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1 History and membership  





2 Executive committee  





3 List of UEFA office holders  





4 Members  



4.1  Former members  







5 Competitions  



5.1  UEFA continental competitions  





5.2  World, Olympic and intercontinental competitions  





5.3  Club  





5.4  Current title holders  





5.5  Titles by nation  







6 Sponsors  





7 FIFA World Rankings  



7.1  Overview  



7.1.1  Team of the Year  









8 Major tournament records  



8.1  FIFA World Cup  





8.2  FIFA Women's World Cup  





8.3  Olympic Games  



8.3.1  Men's tournament  





8.3.2  Women's tournament  







8.4  UEFA European Championship  





8.5  UEFA Women's Championship  





8.6  FIFA U-20 World Cup  





8.7  FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup  





8.8  FIFA U-17 World Cup  





8.9  FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup  





8.10  FIFA Futsal World Cup  





8.11  FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup  





8.12  Former tournaments  



8.12.1  FIFA Confederations Cup  









9 Sanctions  



9.1  Against associations  





9.2  Against clubs  







10 Corruption and controversy  





11 See also  



11.1  Resolutions  





11.2  UEFA congress  





11.3  Financial fair play  





11.4  UEFA coefficient  





11.5  UEFA presidents  





11.6  Related links  





11.7  Planned competitions  







12 Notes  





13 References  





14 External links  














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UEFA

Union of European Football Associations

AbbreviationUEFA
Formation15 June 1954; 70 years ago (1954-06-15)
Founded atBasel, Switzerland
TypeFootball organisation
HeadquartersNyon, Switzerland
Coordinates46°22′16N 6°13′52E / 46.371009°N 6.23103°E / 46.371009; 6.23103

Region

Europe

Membership

55 full member associations

Official languages

English
French
German
(other main but not official: Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish)[1]

President

Aleksander Čeferin[2]

First vice-president

Karl-Erik Nilsson

Vice-presidents

Zbigniew Boniek
Armand Duka
David Gill
Gabriele Gravina
Laura McAllister

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: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände)[b] is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach footballinEurope and the transcontinental countriesofTurkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel.[3] UEFA consists of 55 national association members. Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions.[4][5]

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

Henri Delaunay acted as the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz as 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 CongressinAthens in September 2016, and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA.[6]

History and membership[edit]

UEFA was officially inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations.[7] 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.[8] UEFA grew to more than 50 members by the mid-1990s, as new associations were born out of the fragmentation of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia into their constituent states.

UEFA's main headquarters after its foundation were located in Paris, but moved to Bern in 1960. They moved to Nyon, Switzerland, in 1995, where they operated out of temporary offices until 1999 while the organisation's current headquarters were under construction.[9]

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 General Assembly non-member 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 England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales (constituent countries of the United Kingdom), Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory), the Faroe Islands (autonomous territory 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. UEFA have previously declined membership to those deemed as non-sovereign countries like Jersey.[10]

Some UEFA members are transcontinental states (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkey) and others are considered part of Europe both culturally and politically (Turkey, Cyprus and Armenia). Countries which had been members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) were also admitted to the European football association, such as Israel (because it had been banned from the AFC group in 1974) and Kazakhstan.

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, Newport County A.F.C. and Wrexham A.F.C. participate in the English League; Derry City, situated in Northern Ireland, plays in the Republic of Ireland-based League of Ireland; A team from San Marino participates in the Italian League; FC Andorra, situated in Andorra, plays in the Spanish League and the 7 native Liechtenstein teams play in the Swiss Leagues, as Liechtenstein has no internal league [11] and only a cup competition.

National teams represented by UEFA are known for being successful throughout the history of the FIFA World Cup. Out of 22 tournaments so far, European teams have won 12 World Cup titles. Italy and Germany have four titles each, followed by France with two titles and England and Spain, winning once each. The national associations of these countries also are responsible for organizing the so-called «Europe's Big Five», consisting of Spain's La Liga, England's Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A and France's Ligue 1.[12]

On 28 February 2022, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the UEFA suspended the participation of Russia.[13][14] The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the UEFA ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the ban.[15][16] On 26 September 2023 the ban was lifted for the Russia national under-17 football team enabling them to complete in the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship with UEFA saying "by banning children from our competitions, we not only fail to recognise and uphold a fundamental right for their holistic development but we directly discriminate against them". The lifting of the ban also applied to all teams, men and women, of underage players.[17] This was rejected by the FA of Ukraine, England, and Sweden, with all three threatening to boycott matches against Russia.[18]

Executive committee[edit]

