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Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in
association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
. It governs football,
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...
and beach football in
Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
and the
Eurasian Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Ja ...
transcontinental countries of
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
,
Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
,
Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
,
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...
,
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...
,
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
, and
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
, as well as one
Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...
n country
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. UEFA consists of 55 national association
members Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in ...
. Because of the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...
, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions. UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the
UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA). The competition is conte ...
,
UEFA Nations League The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...
,
UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...
,
UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...
,
UEFA Europa Conference League The UEFA Europa Conference League (abbreviated as UECL) is an annual football club competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on thei ...
, and
UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was original ...
, 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 President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
. The current president is
Aleksander Čeferin Aleksander Čeferin (, born 13 October 1967) is a Slovenian lawyer and football administrator. Between 2011 and 2016, he was president of the Football Association of Slovenia. Since September 2016, he has been the president of UEFA. Career After ...
, a former Football Association of Slovenia president, who was elected as UEFA's seventh president at the 12th Extraordinary
UEFA Congress The UEFA Congress (french: Congrès de l'UEFA, german: UEFA-Kongress) is the supreme controlling organ of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). UEFA is the administrative body for association football and futsal in Europe, and is o ...
in
Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
in September 2016, and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA.


History and membership

UEFA was inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in
Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations. 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. 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 Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Ge ...
, Switzerland, in 1995, where they operated out of temporary offices until 1999 while the organisation's current headquarters were under construction. 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 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 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), since 1922, comprises three constituent countries and a region: England, Scotland, and Wales (which collectively make up the region of Great Britain), as well as Northern Ireland, a ...
),
Gibraltar ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song = " Gibraltar Anthem" , image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg , map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe , map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green , mapsize = , image_map2 = Gib ...
( British Overseas Territory), the
Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
(constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark), and
Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
( state with limited recognition), however, in the context of these countries, government functions concerning sport tend to be carried at the territorial level coterminous with the UEFA member entity. Some UEFA members are transcontinental states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey) and others are considered part of Europe both culturally and politically (Cyprus). Countries which had been members of the
Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly i ...
(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 Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Frenc ...
, for example, takes part in the French League (though a separate sovereign entity); Welsh clubs Cardiff City, Swansea City and Newport County A.F.C. participate in the English League; Derry City, situated in Northern Ireland, plays in the Republic of Ireland-based
League of Ireland The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland. The term was originally use ...
and the 7 native Liechtenstein teams play in the Swiss Leagues, as Liechtenstein has no internal league and only a cup competition. National teams represented by UEFA are known for being successful throughout the history of the
FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...
. Out of 21 tournaments so far, European teams have won 12 World Cup titles.
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
and
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
have four titles each, followed by
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
with two titles and
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
and
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
, 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 The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
, England's
Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...
, Germany's
Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
, Italy's
Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...
and France's Ligue 1. On 28 February 2022, due to the
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and in accordance with a recommendation by the
International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
(IOC), the UEFA suspended the participation of Russia. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the UEFA ban to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its c ...
, which upheld the ban.


Executive committee

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
*
Aleksander Čeferin Aleksander Čeferin (, born 13 October 1967) is a Slovenian lawyer and football administrator. Between 2011 and 2016, he was president of the Football Association of Slovenia. Since September 2016, he has been the president of UEFA. Career After ...
Vice-presidents * Karl-Erik Nilsson – First Vice-president *
Zbigniew Boniek Zbigniew Boniek (; born 3 March 1956) is a Polish former footballer and manager as well as current UEFA vice-president. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and second striker, he is considered one of t ...
* Sándor Csányi * Fernando Gomes * Luis Rubiales * David Gill *
Michele Uva Michele Uva (born in Matera, Italy, 8 November 1964) is an international sports administrator. He is the UEFA director of football and social responsibility since January 2021. He was UEFA vice president and UEFA executive committee member from Ma ...
Members *
Armand Duka Armand Duka (born 7 October 1962) is head of the Albanian Football Association The Albanian Football Association ( sq, Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit; FSHF) is the governing body of football in Albania. The association is based in Tirana, Alba ...
* Alexander Dyukov *
Gabriele Gravina Gabriele Gravina (born 5 October 1953) is an Italian sport director. Since 22 October 2018, he serves as president of the Italian Football Federation. Biography Originally from Castellaneta, Gravina resides in Sulmona, Abruzzo. He has a degree i ...
*
Florence Hardouin Florence Denise Philippine Hardouin (' Topin; born 26 January 1967) is a French football official. In February 2013, she became the Deputy General Manager of the French Football Federation (French: Fédération Française de Football, FFF) and in ...
* Rainer Koch * Jesper Møller * Andriy Pavelko *
Just Spee Just Spee (born 12 January 1965) is a Dutch football administrator. Since 17 December 2019 he serves as President of the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB). Background and career Just Spee was born in Haarlem on 12 January 1965. ...
*
Davor Šuker Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former footballer who played as a striker. He served as president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021. He began his footballing career in his hometo ...
* Servet Yardımcı * Karl-Heinz Rummenigge * Nasser Al-Khelaifi *
Javier Tebas Javier Tebas Medrano (; born 31 July 1962) is a Spanish lawyer and the president of Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, the association responsible for administering Spain's two professional football leagues. First elected in April 2013, he w ...
General secretary *
Theodore Theodoridis Theodore Theodoridis (born 1 August 1965 in Athens) is a Greek football official. Biography In March 2016, Theodoridis was appointed interim general secretary of UEFA, as a replacement for Gianni Infantino. This became permanent that September, ...
Deputy general secretary * Giorgio Marchetti Treasurer * David Gill Head of club competitions * Michael Heselschwerdt Head of national competitions * Lance Kelly


