UEFA

UEFA

Union of European Football Associations
Abbreviation	UEFA
Formation	15 June 1954; 71 years ago (1954-06-15)
Founded at	Basel, Switzerland
Type	Football organisation
Headquarters	Nyon, Switzerland
Coordinates	46°22′16″N 6°13′52″E / 46.371009°N 6.23103°E / 46.371009; 6.23103
Region	Europe[a]
Membership	55 full member associations
Official languages	English French German[1] (other main but not official: Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish)[2]
President	Aleksander Čeferin[3]
First vice-president	Gabriele Gravina
Vice-presidents	Hans-Joachim Watzke Jesper Møller Christensen Laura McAllister Armand Duka
General secretary	Theodore Theodoridis
Main organ	UEFA Congress
Parent organization	FIFA
Website	uefa.com

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA /juːˈeɪfə/ yoo-AY-fə; French: Union des associations européennes de football;^[b] German: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände^[c]) 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 (suspended), Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel.^[4] UEFA consists of 55 national association members. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions.^[5][6] UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the European Championship, Nations League, Champions League, Europa League, Conference League, and 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 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.^[7]

UEFA was officially inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland, after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations.^[8] At the founding meeting, 25 members were present. However, six other associations which were not present were still recognised as founding members, bringing the total of founding associations to 31.^[9] 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. Finally, they moved to Nyon, Switzerland, in 1995, opening the organisation's current headquarters in 1999.^[10]

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 (UK constituent countries), Gibraltar (UK overseas territory), Faroe Islands (Danish Realm), 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.^[11]

Some UEFA members are transcontinental states (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey) and others are considered part of Europe both culturally and politically (Turkey, 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. Involving clubs, some UEFA member associations allow teams from outside their association's main territory to take part in their "domestic" competition, for example, AS Monaco in the French League, various Welsh clubs in the English leagues, English-based The New Saints in the Welsh League, or Derry City, situated in Northern Ireland, plays in the Republic of Ireland-based League of Ireland.^[12][13]

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.^[14][5] The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the UEFA ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the ban.^[15][16] On 26 September 2023 the ban was lifted for the Russia U-17 team enabling them to complete in the 2024 Euro U-17 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 teams, men and women, of underage players.^[17] This was rejected by the FA of Ukraine, England, and Sweden, with all three threatening to boycott matches against Russia.^[18]

Five of the UEFA national teams, Germany, Italy, France, England and Spain, have won 12 out of 22 FIFA World Cups for Europe. These five nations also make up the so-called "Europe's Big Five", consisting of Spain's La Liga, England's Premier League, Germany's Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A and France's Ligue 1.^[19]

UEFA executive committee is composed of;^[20]

List of presidents of UEFA

President	Nationality	Term
Ebbe Schwartz	Denmark	1954–1962
Gustav Wiederkehr	Switzerland	1962–1972
Sándor Barcs	Hungary	1972–1973 (acting)
Artemio Franchi	Italy	1973–1983
Jacques Georges	France	1983–1990
Lennart Johansson	Sweden	1990–2007
Michel Platini	France	2007–2015
Ángel María Villar	Spain	2015–2016 (acting)
Aleksander Čeferin	Slovenia	2016–present

List of secretaries general of UEFA

Chief Executive

Secretary general	Nationality	Term
Henri Delaunay	France	1954–1955
Pierre Delaunay	France	1955–1960
Hans Bangerter	Switzerland	1960–1989
Gerhard Aigner	Germany	1989–1999
		1999–2003
Lars-Christer Olsson	Sweden	2003–2007
Gianni Infantino	Switzerland  Italy	2007
David Taylor	Scotland	2007–2009
Gianni Infantino	Switzerland  Italy	2009–2016
Theodore Theodoridis	Greece	2016–present

