UEFA
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| Abbreviation | UEFA |
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| Formation | 15 June 1954 (1954-06-15) |
| Founded at | Basel, Switzerland |
| Headquarters | Nyon, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 46°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) |
President | 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 |
| Website | uefa.org |
FIFA confederations |
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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]
Contents
1 History and membership
2 Members
2.1 Notes
3 Former members
4 Sanctions
4.1 Against associations
4.2 Against clubs (restrictions against associations)
5 Competitions
5.1 International
5.2 Club
5.3 Current title holders
5.4 UEFA competitions
5.5 Nations with trophies
6 Sponsors
7 Corruption and controversy
8 League revenues
9 World Cup participation and results
9.1 Men
9.2 Women
10 FIFA Confederations Cup
11 National team rankings
12 UEFA Executive Committee
13 See also
13.1 Resolutions
13.2 Financial fair play
13.3 UEFA coefficient
13.4 UEFA presidents
13.5 Related links
14 Notes
15 References
16 External links
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.[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
| 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 |
| 1992 | 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 |
| IRL |  Republic of Ireland |
| 1921 | 1923 | 1954 |
| ISR |  Israel[n 4] |
| 1949 | 1949 | 1994[n 5] |
| ITA |  Italy |
| 1898 | 1905 | 1954 |
| KAZ |  Kazakhstan[n 6] |
| 1994 | 1994 | 2002 |
| KVX |  Kosovo |
| 1946 | 2016 | 2016 |
| LVA |  Latvia |
| 1921 | 1922 | 1992 |
| LIE |  Liechtenstein |
| 1934 | 1974 | 1974 |
| LTU |  Lithuania |
| 1922 | 1923 | 1992 |
| LUX |  Luxembourg |
| 1908 | 1910 | 1954 |
| MKD |  Macedonia |
| 1926 | 1994 | 1994 |
| MLT |  Malta |
| 1900 | 1959 | 1960 |
| MDA |  Moldova |
| 1990 | 1994 | 1993 |
| MNE |  Montenegro |
| 1931 | 2007 | 2007 |
| NED |  Netherlands |
| 1889 | 1904 | 1954 |
| NIR |  Northern Ireland |
| 1880 | 1911 | 1954 |
| NOR |  Norway |
| 1902 | 1908 | 1954 |
| POL |  Poland |
| 1919[n 7] | 1923 | 1954 |
| POR |  Portugal |
| 1914 | 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
^ 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 as several AFC teams refused to play against them. See also Foreign relations of Israel and International recognition of Israel.
^ 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.
^ Former member of the Asian Football Confederation (1994–2002), joined UEFA.
^ Founded as Związek Polski Piłki Nożnej (part of the disintegrated Austrian Football Union) in 1911, a predecessor to the current federation.
Former members
Saarland Football Union (1954–1956), joined Football Association of West Germany
Football Association of East Germany (1954–1990), joined Football Association of West Germany as German Football Association
Football Federation of the Soviet Union (1954–1991); 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
Football Association of Yugoslavia (1954–1992); in 1992 Yugoslavia collapsed, with various federal republics becoming independent states, leaving only Serbia and Montenegro as part of FR Yugoslavia (which was renamed the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003); the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro was acknowledged as the direct successor of Football Association of Yugoslavia. Four other successor republics formed their own football organisations.
Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006); in 2006 the union state was dissolved with the Football Association of Serbia becoming its successor. Montenegro, which exited the union, created the Football Association of Montenegro. It competed as FR Yugoslavia until 2003 when the country changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro.
Football Association of Czechoslovakia (1954–1993), became Football Association of the Czech Republic and Slovak Football Association with the Football Association of the Czech Republic acknowledged as its direct successor.
