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 Congress in Athens in September 2016, and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA.[5]
UEFA was inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
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.
Some UEFA members are transcontinental states (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey) and others are considered part of Europe both culturally and politically (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 and Newport County A.F.C. participate in the English League; Derry City, situated in Northern Ireland, plays in the Republic of Ireland-based League of Ireland and the 7 native Liechtenstein teams play in the Swiss Leagues, as Liechtenstein has no internal league [9] 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 "Big Five European Leagues", consisting of Spain's La Liga, England's Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A and France's Ligue 1.
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.
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.
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 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 proper 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.[18]
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.[19][20][21]
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.[22] The last Intertoto Cup took place in 2008.
Only five teams[24][25] (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),[26] 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.
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.[30]
uefa, international, governing, body, association, football, europe, union, european, football, associationsunion, associations, européennes, football, french, union, europäischen, fußballverbänd, german, abbreviationformation15, june, 1954, years, 1954, found. International governing body for association football in Europe Union of European Football AssociationsUnion des associations europeennes de football French Union der europaischen Fussballverband German AbbreviationUEFAFormation15 160 June 1954 59 32 68 years ago 160 1954 06 15 Founded atBasel SwitzerlandTypeFootball organisationHeadquartersNyon SwitzerlandCoordinates46 22 16 N 6 13 52 E xfeff xfeff 46 371009 N 6 23103 E xfeff 46 371009 6 23103Region servedEuropeMembership55 full member associationsOfficial languagesEnglish French German other main but not official Italian Portuguese Russian Spanish 91 1 93 PresidentAleksander Ceferin 91 2 93 First vice presidentKarl Erik NilssonVice presidentsZbigniew Boniek Sandor CsanyiLuis RubialesFernando GomesMichele UvaGeneral secretaryTheodore TheodoridisMain organUEFA CongressParent organizationFIFAWebsiteuefa com FIFA confederationsAFC CAF CONCACAFCONMEBOL OFC UEFAvte UEFA headquarters in Nyon Switzerland Union of European Football Associations UEFA j uː ˈ eɪ f e yoo AY fe French Union des associations europeennes de football 91 a 93 German Union der europaischen Fussballverbande 91 b 93 is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football It governs football futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Russia Turkey Azerbaijan Georgia and Kazakhstan as well as Asian countries such as Israel Cyprus and Armenia 91 3 93 UEFA consists of 55 national association members Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions 91 4 93 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 Europa 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 Ceferin 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 91 5 93 Contents 1 History and membership 2 Executive committee 3 Members 3 1 Former members 3 2 Non members 4 Competitions 4 1 UEFA continental competitions 4 2 World Olympic and intercontinental competitions 4 3 Club 4 4 Current title holders 4 5 Titles by nation 5 Sponsors 6 FIFA World Rankings 6 1 Overview 6 2 Historical leaders 6 2 1 Team of the Year 7 Major tournament records 7 1 