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	UEFA affiliation	IOC member
ALB	Albania	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1930	1932	1954	Yes
AND	Andorra	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1994	1996	1996	Yes
ARM	Armenia	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1992	1992	1992	Yes
AUT	Austria	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1904	1905	1954	Yes
AZE	Azerbaijan	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1992	1994	1994	Yes
BLR	Belarus	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1989	1992	1993	Yes
BEL	Belgium	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1895	1904	1954	Yes
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1920	1996	1998	Yes
BUL	Bulgaria	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1923	1924	1954	Yes
CRO	Croatia	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1912	1941	1993	Yes
CYP	Cyprus	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1934	1948	1962	Yes
CZE	Czech Republic	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1901	1907	1954	Yes
DEN	Denmark	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1889	1904	1954	Yes
ENG	England	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1863	1905	1954	No[d]
EST	Estonia	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1921	1923	1992	Yes
FRO	Faroe Islands	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1979	1988	1990	No[e]
FIN	Finland	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1907	1908	1954	Yes
FRA	France	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1919[f]	1904[g]	1954	Yes
GEO	Georgia	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1990	1992	1992	Yes
GER	Germany	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1900	1904	1954	Yes
GIB	Gibraltar	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1895	2016	2013	No[d]
GRE	Greece	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1926	1927	1954	Yes
HUN	Hungary	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1901	1906	1954	Yes
ISL	Iceland	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1947[h]	1947	1954	Yes
ISR	Israel[i]	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1928	1929	1994[j]	Yes
ITA	Italy	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1898	1905	1954	Yes
KAZ	Kazakhstan[k]	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1994	1994	2002	Yes[l]
KOS	Kosovo	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	2008	2016	2016	Yes
LVA	Latvia	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1921	1922	1992	Yes
LIE	Liechtenstein	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1934	1974	1974	Yes
LTU	Lithuania	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1922	1923	1992	Yes
LUX	Luxembourg	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1908	1910	1954	Yes
MLT	Malta	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1900	1959	1960	Yes
MDA	Moldova	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1990	1994	1993	Yes
MNE	Montenegro	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1931	2007	2007	Yes
NED	Netherlands	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1889	1904	1954	Yes
MKD	North Macedonia	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1926	1994	1994	Yes
NIR	Northern Ireland	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1880	1911	1954	No[d]
NOR	Norway	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1902	1908	1954	Yes
POL	Poland	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1919[m]	1923	1954	Yes
POR	Portugal	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1914	1923	1954	Yes
IRL	Republic of Ireland	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1921	1923	1954	Yes
ROU	Romania	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1909	1923	1954	Yes
RUS	Russia	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1912	1912	1954	Yes
SMR	San Marino	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1931	1988	1988	Yes
SCO	Scotland	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1873	1910	1954	No[d]
SRB	Serbia	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1919	1923	1954	Yes
SVK	Slovakia	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1938	1939	1993	Yes
SVN	Slovenia	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1920	1992	1992	Yes
ESP	Spain	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1909	1904	1954	Yes
SWE	Sweden	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1904	1904	1954	Yes
SUI	Switzerland	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1895	1904	1954	Yes
TUR	Turkey	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1923	1923	1962	Yes
UKR	Ukraine	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1991	1992	1992	Yes
WAL	Wales	Men's U21 U19 U17 F BS Women's U19 U17	1876	1910	1954	No[d]

•  Jersey: In December 2015, an application was submitted to UEFA to allow Jersey to take part in international matches,^[24] following on from Gibraltar's admission two years earlier.^[25] In October 2016, Jersey's bid to join UEFA was rejected,^[26] but this decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in June 2017.^[27] In September 2017, the CAS ordered the UEFA Congress to hear Jersey's case.^[28] In February 2018 a majority of the member associations of UEFA voted against admitting Jersey as a member.^[29]

Association	Year	Note
Saarland	1954–1956	[n]
East Germany	1954–1990
Soviet Union  CIS	1954–1991 1992	[o]
Czechoslovakia	1954–1993	[p]
Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro	1954–1992 1992–2003 2003–2006	[q]

Defunct

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.

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^[r] men's national teams are the only teams to have won the European football championship in all categories.

The top-ranked UEFA competition is the UEFA Champions League, which started in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup (or simply the European Cup) and initially only gathered the top team of each country; this competition has since been expanded to gather 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).

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.^[30]

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.^[31][32][33]

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.^[34] 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.^[35]

Only five teams^[36][37] (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),^[38] 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^[39] and, in commemoration of achieving that feat, have received The UEFA Plaque by the Union of European Football Associations on 12 July 1988.^[40][41]

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.

There was an attempt to create a Europa League-style second tier women's club competition, which had been in discussion since 2021.^[42] In December 2023, the attempt came into a fruition, with the first edition of the competition to be played in 2025–26.^[43] In December 2024, the name of the competition, "UEFA Women's Europa Cup", was announced.^[44][45]

Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next edition
Intercontinental (UEFA–CONMEBOL)
Finalissima		2022	Argentina	2nd	Italy		2026
Women's Finalissima		2023	England	1st	Brazil		2026
Club Challenge		2023	Sevilla	1st	Independiente del Valle		2025
U-20 Intercontinental Cup		2024	Flamengo	1st	Olympiacos		2025
Futsal Finalissima		2022	Portugal	1st	Spain		2026
Men's national teams
European Championship		2024	Spain	4th	England		2028
Nations League		2024–25	Portugal	2nd	Spain		2026–27
U-21 Championship		2025	England	4th	Germany		2027
U-19 Championship		2025	Netherlands	1st	Spain		2026
U-17 Championship		2025	Portugal	7th	France		2026
Futsal Championship		2026	Spain	8th	Portugal		2030
U-19 Futsal Championship		2025	Portugal	2nd	Spain		2027
Women's national teams
Women's Championship		2025	England	2nd	Spain		2029
Women's Nations League		2025	Spain	2nd	Germany		2027
Women's U-19 Championship		2025	Spain	7th	France		2026
Women's U-17 Championship		2025	Netherlands	1st	Norway		2026
Women's Futsal Championship		2023	Spain	3rd	Ukraine		2027
Men's club teams
Super Cup		2025	Paris Saint-Germain	1st	Tottenham Hotspur		2026
Champions League		2024–25	Paris Saint-Germain	1st	Inter Milan		2025–26
Europa League		2024–25	Tottenham Hotspur	3rd	Manchester United		2025–26
Conference League		2024–25	Chelsea	1st	Real Betis		2025–26
Youth League		2024–25	Barcelona	3rd	Trabzonspor		2025–26
Futsal Champions League		2024–25	Palma Futsal	3rd	Kairat		2025–26
Women's club teams
Women's Champions League		2024–25	Arsenal	2nd	Barcelona		2025–26
Women's Europa Cup							2025–26
Men's amateur teams
Regions' Cup		2025	Aragon	1st	Dolnośląski		2027

Nation	Men					Women				Futsal			Total
	Euro	NL	U21	U19	U17	Euro	NL	U19	U17	Men's	U19	Women's
Spain	4	1	5	12	9	–	2	6	5	7	2	3	56
Germany[t]	3	–	3	3	4	8	–	6	8	–	–	–	35
France	2	1	1	8	3	–	–	5	1	–	–	–	21
England	–	–	4	11	2	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	20
Portugal	1	2	–	4	7	–	–	–	–	2	2	–	18
Italy	2	–	5	4	2	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	16
Russia[u]	1	–	2	6	3	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	14
Netherlands	1	–	2	1	4	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	11
Sweden	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	3	–	–	–	–	5
Czech Republic[v]	1	–	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Serbia[w]	–	–	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Bulgaria	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Hungary	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Poland	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	3
Turkey	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Austria	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Denmark	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2
Norway	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Republic of Ireland	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Belgium	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Greece	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Romania	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Scotland	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Switzerland	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Ukraine	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1

UEFA national team competitions^[46]

UEFA Champions League

Global sponsors

Suppliers and enhanced partners

Note: The UEFA Champions League sponsors are also sponsors of the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Youth League.

UEFA Europa League

Global sponsors

Suppliers

Note: The UEFA Europa League sponsors are also sponsors of the UEFA Conference League.