UEFA executive committee is composed of;[19]

List of UEFA office holders[edit]

List of presidents of UEFA
Secretary general Nationality Term
Ebbe Schwartz  Denmark 1954–1962
Gustav Wiederkehr  Switzerland 1962–1972
Sándor Barcs  Hungary 1972–1973 (acting)
Artemio Franchi  Italy 1973–1983
Jacques Georges  France 1983–1990
Lennart Johansson  Sweden 1990–2007
Michel Platini  France 2007–2015
Ángel María Villar  Spain 2015–2016 (acting)
Aleksander Čeferin  Slovenia 2016–present
List of secretaries general of UEFA
Chief Executive
Secretary general Nationality Term
Henri Delaunay  France 1954–1955
Pierre Delaunay  France 1955–1960
Hans Bangerter  Switzerland 1960–1989
Gerhard Aigner  Germany 1989–1999
1999–2003
Lars-Christer Olsson  Sweden 2003–2007
Gianni Infantino  Switzerland
 Italy
2007
David Taylor  Scotland 2007–2009
Gianni Infantino  Switzerland
 Italy
2009–2016
Theodore Theodoridis  Greece 2016–present

Members[edit]

Code Association National teams Founded FIFA
affiliation
UEFA
affiliation
IOC
member
ALB  Albania
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1930 1932 1954 Yes
    AND  Andorra
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1994 1996 1996 Yes
    ARM  Armenia
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1992 1992 1992 Yes
    AUT  Austria
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1904 1905 1954 Yes
    AZE  Azerbaijan
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1992 1994 1994 Yes
    BLR  Belarus
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1989 1992 1993 Yes
    BEL  Belgium
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1895 1904 1954 Yes
    BIH  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1920 1996 1998 Yes
    BUL  Bulgaria
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1923 1924 1954 Yes
    CRO  Croatia
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1912 1992 1993 Yes
    CYP  Cyprus
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1934 1948 1962 Yes
    CZE  Czech Republic
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1901 1907 1954 Yes
    DEN  Denmark
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1889 1904 1954 Yes
    ENG  England
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1863 1905 1954 No[c]
    EST  Estonia
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1921 1923 1992 Yes
    FRO  Faroe Islands
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1979 1988 1990 No[d]
    FIN  Finland
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1907 1908 1954 Yes
    FRA  France
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1919[e] 1904[f] 1954 Yes
    GEO  Georgia
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1990 1992 1992 Yes
    GER  Germany
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1900 1904 1954 Yes
    GIB  Gibraltar
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1895 2016 2013 No[c]
    GRE  Greece
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1926 1927 1954 Yes
    HUN  Hungary
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1901 1906 1954 Yes
    ISL  Iceland
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1947[g] 1947 1954 Yes
    ISR  Israel[h]
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1928 1929 1994[i] Yes
    ITA  Italy
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1898 1905 1954 Yes
    KAZ  Kazakhstan[j]
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1994 1994 2002 Yes[k]
    KOS  Kosovo
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 2008 2016 2016 Yes
    LVA  Latvia
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1921 1922 1992 Yes
    LIE  Liechtenstein
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1934 1974 1974 Yes
    LTU  Lithuania
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1922 1923 1992 Yes
    LUX  Luxembourg
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1908 1910 1954 Yes
    MLT  Malta
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1900 1959 1960 Yes
    MDA  Moldova
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1990 1994 1993 Yes
    MNE  Montenegro
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1931 2007 2007 Yes
    NED  Netherlands
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1889 1904 1954 Yes
    MKD  North Macedonia
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1926 1994 1994 Yes
    NIR  Northern Ireland
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1880 1911 1954 No[c]
    NOR  Norway
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1902 1908 1954 Yes
    POL  Poland
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1919[l] 1923 1954 Yes
    POR  Portugal
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1914 1923 1954 Yes
    IRL  Republic of Ireland
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1921 1923 1954 Yes
    ROU  Romania
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1909 1923 1954 Yes
    RUS  Russia
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1912 1912 1954 Yes
    SMR  San Marino
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1931 1988 1988 Yes
    SCO  Scotland
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1873 1910 1954 No[c]
    SRB  Serbia
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1919 1921 1954 Yes
    SVK  Slovakia
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1938 1994 1993 Yes
    SVN  Slovenia
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1920 1992 1992 Yes
    ESP  Spain
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1909 1904 1954 Yes
    SWE  Sweden
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1904 1904 1954 Yes
    SUI  Switzerland
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1895 1904 1954 Yes
    TUR  Turkey
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1923 1923 1962 Yes
    UKR  Ukraine
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1991 1992 1992 Yes
    WAL  Wales
  • U19
  • U17
  • F
  • BS
  • Women's
  • 1876 1910 1954 No[c]

    Former members[edit]

    Association Year Note
    Saarland 1954–1956 [m]
    East Germany East Germany 1954–1990 [n]
    Soviet Union Soviet Union 1954–1991 [o]
    Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1954–1993 [p]
    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia > Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia
    > Serbia and Montenegro Serbia-Montenegro
    1954–2003
    2003–2006
    [q]

    Competitions[edit]

    UEFA continental competitions[edit]

    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.

