International governing body for association football in Europe
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA yoo-AY -fə French : Union des associations européennes de football ;[a] German : Union der europäischen Fußballverbände )[b] association football . It governs football , futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey , Azerbaijan , Georgia and Kazakhstan , as well as some Asian countries such as Israel , Cyprus and Armenia .[3] 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.[4]
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.
According to the UEFA official statutes (Article 4), the official languages are French, German and British English.
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]
History and membership Edit UEFA was inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in Basel , Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations.[6] [7]
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. UEFA have previously declined membership to those deemed as non-sovereign countries like Jersey .[9]
Some UEFA members are transcontinental states (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan 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 , 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 ; 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 [10]
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.[11] [12] Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the UEFA ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport , which upheld the ban.[13] [14] 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 team's, men and women, of under aged player.[15] [16]
Executive committee Edit President
Vice-presidents
Members
General secretary
Deputy general secretary
Treasurer
Head of club competitions and calendar
Head of national competitions
Members Edit Suspended members Edit Former members Edit Competitions Edit UEFA continental competitions Edit National teams:
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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
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:
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Intercontinental clubs:
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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 [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 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 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.[20]
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.[21] [22] [23]
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.[24]
The European/South American Cup was jointly organised with CONMEBOL between the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores winners.[25]
Only five teams [26] [27] Juventus , Ajax , Manchester United , Bayern Munich and Chelsea [t] 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),[28]
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 [29] The UEFA Plaque [30] [31]
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.[32]
Current title holders Edit Titles by nation Edit Nation Men Women Futsal Total Euro Nations U21 U19 U17 Euro U19 U17 Men's U21 U19 Women's 3 1 5 11 9 – 5 4 7 – 2 3 50 [u] 3 – 3 6 4 8 6 8 – – – – 38 2 1 1 8 3 – 5 1 – – – – 21 – – 3 11 2 1 1 – – – – – 18 2 – 5 4 1 – 1 – 2 – – – 15 [v] 1 – 2 6 3 – 1 – 1 1 – – 15 1 1 – 4 6 – – – 2 – 1 – 15 1 – 2 – 4 1 1 – – – – – 9 – – 1 – – 1 3 – – – – – 5 [w] 1 – 1 1 1 – – – – – – – 4 [x] – – 1 3 – – – – – – – – 4 – – – 3 – – – – – – – – 3 – – – 3 – – – – – – – – 3 – – – 1 1 – – 1 – – – – 3 – – – 1 2 – – – – – – – 3 – – – 2 – – – – – – – – 2 1 – – – – – 1 – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – – 2 – – – 1 1 – – – – – – – 2 – – – 1 – – – – – – – – 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – – – – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – 1 – – – – – – – 1 – – – 1 – – – – – – – – 1
Edit UEFA national team competitions UEFA Champions League Note: The UEFA Champions League sponsors are also sponsors of the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Youth League.
UEFA Europa League Note: The UEFA Europa League sponsors are also sponsors of the UEFA Europa Conference League.
UEFA women's football competitions FIFA World Rankings Edit Overview Edit Historical leaders Edit Men's Highest Ranked UEFA member
Team of the Year Edit Major tournament records Edit Legend
1st 2nd 3rd [y] 4th 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 — Qualified for upcoming tournament • – Did not qualify × – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned – HostsFor 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 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978
