova 1228
41 93  Georgia 1254 41 90  Montenegro 1220
42 94  Israel 1247 41 90  Estonia 1220
43 98  Estonia 1240 43 92  Latvia 1209
44 100  Armenia 1225 44 95  Malta 1190
45 108  Azerbaijan 1202 45 97  Lithuania 1180
46 118  Kazakhstan 1160 46 100  Georgia 1145
47 126  Lithuania 1123 47 104  Luxembourg 1125
48 128  Andorra 1121 48 105  Cyprus 1120
49 131  Latvia 1116 49 109  Kosovo 1022
50 138  Kosovo 1092 50 136  Andorra 748
51 173  Moldova 958 N/A N/A  Armenia** 1104
52 178  Liechtenstein 947  Macedonia** 1069
53 183  Malta 928
54 198  Gibraltar 891
55 204  San Marino 871
  • * – Provisionally listed due to not having played more than five matches against officially ranked teams.
  • ** – Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked.

UEFA Executive Committee[edit]

President

Vice-presidents

Members

General secretary

Deputy general secretary

  • Italy Giorgio Marchetti

Head of club competitions

  • Michael Heselschwerdt

Head of national compettitions

  • Lance Kelly

Honorary president

See also[edit]

Resolutions[edit]

Awards: Qualifications:

Match:

Financial fair play[edit]

UEFA coefficient[edit]

UEFA presidents[edit]

Related links[edit]

Previous logo (1995–2012)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ pronounced [ynjɔ̃ dez‿asɔsjasjɔ̃ øʁɔpeɛn də futbol].
  2. ^ pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ ɔʏʁoˈpɛːɪʃɐ ˈfuːsbalfɛɐ̯ˌbɛndə].

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External links[edit]

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