Member of UEFA

History and membership

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 whose number doubled by the early 1990s.

 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 recognized 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 the Danish kingdom), 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 (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Russia). Countries which had previously been members of the Asian Football Confederation were also admitted to the European football association, particularly Israel 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 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.

 

Members

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	UEFA affiliation	IOC member
ALB	Albania	Men's Women's	1930	1932	1954	Yes
AND	Andorra	Men's Women's	1994	1996	1996	Yes
ARM	Armenia	Men's Women's	1992	1992	1992	Yes
AUT	Austria	Men's Women's	1904	1905	1954	Yes
AZE	Azerbaijan	Men's Women's	1992	1994	1994	Yes
BLR	Belarus	Men's Women's	1989	1992	1993	Yes
BEL	Belgium	Men's Women's	1895	1904	1954	Yes
BIH	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Men's Women's	1992	1996	1998	Yes
BUL	Bulgaria	Men's Women's	1923	1924	1954	Yes
CRO	Croatia	Men's Women's	1912	1992	1993	Yes
CYP	Cyprus	Men's Women's	1934	1948	1962	Yes
CZE	Czech Republic	Men's Women's	1901	1907	1954	Yes
DEN	Denmark	Men's Women's	1889	1904	1954	Yes
ENG	England	Men's Women's	1863	1905	1954	No[n 1]
EST	Estonia	Men's Women's	1921	1923	1992	Yes
FRO	Faroe Islands	Men's Women's	1979	1988	1990	No[n 2]
FIN	Finland	Men's Women's	1907	1908	1954	Yes
FRA	France	Men's Women's	1919[n 3]	1904[n 4]	1954	Yes
GEO	Georgia	Men's Women's	1990	1992	1992	Yes
GER	Germany	Men's Women's	1900	1904	1954	Yes
GIB	Gibraltar	Men's Women's	1895	2016	2013	No[n 1]
GRE	Greece	Men's Women's	1926	1927	1954	Yes
HUN	Hungary	Men's Women's	1901	1906	1954	Yes
ISL	Iceland	Men's Women's	1947	1947	1954	Yes
IRL	Republic of Ireland	Men's Women's	1921	1923	1954	Yes
ISR	Israel[n 5]	Men's Women's	1928	1929	1994[n 6]	Yes
ITA	Italy	Men's Women's	1898	1905	1954	Yes
KAZ	Kazakhstan[n 7]	Men's Women's	1994	1994	2002	Yes[n 8]
KVX	Kosovo	Men's Women's	2008	2016	2016	Yes
LVA	Latvia	Men's Women's	1921	1922	1992	Yes
LIE	Liechtenstein	Men's Women's	1934	1974	1974	Yes
LTU	Lithuania	Men's Women's	1922	1923	1992	Yes
LUX	Luxembourg	Men's Women's	1908	1910	1954	Yes
MKD	Macedonia	Men's Women's	1926	1994	1994	Yes
MLT	Malta	Men's Women's	1900	1959	1960	Yes
MDA	Moldova	Men's Women's	1990	1994	1993	Yes
MNE	Montenegro	Men's Women's	1931	2007	2007	Yes
NED	Netherlands	Men's Women's	1889	1904	1954	Yes
NIR	Northern Ireland	Men's Women'	1880	1911	1954	No[n 1]
NOR	Norway	Men's Women's	1902	1908	1954	Yes
POL	Poland	Men's Women's	1919	1923	1954	Yes
POR	Portugal	Men's Women's	1914	1923	1954	Yes
ROU	Romania	Men's Women's	1909	1923	1954	Yes
RUS	Russia	Men's Women's	1912	1912	1954	Yes
SMR	San Marino	Men's Women's	1931	1988	1988	Yes
SCO	Scotland	Men's Women's	1873	1910	1954	No[n 1]
SRB	Serbia	Men's Women's	1948	2006	2006	Yes
SVK	Slovakia	Men's Women's	1938	1994	1993	Yes
SVN	Slovenia	Men's Women's	1920	1992	1992	Yes
ESP	Spain	Men's Women's	1909	1904	1954	Yes
SWE	Sweden	Men's Women's	1904	1904	1954	Yes
SUI	Switzerland	Men's Women's	1895	1904	1954	Yes
TUR	Turkey	Men's Women's	1923	1923	1962	Yes
UKR	Ukraine	Men's Women's	1991	1992	1992	Yes
WAL	Wales	Men's Women's	1876	1910	1954	No[n 1]

 

Notes

1. Part of the British Olympic Association

2. Part of the Danish National Olympic Committee

3. Originally founded as Comité Français Interfédéral in 1907, a predecessor to the current federation.

4. The current French FA, the French Football Federation (in its previous incarnation, the Comité Français Interfédéral), replaced the USFSA in 1907.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Former member of the Asian Football Confederation (1994–2002), joined UEFA.

8. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a member of the Olympic Council of Asia rather than the European Olympic Committees

 

Former members

• Saarland Football Union 1954–1956
• German football association of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) 1954–1990
• Football Federation of the Soviet Union 1954–1991, in 1992 became Russian Football Union. The newly independent 14 Soviet Republics created their own football associations, and they all became members of FIFA and UEFA or AFC.
• Football Association of Yugoslavia 1954–1992, became Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia became independent and created their own football associations.
• Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro 1992–2006, became Football Association of Serbia. Montenegro, which became independent, created its own football association.