FIFA World Cup 7 2 FIFA Women s World Cup 7 3 Olympic Games For Men 7 4 Olympic Games For Women 7 5 UEFA European Championship 7 6 UEFA Women s Championship 7 7 FIFA U 20 World Cup 7 8 FIFA U 20 Women s World Cup 7 9 FIFA U 17 World Cup 7 10 FIFA U 17 Women s World Cup 7 11 FIFA Futsal World Cup 7 12 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 7 13 Former tournaments 7 13 1 FIFA Confederations Cup 8 Sanctions 8 1 Against associations 8 2 Against clubs 9 Corruption and controversy 10 See also 10 1 Resolutions 10 2 UEFA congress 10 3 Financial fair play 10 4 UEFA coefficient 10 5 UEFA presidents 10 6 Related links 10 7 Planned competitions 11 Notes 12 References 13 External links History and membership Edit UEFA was inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in Basel Switzerland after consultation between the Italian French and Belgian associations 91 6 93 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 91 7 93 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 91 8 93 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 Some UEFA members are transcontinental states Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan Russia and Turkey and others are considered part of Europe both culturally and politically 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 and Newport County A F C participate in the English League Derry City situated in Northern Ireland plays in the Republic of Ireland based League of Ireland and the 7 native Liechtenstein teams play in the Swiss Leagues as Liechtenstein has no internal league 91 9 93 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 Big Five European Leagues consisting of Spain s La Liga England s Premier League Germany s Bundesliga Italy s Serie A and France s Ligue 1 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 91 10 93 91 11 93 The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the UEFA ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport which upheld the ban 91 12 93 91 13 93 Executive committee Edit President Aleksander Ceferin Vice presidents Karl Erik Nilsson First Vice president 91 14 93 Zbigniew Boniek Sandor Csanyi Fernando Gomes Luis Rubiales David Gill Michele Uva Members Armand Duka 91 14 93 Alexander Dyukov Gabriele Gravina Florence Hardouin 91 15 93 Rainer Koch Jesper Moller 91 14 93 Andriy Pavelko 91 14 93 Just Spee Davor Suker 91 14 93 Servet Yardimci Karl Heinz Rummenigge Nasser Al Khelaifi Javier Tebas General secretary Theodore Theodoridis Deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti Treasurer David Gill 91 16 93 Head of club competitions Michael Heselschwerdt Head of national competitions Lance Kelly 32 Members Edit Code Association National teams Founded FIFAaffiliation UEFAaffiliation IOCmember ALB 160 Albania Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1930 1932 1954 Yes AND 160 Andorra Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1994 1996 1996 Yes ARM 160 Armenia Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1992 1992 1992 Yes AUT 160 Austria Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1904 1905 1954 Yes AZE 160 Azerbaijan Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1992 1994 1994 Yes BLR 160 Belarus Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1989 1992 1993 Yes BEL 160 Belgium Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1895 1904 1954 Yes BIH 160 Bosnia and Herzegovina Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1920 1996 1998 Yes BUL 160 Bulgaria Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1923 1924 1954 Yes CRO 160 Croatia Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1912 1992 1993 Yes CYP 160 Cyprus Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1934 1948 1962 Yes CZE 160 Czech Republic Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1901 1907 1954 Yes DEN 160 Denmark Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1889 1904 1954 Yes ENG 160 England Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1863 