UEFA women's football competitions

Legend

•  1st  – Champions
•  2nd  – Runners-up
•  3rd  – Third place^[x]
•  4th  – Fourth place
• QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
• R3 – Round 3 (2026–present: knockout round of 16)
• R2 – Round 2 (1974–1978: second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16; 2026–present: knockout round of 32)
• 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
•  ••  – Qualified but withdrew
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•     – 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 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)	2030 (48)	2034 (48)	Years
Austria	×	4th	×[y]	×	3rd	R1 15th	×	•	•	•	R2 7th	R2 8th	•	R1 T-18th	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q			8
Belgium	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 13th	×	R1 12th	•	•	•	R1 T-10th	•	•	R2 10th	4th	R2 11th	R2 11th	R1 19th	R2 14th	•	•	QF 6th	3rd	R1 23rd	Q			15
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Part of Yugoslavia														×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•				1
Bulgaria	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1 15th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 12th	•	•	R2 15th	•	4th	R1 29th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			7
Croatia	Part of Yugoslavia														×	3rd	R1 23rd	R1 22nd	•	R1 19th	2nd	3rd	Q			7
Czech Republic[z]	×	2nd	QF 5th	×	R1 14th	R1 9th	2nd	•	R1 15th	•	•	R1 19th	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•				9
Denmark	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	•	•	QF 8th	R2 10th	•	R1 24th	•	R2 11th	R1 28th				6
East Germany[z]	Part of Germany			×	×	•	•	•	•	R2 6th	•	•	•	•	Part of Germany											1
England	×	×	×	R1 8th	QF 6th	R1 11th	QF 8th	1st	QF 8th	•	•	R2 6th	QF 8th	4th	•	R2 9th	QF 6th	QF 7th	R2 13th	R1 26th	4th	QF 6th	Q			17
France	R1 7th	R1 T-9th	QF 6th	•	R1 11th	3rd	•	R1 T-13th	•	•	R1 12th	4th	3rd	•	•	1st	R1 28th	2nd	R1 29th	QF 7th	1st	2nd	Q			17
Germany[z]	×	3rd	R1 10th	×	1st	4th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	1st	R2 6th	2nd	2nd	1st	QF 5th	QF 7th	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	R1 22nd	R1 17th	Q			21
Greece	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 24th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R2 13th	•	•	•			3
Hungary	×	QF 6th	2nd	×	2nd	R1 10th	QF 5th	QF 6th	•	•	R1 15th	R1 14th	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			9
Iceland	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	•	•			1
Israel[aa]	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Italy	×	1st	1st	R1 7th	R1 10th	•	R1 9th	R1 9th	2nd	R1 10th	4th	1st	R2 12th	3rd	2nd	QF 5th	R2 15th	1st	R1 26th	R1 22nd	•	•				18
Netherlands	×	R1 T-9th	R1 14th	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	2nd	•	•	R2 15th	QF 7th	4th	•	R2 11th	2nd	3rd	•	QF 5th	Q			12
Northern Ireland	×	×	×	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R1 21st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				3
Norway	×	×	R1 12th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	R2 15th	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q			4
Poland	×	•	R1 11th	×	×	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2 5th	3rd	R2 14th	•	•	•	R1 25th	R1 21st	•	•	R1 25th	R2 15th				9
Portugal	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	•	•	R1 21st	4th	R2 11th	R1 18th	R2 13th	QF 8th	Q	Q		9
Republic of Ireland[ab]	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 8th	R2 16th	•	R2 12th	•	•	•	•	•				3
Romania	R1 8th	R1 12th	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	R1 T-10th	•	•	•	•	R2 12th	QF 6th	R2 11th	•	•	•	•	•	•				7
Russia[ac]	×	×	×	×	×	QF 7th	QF 6th	4th	QF 5th	•	•	R2 7th	R2 10th	R1 17th	R1 18th	•	R1 22nd	•	•	R1 24th	QF 8th	×	×			11
Scotland	×	×	×	••	R1 15th	R1 14th	•	•	•	R1 9th	R1 11th	R1 15th	R1 19th	R1 T-18th	•	R1 27th	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q			9
Serbia[z]	4th[x]	•	•	R1 5th	QF 7th	QF 5th	4th	•	•	R2 7th	•	R1 16th	•	QF 5th	×	R2 10th	•	R1 32nd	R1 23rd	•	R1 23rd	R1 29th	•			13
Slovakia[ad]	×	2nd	QF 5th	×	R1 14th	R1 9th	2nd	•	R1 15th	•	•	R1 19th	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	•	R2 16th	•	•	•				1
Slovenia	Part of Yugoslavia														×	•	R1 30th	•	R1 18th	•	•	•	•			2
Spain	×	QF 5th	×	4th	•	•	R1 12th	R1 10th	•	•	R1 10th	R2 12th	QF 7th	R2 10th	QF 8th	R1 17th	QF 5th	R2 9th	1st	R1 23rd	R2 10th	R2 13th	Q	Q		17
Sweden	×	QF 8th	4th	3rd	•	2nd	•	•	R1 9th	R2 5th	R1 13th	•	•	R1 21st	3rd	•	R2 13th	R2 14th	•	•	QF 7th	•				12
Switzerland	×	QF 7th	QF 7th	R1 6th	QF 8th	•	R1 16th	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 15th	•	•	R2 10th	R1 19th	R2 11th	R2 14th	R2 12th	Q			13
Turkey	×	×	×	••	R1 9th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•				2
Ukraine	Part of Soviet Union														×	•	•	QF 8th	•	•	•	•				1
Wales	×	×	×	•	•	QF 6th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 30th				2
Total (34 teams)	4	12	13	6	12	12	10	10	9	9	10	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	16	TBD	TBD

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	2027 (32)	Years
Denmark	QF 7th	QF 7th	R1 15th	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	R2 11th		5
England	•	QF 6th	•	•	QF 7th	QF 7th	3rd	4th	2nd		6
France	•	•	•	R1 9th	•	4th	QF 5th	QF 6th	QF 6th		5
Germany	4th	2nd	QF 8th	1st	1st	QF 6th	4th	QF 5th	R1 17th		9
Italy	QF 6th	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd		4
Netherlands	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	2nd	QF 7th		3
Norway	2nd	1st	4th	QF 7th	4th	R1 10th	R2 10th	QF 8th	R2 15th		9
Portugal	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th		1
Republic of Ireland	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 26th		1
Russia	×	•	QF 5th	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	×		2
Scotland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	•		1
Spain	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	R2 12th	1st		3
Sweden	3rd	QF 5th	QF 6th	2nd	R1 T-10th	3rd	R2 16th	3rd	3rd		9
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 15th	•	R2 14th		2
Total (14 teams)	5	5	6	5	5	5	8	9	12	11/12	60