    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), which started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960, and was 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.

    World, Olympic and intercontinental competitions[edit]

    Beside continental European competitions for national and their junior teams, the UEFA organizes various qualification male and female tournaments among European national and their junior teams for World Cups (organized by FIFA) and Olympics (organized by IOC).

    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[r] men's national teams are the only teams to have won the European football championship in all categories.

    Club[edit]

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

    The top-ranked UEFA competition is the UEFA Champions League, which started in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup (or simply the European Cup) and initially only gathered the top team of each country; this competition has since been expanded to gather 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).

    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 began in 1955). A third competition, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, which 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, later named the UEFA Europa Conference League. The competition features 32 teams in 8 groups of 4, with a knockout round between the second placed teams in Europa Conference League and the third placed teams in the Europa League, leading to a final 16 knockout stage featuring the eight group winners. The first edition of the competition was played in 2021–2022.[23]

    In women's football UEFA also conducts the UEFA Women's Champions League for club teams. The competition was first held in 2001, and was 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.[24][25][26]

    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.[27] 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.[28]

    Only five teams[29][30] (Juventus, Ajax, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Chelsea[s]) 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),[31] 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.

    Until the first staging of the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2022, Juventus of Italy was the only team in Europe to win all UEFA's official championships and cups[32] and, in commemoration of achieving that feat, have received The UEFA Plaque by the Union of European Football Associations on 12 July 1988.[33][34]

    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.

    Recently, there has been an attempt to create a Europa League-style second tier women's club competition, which has been in discussion since 2021.[35]

    Current title holders[edit]

    Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
    Intercontinental (UEFA–CONMEBOL)
    Cup of Champions 2022  Argentina 2nd  Italy 2025
    Women's Finalissima 2023  England 1st  Brazil 2026
    UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge 2023 Spain Sevilla 1st Ecuador Independiente del Valle 2024
    Under-20 Intercontinental Cup 2023 Argentina Boca Juniors 1st Netherlands AZ 2024
    Futsal Finalissima 2022  Portugal 1st  Spain 2026
    Men's national teams
    European Championship 2020  Italy 2nd  England 2024
    Nations League 2022–23  Spain 1st  Croatia 2024–25
    U-21 Championship 2023  England 3rd  Spain 2025
    U-19 Championship 2023  Italy 4th  Portugal 2024
    U-17 Championship 2024  Italy 2nd  Portugal 2025
    Futsal Championship 2022  Portugal 2nd  Russia 2026
    U-19 Futsal Championship 2023  Portugal 1st  Spain 2025
    Women's national teams
    Women's Championship 2022  England 1st  Germany 2025
    Women's Nations League 2023–24  Spain 1st  France 2025–26
    Women's U-19 Championship 2023  Spain 5th  Germany 2024
    Women's U-17 Championship 2024  Spain 5th  England 2025
    Women's Futsal Championship 2023  Spain 3rd  Ukraine 2027
    Men's club teams
    Super Cup 2023 England Manchester City 1st Spain Sevilla 2024
    Champions League 2023–24 Spain Real Madrid 15th Germany Borussia Dortmund 2024–25
    Europa League 2023–24 Italy Atalanta 1st Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2024–25
    Europa Conference League 2023–24 Greece Olympiacos 1st Italy Fiorentina 2024–25
    Youth League 2023–24 Greece Olympiacos 1st Italy Milan 2024–25
    Futsal Champions League 2023–24 Spain Palma Futsal 2nd Spain Barcelona 2024–25
    Women's club teams
    Women's Champions League 2023–24 Spain Barcelona 3rd France Lyon 2024–25
    Women's Second Competition 2025–26
    Men's amateur teams
    Regions' Cup 2023 Spain Galicia 1st Serbia Belgrade 2025

    Titles by nation[edit]