1905 1954 No 91 c 93 EST 160 Estonia Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1921 1923 1992 Yes FRO 160 Faroe Islands Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1979 1988 1990 No FIN 160 Finland Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1907 1908 1954 Yes FRA 160 France Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1919 91 d 93 1904 91 e 93 1954 Yes GEO 160 Georgia Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1990 1992 1992 Yes GER 160 Germany Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1900 1904 1954 Yes GIB 160 Gibraltar Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1895 2016 2013 No GRE 160 Greece Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1926 1927 1954 Yes HUN 160 Hungary Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1901 1906 1954 Yes ISL 160 Iceland Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1947 91 f 93 1947 1954 Yes ISR 160 Israel 91 g 93 Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1928 1929 1994 91 h 93 Yes ITA 160 Italy Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1898 1905 1954 Yes KAZ 160 Kazakhstan 91 i 93 Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1994 1994 2002 Yes 91 j 93 KOS 160 Kosovo Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 2008 2016 2016 Yes LVA 160 Latvia Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1921 1922 1992 Yes LIE 160 Liechtenstein Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1934 1974 1974 Yes LTU 160 Lithuania Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1922 1923 1992 Yes LUX 160 Luxembourg Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1908 1910 1954 Yes MLT 160 Malta Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1900 1959 1960 Yes MDA 160 Moldova Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1990 1994 1993 Yes MNE 160 Montenegro Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1931 2007 2007 Yes NED 160 Netherlands Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1889 1904 1954 Yes MKD 160 North Macedonia Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1926 1994 1994 Yes NIR 160 Northern Ireland Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1880 1911 1954 No 91 c 93 NOR 160 Norway Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1902 1908 1954 Yes POL 160 Poland Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1919 91 k 93 1923 1954 Yes POR 160 Portugal Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1914 1923 1954 Yes IRL 160 Republic of Ireland Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1921 1923 1954 Yes ROU 160 Romania Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1909 1923 1954 Yes RUS 160 Russia Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1912 1912 1954 Yes SMR 160 San Marino Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1931 1988 1988 Yes SCO 160 Scotland Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1873 1910 1954 No 91 c 93 SRB 160 Serbia Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1919 1921 1954 Yes SVK 160 Slovakia Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1938 1994 1993 Yes SVN 160 Slovenia Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1920 1992 1992 Yes ESP 160 Spain Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1909 1904 1954 Yes SWE 160 Sweden Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1904 1904 1954 Yes SUI 160 Switzerland Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1895 1904 1954 Yes TUR 160 Turkey Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1923 1923 1962 Yes UKR 160 Ukraine Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1991 1992 1992 Yes WAL 160 Wales Men sU21U19U17FBSWomen sU19U17 1876 1910 1954 No 91 c 93 Former members Edit Association Year Note Saarland Football Union 1954 1956 91 l 93 Football Association of East Germany 1954 1990 91 m 93 Football Federation of the Soviet Union 1954 1991 91 n 93 Football Association of Yugoslavia 1954 1992 