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team	1900 (3)	1904 (3)	1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2020 (16)	2024 (16)	Years
Austria	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	2	=11	=5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Belarus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	1
Belgium	3	–	–	–	1	15	=5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	5
Bulgaria	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	=17	3	5	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
Czech Republic	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Czechoslovakia	–	–	–	–	9	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	9	–	–	1	–	–	Split into Slovakia and Czech Republic									5
Denmark	–	–	2	2	10	–	–	–	3	=5	–	2	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	9
East Germany[ae]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	3	1	2	–	–	Merged with West Germany									4
Estonia	–	–	–	–	–	=17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Finland	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	=9	–	=14	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
France	2	–	5	–	4	5	=9	–	=5	=17	–	9	–	7	–	5	–	1	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	13	2	14
Germany[af]	–	–	–	7	–	–	=5	=6	–	4	=9	–	–	–	5	–	–	5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	9	–	10
Great Britain	1	–	1	1	11	–	–	=6	4	=17	=5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	10
Greece	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	=17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	3
Hungary	–	–	–	5	–	13	–	=9	–	1	–	3	1	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9
Ireland	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	=17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Israel	Competed with Asia (qualified 2 times)																–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	3
Italy	–	–	–	8	5	6	3	1	=5	=9	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	5	12	5	3	5	–	–	–	–	15
Latvia	–	–	–	–	–	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Lithuania	–	–	–	–	–	=17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Luxembourg	–	–	–	–	12	11	=9	=9	=9	=9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
Netherlands	–	–	3	3	3	4	=9	–	=9	=17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–	8
Norway	–	–	–	9	7	–	–	3	–	=14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
Poland	–	–	–	–	–	=17	–	4	–	=9	–	10	–	–	1	2	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
Portugal	–	–	–	–	–	–	=5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	14	–	–	6	–	–	4
Romania	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	–	=17	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	4
Russia	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Serbia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	–	1
Serbia and Montenegro	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	Split into 2 nations					1
Slovakia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	=9	1	–	–	–	3	3	3	–	1	–	Split into 15 nations								6
Spain	–	–	–	–	2	=17	=5	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	12	10	–	–	1	6	2	–	–	14	–	2	1	12
Sweden	–	–	4	11	6	3	–	=9	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	–	10
Switzerland	–	–	–	–	–	2	=9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	–	3
Turkey	–	–	–	–	–	=17	=9	=9	=5	=5	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
Ukraine	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	1
Yugoslavia	–	–	–	–	9	=17	=9	–	2	2	2	1	6	–	–	–	4	3	10	–	Split into 7 nations								11
Total (37 teams)	3	0	6	11	13	18	11	10	10	19	5	9	6	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2020 (12)	2024 (12)	Years
Denmark	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
France	–	–	–	–	4	6	–	6	3
Germany	5	3	3	3	–	1	–	3	6
Great Britain	–	–	–	–	5	–	7	–	2
Greece	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	1
Netherlands	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	1
Norway	3	1	–	7	–	–	–	–	3
Spain	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1
Sweden	6	6	4	6	7	2	2	–	7
Total (9 teams)	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	25