Members


Former members


Non-members

There are several national teams within Europe that are not members of UEFA. Many of them are instead affiliated with CONIFA. *There are two independent European states that have national teams that are not affiliated with UEFA or FIFA. All are microstates. ** ** *The constituent countries of the (, , and ) all have separate UEFA teams. The Crown Dependencies, which are not technically part of the United Kingdom, have official teams not affiliated with UEFA or FIFA ** ** **, whose membership application was rejected by UEFA in 2018 * Autonomous region of Finland ** *Several European
states with limited recognition A number of polities have declared independence and sought diplomatic recognition from the international community as sovereign states, but have not been universally recognised as such. These entities often have ''de facto'' control of thei ...
have official national teams, but none have been considered for UEFA membership. ** ** ** ** **


Competitions


UEFA continental competitions

National teams: *
UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA). The competition is conte ...
*
UEFA Nations League The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...
*
UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the comp ...
*
UEFA European Under-19 Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain and England ...
*
UEFA European Under-17 Championship The UEFA European Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Under-17 Championship, is an annual football competition contested by the European men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Spain is the most successful team in this ...
*
UEFA Women's Championship The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalen ...
* UEFA Women's Nations League (future) *
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, is a competition in women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age. National under-19 teams whose countries belong to the ...
*
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship The UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, is a European championship football tournament, organized by UEFA, for national teams of women under age seventeen. The tournament was first played out ...
*
UEFA Futsal Championship The UEFA European Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the men's national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). History The first tournament was held in Spain in 1996 and featured only six t ...
*
UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the under-19 national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). The tournament is held every two years, with the first final tourn ...
*
UEFA Women's Futsal Championship The UEFA European Women's Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the women's national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). The tournament is held every two years, with the first final tourn ...
''Defunct'' * UEFA Under-21 Futsal Tournament Clubs: *
UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...
*
UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...
*
UEFA Europa Conference League The UEFA Europa Conference League (abbreviated as UECL) is an annual football club competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on thei ...
*
UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was original ...
*
UEFA Youth League The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the youth teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League ...
*
UEFA Women's Champions League The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The ...
*
UEFA Futsal Champions League The UEFA Futsal Champions League is an annual futsal competition for European club teams organized by UEFA. It was founded as the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2001 and replaced the Futsal European Clubs Championship, an unofficial competition held since 198 ...
''Defunct'' *
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...
* UEFA Intertoto Cup Amateur: *
UEFA Regions' Cup The UEFA Regions' Cup is a football competition for amateur teams in Europe, run by UEFA. It was held for the first time in 1999 and has been played biennially since. The 2019 champions are the Lower Silesia team from Poland. The competition was ...
''Defunct'' *
UEFA Amateur Cup The UEFA Amateur Cup was a football competition for amateur teams in Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. ...
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 competitions (french: competitions de l'UEFA), referred improperly by the mass media as European football, are the set of tournaments organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), generally in professional and amateur asso ...
'', 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 The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA). The competition is conte ...
and the
UEFA Nations League The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...
. The main competition for men's national teams is the
UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA). The competition is conte ...
(also known as the Euro), which started in 1958, with the first finals in
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...
, and was known as the European Nations Cup until 1964. The
UEFA Nations League The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...
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 The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalen ...
for senior national sides as well as Women's Under-19 and Women's Under-17 Championships.


World, Olympic and intercontinental competitions

Intercontinental national teams: * CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions * Women's Finalissima *
Futsal Finalissima The Futsal Finalissima ( es, Finalissima de Futsal) is a quadrennial futsal competition organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA. The tournament is contested by the top two teams of the South American and European futsal championships for men's national ...
''Defunct'' *
UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup The UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup was a football tournament that featured national teams from Europe and Africa among players under 18, and was part of the co-operation programme between UEFA and the CAF. Meridian Project The UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup ...
Intercontinental clubs: * Under-20 Intercontinental Cup ''Defunct'' * Intercontinental Champions' Supercup * Intercontinental Cup 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 The UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup was a football tournament that featured national teams from Europe and Africa among players under 18, and was part of the co-operation programme between UEFA and the CAF. Meridian Project The UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup ...
with CAF for youth teams in an effort to boost youth football. UEFA launched the
UEFA Regions' Cup The UEFA Regions' Cup is a football competition for amateur teams in Europe, run by UEFA. It was held for the first time in 1999 and has been played biennially since. The 2019 champions are the Lower Silesia team from Poland. The competition was ...
, for semi-professional teams representing their local region, in 1999. In
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...
there is the
UEFA Futsal Championship The UEFA European Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the men's national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). History The first tournament was held in Spain in 1996 and featured only six t ...
and
UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the under-19 national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). The tournament is held every two years, with the first final tourn ...
. 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 Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) is the organisation responsible for the founding and growth of association football's derivative sport of beach soccer. The founding partners of BSWW codified the rules of beach soccer in 1992, with BSWW as it is know ...
. The
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
, German,
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
, French and
Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
men's national teams are the only teams to have won the European football championship in all categories.


Club

The top-ranked UEFA competition is the
UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...
, 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 The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...
. 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 The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...
, 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 UEFA Europa Conference League (abbreviated as UECL) is an annual football club competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on thei ...
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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. 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. The last Intertoto Cup took place in 2008. The
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FIFA World Rankings


Overview


Historical leaders

;Men's
Highest Ranked UEFA member
in the men's FIFA World Rankings


Major tournament records

Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – 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'' — Qualified for upcoming tournament * – 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

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1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...


