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UEFA
UEFA logo 2012
Initials(s) UEFA
Formation 15th June 1954
No. of members 55
President Flag of Slovenia Aleksander Čeferin
Website Official website

The Union of European Footbal Associations, or most commonly referred as UEFA, is the administrative body for association football of Europe and small parts of Asia. It currently consists of 55 countries. It is one of the six continental confederations of world.

UEFA controls all competetitions, such as, the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, and the UEFA European Championship. It represents national teams, and controls prize money, media rights and regulations.

UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations. Initially, the European football union consisted of 25 members which number doubled by the early 1990s. UEFA membership coincides for the most part with recognition as a sovereign country in Europe, although there some exceptions. Some micro states, (e.g. the 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. Examples include England and Scotland, (part of the United Kingdom) or the Faroe Islands, (part of Denmark) 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, (e.g. Turkey and Russia). Several Asian countries were also admitted to the European football association, particularly Israel and Kazakhstan, which had been members of the Asian football association. Additionally some UEFA member associations allow teams from outside their association's main territory to take part in their "domestic" competition. Monaco, for example, takes part in the French League (though a separate sovereign entity); Welsh clubs Cardiff City and Swansea City participate in the English League; Berwick Rangers, situated in England, play in the Scottish Professional Football League and Derry City, situated in Northern Ireland, play in the Republic of Ireland-based League of Ireland .

Until 1959 the main headquarters were located in Paris, and later in Bern. Since 1995, UEFA headquarters transferred to Nyon, Switzerland. Henri Delaunay was the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the first president. The current president is Aleksander Čeferin.

History[]

Members[]

Code Association National teams Founded FIFA
affiliation
UEFA
affiliation
ALB Flag of Albania Albania
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1930 1932 1954
AND Flag of Andorra Andorra
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1994 1996 1996
ARM Flag of Armenia Armenia
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1992 1992 1992
AUT Flag of Austria Austria 1904 1905 1954
AZE Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1992 1994 1994
BLR Belarus Flag Belarus
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1989 1992 1993
BEL Belgium Belgium 1895 1904 1954
BIH Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1992 1996 1998
BUL Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 1923 1924 1954
CRO Croatia Croatia
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1912 1992 1993
CYP Flag of Cyprus Cyprus
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1934 1948 1962
CZE Flag of Czech Czech Republic
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1901 1907 1954
DEN Flag of Denmark Denmark
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1889 1904 1954
ENG England England 1863 1905 1954
EST Flag of Estonia Estonia
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1921 1923 1992
FRO Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1979 1988 1990
FIN Flag of Finland Finland 1907 1908 1954
FRA Flag of France France 1919 1904 1954
GEO Flag of Georgia Georgia
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1990 1992 1992
GER Germany Germany 1990 1992 1992
GIB Flag of Gibraltar Gibraltar
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1895 None 2013
GRE Flag of Greece.svg Greece
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1926 1927 1954
HUN Flag of Hungary Hungary
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1901 1906 1954
ISL Flag of Iceland Iceland 1947 1947 1954
ISR Flag of Israel Israel
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1928 1929 1994
ITA Flag of Italy Italy 1898 1905 1954
KAZ Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1914 1994 2002
KVX Flag of Kosovo Kosovo
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1946 2016 2016
LVA Latvia Latvia
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1921 1922 1992
LIE Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1934 1974 1974
LTU Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1922 1923 1992
LUX Luxembourg Luxembourg
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1908 1910 1954
MLT Malta Malta
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1900 1959 1960
MDA Flag of Moldova Moldova
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1990 1994 1993
MNE Flag of Montenegro Montenegro
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1931 2007 2007
NED Netherlands Netherlands 1889 1904 1954
MKD Flag of Macedonia North Macedonia
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1948 1994 1994
NIR Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1880 1911 1954
NOR Flag of Norway Norway 1902 1908 1954
POL Flag of Poland Poland
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1919 1923 1954
POR Flag of Portugal Portugal 1914 1923 1954
IRL Flag of Republic Ireland Republic of Ireland
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1921 1923 1954
ROU Romania Romania
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1909 1923 1954
RUS Flag of Russia Russia
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1912 1912 1954
SMR San Marino San Marino
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1931 1988 1988
SCO Scotland Scotland 1873 1910 1954
SRB Flag of Serbia Serbia 1919 1921 1954
SVK Slovakia Slovakia
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1938 1994 1993
SVN Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1920 1994 1994
ESP Flag of Spain Spain 1909 1913 1954
SWE Flag of Sweden Good one Sweden 1904 1904 1954
SUI Switzerland Switzerland
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1895 1904 1954
TUR Flag of Turkey Turkey
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1923 1923 1962
UKR Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1991 1992 1992
WAL Flag of Wales Wales
  • Men's
    • U21
    • U19
    • U17
  • Women's
    • U19
    • U17
1876 1910 1954
Confederations
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