91 o 93 Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro 1992 2006 91 p 93 Football Association of Czechoslovakia 1954 1993 91 q 93 Non members Edit There are several national teams within Europe that are not members of UEFA Many of them are instead affiliated with CONIFA There are two independent European states that have national teams that are not affiliated with UEFA or FIFA Both are microstates 160 Monaco 160 160 Vatican City The constituent countries of the 160 United Kingdom 160 England 160 Northern Ireland 160 Scotland and 160 Wales all have separate UEFA teams The Crown Dependencies which are not technically part of the United Kingdom have official teams not affiliated with UEFA or FIFA 160 Guernsey 160 Isle of Man 160 Jersey whose membership application was rejected by UEFA in 2018 91 17 93 Autonomous region of Finland 160 Aland Several European states with limited recognition have official national teams but none have been considered for UEFA membership 160 Abkhazia 160 Artsakh 160 Northern Cyprus 160 South Ossetia 160 Transnistria Competitions Edit Main article UEFA competitions See also List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar UEFA continental competitions Edit National teams UEFA European Championship UEFA Nations League UEFA European Under 21 Championship UEFA European Under 19 Championship UEFA European Under 17 Championship UEFA Women s Championship UEFA Women s Nations League future UEFA Women s Under 19 Championship UEFA Women s Under 17 Championship UEFA Futsal Championship UEFA Under 19 Futsal Championship UEFA Women s Futsal Championship Defunct UEFA Under 21 Futsal Tournament Clubs UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League UEFA Super Cup UEFA Youth League UEFA Women s Champions League UEFA Futsal Champions League Defunct UEFA Cup Winners Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup Amateur UEFA Regions Cup Defunct UEFA Amateur Cup 32 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 Intercontinental national teams CONMEBOL UEFA Cup of Champions Women s Finalissima Futsal Finalissima Defunct UEFA CAF Meridian Cup Intercontinental clubs Under 20 Intercontinental Cup Defunct Intercontinental Champions Supercup Intercontinental Cup 32 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 91 r 93 men s national teams are the only teams to have won the European football championship in all categories Club Edit Further information List of UEFA club competition winners UEFA member countries by club competition entry entitlements 2009 10 The top ranked UEFA competition is the UEFA Champions League which started in the 1992 93 season and gathers the top 1 4 teams of each country s league the number of teams depend on that country s ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded this competition was re structured from a previous one that only gathered the top team of each country held from 1955 to 1992 and known as the European Champion Clubs Cup or simply the European Cup A second lower ranked competition is the UEFA Europa League This competition for national knockout cup winners and high placed league teams was launched by UEFA in 1971 as a successor of both the former UEFA Cup and the Inter Cities Fairs Cup also 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 proper 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 91 18 93 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 91 19 93 91 20 93 91 21 93 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 91 22 93 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 91 23 93 Only five teams 91 24 93 91 25 93 Juventus Ajax Manchester United Bayern Munich and Chelsea 91 s 93 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 91 26 93 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 91 27 93 and in commemoration of achieving that feat have received The UEFA Plaque by the Union of European Football Associations on 12 July 1988 91 28 93 91 29 93 