(13) !
1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...


(16) ! 1938

(15) !
1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...


(13) ! 1954

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1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...


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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...


(16) ! 1966

(16) !
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...


(16) ! 1974

(16) ! 1978

(16) ! 1982

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...


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(24) !
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...


(32) ! 2002


(32) ! 2006

(32) ! 2010

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(32) !
2026 Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1930 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** '' Soup to Nuts'', the first on-scre ...




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FIFA Women's World Cup

{{main, FIFA Women's World Cup records and statistics {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=11, FIFA Women's World Cup record , - ! Team !!
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

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1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

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1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

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(16) !! 2003
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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

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Olympic Games For Men

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Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...
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1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

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1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library syst ...

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1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...

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1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhan ...

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1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

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1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

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1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...

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1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

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1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

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(16) , , Years , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, AUT , , – , , – , , – , , 6 , , – , , – , , – , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , =11 , , =5 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 4 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, BLR , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 10 , , – , , – ! 1 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, BEL, , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , – , , – , , – , , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , 15 , , =5 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 4 , , – , , – , , – ! 5 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, BUL, , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 10 , , – , , – , , – , , =17 , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , 5 , , – , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 5 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, CZE , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 14 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 1 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, TCH, , – , , – , , – , , – , , 9 , , 9 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , 9 , , – , , – , , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , – , , – , , colspan=8, Split into Slovakia and Czech Republic ! 5 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, DEN, , – , , – , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , 10 , , – , , – , , – , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , =5 , , – , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , – , , – , , 6 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 13 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 8 , , – ! 9 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, GDR{{efn, name="gdr1964", The East German team represented the
United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany (german: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) was a combined team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In 1956, the team also included athletes f ...
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United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany (german: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) was a combined team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In 1956, the team also included athletes f ...
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Federal Republic of Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between ...
(i.e., West Germany) in 1972, 1984 and 1988, and winning the bronze medal in 1988., , – , , – , , – , , 7 , , – , , – , , =5 , , =6 , , – , , 4 , , =9 , , – , , – , , – , , 5 , , – , , – , , 5 , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , 9 ! 10 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, GBR, , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , – , , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , 11 , , – , , – , , =6 , , 4 , , =17 , , =5 , , 8 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 5 , , – , , – ! 10 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, GRE, , – , , – , , – , , – , , 13 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , =17 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 15 , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 3 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, HUN, , – , , – , , – , , 5 , , – , , 13 , , – , , =9 , , – , , bgcolor=gold, 1, , – , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , bgcolor=gold, 1, , style="background:silver;", 2 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 16 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 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1 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, LUX , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 12 , , 11 , , =9 , , =9 , , =9 , , =9 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 6 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, NED , , – , , – , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , 4 , , =9 , , – , , =9 , , =17 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 7 , , – , , – , , – ! 8 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, NOR , , – , , – , , – , , 9 , , 7 , , – , , – , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , – , , =14 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 10 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 5 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, POL , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , =17 , , – , , 4 , , – , , =9 , , – , , 10 , , – , , – , , bgcolor="gold" , 1 , , style="background:silver;" , 2 , , – , , – , , – , , style="background:silver;" , 2 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 7 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, POR, , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , =5 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 4 , , – , , 14 , , – , , – , , 6 , , – ! 4 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, ROU, , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 14 , , – , , – , , – , , =17 , , – , , – , , 5 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 11 ! 4 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, RUS, , – , , – , , – , , 10 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 1 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, SRB , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 12 , , – , , – , , – ! 1 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, SCG, 2004 Summer, , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 16 , , colspan=4, Split into 2 nations ! 1 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, SVK , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 13 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 1 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, URS , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , =9 , , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , – , , – , , – , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , – , , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , – , , colspan=7, Split into 15 nations ! 6 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, ESP , , – , , – , , – , , – , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , =17 , , =5 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 6 , , – , , 12 , , 10 , , – , , – , , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , 6 , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , – , , – , , 14 , , – , , style="background:silver;", 2 ! 11 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, SWE , , – , , – , , 4 , , 11 , , 6 , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , – , , =9 , , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 6 , , 6 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 15 , , – ! 10 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, SUI , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , =9 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 13 , , – , , – ! 3 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, TUR , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , =17 , , =9 , , =9 , , =5 , , =5 , , – , , 14 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – ! 6 , - , align=left, {{flagIOC, YUG , , – , , – , , – , , – , , 9 , , =17 , , =9 , , – , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , style="background:silver;", 2 , , bgcolor=gold, 1 , , 6 , , – , , – , , – , , 4 , , style="background:#c96;", 3 , , 10 , , – , , colspan=7, Split into 7 nations ! 11 , - ! align=left, Total (36 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 !


Olympic Games For Women

{{See also, Football at the Summer Olympics#Participating nations 2 {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=9,
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...
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Women's tournament A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ...
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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

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UEFA European Championship

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UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA). The competition is conte ...
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(Total 35 teams) !
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

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1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

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2024 Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1928 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ***''Steamboat Willie'', Walt Disney's f ...