UEFA European Championship record
Team (Total 36 teams)	1960 (4)	1964 (4)	1968 (4)	1972 (4)	1976 (4)	1980 (8)	1984 (8)	1988 (8)	1992 (8)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (24)	2020 (24)	2024 (24)	2028 (24)	2032 (24)	Years
Albania	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS			2
Austria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	R16	R16			4
Belgium	×	•	•	3rd	•	2nd	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	QF	QF	R16			7
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•			2
Croatia	Part of  Yugoslavia									QF	•	GS	QF	GS	R16	R16	GS			7
Czech Republic[ag]	3rd	•	•	•	1st	3rd	•	•	•	2nd	GS	SF	GS	QF	GS	QF	GS			11
Denmark	•	4th	•	•	•	•	SF	GS	1st	GS	GS	QF	•	GS	•	SF	R16			10
England	×	•	3rd	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	SF	GS	QF	•	QF	R16	2nd	2nd			11
Finland	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•			1
France	4th	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	GS	SF	1st	QF	GS	QF	2nd	R16	SF			11
Georgia	Part of  Soviet Union									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16			1
Germany[ah]	×	×	•	1st	2nd	1st	GS	SF	2nd	1st	GS	GS	2nd	SF	SF	R16	QF			14
Greece	•	×[ai]	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	1st	GS	QF	•	•	•			4
Hungary	•	3rd	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	GS	GS			5
Iceland	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•			1
Italy	×	•	1st	•	•	4th	•	SF	•	GS	2nd	GS	QF	2nd	QF	1st	R16		Q	11
Latvia	Part of  Soviet Union									•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•			1
Netherlands	×	•	•	•	3rd	GS	•	1st	SF	QF	SF	SF	QF	GS	•	R16	SF			11
North Macedonia	Part of  Yugoslavia									•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•			1
Northern Ireland	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•			1
Norway	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	QF	GS	GS			5
Portugal	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	QF	SF	2nd	QF	SF	1st	R16	QF			9
Republic of Ireland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	•	•			3
Romania	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	QF	•	GS	•	GS	•	R16			6
Russia[aj]	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	•	•	•	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	SF	GS	GS	GS	×			12
Scotland	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS			4
Serbia[ak]	2nd	•	2nd	•	4th	•	GS	•	•×[al]	×	QF	•	•	•	•	•	GS			6
Slovakia[am]	3rd	•	•	•	1st	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	GS	R16			6
Slovenia	Part of  Yugoslavia									•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	R16			2
Spain	•×[an]	1st	•	•	•	GS	2nd	GS	•	QF	QF	GS	1st	1st	R16	SF	1st			12
Sweden	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS	R16	•			7
Switzerland	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	R16	QF	QF			6
Turkey	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	SF	•	GS	GS	QF		Q	6
Ukraine	Part of  Soviet Union									•	•	•	•	GS	GS	QF	GS			4
Wales	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	R16	•			2

Team	1984 (4)	1987 (4)	1989 (4)	1991 (4)	1993 (4)	1995 (4)	1997 (8)	2001 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (12)	2013 (12)	2017 (16)	2022 (16)	2025 (16)	2029 (16)	Total
Austria	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	SF	QF	•		2
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	GS		3
Denmark	SF	•	•	3rd	3rd	•	GS	SF	GS	GS	SF	2nd	GS	GS		11
England	2nd	4th	•	•	•	SF	•	GS	GS	2nd	GS	SF	1st	1st		10
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	QF	GS	•	GS	GS		5
France	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	QF	SF	QF		8
Germany[ao]	•	•	1st	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	QF	2nd	SF		12
Iceland	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS		5
Italy	SF	3rd	4th	4th	2nd	•	2nd	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	GS	SF		13
Netherlands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	SF	GS	1st	QF	GS		5
Northern Ireland	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•		1
Norway	•	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	SF	GS	SF	2nd	SF	2nd	GS	GS	QF		13
Poland	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		1
Portugal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS		3
Russia	Part of  Soviet Union				•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	×	×		5
Scotland	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•		1
Spain	×	•	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	•	QF	QF	QF	2nd		5
Sweden	1st	2nd	3rd	•	•	2nd	SF	2nd	SF	QF	SF	QF	SF	QF		12
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	QF		3
Ukraine	Part of  Soviet Union				×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•		1
Wales	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS		1

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	Years
Austria	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	R2	•	•	•	•	5
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Bulgaria	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Croatia									•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•	•	3
Czech Republic	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	2nd	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6
East Germany	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	R1	•																	2
England	•	•	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	3rd	•	R2	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R2	R1	•	1st	•	R2	•	12
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
France	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	4th	1st	•	R2	R2	R1	4th	9
Germany	•	•	1st	•	•	2nd	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	R2	R1	QF	•	QF	•	•	QF	R2	•	•	•	11
Greece	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	1
Hungary	R1	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	6
Israel	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	1
Italy	R1	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	3rd	4th	2nd	R2	9
Kazakhstan[ap]									•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Netherlands	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Norway	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	QF	4
Poland	•	4th	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	5
Portugal	•	QF	•	•	•	•	1st	1st	R1	3rd	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	2nd	R2	QF	QF	R1	•	•	12
Republic of Ireland	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	3rd	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Romania	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Russia	1st	2nd	•	R1	4th	•	QF	3rd	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
Scotland	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Serbia	•	R1	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	3
Slovakia	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	2
Spain	R1	QF	R1	•	2nd	•	R1	QF	•	4th	QF	1st	•	2nd	QF	QF	R2	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	QF	16
Sweden	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Turkey	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	3
Ukraine									•	•	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	1st	•	R2	5
Total (30 teams)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	6	5	6	5	5