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 91 30 93 Current title holders Edit See also Portal Current events Sports 2023 in association football 2023 in sports and FIFA International Match Calendar For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID 19 pandemic see Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on sports Competition Year Champions Title Runners up Next edition Intercontinental UEFA CONMEBOL Cup of Champions 2022 160 Argentina 2nd 160 Italy 2025 Under 20 Intercontinental Cup 2022 Benfica 1st Penarol 2023 Futsal Finalissima 2022 160 Portugal 1st 160 Spain 2026 Men s national teams European Championship 2020 Final 160 Italy 2nd 160 England 2024 Final Nations League 2020 21 Final 160 France 1st 160 Spain 2022 23 Final U 21 Championship 2021 160 Germany 3rd 160 Portugal 2023 U 19 Championship 2022 160 England 11th 160 Israel 2023 U 17 Championship 2022 160 France 3rd 160 Netherlands 2023 Futsal Championship 2022 160 Portugal 2nd 160 Russia 2026 U 19 Futsal Championship 2022 160 Spain 2nd 160 Portugal 2023 Women s national teams Women s Championship 2022 Final 160 England 1st 160 Germany 2025 Final Women s Nations League 2023 24 Final Women s U 19 Championship 2022 160 Spain 4th 160 Norway 2023 Women s U 17 Championship 2022 160 Germany 8th 160 Spain 2023 Women s Futsal Championship 2022 160 Spain 2nd 160 Portugal 2023 Men s club teams Super Cup 2022 Real Madrid 5th Eintracht Frankfurt 2023 Champions League 2021 22 Final Real Madrid 14th Liverpool 2022 23 Final Europa League 2021 22 Final Eintracht Frankfurt 2nd Rangers 2022 23 Final Europa Conference League 2021 22 Final Roma 1st Feyenoord 2022 23 Final Youth League 2021 22 Final Benfica 1st Red Bull Salzburg 2022 23 Final Futsal Champions League 2021 22 Final Barcelona 4th Sporting CP 2022 23 Final Women s club teams Women s Champions League 2021 22 Final Lyon 8th Barcelona 2022 23 Final Men s amateur teams Regions Cup 2019 Final Lower Silesia 2nd Bavaria 2023 Final Titles by nation Edit Main article UEFA club competition records and statistics Nation Men Women Futsal Total Euro League U21 U19 U17 Euro U19 U17 Men s U21 U19 Women s 160 Spain 3 5 11 9 4 4 7 2 2 47 160 Germany 91 t 93 3 3 6 3 8 6 8 37 160 France 2 1 1 8 3 5 20 160 England 2 11 2 1 1 17 160 Russia 91 u 93 1 2 6 3 1 1 1 15 160 Italy 2 5 3 1 1 2 14 160 Portugal 1 1 4 6 2 14 160 Netherlands 1 2 4 1 1 9 160 Sweden 1 1 3 5 160 Czech Republic 91 v 93 1 1 1 1 4 160 Serbia 91 w 93 1 3 4 160 Bulgaria 3 3 160 Hungary 3 3 160 Poland 1 1 1 3 160 Turkey 1 2 3 160 Austria 2 2 160 Denmark 1 1 2 160 Norway 2 2 160 Republic of Ireland 1 1 2 160 Belgium 1 1 160 Greece 1 1 160 Romania 1 1 160 Scotland 1 1 160 Switzerland 1 1 160 Ukraine 1 1 Sponsors Edit UEFA national team competitions Alipay Booking com FedEx Hisense 91 31 93 Volkswagen 91 32 93 UEFA Champions League Expedia Group Expedia FedEx Oppo Heineken N V Heineken Just Eat Takeaway MasterCard Sony PlayStation PepsiCo Pepsi Lay s Gatorade Note The UEFA Champions League sponsors are also sponsors of the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Youth League UEFA Europa League Enterprise 91 33 93 Hankook 91 34 93 Heineken 91 35 93 Just Eat Takeaway Strauss Swissquote Note The UEFA Europa League sponsors are also sponsors of the UEFA Europa Conference League UEFA women s football competitions Euronics Grifols Heineken Hublot Just Eat Takeaway Lay s Nike Visa FIFA World Rankings Edit See also FIFA World Rankings and FIFA Women s World Rankings Overview Edit FIFA Men s Rankings as of 22 December 2022 91 36 93 UEFA FIFA National Team Points 1 3 1 160 France 1823 39 2 4 2 160 Belgium 1781 3 3 5 160 England 1774 19 4 6 2 160 Netherlands 1740 92 5 7 5 160 Croatia 1727 62 6 8 2 160 Italy 1723 56 7 9 160 Portugal 1702 54 8 10 3 160 Spain 1692 71 9 12 3 160 Switzerland 1655 02 10 14 3 160 Germany 1646 91 11 18 8 160 Denmark 1608 11 12 22 4 160 Poland 1559 83 13 23 2 160 Sweden 1558 45 14 26 1 160 Ukraine 1536 99 15 28 9 