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(24) ! Years , - , align=left, {{fb, Albania , × , • , • , • , × , × , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , • , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fb, Austria , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , style="border:3px solid red", GS , • , GS , R16 , ! 3 , - , align=left, {{fb, Belgium , × , • , • , style="border:3px solid red; background:#cc9966", 3rd , • , style="background:silver", 2nd , GS , • , • , • , style="border:3px solid red", GS , • , • , • , QF , QF , ! 6 , - , align=left, {{fb, Bulgaria , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , • , GS , • , • , • , • , ! 2 , - , align=left, {{fb, Croatia , colspan=9, Part of {{fb, Yugoslavia , QF , • , GS , QF , GS , R16 , R16 , ! 6 , - , align=left, {{fb, Czech Republic{{efn, Includes three appearances as
Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...
, style="background:#cc9966", 3rd , • , • , • , style="background:gold", 1st , style="background:#cc9966", 3rd , • , • , • , style="background:silver", 2nd , GS , style="background:#81c846", SF , GS , QF , GS , QF , ! 10 , - , align=left, {{fb, Denmark , • , style="background:#9acdff", 4th , • , • , • , • , style="background:#81c846", SF , GS , style="background:gold", 1st , GS , GS , QF , • , GS , • , style="border:3px solid red; background:#81c846", SF , ! 9 , - , align=left, {{fb, England , × , • , style="background:#cc9966", 3rd , • , • , GS , • , GS , GS , style="border:3px solid red; background:#81c846", SF , GS , QF , • , QF , R16 , style="border:3px solid red; background:silver", 2nd , ! 10 , - , align=left, {{fb, Finland , × , × , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fb, France , style="border:3px solid red; background:#9acdff", 4th , • , • , • , • , • , style="border:3px solid red; background:gold", 1st , • , GS , style="background:#81c846", SF , style="background:gold", 1st , QF , GS , QF , style="border:3px solid red; background:silver", 2nd , R16 , ! 10 , - , align=left, {{fb, Germany{{efn, Includes five appearances as West Germany , × , × , • , style="background:gold", 1st , style="background:silver", 2nd , style="background:gold", 1st , GS , style="border:3px solid red; background:#81c846", SF , style="background:silver", 2nd , style="background:gold", 1st , GS , GS , style="background:silver", 2nd , style="background:#81c846", SF , style="background:#81c846", SF , style="border:3px solid red", R16 , style="border:3px solid red", ''Q'' ! 14 {{efn, Including UEFA Euro 2024 in which Germany is already qualified as host. , - , align=left, {{fb, Greece , • , ×{{efn, Greece entered the 1964 competition, but later withdrew after refusing to play Albania. , • , • , • , GS , • , • , • , • , • , style="background:gold", 1st , GS , QF , • , • , ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fb, Hungary , • , style="background:#cc9966", 3rd , • , style="background:#9acdff", 4th , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , R16 , style="border:3px solid red", GS , ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fb, Iceland , × , • , × , × , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , QF , • , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fb, Italy , × , • , style="border:3px solid red; background:gold", 1st , • , • , style="border:3px solid red; background:#9acdff", 4th , • , style="background:#81c846", SF , • , GS , style="background:silver", 2nd , GS , QF , style="background:silver", 2nd , QF , style="border:3px solid red; background:gold" , 1st , ! 10 , - , align=left, {{fb, Latvia , colspan=9, Part of {{fb, Soviet Union , • , • , GS , • , • , • , • , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fb, Netherlands , × , • , • , • , style="background:#cc9966", 3rd , GS , • , style="background:gold", 1st , style="background:#81c846", SF , QF , style="border:3px solid red; background:#81c846", SF , style="background:#81c846", SF , QF , GS , • , style="border:3px solid red", R16 , ! 10 , - , align=left, {{fb, North Macedonia , colspan=9, Part of {{fb, Yugoslavia , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fb, Northern Ireland , × , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , R16 , • , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fb, Norway , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , • , • , • , • , • , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fb, Poland , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , style="border:3px solid red", GS , QF , GS , ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fb, Portugal , • , • , • , • , • , • , style="background:#81c846", SF , • , • , QF , style="background:#81c846", SF , style="border:3px solid red; background:silver", 2nd , QF , style="background:#81c846", SF , style="background:gold", 1st , R16 , ! 8 , - , align=left, {{fb, Republic of Ireland , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , • , • , • , • , • , GS , R16 , • , ! 3 , - , align=left, {{fb, Romania , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , • , • , GS , QF , • , GS , • , GS , style="border:3px solid red", • , ! 5 , - , align=left, {{fb, Russia{{efn, Includes five appearances as the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
and one as CIS , style="background:gold", 1st , style="background:silver", 2nd , style="background:#9acdff", 4th , style="background:silver", 2nd , • , • , • , style="background:silver", 2nd , GS , GS , • , GS , style="background:#81c846", SF , GS , GS , style="border:3px solid red", GS , × ! 12 , - , align=left, {{fb, Scotland , × , × , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , GS , • , • , • , • , • , style="border:3px solid red", GS , ! 3 , - , align=left, {{fb, Serbia{{efn, Includes four appearances as
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
and one as
FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yug ...
, style="background:silver", 2nd , • , style="background:silver", 2nd , • , style="border:3px solid red; background:#9acdff", 4th , • , GS , • , •×{{efn, Does not include Euro 1992 qualification and disqualification due to international sanctions , × , QF , • , • , • , • , • , ! 5 , - , align=left, {{fb, Slovakia , colspan=9, Part of {{fb, Czechoslovakia , • , • , • , • , • , R16 , GS , ! 2 , - , align=left, {{fb, Slovenia , colspan=9, Part of {{fb, Yugoslavia , • , GS , • , • , • , • , • , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fb, Spain , •×{{efn, Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their qualification match, so the Soviet Union qualified by walkover. , style="border:3px solid red; background:gold", 1st , • , • , • , GS , style="background:silver", 2nd , GS , • , QF , QF , GS , style="background:gold", 1st , style="background:gold", 1st , R16 , style="border:3px solid red; background:#81c846", SF , ! 11 , - , align=left, {{fb, Sweden , × , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , style="border:3px solid red; background:#81c846", SF , • , GS , QF , GS , GS , GS , R16 , ! 7 , - , align=left, {{fb, Switzerland , × , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , • , GS , style="border:3px solid red", GS , • , R16 , QF , ! 5 , - , align=left, {{fb, Turkey , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , QF , • , style="background:#81c846", SF , • , GS , GS , ! 5 , - , align=left, {{fb, Ukraine , colspan=9, Part of {{fb, Soviet Union , • , • , • , • , style="border:3px solid red", GS , GS , QF , ! 3 , - , align=left, {{fb, Wales , × , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , style="background:#81c846", SF , R16 , ! 2