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team	2002 (12)	2004 (12)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022[aq] (16)	2024 (24)	2026 (24)	Years
Austria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	1
Denmark	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
England	QF	•	•	QF	R1	•	R1	•	3rd	•	•	Q	6
Finland	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	2
France	R1	•	QF	4th	R1	•	3rd	2nd	4th	QF	R2	Q	10
Germany	3rd	1st	QF	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	QF	QF	R1	QF	•	11
Italy	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	Q	3
Netherlands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	4th	4th	•	3
Norway	•	•	•	R1	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	1
Portugal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	1
Russia	•	QF	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	2
Spain	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	QF	2nd	1st	QF	Q	6
Sweden	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	2
Switzerland	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Total (13 teams)	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	54

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Years
Austria	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	2nd	3
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	R2	3
Croatia					•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	•	•	R2	4
Czech Republic	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	3
Denmark	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
East Germany	•	•	QF	•	Merged with West Germany																1
England	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	R1	1st	•	R2	R3	6
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
France	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	QF	•	QF	•	R2	R2	3rd	2nd	R3	9
Germany	2nd	•	•	QF	•	R1	4th	R1	•	•	•	3rd	R2	3rd	•	R2	QF	•	1st	R2	12
Hungary	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	2
Italy	R1	4th	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	QF	•	R2	•	•	QF	•	3rd	9
Netherlands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	4th	•	•	4
Poland	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	3
Portugal	•	•	3rd	•	•	QF	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st	4
Republic of Ireland	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R3	1
Russia	•	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R2	•	•	×	×	3
Scotland	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Slovakia						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	1
Spain	•	•	•	2nd	•	R1	3rd	R1	R1	2nd	•	2nd	3rd	•	•	•	2nd	QF	QF	•	11
Sweden	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	1
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	2
Turkey	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	QF	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	3
Total (23 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	11

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (16)	2025 (24)	Years
Azerbaijan	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Denmark	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
England	4th	•	•	•	QF	•	•	4th	•	3
Finland	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	1
France	R1	•	1st	•	•	•	R1	•	QF	4
Germany	3rd	QF	4th	R1	QF	QF	4th	•	•	7
Italy	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	QF	2
Netherlands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	1
Norway	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	1
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	1
Republic of Ireland	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Spain	•	3rd	•	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	R2	7
Total (12 teams)	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	30

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Years
Azerbaijan								QF			1
Belgium	4th	R2	R2								3
Croatia				R2						R2	2
Czech Republic					R2	R1	R2		R2		4
Denmark	R1										1
France										4th	1
Hungary	R2										1
Italy	R2	R1	R2		2nd	3rd	3rd	R2			7
Kazakhstan				R1				R2	4th	QF	4
Lithuania									R1		1
Netherlands	2nd	R2	R2	R2						R2	5
Poland		R2									1
Portugal				3rd	R2	R1	QF	4th	1st	R2	7
Russia		R1	3rd	4th		4th	QF	2nd	QF		7
Serbia							R2		R2		2
Spain	R1	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	QF	QF	R2	10
Ukraine			4th		R2	R2	QF	R2		3rd	6
Total (17 teams)	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	63