uefa, international, governing, body, association, football, europe, union, european, football, associationsunion, associations, européennes, football, french, union, europäischen, fußballverbände, german, headquarters, nyon, switzerlandabbreviationformation15. International governing body for association football in Europe Union of European Football AssociationsUnion des associations europeennes de football French Union der europaischen Fussballverbande German UEFA headquarters in Nyon SwitzerlandAbbreviationUEFAFormation15 160 June 1954 59 32 69 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 Russian Portuguese Ukrainian Spanish 91 1 93 PresidentAleksander Ceferin 91 2 93 First vice presidentKarl Erik NilssonVice presidentsZbigniew Boniek David GillGabriele GravinaArmand DukaLaura McAllisterGeneral secretaryTheodore TheodoridisMain organUEFA CongressParent organizationFIFAWebsiteuefa com FIFA confederationsAFC CAF CONCACAFCONMEBOL OFC UEFAvte The 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 Turkey Azerbaijan Georgia and Kazakhstan as well as some 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 According to the UEFA official statutes Article 4 the official languages are French German and British English 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 Suspended members 3 2 Former 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 UEFA have previously declined membership to those deemed as non sovereign countries like Jersey 91 9 93 Some UEFA members are transcontinental states Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan 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 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 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 91 10 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 11 93 91 12 93 The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the UEFA ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport which upheld the ban 91 13 93 91 14 93 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 team s men and women of under aged player 91 15 93 This was rejected by the FA of Ukraine England and Sweden with all three threatening to boycott matches against Russia 91 16 93 Executive committee Edit President Aleksander Ceferin Vice presidents Karl Erik Nilsson First Vice president 91 17 93 Zbigniew Boniek David Gill Gabriele Gravina Laura McAllister 91 18 93 Armand Duka Members Alexander Dyukov 91 17 93 Hans Joachim Watzke Jesper Moller 91 17 93 Andriy Pavelko 91 17 93 Just Spee Servet Yardimci Karl Heinz Rummenigge Nasser Al Khelaifi Javier Tebas Petr Fousek Philippe Diallo Levan Kobiashvili General secretary Theodore Theodoridis Deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti Treasurer David Gill 91 19 93 Head of club competitions and calendar Tobias Hedtstuck 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 91 c 93 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 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 Suspended members Edit Association Year Note 160 Russia 1992 2022 91 l 93 Former members Edit Association Year Note Saarland Football Union 1954 1956 91 m 93 Football Association of East Germany 1954 1990 91 n 93 Football Federation of the Soviet Union 1954 1991 91 o 93 Football Association of Yugoslavia 1954 1992 91 p 93 Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro 1992 2006 91 q 93 Football Association of Czechoslovakia 1954 1993 91 r 93 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 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 UEFA CONMEBOL Club Challenge 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 s 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 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 20 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 21 93 91 22 93 91 23 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 24 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 25 93 Only five teams 91 26 93 91 27 93 Juventus Ajax Manchester United Bayern Munich and Chelsea 91 t 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 28 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 29 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 30 93 91 31 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 32 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 Women s Finalissima 2023 160 England 1st 160 Brazil 2026 UEFA CONMEBOL Club Challenge 2023 Sevilla 1st Independiente del Valle 2024 Under 20 Intercontinental Cup 2023 Boca Juniors 1st AZ TBD Futsal Finalissima 2022 160 Portugal 1st 160 Spain 2026 Men s national teams European Championship 2020 160 Italy 2nd 160 England 2024 Nations League 2022 23 160 Spain 1st 160 Croatia 2024 25 U 21 Championship 2023 160 England 3rd 160 Spain 2025 U 19 Championship 2023 160 Italy 4th 160 Portugal 2024 U 17 Championship 2023 160 Germany 4th 160 France 2024 Futsal Championship 2022 160 Portugal 2nd 160 Russia 2026 U 19 Futsal Championship 2023 160 Portugal 1st 160 Spain 2025 Women s national teams Women s Championship 2022 160 England 1st 160 Germany 2025 Women s Nations League 2023 24 Women s U 19 Championship 2023 160 Spain 5th 160 Germany 2024 Women s U 17 Championship 2023 160 France 1st 160 Spain 2024 Women s Futsal Championship 2023 160 Spain 3rd 160 Ukraine 2025 Men s club teams Super Cup 2023 Manchester City 1st Sevilla 2024 Champions League 2022 23 Manchester City 1st Inter Milan 2023 24 Europa League 2022 23 Sevilla 7th Roma 2023 24 Europa Conference League 2022 23 West Ham United 1st Fiorentina 2023 24 Youth League 2022 23 