160 Wales 1530 28 16 29 8 160 Serbia 1526 46 17 34 160 Austria 1497 24 18 36 160 Hungary 1493 33 19 37 4 160 Russia 1491 26 20 38 3 160 Czech Republic 1490 61 21 42 2 160 Scotland 1476 94 22 43 1 160 Norway 1475 05 23 44 1 160 Turkey 1465 38 24 48 1 160 Republic of Ireland 1438 59 25 51 1 160 Greece 1433 59 26 52 1 160 Romania 1432 64 27 54 1 160 Slovakia 1425 58 28 56 160 Finland 1405 71 29 57 1 160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1403 51 30 59 160 Northern Ireland 1396 55 31 62 1 160 Slovenia 1389 06 32 63 1 160 Iceland 1380 35 33 65 160 North Macedonia 1355 28 34 66 160 Albania 1353 03 35 69 160 Montenegro 1339 15 36 71 1 160 Bulgaria 1336 71 37 76 160 Israel 1315 67 38 78 160 Georgia 1305 98 39 92 160 Luxembourg 1245 35 40 95 2 160 Armenia 1231 76 41 97 160 Belarus 1221 68 42 107 160 Kosovo 1187 03 43 109 160 Estonia 1186 27 44 110 160 Cyprus 1185 17 45 115 2 160 Kazakhstan 1163 09 46 121 2 160 Azerbaijan 1151 82 47 123 1 160 Faroe Islands 1146 31 48 133 1 160 Latvia 1116 96 49 144 160 Lithuania 1069 12 50 153 2 160 Andorra 1031 13 51 167 1 160 Malta 978 95 52 174 160 Moldova 958 88 53 198 2 160 Liechtenstein 859 84 54 200 4 160 Gibraltar 858 04 55 211 160 San Marino 763 15 Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points FIFA Women s Rankings as of 9 December 2022 91 37 93 UEFA FIFA National Team Points 1 2 1 160 Germany 2073 73 2 3 1 160 Sweden 2057 9 3 4 160 England 2052 9 4 5 160 France 2025 85 5 7 1 160 Spain 2000 31 6 8 160 Netherlands 1996 79 7 13 1 160 Norway 1911 04 8 16 160 Iceland 1850 91 9 17 3 160 Italy 1846 68 10 18 160 Denmark 1845 46 11 19 160 Austria 1803 35 12 20 160 Belgium 1792 92 13 21 160 Switzerland 1777 65 14 22 1 160 Portugal 1744 11 15 23 1 160 Republic of Ireland 1740 21 16 25 160 Scotland 1728 56 17 26 160 Russia 1717 06 18 28 160 Czech Republic 1693 91 19 30 2 160 Poland 1656 42 20 31 1 160 Finland 1654 99 21 32 1 160 Wales 1652 72 22 33 160 Ukraine 1644 97 23 36 160 Serbia 1622 35 24 40 1 160 Romania 1572 51 25 42 2 160 Hungary 1552 16 26 43 1 160 Slovenia 1549 26 27 46 160 Slovakia 1531 48 28 47 2 160 Northern Ireland 1526 21 29 56 1 160 Belarus 1443 08 30 60 160 Croatia 1410 32 31 62 160 Greece 1404 31 32 63 160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1392 46 33 64 3 160 Turkey 1383 24 34 70 160 Israel 1360 76 35 73 160 Albania 1342 43 36 79 160 Azerbaijan 1296 27 37 88 160 Malta 1236 19 38 91 5 160 Estonia 1226 49 39 92 160 Bulgaria 1223 98 40 91 5 160 Montenegro 1214 96 41 100 160 Kazakhstan 1205 62 42 101 160 Faroe Islands 1204 24 43 102 160 Lithuania 1207 07 44 110 160 Moldova 1169 45 45 111 160 Kosovo 1165 73 46 118 2 160 Luxembourg 1144 08 47 119 160 Latvia 1142 4 48 125 1 160 Cyprus 1120 54 49 128 160 Georgia 1113 38 50 131 160 North Macedonia 1096 39 51 139 160 Armenia 1068 19 52 179 2 160 Andorra 751 46 Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points 32 Historical leaders Edit Men s Highest Ranked UEFA memberin the men s FIFA World Rankings Team of the Year Edit Team ranking in the top four Men s 91 36 93 Year First Second Third Fourth 2022 160 France 160 Belgium 160 England 160 Netherlands 2021 160 Belgium 160 France 160 England 160 Italy 2020 160 Belgium 160 France 160 England 160 Portugal 2019 160 Belgium 160 France 160 England 160 Croatia 2018 160 Belgium 160 France 160 Croatia 160 England 2017 160 Germany 160 Portugal 160 Belgium 160 Spain 2016 160 Germany 160 Belgium 160 France 160 Portugal 2015 160 Belgium 160 Spain 160 Germany 160 Portugal 2014 160 Germany 160 Belgium 160 Netherlands 160 Portugal 2013 160 Spain 160 Germany 160 Portugal 160 Italy 2012 160 Spain 160 Germany 160 Italy 160 England 2011 160 Spain 160 Netherlands 160 Germany 160 England 2010 160 Spain 160 Netherlands 160 Germany 160 England 2009 160 Spain 160 Netherlands 160 Italy 160 Portugal 2008 160 Spain 160 Germany 160 Netherlands 160 Italy 2007 160 Italy 160 Spain 160 Germany 160 Czech Republic 2006 160 Italy 160 France 160 