UEFA

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

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

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

UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations. Initially, the European football union consisted of 25 members which number doubled by the early 1990s. UEFA membership coincides for the most part with recognition as a sovereign country in Europe, although there some exceptions. Some micro states, (e.g. the Vatican City) are not members. Some UEFA members are not sovereign states, but form part of a larger recognised sovereign state in the context of international law. Examples include England and Scotland, (part of the United Kingdom) or the Faroe Islands, (part of Denmark) however in the context of these countries government functions concerning sport tend to be carried at the territorial level coterminous with the UEFA member entity. Some UEFA members are transcontinental states, (e.g. Turkey and Russia). Several Asian countries were also admitted to the European football association, particularly Israel and Kazakhstan, which had been members of the Asian football association. Additionally some UEFA member associations allow teams from outside their association's main territory to take part in their "domestic" competition. Monaco, for example, takes part in the French League (though a separate sovereign entity); Welsh clubs Cardiff City and Swansea City participate in the English League; Berwick Rangers, situated in England, play in the Scottish Professional Football League and Derry City, situated in Northern Ireland, play in the Republic of Ireland-based League of Ireland .

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

Members

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	UEFA affiliation
ALB	Albania	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1930	1932	1954
AND	Andorra	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1994	1996	1996
ARM	Armenia	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1992	1992	1992
AUT	Austria	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1904	1905	1954
AZE	Azerbaijan	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1992	1994	1994
BLR	Belarus	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1989	1992	1993
BEL	Belgium	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1895	1904	1954
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1992	1996	1998
BUL	Bulgaria	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1923	1924	1954
CRO	Croatia	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1912	1992	1993
CYP	Cyprus	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1934	1948	1962
CZE	Czech Republic	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1901	1907	1954
DEN	Denmark	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1889	1904	1954
ENG	England	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1863	1905	1954
EST	Estonia	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1921	1923	1992
FRO	Faroe Islands	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1979	1988	1990
FIN	Finland	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1907	1908	1954
FRA	France	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1919	1904	1954
GEO	Georgia	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1990	1992	1992
GER	Germany	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1990	1992	1992
GIB	Gibraltar	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1895	9999 !None	2013
GRE	Greece	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1926	1927	1954
HUN	Hungary	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1901	1906	1954
ISL	Iceland	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1947	1947	1954
ISR	Israel	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1928	1929	1994
ITA	Italy	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1898	1905	1954
KAZ	Kazakhstan	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1914	1994	2002
KVX	Kosovo	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1946	2016	2016
LVA	Latvia	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1921	1922	1992
LIE	Liechtenstein	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1934	1974	1974
LTU	Lithuania	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1922	1923	1992
LUX	Luxembourg	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1908	1910	1954
MLT	Malta	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1900	1959	1960
MDA	Moldova	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1990	1994	1993
MNE	Montenegro	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1931	2007	2007
NED	Netherlands	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1889	1904	1954
MKD	North Macedonia	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1948	1994	1994
NIR	Northern Ireland	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1880	1911	1954
NOR	Norway	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1902	1908	1954
POL	Poland	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1919	1923	1954
POR	Portugal	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1914	1923	1954
IRL	Republic of Ireland	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1921	1923	1954
ROU	Romania	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1909	1923	1954
RUS	Russia	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1912	1912	1954
SMR	San Marino	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1931	1988	1988
SCO	Scotland	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1873	1910	1954
SRB	Serbia	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1919	1921	1954
SVK	Slovakia	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1938	1994	1993
SVN	Slovenia	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1920	1994	1994
ESP	Spain	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1909	1913	1954
SWE	Sweden	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1904	1904	1954
SUI	Switzerland	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1895	1904	1954
TUR	Turkey	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1923	1923	1962
UKR	Ukraine	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1991	1992	1992
WAL	Wales	Men's U21 U19 U17 Women's U19 U17	1876	1910	1954