UEFA Women's Championship

{{See also, UEFA Women's Championship#Participation details {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=15,
UEFA Women's Championship The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalen ...
record , - ! Team
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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

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1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

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1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

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1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

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1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

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1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

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(8) ! 2009
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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

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2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

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2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...

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(16) ! Years , - , align=left, {{fbw, Austria , × , × , × , × , × , × , • , • , • , • , • , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , QF ! 2 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Belgium , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , QF ! 2 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Denmark , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , • , • , style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , • , GS , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , GS , GS , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , GS ! 10 , - , align=left, {{fbw, England , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th , • , • , • , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , • , GS , style="border:3px solid red", GS , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , GS , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st ! 9 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Finland , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , style="border:3px solid red", QF , GS , • , GS ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fbw, France , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , GS , GS , QF , QF , QF , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF ! 7 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Germany , • , • , style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th , style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , QF , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd ! 11 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Iceland , • , × , × , × , • , • , • , • , • , GS , QF , GS , GS ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Italy , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th , style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , • , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , GS , GS , QF , QF , GS , GS ! 12 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Netherlands , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , GS , style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st , QF ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Northern Ireland , • , • , × , • , × , × , × , × , × , • , • , • , GS ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Norway , • , style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold, 1st , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , style="border:3px solid red", GS , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , GS , GS ! 12 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Portugal , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , GS ! 2 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Russia , × , × , × , × , • , • , GS , GS , • , GS , GS , GS , × ! 5 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Scotland , • , • , • , × , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , • ! 1 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Spain , × , • , • , • , • , • , bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , • , • , • , QF , QF , QF ! 4 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Sweden , bgcolor=Gold, 1st , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd , • , • , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , bgcolor=Silver, 2nd , bgcolor=#9acdff , SF , QF , style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=#9acdff, SF , QF , bgcolor=#9acdff , SF ! 11 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Switzerland , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , • , GS , GS ! 2 , - , align=left, {{fbw, Ukraine , colspan=4, Part of {{fbw, Soviet Union , × , • , • , • , • , GS , • , • , • ! 1


FIFA U-20 World Cup

{{main, FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" , - style="background:#cccccc;" align=center !colspan=25,
FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...
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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

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(16) !
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

{{Flagicon, Japan, 1947
(16) !
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

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(16) !
1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

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(16) !
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

{{Flagicon, USSR
(16) !
1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

{{Flagicon, Chile
(16) !
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

{{Flagicon, Saudi Arabia
(16) !
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

{{Flagicon, Portugal
(16) !
1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

{{Flagicon, Australia
(16) !
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

{{Flagicon, Qatar
(16) !
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

{{Flagicon, Malaysia
(24) !
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

{{Flagicon, Nigeria
(24) ! 2001
{{Flagicon, Argentina
(24) ! 2003
{{Flagicon, United Arab Emirates
(24) ! 2005
{{Flagicon, Netherlands
(24) ! 2007
{{Flagicon, Canada
(24) ! 2009
{{Flagicon, Egypt
(24) ! 2011
{{Flagicon, Colombia
(24) !
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

{{Flagicon, Turkey
(24) ! 2015
{{Flagicon, New Zealand
(24) !
2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

{{Flagicon, South Korea
(24) !
2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

{{Flagicon, Poland
(24) !
2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

{{Flagicon, Indonesia
(24) !Years , - align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, AUT , R1, , •, , •, , R1, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th, , •, , R1, , •, , R2, , •, , •, , • ! 5 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, BEL , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , R2, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, •, , • ! 1 , - style="background:#f4f4f4;" align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, BUL , •, , •, , •, , •, , QF, , QF, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 2 , - style="background:#f4f4f4;" align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, CRO , colspan=8, , , •, , •, , •, , R2, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , R1, , R2, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 3 , - style="background:#f4f4f4;" align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, CZE , •, , •, , •, , R1, , •, , •, , R1, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , QF, , R1, , •, , bgcolor=silver, 2nd, , R2, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 6 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, GDR , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , R1, , •, , colspan=15, ! 2 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, ENG , •, , •, , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th, , •, , R1, , •, , •, , R1, , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , •, , R2, , R1, , •, , R1, , •, , •, , R1, , R2, , R1, , •, , bgcolor=gold, 1st, , , •, , ! 12 , - style="background:#f4f4f4;" align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, FIN , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , R1, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 1 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, FRA , R1, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , QF, , •, , QF, , •, , •, , •, , •, , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th, , bgcolor=gold, 1st, , •, , R2, , R2, , ! 8 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, GER , •, , •, , bgcolor=gold, 1st, , •, , •, , bgcolor=silver, 2nd, , •, , •, , R1, , R1, , •, , R1, , R2, , R1, , QF, , •, , QF, , •, , •, , QF, , R2, , •, , • ! 11 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, GRE , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , R2, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 1 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, HUN , R1, , R1, , •, , •, , R1, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , R1, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , •, , •, , R2, , •, , •, , • ! 6 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 19, ISR , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , ! 1 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 20, ITA , R1, , •, , R1, , •, , •, , QF, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , QF, , •, , QF, , •, , •, , •, , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th, , ! 8 , - style="background:#f4f4f4;" align=center , align=left, {{fbu, 19, KAZ{{efn, name="Kazakhstan", ''
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

