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Thisisalistofthemen'snationalassociationfootballteamsintheworld.Itconsistsofallassociation
footballteamsrepresentingrecognizedandsemirecognizedsovereignstates,aswellasotherrepresentative
teamswhicharemembersofFdrationInternationaledeFootballAssociation(FIFA),theworld'sfootball
governingbody,oraFIFAaffiliatedcontinentalconfederation.Excludedfromthelistareteams
representingsubnationalentitiesthatarenotmembersoftheorganisationsmentionedabove,orteams
representingunrecognizedstates.

Contents
1MembersofFIFAaffiliatedconfederations
1.1AFC(Asia)
1.2CAF(Africa)
1.3CONCACAF(NorthandCentralAmericaandCaribbean)
1.4CONMEBOL(SouthAmerica)
1.5OFC(Oceania)
1.6UEFA(Europe)
2NationalteamsnotaffiliatedtoFIFAconfederations
2.1Unaffiliatedsovereignstates
2.2Unaffiliatedstateswithlimitedinternationalrecognition
2.3Others
3Formernationalfootballteams
3.1Newnames
4Seealso
5References
6Sources

MembersofFIFAaffiliatedconfederations
Thissectionliststhecurrent:
209men'snationalfootballteamsaffiliatedtoFIFA,throughtheirnationalfootballassociations.
13men'snationalfootballteamswhoaremembersorassociatemembersofoneoftheFIFAaffiliated
continentalconfederations,butwhoarenotmembersofFIFA.[1]

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FIFAmembersareeligibletoentertheFIFAWorldCupandmatchesbetweenthemarerecognizedas
officialinternationalmatches.Basedontheirmatchresultsoverthepreviousfouryearperiod,theFIFA
WorldRankings,publishedmonthlybyFIFA,comparetherelativestrengthsofthenationalteams.National
teamswhoaremembers(fullorassociate)oftheirconfederation,butdonothavemembershipofFIFA,are
abletocompeteinconfederationchampionships,buttheirmatchesarenotfullinternationals.
Thesixconfederationsare:
AsiaAsianFootball
Confederation(AFC)
AfricaConfdrationAfricaine
deFootball(CAF)
Additionally22nationsin
AfricaandAsiabelongto
theUnionofArabFootball
Associations(UAFA)in
additiontotheirrespective

MapoftheWorldwiththesixconfederations.

regionalconfederations.
NorthandCentralAmericaandtheCaribbean
ConfederationofNorth,CentralAmericanandCaribbean
AssociationFootball(CONCACAF)
SouthAmericaConfederacinSudamericanadeFtbol
(CONMEBOL)

CurrentmembersofUAFA

OceaniaOceaniaFootballConfederation(OFC)
EuropeUnionofEuropeanFootballAssociations(UEFA)
FIFArunstheWorldCupasatournamentfornationalteamstofindtheworldchampion.Each
confederationalsorunsitsownchampionshiptofindthebestteamfromamongitsmembers:
AFCAsianCup
CAFAfricaCupofNations
CONCACAFCONCACAFGoldCup
CONMEBOLCopaAmrica
OFCOFCNationsCup
UEFAEuropeanChampionship

AFC(Asia)
DuetothegeographicalsizeofAsia,theAFCissubdividedintofivesubfederations:
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continent,exceptIran.
EastAsianFootballFederation(EAFF)representsnationsinNortheastAsia,plusGuamand
NorthernMarianaIslands.
CentralAsianFootballFederation(CAFF)representsnationsinCentralAsia,plusIran.
SouthAsianFootballFederation(SAFF)representsnationsinSouthAsia.
ASEANFootballFederation(AFF)representsnationsinSoutheastAsia,plusAustralia.

Afghanistan

Indonesia

Malaysia

Singapore

Australia1

Iran

Maldives

SriLanka

Bahrain2

Iraq2

Mongolia

Syria2

Bangladesh

Japan

Myanmar

Tajikistan

Bhutan

Jordan2

Brunei

Korea

Darussalam

DPR6(a)

Cambodia
ChinaPR3

Nepal

Thailand

Northern

TimorLeste

MarianaIslands7,8

Turkmenistan

Korea
Republic6(b)

Oman2
Pakistan

UnitedArab
Emirates2

Kuwait2

Palestine2,9

Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan

Philippines

Vietnam

Guam

Laos

Qatar2

Yemen2

HongKong5(a)

Lebanon2

SaudiArabia2

India

Macau5(b)