    Nation Men Women Futsal Total
    Euro NL U21 U19 U17 Euro NL U19 U17 Men's U19 Women's
     Spain 3 1 5 11 9 1 5 5 7 2 3 52
     Germany[t] 3 3 6 4 8 6 8 38
     France 2 1 1 8 3 5 1 21
     England 3 11 2 1 1 18
     Italy 2 5 4 2 1 2 16
     Portugal 1 1 4 6 2 1 15
     Russia[u] 1 2 6 3 1 1 14
     Netherlands 1 2 4 1 1 9
     Sweden 1 1 3 5
     Czech Republic[v] 1 1 1 1 4
     Serbia[w] 1 3 4
     Slovakia[v] 1 1 1 3
     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
      Switzerland 1 1
     Ukraine 1 1

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    Overview[edit]

    Team of the Year[edit]

    Major tournament records[edit]

    Legend

    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[edit]

    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)
    2030
    Morocco
    Portugal
    Spain
    (48)
    2034
    Saudi Arabia
    (48)
    Years
     Austria × 4th ×[y] × 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 R2
    11th
    R2
    11th
    R1
    19th
    R2
    14th
    QF
    6th
    3rd R1
    23rd
    14
     Bosnia and Herzegovina Part of Yugoslavia × R1
    20th
    1
     Bulgaria × × R1
    15th
    R1
    15th
    R1
    13th
    R1
    12th
    R2
    15th
    4th R1
    29th
    7
     Croatia Part of Yugoslavia × 3rd R1
    23rd
    R1
    22nd
    R1
    19th
    2nd 3rd 6
     Czech Republic[z] × 2nd QF
    5th
    × R1
    14th
    R1
    9th
    2nd R1
    15th
    R1
    19th
    QF
    6th
    R1
    20th
    9
     Denmark × × × × × × R2
    9th
    QF
    8th
    R2
    10th
    R1
    24th
    R2
    11th
    R1
    28th
    6
     East Germany[z] 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 R2
    9th
    QF
    6th
    QF
    7th
    R2
    13th
    R1
    26th
    4th QF
    6th
    16
     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 2nd 16
     Germany[z] × 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
    R1
    17th
    20
     Greece × × R1
    24th
    R1
    25th
    R2
    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[aa] × R1
    12th
    1
     Italy × 1st 1st R1
    7th
    R1
    10th
    R1
    9th
    R1
    9th
    2nd R1
    10th
    4th 1st R2
    12th
    3rd 2nd QF
    5th
    R2
    15th
    1st R1
    26th
    R1
    22nd
    18
     Netherlands × R1
    T-9th
    R1
    14th
    × × 2nd 2nd R2
    15th
    QF
    7th
    4th R2
    11th
    2nd 3rd QF
    5th
    11
     Northern Ireland × × × QF
    8th
    R2
    9th
    R1
    21st
    3
     Norway × × R1
    12th
    × R1
    17th
    R2
    15th
    3
     Poland × R1
    11th
    × × 3rd R2
    5th
    3rd R2
    14th
    R1
    25th
    R1
    21st
    R1
    25th
    R2
    15th
    9
     Portugal × 3rd R1
    17th
    R1
    21st
    4th R2
    11th
    R1
    18th
    R2
    13th
    QF
    8th
    Q 8
     Republic of Ireland[ab] × QF
    8th
    R2
    16th
    R2
    12th
    3
     Romania R1
    8th
    R1
    12th
    R1
    9th
    × R1
    T-10th
    R2
    12th
    QF
    6th
    R2
    11th
    7
     Russia[ac] × × × × × QF
    7th
    QF
    6th
    4th QF
    5th
    R2
    7th
    R2
    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[z] 4th[x] R1
    5th
    QF
    7th
    QF
    5th
    4th R2
    7th
    R1
    16th
    QF
    5th
    × R2
    10th
    R1
    32nd
    R1
    23rd
    R1
    23rd
    R1
    29th
    13
     Slovakia[z] × 2nd QF
    5th
    × R1
    14th
    R1
    9th
    2nd R1
    15th
    R1
    19th
    QF
    6th
    R2
    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
    R2
    10th
    QF
    8th
    R1
    17th
    QF
    5th
    R2
    9th
    1st R1
    23rd
    R2
    10th
    R2
    13th
    Q 16
     Sweden × QF
    8th
    4th 3rd 2nd R1
    9th
    R2
    5th
    R1
    13th
    R1
    21st
    3rd R2
    13th
    R2
    14th
    QF
    7th
    12
      Switzerland × QF
    7th
    QF
    7th
    R1
    6th
    QF
    8th
    R1
    16th
    R1
    16th
    R2
    15th
    R2
    10th
    R1
    19th
    R2
    11th
    R2
    14th
    R2
    12th
    12
     Turkey × × × •• R1
    9th
    × 3rd 2
     Ukraine[ac] Part of Soviet Union × QF
    8th
    1
     Wales × × × QF
    6th
    R1
    30th
    2
    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 16 TBD TBD