{{See also, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup#Comprehensive team results in each World Cup {, class="wikitable" , - style="background:#cccccc;" align=center !colspan=12, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record , - !Team ! 2002
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(12) ! 2004
{{flagicon, THA
(12) ! 2006
{{flagicon, RUS
(16) !
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

{{flagicon, CHI
(16) ! 2010
{{flagicon, GER
(16) !
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

{{flagicon, JPN
(16) !
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

{{flagicon, CAN
(16) !
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

{{flagicon, PNG
(16) !
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

{{flagicon, FRA
(16) !
2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...
{{efn, The
2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, was originally going to be the 10th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associati ...
, later postponed to 2021, was cancelled due to
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
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(16) !Years , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, DEN , QF, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 1 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, ENG , QF, , •, , •, , QF, , GS, , •, , GS, , •, , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , • ! 5 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, FIN , •, , •, , GS, , •, , •, , •, , GS, , •, , •, , • ! 2 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, FRA , GS, , •, , QF, , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th, , GS, , •, , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , bgcolor=silver, 2nd, , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th, , QF ! 8 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, GER , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , bgcolor=gold, 1st, , QF, , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=gold, 1st, , bgcolor=silver, 2nd, , bgcolor=gold, 1st, , QF, , QF, , GS ! 10 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, ITA , •, , GS, , •, , •, , •, , GS, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 2 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, NED , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , QF, , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th ! 2 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, NOR , •, , •, , •, , GS, , •, , QF, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 2 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, RUS , •, , QF, , style="border: 3px solid red", QF, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 2 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, ESP , •, , GS, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , QF, , bgcolor=silver, 2nd, , bgcolor=gold, 1st ! 4 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, SWE , •, , •, , •, , •, , QF, , •, , •, , GS, , •, , • ! 2 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 20, SUI , •, , •, , GS, , •, , GS, , GS, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 3 , - ! align=left, Total (12 teams) !! 4 !! 4 !! 5 !! 4 !! 5 !! 4 !! 4 !! 4 !! 5 !! 4 ! 43


FIFA U-17 World Cup

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FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédération ...
record , - !Team !
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

{{Flagicon, China
(16) !
1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

{{Flagicon, Canada
(16) !
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

{{Flagicon, Scotland
(16) !
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

{{Flagicon, Italy
(16) !
1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

{{Flagicon, Japan, 1947
(16) !
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

{{Flagicon, Ecuador
(16) !
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

{{Flagicon, Egypt
(16) !
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

{{Flagicon, New Zealand
(16) ! 2001
{{Flagicon, Trinidad and Tobago
(16) ! 2003
{{Flagicon, Finland
(16) ! 2005
{{Flagicon, Peru, football
(16) ! 2007
{{Flagicon, South Korea, 1997
(24) ! 2009
{{Flagicon, Nigeria
(24) ! 2011
{{Flagicon, Mexico
(24) !
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

{{Flagicon, United Arab Emirates
(24) ! 2015
{{Flagicon, Chile
(24) !
2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

{{Flagicon, India
(24) !
2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

{{Flagicon, Brazil
(24) !
2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

{{Flagicon, Peru, football
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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

{{See also, FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup#Comprehensive team results in each World Cup {, class="wikitable" , - style="background:#cccccc;" align=center !colspan=9,
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The tournament is held in even-numbered ye ...
record , - !Team !
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

{{flagicon, NZL
(16) ! 2010
{{flagicon, TRI
(16) !
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

{{flagicon, AZE
(16) !
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

{{flagicon, CRC
(16) !
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

{{flagicon, JOR
(16) !
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

{{flagicon, URU
(16) !
2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...

{{flagicon, IND
(16) !Years , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 17, AZE , •, , •, , style="border: 3px solid red", R1, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 1 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 17, DEN , QF, , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 1 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 17, ENG , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th, , •, , •, , •, , QF, , •, , • ! 2 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 17, FIN , •, , •, , •, , •, , •, , GS, , • ! 1 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 17, FRA , R1, , •, , bgcolor=gold, 1st, , •, , •, , •, , GS ! 3 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 17, GER , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , QF, , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th, , GS, , QF, , QF, , bgcolor=#9acdff, 4th ! 7 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 17, ITA , •, , •, , •, , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , •, , •, , • ! 1 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 17, IRL , •, , QF, , •, , •, , •, , •, , • ! 1 , - align=center , align=left, {{fbwu, 17, ESP , •, , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , •, , bgcolor=silver, 2nd, , bgcolor=#cc9966, 3rd, , bgcolor=gold, 1st, , bgcolor=gold, 1st ! 5 , - ! align=left, Total (9 teams) !! 4 !! 3 !! 3 !! 3 !! 3 !! 3 !! 3 ! 19


FIFA Futsal World Cup

{{main, FIFA Futsal World Cup {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=11,
FIFA Futsal World Cup The FIFA Futsal World Cup is an international futsal competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. Since the first edition that took place in 1989 in the Netherland ...
record , - ! Team !
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