Chinese
Taipei4

1:FormerlymemberofOFC(19662006)
2:MemberofUAFA
3:OfficialnameusedbyFIFAandAFCforPeople'sRepublicofChina
4:OfficialnameusedbyFIFAandAFCforRepublicofChina(Taiwan)FormerlymemberofOFC(19751989)
5:OfficialnamesusedbyFIFAandAFCofficialnamesusedbyEAFFare"HongKong,China"(a)and"Macau,China"(b)
6:OfficialnamesusedbyFIFAandAFCforDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(a)andRepublicofKorea(b)
7:AssociatememberofAFCbutnotFIFAmember
8:FormerlymemberofOFC(20052009)
9:OfficialnameusedbyFIFAandAFCfornationalteamrepresentingtheStateofPalestine

CAF(Africa)
DuetothegeographicalsizeofAfrica,CAFisdividedintofiveregionalfederations:
CouncilforEastandCentralAfricaFootballAssociations(CECAFA)representsnationsgenerally
regardedasformingtheregionsofEastAfricaandsomenationsofCentralAfrica.
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CouncilofSouthernAfricaFootballAssociations(COSAFA)representsnationsgenerallyregarded
asformingSouthernAfrica,aswellasislandstatesoffthecoastofSouthernAfrica.
WestAfricanFootballUnion/UnionduFootballdel'OuestAfrique(WAFU/UFOA)represents
nationsinWestAfrica.
UnionofNorthAfricanFederations(UNAF)representsnationsregardedasformingNorthAfrica.
UniondesFdrationsduFootballdel'AfriqueCentrale(UNIFFAC)representssomeofthenations
thatformCentralAfrica.

Algeria1

Egypt1

Madagascar

Seychelles

Angola

Equatorial

Malawi

SierraLeone

Mali

Somalia1

Benin

Guinea

Botswana

Eritrea

Mauritania1

SouthAfrica

BurkinaFaso

Ethiopia

Mauritius

SouthSudan

Burundi

Gabon

Morocco1

Sudan1

Cameroon

Gambia

Mozambique

Swaziland

CapeVerde

Ghana

Namibia

Tanzania

Central

Guinea

AfricanRepublic

Guinea

Chad

Bissau

Niger

Togo

Nigeria

Tunisia1

Runion3

Uganda

Comoros1

IvoryCoast

Rwanda

Zambia

Congo2(a)

Kenya

SoTomand

Zanzibar3[2]

CongoDR2(b)

Lesotho

Djibouti1

Liberia

Prncipe

Zimbabwe

Senegal

Libya1

1:MemberofUAFA
2:OfficialnamesusedbyFIFAandCAFfortheRepublicoftheCongo(a)andbyFIFAfortheDemocraticRepublicofCongo
(b)CAFusesRDCongo
3:AssociatememberofCAFbutnotFIFAmember

CONCACAF(NorthandCentralAmericaandCaribbean)
TheCONCACAFfederationisdividedintothreeregionalfederationsthathaveresponsibilityforpartof
theregion'sgeographicalarea:
CaribbeanFootballUnion(CFU)representsallnationsintheCaribbean.
NorthAmericanFootballUnion(NAFU)representstheteamsofCanada,MexicoandtheUSA.
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UnionCentroamericanadeFtbol(UNCAF)representsthesevennationsofCentralAmerica.

Anguilla

Cuba

Jamaica

Suriname

Antiguaand

Curaao

Martinique1

Trinidadand

Dominica

Mexico

Dominican

Montserrat

Turksand

Nicaragua

CaicosIslands

Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas

Republic

Barbados

ElSalvador

Panama

Belize

French

PuertoRico

Bermuda

Guiana1

SaintKittsand

Bonaire1

Grenada

British

Guadeloupe1

SaintLucia

Guatemala

SaintMartin1

Canada

Guyana

SaintVincent

Cayman

Haiti

VirginIslands

Islands

Tobago

USVirgin
Islands
USA

Nevis

andtheGrenadines
SintMaarten1

Honduras

CostaRica

1:FullmemberofCONCACAFbutnotFIFAmember

CONMEBOL(SouthAmerica)
Argentina

Ecuador

Bolivia

Paraguay

Brazil

Peru

Chile

Uruguay

Colombia

Venezuela

OFC(Oceania)
AmericanSamoa

PapuaNewGuinea

CookIslands

Samoa

Fiji

SolomonIslands

Kiribati1,2

Tahiti4

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NewCaledonia

Tonga

NewZealand3

Tuvalu1

Niue1

Vanuatu

1:AssociatememberofOFCbutnotFIFAmember
2:ProvisionalmemberofNFBoard
3:FormerlymemberofAFC(19641966)
4:OfficialnameusedbyFIFAandOFCforFrenchPolynesia