    FIFA Women's World Cup[edit]

    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)
    2027
    Brazil
    (32)
    Years
     Denmark QF
    7th
    QF
    7th
    R1
    15th
    R1
    12th
    R2
    11th
    5
     England QF
    6th
    QF
    7th
    QF
    7th
    3rd 4th 2nd 6
     France R1
    9th
    4th QF
    5th
    QF
    6th
    QF
    6th
    5
     Germany 4th 2nd QF
    8th
    1st 1st QF
    6th
    4th QF
    5th
    R1
    17th
    9
     Italy QF
    6th
    R1
    9th
    QF
    7th
    R1
    22nd
    4
     Netherlands R2
    13th
    2nd QF
    7th
    3
     Norway 2nd 1st 4th QF
    7th
    4th R1
    10th
    R2
    10th
    QF
    8th
    R2
    15th
    9
     Portugal × R1
    19th
    1
     Republic of Ireland × R1
    26th
    1
     Russia × QF
    5th
    QF
    8th
    × 2
     Scotland R1
    19th
    1
     Spain R1
    20th
    R2
    12th
    1st 3
     Sweden 3rd QF
    5th
    QF
    6th
    2nd R1
    T-10th
    3rd R2
    16th
    3rd 3rd 9
     Switzerland R2
    15th
    R2
    14th
    2
    Total (14 teams) 5 5 6 5 5 5 8 9 12 11/12 60

    Olympic Games[edit]

    Men's tournament[edit]

    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)
    2020
    Japan
    (16)
    2024
    France
    (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[ad] 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 13 Q 14
     Germany[ae] 7 =5 =6 4 =9 5 5 3 2 9 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) Q 3
     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 11 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 2 Q 12
     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
     Ukraine Q 1
     Yugoslavia 9 =17 =9 2 2 2 1 6 4 3 10 Split into 7 nations 11
    Total (37 teams) 3 0 6 11 13 18 11 10 10 19 5 9 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

    Women's tournament[edit]

    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)
    2020
    Japan
    (12)
    2024
    France
    (12)
    Years
     Denmark 8 1
     France 4 6 Q 3
     Germany 5 3 3 3 1 Q 6
     Great Britain 5 7 2
     Greece 10 1
     Netherlands 5 1
     Norway 3 1 7 3
     Spain Q 1
     Sweden 6 6 4 6 7 2 2 7
    Total (9 teams) 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 25

    UEFA European Championship[edit]

    UEFA European Championship record
    Team
    (Total 36 teams)
    1960
    France
    (4)
    1964
    Spain
    (4)
    1968
    Italy
    (4)
    1972
    Belgium
    (4)
    1976
    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
    (4)
    1980
    Italy
    (8)
    1984
    France
    (8)
    1988
    West Germany
    (8)
    1992
    Sweden
    (8)
    1996
    England
    (16)
    2000
    Belgium
    Netherlands
    (16)
    2004
    Portugal
    (16)
    2008
    Austria
    Switzerland
    (16)
    2012
    Poland
    Ukraine
    (16)
    2016
    France
    (24)
    2020
    Europe
    (24)
    2024
    Germany
    (24)
    2028
    England
    Northern Ireland
    Scotland
    Wales
    Republic of Ireland
    (24)
    2032
    Italy
    Turkey
    (24)
    Years
     Albania × × × GS GS 2
     Austria GS GS R16 R16 4
     Belgium × 3rd 2nd GS GS QF QF R16 7
     Bulgaria GS GS 2
     Croatia Part of  Yugoslavia QF GS QF GS R16 R16 GS 7
     Czech Republic[af] 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd GS SF GS QF GS QF GS 11
     Denmark 4th SF GS 1st GS GS QF GS SF R16 10
     England × 3rd GS GS GS SF GS QF QF R16 2nd Q 11
     Finland × × GS 1
     France 4th 1st GS SF 1st QF GS QF 2nd R16 Q 11
     Georgia Part of  Soviet Union R16 1
     Germany[ag] × × 1st 2nd 1st GS SF 2nd 1st GS GS 2nd SF SF R16 QF 14
     Greece ×[ah] GS 1st GS QF 4
     Hungary 3rd 4th R16 GS GS 5
     Iceland × × × QF 1
     Italy × 1st 4th SF GS 2nd GS QF 2nd QF 1st R16 Q 11
     Latvia Part of  Soviet Union GS 1
     Netherlands × 3rd GS 1st SF QF SF SF QF GS R16 Q 11
     North Macedonia Part of  Yugoslavia GS 1
     Northern Ireland × R16 1
     Norway GS 1
     Poland GS GS QF GS GS 5
     Portugal SF QF SF 2nd QF SF 1st R16 QF 9
     Republic of Ireland GS GS R16 3
     Romania GS GS QF GS GS R16 6
     Russia[ai] 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd GS GS GS SF GS GS GS × 12
     Scotland × × GS GS GS GS 4
     Serbia[aj] 2nd 2nd 4th GS •×[ak] × QF GS 6
     Slovakia[v] 3rd 1st 3rd R16 GS R16 6
     Slovenia Part of  Yugoslavia GS R16 2
     Spain •×[al] 1st GS 2nd GS QF QF GS 1st 1st R16 SF Q 12
     Sweden × SF GS QF GS GS GS R16 7
      Switzerland × GS GS GS R16 QF QF 6
     Turkey GS QF SF GS GS QF Q 6
     Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union GS GS QF GS 4
     Wales × SF R16 2