{{Flagicon, Netherlands
(16) !! 1992
{{Flagicon, Hong Kong, 1959
(16) !! 1996
{{Flagicon, Spain
(16) !!
2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

{{Flagicon, Guatemala
(16) !! 2004
{{Flagicon, Taiwan
(16) !!
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

{{Flagicon, Brazil
(20) !!
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

{{Flagicon, Thailand
(24) !!
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

{{Flagicon, Colombia
(24) !!
2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

{{Flagicon, Lithuania
(24) !! Years , - , align=left, {{futsal, AZE , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , QF , , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{futsal, BEL , , bgcolor=9acdff, 4th , , R2 , , R2 , , , , , , , , , , , , ! 3 , - , align=left, {{futsal, CRO , , , , , , , , R2 , , , , , , , , , , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{futsal, CZE , , , , , , , , , , R2 , , R1 , , R2 , , , , R2 ! 4 , - , align=left, {{futsal, DEN , , R1 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{futsal, HUN , , R2 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{futsal, ITA , , R2 , , R1 , , R2 , , , , bgcolor=silver, 2nd , , bgcolor=cc9966, 3rd , , bgcolor=cc9966, 3rd , , R2 , , ! 7 , - , align=left, {{futsal, KAZ , , , , , , , , R1 , , , , , , , , R2 , , bgcolor=9acdff, 4th ! 3 , - , align=left, {{futsal, LTU , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , style="border:3px solid red", R1 ! 1 , - , align=left, {{futsal, NED , , bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red", 2nd , , R2 , , R2 , , R2 , , , , , , , , , , ! 4 , - , align=left, {{futsal, POL , , , , R2 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ! 1 , - , align=left, {{futsal, POR , , , , , , , , bgcolor=cc9966, 3rd , , R2 , , R1 , , QF , , bgcolor=9acdff, 4th , , bgcolor=gold, 1st ! 6 , - , align=left, {{futsal, RUS , , , , R1 , , bgcolor=cc9966, 3rd , , bgcolor=9acdff, 4th , , , , bgcolor=9acdff, 4th , , QF , , bgcolor=silver, 2nd , , QF ! 7 , - , align=left, {{futsal, SRB , , , , , , , , , , , , , , R2 , , , , R2 ! 2 , - , align=left, {{futsal, ESP , , R1 , , bgcolor=cc9966, 3rd , , bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red", 2nd , , bgcolor=gold, 1st , , bgcolor=gold, 1st , , bgcolor=silver, 2nd , , bgcolor=silver, 2nd , , QF , , QF ! 9 , - , align=left, {{futsal, UKR , , , , , , bgcolor=9acdff, 4th , , , , R2 , , R2 , , QF , , R2 , , ! 5 , - ! align=left, Total (16 teams) !! 6 !! 6 !! 6 !! 6 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 7 !! 7 ! 56


FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

{{main, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 92%;" , - !rowspan=2 valign=center, Team !colspan=10, Beach Soccer World Championship record !width=5 rowspan=18, !colspan=13, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record !width=5 rowspan=18, !colspan=3, Appearances , - !
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

{{Flagicon, Brazil
(8) ! 1996
{{Flagicon, Brazil
(8) !
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

{{Flagicon, Brazil
(8) !
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

{{Flagicon, Brazil
(10) !
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

{{Flagicon, Brazil
(12) !
2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

{{Flagicon, Brazil
(12) ! 2001
{{Flagicon, Brazil
(12) ! 2002
{{Flagicon, Brazil
(8) ! 2003
{{Flagicon, Brazil
(8) ! 2004
{{Flagicon, Brazil
(12) ! 2005
{{Flagicon, Brazil
(12) ! 2006
{{Flagicon, Brazil
(16) ! 2007
{{Flagicon, Brazil
(16) !
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

{{Flagicon, France
(16) ! 2009
{{flagicon, UAE
(16) ! 2011
{{flagicon, ITA
(16) !
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

{{flagicon, TAH
(16) ! 2015
{{flagicon, POR
(16) !
2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

{{flagicon, BAH
(16) !
2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

{{flagicon, PAR
(16) !
2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

{{flagicon, RUS
(16) !
2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

{{flagicon, UAE
(16) !
2025 Predicted and scheduled events *January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1929 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** The Federal Aviation Administration, ...

{{flagicon, SEY
(16) ! width=30, {{Tooltip, WC, Appearances in Beach Soccer World Championships
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Former tournaments


FIFA Confederations Cup

{{Main article, FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" , - ! colspan=12, FIFA Confederations Cup record , - !Team ! 1992
{{flagicon, Saudi Arabia
(4) !
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

{{flagicon, Saudi Arabia
(6) !
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

{{flagicon, Saudi Arabia
(8) !
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

{{flagicon, Mexico
(8) ! 2001
{{flagicon, South Korea
{{flagicon, Japan
(8) ! 2003
{{flagicon, France
(8) ! 2005
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(8) ! 2009
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Sanctions


Against associations

* {{flagicon, Lithuania Lithuania, in 1990 sanctions were imposed due to the secession of the Lithuanian Football Federation from the Football Federation of the Soviet Union * {{flagicon, FR Yugoslavia
FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yug ...
, in 1992–1998 sanctions were imposed due to the Bosnian War (as part of the
Yugoslav Wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001. The conflicts both led up to and resulted from ...
) * {{Flagicon, Russia
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
, in 2022 sanctions were imposed due to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...
. * {{flagicon, Belarus
Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
, in 2022 sanctions were imposed due to supporting Russia in the Ukraine conflict.