Team	Beach Soccer World Championship record											FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record														Appearances
	1995 (8)	1996 (8)	1997 (8)	1998 (10)	1999 (12)	2000 (12)	2001 (12)	2002 (8)	2003 (8)	2004 (12)		2005 (12)	2006 (16)	2007 (16)	2008 (16)	2009 (16)	2011 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (16)	2021 (16)	2024 (16)	2025 (16)		WC /10	FIFA /13	Years /23
Belarus	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 11th	R1 14th	4th	2nd		0	4	4
Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th		•	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•		1	0	1
Denmark	•	R1 6th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•		1	0	1
England	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•		1	0	1
France	•	•	R1 7th	2nd	R1 11th	R1 11th	2nd	R1 7th	4th	QF 5th		1st	3rd	4th	QF 8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		8	4	12
Germany	R1 5th	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	R1 12th	•	•	R1 11th		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		4	0	4
Italy	4th	3rd	R1 5th	R1 10th	R1 9th	QF 8th	QF 8th	R1 6th	R1 6th	4th		•	R1 15th	R1 10th	2nd	QF 8th	QF 5th	•	4th	4th	2nd	•	2nd	QF		10	10	20
Netherlands	R1 8th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	×	•	•	•	R1 14th	×	•	×	×	×	×		1	1	2
Poland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	R1 11th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 15th	•	•	•	•		0	2	2
Portugal	•	•	R1 6th	R1 5th	2nd	QF 6th	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd		2nd	4th	QF 8th	3rd	3rd	3rd	•	1st	QF 8th	1st	R1 10th	QF 5th	3rd		8	12	20
Russia	•	R1 5th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		×	•	R1 9th	QF 6th	QF 7th	1st	1st	3rd	•	3rd	1st	×	×		1	8	9
Spain	•	•	•	R1 6th	QF 5th	3rd	QF 6th	R1 6th	2nd	2nd		QF 7th	R1 10th	QF 7th	4th	QF 6th	•	2nd	R1 10th	•	•	QF 7th	R1 13th	QF		7	10	17
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 8th		•	•	•	•	2nd	R1 10th	•	QF 8th	QF 5th	QF 8th	3rd	•	•		1	6	7
Turkey	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 10th	•	•	•		•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×		1	0	1
Ukraine	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		QF 6th	•	•	•	•	R1 9th	R1 12th	•	•	×	×	×	•		0	3	3
Total (15 teams)	4	3	3	4	4	5	6	4	4	7		4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team	1992 (4)	1995 (6)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	Years
Czech Republic	×	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Denmark	×	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
France	×	•	•	••	1st	1st	•	•	•	•	2
Germany	×	•	••	GS	•	••	3rd	•	•	1st	3
Greece	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Italy	×	•	•	•	•	••	•	GS	3rd	•	2
Portugal	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	1
Russia	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	1
Spain	×	•	•	•	•	••	•	3rd	2nd	•	2
Turkey	×	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	1
Total (10 teams)	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	15

• Lithuania, in 1990 sanctions were imposed due to the secession of the Lithuanian Football Federation from the Football Federation of the Soviet Union
• FR Yugoslavia, in 1992–1998 sanctions were imposed due to the Bosnian War (as part of the Yugoslav Wars)
• Russia, in 2022 sanctions were imposed due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Belarus, in 2022 sanctions were imposed due to supporting Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.

• Albania, in 1967 special sanctions were imposed against 1966–67 Albanian Superliga due to its political background
• England, in 1985–1991 sanctions were imposed against English association football clubs due to the Heysel Stadium disaster by suspending their participation in continental competitions for five years
• Italy, in 1974–1975 sanctions were imposed against SS Lazio due to its fans, Italy was restricted from the European Cup to which Lazio qualified
• Netherlands, in 1990–1991 sanctions were imposed against AFC Ajax due to its fans, the Netherlands were restricted from the European Cup to which Ajax qualified

Dissatisfied fans across Europe have referred to the organisation as UEFA mafia, including in Russia's top league,^[53] in Bulgaria's top league,^[54] and in a Champions League group stage match held in Sweden.^[55] The term has also been covered for its use outside of stadiums, for example during a protest in Kosovo outside an EU building following the Serbia v Albania (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying) match.^[56] F.C. Copenhagen supporters displayed banners around the city, with slogans such as "UEFA MAFIA – THE PANDEMIC OF FOOTBALL", when UEFA ordered their 2019–20 Europa League round of 16 return leg be played behind closed doors, despite reduced capacity being allowed by the Danish government.^[57]

Following the 2015 FIFA corruption case, the then-president of UEFA, Michel Platini, was also involved in the case. Swiss prosecutors accused FIFA president Sepp Blatter of making a "disloyal payment" of $2m (£1.6m) to Mr Platini. Swiss attorney general, Michael Lauber [de], stated: "We didn't interview Mr Platini as a witness, that's not true. We investigated against him in between as a witness and an accused person".^[58][59] Both Platini and Sepp Blatter were banned from football-related activity. Platini appealed to Court of Arbitration for Sports, which lowered the six-year ban to four years. He further appealed to Swiss courts and the European Court of Human Rights but the courts rejected his appeals.^[60]

In 2019 UEFA's decision to host Europa League Cup final in Baku, Azerbaijan left one of the finalists, Arsenal, with a decision to withdraw their Armenian player Henrikh Mkhitaryan out of the competition due to safety concerns,^[61] and there has been long-standing debates about the extent to which the elite clubs or UEFA itself should exert the most influence on the game.^[62] UEFA's decision to partner with blockchain company Chiliz in February 2022 was criticised and described as 'incomprehensible' by fan groups across Europe.^[63]

In July 2025, UEFA sanctioned Crystal Palace F.C. and Olympique Lyonnais for breaching its multi-club ownership rules, due to overlapping ownership by John Textor’s Eagle Football Group. Palace, who had qualified for the UEFA Europa League as FA Cup winners, were instead placed in the UEFA Europa Conference League, while Lyon retained the Europa League spot. The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Palace’s appeal in August 2025.^[64][65]

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