    UEFA Women's Championship[edit]

    Team 1984
    (4)
    1987
    Norway
    (4)
    1989
    West Germany
    (4)
    1991
    Denmark
    (4)
    1993
    Italy
    (4)
    1995
    (4)
    1997
    Norway
    Sweden
    (8)
    2001
    Germany
    (8)
    2005
    England
    (8)
    2009
    Finland
    (12)
    2013
    Sweden
    (12)
    2017
    Netherlands
    (16)
    2022
    England
    (16)
    2025
    Switzerland
    (16)
    Total
     Austria × × × × × × SF QF 2
     Belgium GS QF 2
     Denmark SF 3rd 3rd GS SF GS GS SF 2nd GS 10
     England 2nd 4th SF GS GS 2nd GS SF 1st 9
     Finland SF QF GS GS 4
     France GS GS GS QF QF QF SF 7
     Germany 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st QF 2nd Q 12
     Iceland × × × GS QF GS GS 4
     Italy SF 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd GS GS QF QF GS GS 12
     Netherlands SF GS 1st QF 4
     Northern Ireland × × × × × × GS 1
     Norway 1st 2nd 2nd 1st SF GS SF 2nd SF 2nd GS GS 12
     Portugal GS GS 2
     Russia × × × × GS GS GS GS GS × × 5
     Scotland × GS 1
     Spain × SF QF QF QF Q 5
     Sweden 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd SF 2nd SF QF SF QF SF 11
     Switzerland GS GS Q 3
     Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union × GS 1

    FIFA U-20 World Cup[edit]

    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)
    2023
    Argentina
    (24)
    Years
     Austria R1 R1 4th R1 R2 5
     Belgium R2 1
     Bulgaria QF QF 2
     Croatia R2 R1 R2 3
     Czech Republic R1 R1 QF R1 2nd R2 6
     East Germany 3rd R1 2
     England 4th R1 R1 3rd R2 R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 1st R2 12
     Finland R1 1
     France R1 QF QF 4th 1st R2 R2 R1 8
     Germany 1st 2nd R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 QF QF QF R2 11
     Greece R2 1
     Hungary R1 R1 R1 R1 3rd R2 6
     Israel 3rd 1
     Italy R1 R1 QF QF QF 3rd 4th 2nd 8
     Kazakhstan[am] 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 1st 2nd R1 4th QF 3rd QF QF 8
     Scotland QF QF R1 3
     Serbia R1 1st 1st 3
     Slovakia R1 R1 R2 R2 2
     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 (30 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[edit]

    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)
    2022[an]
    Costa Rica
    (16)
    2024
    Colombia
    (24)
    Years
     Austria Q 1
     Denmark QF 1
     England QF QF GS GS 3rd 5
     Finland GS GS 2
     France GS QF 4th GS 3rd 2nd 4th QF Q 9
     Germany 3rd 1st QF 3rd 1st 2nd 1st QF QF GS Q 11
     Italy GS GS 2
     Netherlands QF 4th Q 3
     Norway GS QF 2
     Russia QF QF × 2
     Spain GS QF 2nd 1st Q 5
     Sweden QF GS 2
      Switzerland GS GS GS 3
    Total (13 teams) 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 48

    FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

    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)
    2023
    Indonesia
    (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 Merged with West Germany 1
     England QF QF R1 1st R2 5
     Finland R1 1
     France QF 1st QF QF R2 R2 3rd 2nd 8
     Germany 2nd QF R1 4th R1 3rd R2 3rd R2 QF 1st 11
     Hungary QF R1 2
     Italy R1 4th R1 R1 R1 QF R2 QF 8
     Netherlands 3rd R1 R1 4th 4
     Poland 4th R1 R1 3
     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 QF 11
     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[edit]

    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)
    2022
    India
    (16)
    Years
     Azerbaijan R1 1
     Denmark QF 1
     England 4th QF 2
     Finland GS 1
     France R1 1st GS 3
     Germany 3rd QF 4th GS QF QF 4th 7
     Italy 3rd 1
     Republic of Ireland QF 1
     Spain 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 5
    Total (9 teams) 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 19

    FIFA Futsal World Cup[edit]

    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)
    2024
    Uzbekistan
    (24)
    Years
     Azerbaijan QF 1
     Belgium 4th R2 R2 3
     Croatia R2 Q 2
     Czech Republic R2 R1 R2 R2 4
     Denmark R1 1
     France Q 1
     Hungary R2 1
     Italy R2 R1 R2 2nd 3rd 3rd R2 7
     Kazakhstan R1 R2 4th Q 4
     Lithuania R1 1
     Netherlands 2nd R2 R2 R2 Q 5
     Poland R2 1
     Portugal 3rd R2 R1 QF 4th 1st Q 7
     Russia R1 3rd 4th 4th QF 2nd QF 7
     Serbia R2 R2 2
     Spain R1 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd QF QF Q 10
     Ukraine 4th R2 R2 QF R2 Q 6
    Total (17 teams) 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 63

    FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[edit]

    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)
    2024
    United Arab Emirates
    (16)
    2025
    Seychelles
    (16)
    WC
    /10
    FIFA
    /13
    Years
    /23
     Belarus × × × R1
    11th
    R1
    14th
    4th 0 3 3
     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 2nd 10 9 19
     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 R1
    10th
    QF
    5th
    8 11 19
     Russia R1
    5th
    × R1
    9th
    QF
    6th
    QF
    7th
    1st 1st 3rd 3rd 1st × 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
    QF
    7th
    R1
    13th
    7 9 16
      Switzerland QF
    8th
    2nd R1
    10th
    QF
    8th
    QF
    5th
    QF
    8th
    3rd 1 6 7
     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 4 4

    Former tournaments[edit]

    FIFA Confederations Cup[edit]

    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[edit]

    Against associations[edit]

    Against clubs[edit]

    Corruption and controversy[edit]

    Dissatisfied fans across Europe have referred to the organisation as UEFA mafia, including in Russia's top league,[41] in Bulgaria's top league,[42] and in a Champions League group stage match held in Sweden.[43] 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.[44] F.C. Copenhagen supporters displayed banners around the city, with slogans such as "UEFA MAFIA – THE PANDEMIC OF FOOTBALL", when UEFA ordered their 2019–20 Europa League round of 16 return leg be played behind closed doors, despite reduced capacity being allowed by the Danish government.[45]

    Following the 2015 FIFA corruption case, the then-president of UEFA, Michel Platini, was also involved in the case. Swiss prosecutors accused FIFA president Sepp Blatter of making a "disloyal payment" of $2m (£1.6m) to Mr Platini. Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber [de], 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".[46][47] Both Platini and Sepp Blatter were banned from football-related activity. Platini appealed to Court of Arbitration for Sports, which lowered the six-year ban to four years. He further appealed to Swiss courts and the European Court of Human Rights but the courts rejected his appeals.[48]

    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,[49] and there has been long-standing debates about the extent to which the elite clubs or UEFA itself should exert the most influence on the game.[50] UEFA's decision to partner with blockchain company Chiliz in February 2022 was criticised and described as 'incomprehensible' by fan groups across Europe.[51]

    The adjudicatory committee of UEFA's Club Financial Control Board's report that was produced in 2020 but never published, get leaked. The report on Manchester City F.C.'s financial charges has been obtained by the filmmakers of the YouTube documentary "Britain's Biggest Football Scandal?", which was released by Surise Media.