England 160 Germany 2005 160 Czech Republic 160 Netherlands 160 Spain 160 France 2004 160 France 160 Czech Republic 160 Spain 160 Netherlands 2003 160 France 160 Spain 160 Netherlands 160 Czech Republic 2002 160 France 160 Spain 160 Germany 160 Netherlands 2001 160 France 160 Portugal 160 Italy 160 Spain 2000 160 France 160 Italy 160 Czech Republic 160 Portugal 1999 160 Czech Republic 160 France 160 Spain 160 Germany 1998 160 France 160 Germany 160 Croatia 160 Yugoslavia 1997 160 Germany 160 Czech Republic 160 England 160 France 1996 160 Germany 160 France 160 Czech Republic 160 Denmark 1995 160 Germany 160 Italy 160 Spain 160 Russia 1994 160 Spain 160 Sweden 160 Italy 160 Germany 1993 160 Germany 160 Italy 160 Norway 160 Spain Team ranking in the top four Women s 91 38 93 Year First Second Third Fourth 2022 160 Germany 160 Sweden 160 England 160 France 2021 160 Sweden 160 Germany 160 France 160 Netherlands 2020 160 Germany 160 France 160 Netherlands 160 Sweden 2019 160 Germany 160 Netherlands 160 France 160 Sweden 2018 160 Germany 160 France 160 England 160 Netherlands 2017 160 Germany 160 England 160 France 160 Netherlands 2016 160 Germany 160 France 160 England 160 Sweden 2015 160 Germany 160 France 160 England 160 Sweden 2014 160 Germany 160 France 160 Sweden 160 England 2013 160 Germany 160 France 160 Sweden 160 Norway 2012 160 Germany 160 France 160 Sweden 160 England 2011 160 Germany 160 Sweden 160 France 160 England 2010 160 Germany 160 Sweden 160 Norway 160 France 2009 160 Germany 160 Sweden 160 Norway 160 England 2008 160 Germany 160 Sweden 160 Norway 160 Denmark 2007 160 Germany 160 Sweden 160 Norway 160 France 2006 160 Germany 160 Norway 160 Sweden 160 France 2005 160 Germany 160 Norway 160 Sweden 160 France 2004 160 Germany 160 Norway 160 Sweden 160 Denmark 2003 160 Germany 160 Norway 160 Sweden 160 Denmark Major tournament records Edit Legend 160 1st 160 Champions 160 2nd 160 Runners up 160 3rd 160 Third place 91 x 93 160 4th 160 Fourth place QF Quarter finals 1934 1938 1954 1970 and 1986 present knockout round of 8 R2 Round 2 1974 1978 second group stage top 8 1982 second group stage top 12 1986 2022 knockout round of 16 R1 Round 1 1930 1950 1970 and 1986 present group stage 1934 1938 knockout round of 16 1974 1982 first group stage Q 8212 Qualified for upcoming tournament 160 160 Did not qualify 160 160 Did not enter Withdrew Banned 160 160 160 Hosts 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 Main article National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup See also European nations at the FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup record 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 2022 32 2026 48 Years 160 Austria 4th 91 y 93 3rd R115th R27th R28th R1T 18th R123rd 7 160 Belgium R111th R115th R113th R112th R1T 10th R210th 4th R211th R211th R119th R214th QF6th 3rd R123rd 14 160 Bosnia and Herzegovina Part of Yugoslavia R120th 1 160 Bulgaria R115th R115th R113th R112th R215th 4th R129th 7 160 Croatia Part of Yugoslavia 3rd R123rd R122nd R119th 2nd 3rd 6 160 Czech Republic 91 z 93 2nd QF5th R114th R19th 2nd R115th R119th QF6th R120th 9 160 Denmark R29th QF8th R210th R124th R211th R128th 6 160 East Germany 91 z 93 Part of Germany R26th Part of Germany 1 160 England R18th QF6th R111th QF8th 1st QF8th R26th QF8th 4th R29th QF6th QF7th R213th R126th 4th QF6th 16 160 France R17th R1T 9th QF6th R111th 3rd R1T 13th R112th 4th 3rd 1st R128th 2nd R129th QF7th 1st 2nd 16 160 Germany 91 z 93 3rd R110th 1st 4th QF7th 2nd 3rd 1st R26th 2nd 2nd 1st QF5th QF7th 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st R122nd R117th 20 160 Greece R124th R125th R213th 3 160 Hungary QF6th 2nd 2nd R110th QF5th QF6th R115th R114th R118th 9 160 Iceland R128th 1 160 Israel 91 aa 93 R112th 1 160 Italy 1st 1st R17th R110th R19th R19th 2nd R110th 4th 1st R212th 3rd 2nd QF5th R215th 1st R126th R122nd 18 160 Netherlands, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