Against clubs

* {{flagicon, Albania
Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
, in 1967 special sanctions were imposed against 1966–67 Albanian Superliga due to its political background * {{flagicon, England
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, in 1985–1991 sanctions were imposed against English association football clubs due to the
Heysel Stadium disaster The Heysel Stadium disaster ( it, Strage dell'Heysel ; german: link=no, Katastrophe von Heysel ; french: Drame du Heysel ; nl, Heizeldrama ) was a crowd disaster that occurred on 29 May 1985 when mostly Juventus fans escaping from a breach by L ...
by suspending their participation in continental competitions for five years * {{flagicon, Italy
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, in 1974–1975 sanctions were imposed against SS Lazio due to its fans, Italy was restricted from the European Cup to which Lazio qualified * {{flagicon, Netherlands
Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
, in 1990–1991 sanctions were imposed against
AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...
due to its fans, the Netherlands were restricted from the European Cup to which Ajax qualified


Corruption and controversy

Dissatisfied fans across Europe have referred to the organisation as ''UEFA
mafia "Mafia" is an informal term that is used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia and Italian Mafia. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of d ...
'', including in Russia's top league, in Bulgaria's top league, and in a Champions League group stage match held in Sweden. 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. 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. Following the 2015 FIFA corruption case, the then-president of UEFA,
Michel Platini Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French football administrator and former player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times in a row, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, a ...
, 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, {{Ill, 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". Both Platini and Sepp Blatter were banned from football-related activity. Platini appealed to
Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its c ...
s, which lowered the six-year ban to four years. He further appealed to Swiss courts and the
European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights. The court hears applications alleging that ...
but the courts rejected his appeals. 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 Henrikh Mkhitaryan ( hy, Հենրիխ Մխիթարյան, ; born 21 January 1989) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for club Inter Milan. Mkhitaryan won four Armenian Premier League title ...
out of the competition due to safety concerns, 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.{{Cite journal, last=Holt, first=Matthew, date=11 December 2006, title=The Ownership and Control of Elite Club Competition in European Football, journal=Soccer and Society, publisher=Taylor and Francis Online, volume=8, pages=50–67, doi=10.1080/14660970600989491, s2cid=143783793, issn=1466-0970, eissn=1743-9590


See also


Resolutions

{{col-start {{col-break Awards: * The UEFA Plaque * UEFA Club Football Awards *
UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award The UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award (previously known as the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award) is an association football award given to the footballer playing for a men's football club in Europe that is considered the best in the previous se ...
*
UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award The UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award (previously known as the UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award) is an association football award given to the female footballer that is considered the best player playing for a women's football club in ...
*
UEFA President's Award The UEFA President's Award recognises outstanding achievements, professional excellence and exemplary personal qualities. The accolade, first introduced by UEFA in 1998, is usually awarded annually to a football personality who is deemed to have adv ...
*
UEFA Team of the Year The UEFA Fan's Team of the Year is a football award given by UEFA through a poll on its official website. This award started in 2001 and allows users of the organization's website to choose their own eleven players and a coach based on their ove ...
*
UEFA Jubilee Awards To celebrate the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)'s 50th anniversary in 2004, each of its member associations was asked by UEFA to choose one of its own players as the single most outstanding player of the past 50 years (1954–2003). ...
* UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll * UEFA Euro Teams of the Tournament * UEFA EqualGame Award {{col-break Qualifications: *
UEFA coefficient In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics based in weighted arithmetic means used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979 for men's football tournaments, and after applied in w ...
*
UEFA Fair Play ranking The UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking was used by UEFA from 1995 to the 2015–16 season to grant three berths for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Since that time it has granted a monetary prize to winning associations. Qualific ...
*
UEFA stadium categories UEFA stadium categories are categories for football stadiums laid out in UEFA's Stadium Infrastructure Regulations. Using these regulations, stadiums are rated as category one, two, three, or four (renamed from elite) in ascending ranking order. T ...
{{col-break Match: *
UEFA competitions UEFA competitions (french: competitions de l'UEFA), referred improperly by the mass media as European football, are the set of tournaments organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), generally in professional and amateur asso ...
* UEFA Celebration Match {{col-end


UEFA congress

*
UEFA congress The UEFA Congress (french: Congrès de l'UEFA, german: UEFA-Kongress) is the supreme controlling organ of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). UEFA is the administrative body for association football and futsal in Europe, and is o ...


Financial fair play

*
UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations The UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations (FFP) are a set of regulations established to prevent professional football clubs spending more than they earn in the pursuit of success, and in doing so not getting into financial problems which might t ...


UEFA coefficient

*
UEFA coefficient In European football, the UEFA coefficients are statistics based in weighted arithmetic means used for ranking and seeding teams in club and international competitions. Introduced in 1979 for men's football tournaments, and after applied in w ...


UEFA presidents

* List of presidents of UEFA


Related links

* Timeline of football *
List of association football competitions This is a list of the association football competitions past and present for international teams and for club football, in individual countries and internationally. Confirmed future competitions are also included. The competitions are grouped b ...
*
International Federation of Association Football FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded ...
(FIFA) *
Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly i ...
(AFC) * Confederation of African Football (CAF) *
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...
(CONCACAF) * Confederation of South American Football (CONMEBOL) * Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)


Planned competitions

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Proposals for a European Super League in association football Proposals for a European Super League in association football consist of recurring attempts by individual teams or consortiums of association football clubs to advocate for the creation of an additional tier of European football outside of the ...
– A project for a sole pan-European Football League which UEFA executives have been involved


Notes

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References

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