AZ 1st Hajduk Split 2023 24 Futsal Champions League 2022 23 Palma Futsal 1st Sporting CP 2023 24 Women s club teams Women s Champions League 2022 23 Barcelona 2nd VfL Wolfsburg 2023 24 Men s amateur teams Regions Cup 2023 Galicia 1st Belgrade 2025 Titles by nation Edit Main article UEFA club competition records and statistics Nation Men Women Futsal Total Euro Nations U21 U19 U17 Euro U19 U17 Men s U21 U19 Women s 160 Spain 3 1 5 11 9 5 4 7 2 3 50 160 Germany 91 u 93 3 3 6 4 8 6 8 38 160 France 2 1 1 8 3 5 1 21 160 England 3 11 2 1 1 18 160 Italy 2 5 4 1 1 2 15 160 Russia 91 v 93 1 2 6 3 1 1 1 15 160 Portugal 1 1 4 6 2 1 15 160 Netherlands 1 2 4 1 1 9 160 Sweden 1 1 3 5 160 Czech Republic 91 w 93 1 1 1 1 4 160 Serbia 91 x 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 1 160 160 Switzerland 1 1 160 Ukraine 1 1 Sponsors Edit UEFA national team competitions Adidas Alipay Atos Hisense UEFA Champions League Expedia Group Expedia FedEx Oppo Heineken N V Heineken Just Eat Takeaway MasterCard Sony PlayStation PepsiCo Pepsi Lay s Gatorade Turkish Airlines Note The UEFA Champions League sponsors are also sponsors of the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Youth League UEFA Europa League bwin 91 33 93 Enterprise 91 34 93 Hankook 91 35 93 Heineken 91 36 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 Amazon Prime EA Sports Euronics Grifols Heineken Hublot Just Eat Takeaway Lay s PlayStation Visa FIFA World Rankings Edit See also FIFA World Rankings and FIFA Women s World Rankings Overview Edit FIFA Men s Rankings as of 21 September 2023 91 37 93 UEFA FIFA National Team Points 1 2 160 France 1840 76 2 4 160 England 1794 34 3 5 160 Belgium 1792 64 4 6 160 Croatia 1747 83 5 7 160 Netherlands 1743 15 6 8 1 160 Portugal 1728 58 7 9 1 160 Italy 1727 37 8 10 160 Spain 1710 72 9 14 1 160 160 Switzerland 1654 11 10 15 160 Germany 1637 9 11 18 1 160 Denmark 1606 84 12 23 160 Sweden 1538 84 13 24 160 Ukraine 1538 42 14 25 4 160 Austria 1537 36 15 28 3 160 Serbia 1529 49 16 30 4 160 Poland 1524 61 17 31 1 160 Scotland 1522 67 18 32 4 160 Hungary 1517 73 19 33 2 160 Wales 1510 52 20 37 160 Czech Republic 1500 44 21 39 1 160 Russia 1495 53 22 42 1 160 Turkey 1475 4 23 43 1 160 Norway 1470 88 24 47 1 160 Romania 1448 02 25 48 1 160 Slovakia 1442 84 26 51 1 160 Greece 1437 26 27 54 1 160 Finland 1418 43 28 55 2 160 Republic of Ireland 1416 32 29 59 2 160 Slovenia 1404 72 30 62 3 160 Albania 1377 47 31 63 1 160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1370 37 32 66 2 160 North Macedonia 1362 95 33 67 160 Iceland 1351 93 34 68 3 160 Montenegro 1349 34 35 72 4 160 Israel 1336 34 36 74 10 160 Northern Ireland 1333 2 37 78 1 160 Bulgaria 1300 74 38 79 1 160 Georgia 1299 32 39 85 4 160 Luxembourg 1273 55 40 91 1 160 Armenia 1254 47 41 100 4 160 Kazakhstan 1206 94 42 105 7 160 Belarus 1198 22 43 111 2 160 Kosovo 1181 91 44 115 4 160 Estonia 1172 25 45 120 2 160 Cyprus 1155 95 46 121 160 Azerbaijan 1147 69 47 131 2 160 Faroe Islands 1106 52 48 136 2 160 Latvia 1089 99 49 143 1 160 Lithuania 1072 21 50 153 1 160 Andorra 1024 58 51 159 5 160 Moldova 1010 1 52 171 160 Malta 972 02 53 198 160 Gibraltar 845 4 54 199 1 160 Liechtenstein 843 63 55 207 1 160 San Marino 750 27 Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points FIFA Women s Rankings as of 25 August 2023 91 38 93 UEFA FIFA National Team Points 1 1 2 160 Sweden 2069 17 2 2 4 160 Spain 2051 84 3 4 160 England 2030 14 4 5 160 France 2004 17 5 6 4 160 Germany 1987 67 6 7 2 160 Netherlands 1984 5 7 12 1 160 Denmark 1859 47 8 13 1 160 Norway 1856 45 9 14 1 160 Iceland 1851 05 10 16 2 160 Austria 1806 84 11 17 1 160 Italy 1795 18 12 18 1 160 Belgium 1793 53 13 19 2 160 Portugal 1785 78 14 21 1 160 160 Switzerland 1755 46 15 23 160 Scotland 1743 56 16 24 2 160 Republic of Ireland 1724 01 17 25 1 160 Russia 1717 17 18 27 160 Czech Republic 1680 91 19 28 1 160 Finland 1680 67 20 29 1 160 Wales 1666 32 21 30 1 160 Poland 1662 26 22 33 160 Ukraine 1642 32 23 35 1 160 Serbia 1622 42 24 39 1 160 Romania 1563 95 25 40 1 160 Slovenia 1556 25 26 42 160 Hungary 1547 03 27 47 2 160 Northern Ireland 1533 47 28 48 1 160 Slovakia 1510 78 29 57 160 Belarus 1442 6 30 60 1 160 Croatia 1416 26 31 62 160 Greece 1411 46 32 64 1 160 Turkey 1391 92 33 68 3 160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1374 58 34 70 2 160 Israel 1358 37 35 72 1 160 Albania 1342 43 36 78 1 160 Azerbaijan 1290 24 37 86 160 Malta 1242 5 38 90 160 Bulgaria 1228 32 39 91 160 Montenegro 1228 03 40 94 1 160 Lithuania 1216 59 41 98 160 Estonia 1207 77 42 99 160 Kazakhstan 1205 62 43 100 160 Faroe Islands 1201 16 44 102 160 Kosovo 1188 46 45 114 3 160 Moldova 1157 45 46 117 160 Luxembourg 1145 65 47 119 160 Latvia 1142 4 48 121 160 Cyprus 1134 28 49 126 160 Georgia 1113 38 50 129 160 North Macedonia 1093 35 51 143 1 160 Armenia 1044 94 52 179 1 160 Andorra 760 32 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 37 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 39 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 y 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 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