Saarland Football Union (1954–1956), joined Football Association of West Germany
Sanctions
Against associations
Lithuania, in 1990 sanctions were imposed due to secession of Lithuanian Football Federation from the Football Federation of Soviet Union
Yugoslavia, in 1992-1998 sanctions were imposed due to the Bosnian War (as part of Yugoslav Wars)
Against clubs (restrictions against associations)
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, 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, 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
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
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. 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
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 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.[5][6][7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
Only five teams[10][11] (Juventus, Ajax, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Chelsea[12]) 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),[13] 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[14] and, in commemoration of achieving that feat, have received The UEFA Plaque by the Union of European Football Associations on 12 July 1988.[15][16]
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
| Competitions | Champions | Title | Runners-up | Next edition | |
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| Clubs | |||||
UEFA Champions League | Real Madrid | 13th | Liverpool | 2018–19 | |
UEFA Europa League | Atlético Madrid | 3rd | Marseille | 2018–19 | |
UEFA Super Cup | Atlético Madrid | 3rd | Real Madrid | 2019 | |
UEFA Youth League | Barcelona | 2nd | Chelsea | 2018–19 | |
UEFA Futsal Champions League | Inter FS | 5th | Sporting CP | 2018–19 | |
UEFA Women's Champions League | Lyon | 5th | 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 | 1st | 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
Clubs:
Defunct
| National teams:
| Intercontinental: Defunct
| Amateur:
Defunct
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Nations with trophies
| Nation | Men | Women | Futsal | Total | ||||||
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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 |
^ Including East Germany and West Germany.
^ Including the Soviet Union.
^ Including Czechoslovakia.
^ Including Yugoslavia.
Sponsors
The UEFA Champions League current main sponsors are:
Nissan[17]
Gazprom[18]
Heineken (excluding France, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey, where alcohol sponsorship is restricted.)- MasterCard
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe[19]
PlayStation is the brand advertised.- Sony Xperia
- Banco Santander
PepsiCo[20]- Gatorade
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:
Hankook,[21]
- Kia Motors
FedEx[22]
Enterprise Rent-a-Car[23]
Adidas is a secondary sponsor and supplies the official match ball and referee uniform for all UEFA competitions.
Corruption and controversy
Dissatisfied fans across Europe have referred to the organisation as UEFA mafia, including in Russia's top league,[24] in Bulgaria's top league,[25] and in a Champions League group stage match held in Sweden.[26] 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.[27]
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".[28][29] 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.[30]
League revenues
Annual revenue comparison. All figures in Euros.
Source is the Deloitte 2015 annual report, which uses 2013–14 figures.[31]
| 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
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
| 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
^ There was no Third {{subst:lc: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.
^ abcd 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.
^ 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.
^ ab Russia's best result is quarter-finals in 2018. However, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.
^ 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
| Team | 1991  (12) | 1995 (12) | 1999  (16) | 2003 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015  (24) | 2019 (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
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
in the men's FIFA World Rankings
Last updates:
- Men's national teams – 20 September 2018[32]
- Women's national teams – 7 June 2018[33]
- Men's national teams – 20 September 2018[32]
| 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
President
Aleksander Čeferin
Vice-presidents
Karl-Erik Nilsson – First Vice-President[34]
Fernando Gomes
Reinhard Grindel
Hryhoriy Surkis
Michele Uva
Members
Sándor Csányi[34]
Florence Hardouin[35]
David Gill[34]
Peter Gilliéron[34]
Michael van Praag
John Delaney
Borislav Mikhailov[34]
Davor Šuker[34]
Servet Yardımcı
Zbigniew Boniek
Juan Luis Larrea Sarobe
Andrea Agnelli
Ivan Gazidis
Lars-Christer Olsson
General secretary
Theodore Theodoridis
Deputy general secretary
Giorgio Marchetti
Head of club competitions
- Michael Heselschwerdt
Head of national compettitions
- Lance Kelly
Honorary president
Lennart Johansson[34]
See also
Resolutions
Awards:
| Qualifications:
| Match:
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Financial fair play
- UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations
UEFA coefficient
- UEFA coefficient
UEFA presidents
- List of presidents of UEFA
Related links
Previous logo (1995–2012)
- Timeline of football
Confederation of South American Football (CONMEBOL)
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
Confederation of African Football (CAF)
Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
Notes
^ pronounced [ynjɔ̃ dez‿asɔsjasjɔ̃ øʁɔpeɛn də futbol].
^ pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ ɔʏʁoˈpɛːɪʃɐ ˈfuːsbalfɛɐ̯ˌbɛndə].
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