    The report claims that two £15 million payments were made by a United Arab Emirates' mystery man to the Manchester City football club from 2012 and 2013. The £30 million payments are expected to be included in the 115 alleged violations of the Premier League's financial regulations that Manchester City was charged with. The payments, which were purportedly made by Etisalat, the UAE's majority state-owned telecommunications company, were actually disguised equity funding. The report claims that the funding came from the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), the investment group owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

    Manchester City argued that Etisalat had repaid the £30 million in 2015, but the UEFA adjudicatory committee did not accept this. In 2019, the committee imposed a two-year European ban on City, which was overturned a year later by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The CAS ruled that the £30 million payments could not be considered rule breaches because they were time-barred. Premier League and UEFA financial rules allows unlimited amount of sponsorship funding into the club while limiting the amount of equity funding into the club to cover losses.[52]

    See also[edit]

    Resolutions[edit]

    UEFA congress[edit]

    Financial fair play[edit]

    UEFA coefficient[edit]

    UEFA presidents[edit]

    Related links[edit]

    Planned competitions[edit]

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ pronounced [ynjɔ̃ dez‿asɔsjɑsjɔ̃ øʁɔpeɛn futbol].
  • ^ pronounced [uˈni̯oːn deːɐ̯ ʔɔʏʁoˈpɛːɪʃn̩ ˈfuːsbalfɛʁˌbɛndə].
  • ^ a b c d e Part of the British Olympic Association.
  • ^ Part of the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark.
  • ^ Founded as Comité Français Interfédéral in 1907, a predecessor to the current federation.
  • ^ The current French FA, the French Football Federation (in its previous incarnation, the Comité Français Interfédéral), replaced the USFSA in 1907.
  • ^ 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
  • ^ Former member of the Asian Football Confederation (1954–1974), joined UEFA after political pressure from Arab and Muslim members that refused to play against them. See also Foreign relations of Israel and International recognition of Israel.
  • ^ In 1992 Israel joined UEFA as an associate member, and thereafter Israeli clubs have played in the various UEFA club competitions, while the national teams have played in UEFA championships.
  • ^ Former member of the Asian Football Confederation (1994–2002), joined UEFA.
  • ^ Kazakhstan is a member of the Olympic Council of Asia rather than the European Olympic Committees.
  • ^ Founded as Związek Polski Piłki Nożnej (part of the disintegrated Austrian Football Union) in 1911, a predecessor to the current federation.
  • ^ Joined the German Football Association.
  • ^ Joined German FA
  • ^ In 1992, the Soviet Union was dissolved into 15 republics (10 in Europe and 5 in Asia) with the Russian Football Union being acknowledged as the direct successor of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union; in spring and summer of 1992 it was represented by teams of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
  • ^ Became Football Association of the Czech Republic and Slovak Football Association with both football associations acknowledged as its direct successor.
  • ^ In 1992, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia collapsed, with various federal republics becoming independent states. Serbia and Montenegro, which remained in SR Yugoslavia, formed a new, third Yugoslavia, called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. There was no direct successor of the Football Association of Yugoslavia. Four other successor republics formed their own football organisations.
    FR Yugoslavia was renamed the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003. In 2006, it was dissolved and the Football Association of Serbia became the successor of FA Yugoslavia. Montenegro created the Football Association of Montenegro.
  • ^ Including results of the Soviet Union.
  • ^ Chelsea qualified for Europa League's Round of 32 after finishing in third place in the group stage of the 2012–13 Champions League.
  • ^ Including East Germany and West Germany.
  • ^ Including the Soviet Union.
  • ^ a b c Including Czechoslovakia.
  • ^ Including Yugoslavia.
  • ^ a b 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.
  • ^ Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
  • ^ a b c d e Both FIFA and UEFA consider that the national team of Russia succeeds the USSR, the national team of Serbia succeeds Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro, the national teams of the Czech Republic and Slovakia succeeds Czechoslovakia, and the national team of Germany succeeds West Germany and East Germany.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ Republic of Ireland competed as the Irish Free State in 1934 and then as Ireland in 1938 and 1950.
  • ^ a b Russia's best result is quarter-finals in 2018. However, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
  • ^ The East German team represented the United Team of Germany in 1964, winning the bronze medal.
  • ^ The team represented the United Team of Germany in 1956, and the Federal Republic of Germany (i.e., West Germany) in 1972, 1984 and 1988, and winning the bronze medal in 1988.
  • ^ Includes three appearances as Czechoslovakia
  • ^ Includes five appearances as West Germany
  • ^ Greece entered the 1964 competition, but later withdrew after refusing to play Albania.
  • ^ Includes five appearances as the Soviet Union and one as CIS
  • ^ Includes four appearances as Yugoslavia and one as FR Yugoslavia
  • ^ Does not include Euro 1992 qualification and disqualification due to international sanctions
  • ^ Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their qualification match, so the Soviet Union qualified by walkover.
  • ^ Kazakhstan represented AFC before 2000.
  • ^ The 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, later postponed to 2021, was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • External links[edit]

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