UEFA(Europe)
Albania

Estonia

Latvia

Russia

Andorra

FaroeIslands

Liechtenstein

SanMarino

Armenia

Finland

Lithuania

Scotland

Austria

France

Luxembourg

Serbia

Azerbaijan

FYR

Malta

Slovakia

Moldova

Slovenia

Belarus

Macedonia2

Belgium

Georgia

Montenegro

Spain

Bosnia

Germany

Netherlands

Sweden

Gibraltar3

Northern

Herzegovina1

Ireland

Switzerland
Turkey

Bulgaria

Greece

Croatia

Hungary

Norway

Ukraine

Cyprus

Iceland

Poland

Wales

Czech

Israel4

Portugal

Italy

Republicof

Republic
Denmark

Kazakhstan5

Ireland6

England

Romania

1:OfficialnameusedbyFIFAandUEFAforBosniaandHerzegovina
2:OfficialnameusedbyFIFAandUEFAfortheRepublicofMacedonia
3:FullmemberofUEFAbutnotFIFAmember
4:FormerlymemberofAFC(19541974)JoinedUEFAin1994
5:FormerlymemberofAFC(19922002)
6:OfficialnameusedbyFIFAandUEFAforIreland

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ThesenationalfootballteamsareaffiliatedtoneitherFIFA,noracontinentalconfederation.Theteamsare
noteligibletoentertheFIFAWorldCuportheircontinentalconfederationchampionships.Teamswhoare
affiliatedwithFIFAmaynotcompeteagainstthesesideswithoutFIFA'spriorpermission.[3]
Thissectionlists:
6teamsrepresentingsovereignstateswithfullinternationalrecognition.
6teamsrepresentingstateswithlimitedinternationalrecognition.
Italsodiscussesthestatusoffootballinotherfullyorlimitedrecognizedsovereignstateswhichhavenever
hadactivenationalfootballteams.

Unaffiliatedsovereignstates
ThefootballteamsthatrepresentthefollowingsovereignstatesarenotmembersofFIFAortheirlocal
confederation:
F.S.Micronesia1
Monaco1,2
Nauru
Palau4
UnitedKingdom3
VaticanCity
TheMarshallIslandsistheonlysovereignnationstatewhichhasnorecordednationalassociationfootball
team.
1:MemberoftheFIFASmallNationsWorkingGroup[4]
2:ThefootballfederationofMonacowasoneofthefoundermembersoftheNFBoardin2001,butresignedfromthe
organizationin2010[5] MonacojoinedConIFAonitsformationin2013[6]
3:TheUnitedKingdomnationalfootballteamhasparticipatedinthreefriendlymatchesonly.Ateamrepresentingtheentire
UnitedKingdomhasonlyevercompetedintheOlympicGames(mostrecentlyinthe2012Games)underthename"Great
Britain"otherwise,theUKisrepresentedbyseparateteamsforeachofitsconstituentcountries
4:ThePalauteamhasbeeninactivesince1998.ItjoinedasanassociatememberofOFCin2002,butthismembershipexpired.
In2013thePalauFootballAssociationconfirmedanintentiontoapplyformembershipoftheEastAsianFootball
Federation.[7]

Unaffiliatedstateswithlimitedinternationalrecognition
TwostateswithlimitedinternationalrecognitionarefullmembersofFIFAandarelistedabove:Palestine
andtheRepublicofChina,thelatterunderthename"ChineseTaipei"duetotheobjectionsofthe
governmentofthePeople'sRepublicofChina.Sixfurtherstateswithlimitedinternationalrecognitionhave
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Abkhazia
Kosovo
NagornoKarabakh
NorthernCyprus
SouthOssetia
WesternSahara(SahrawiArabDemocraticRepublic)
BothKosovoandNorthernCyprusweremembersofFIFA'srecentunaffiliatednationsworkinggroup,[4]
thoughtheactivitiesofthisarecurrentlysuspended.[8]FIFAhavegrantedpermissionforaffiliatednations
tocompeteagainstKosovoinfriendlymatchessinceJanuary2014.[9]TheSahrawiArabDemocratic
Republicteamhadplayedjustonegamebetween1988and2011,andwasmostrecentlyactiveduring
2012.[10][11]
ThethreestateswithlimitedinternationalrecognitionintheCaucasusAbkhazia,NagornoKarabakhand
SouthOssetiafirstcompetedinmatchesagainsteachotherin2012and2013.[12][13]Allthreeparticipated
inthe2014ConIFAWorldFootballCup,thefirsttournamentorganisedbyConIFA.[14][15][16]Thesesides
remainunrecognizedbyFIFA,[17]butare,alongwithNorthernCyprus,membersofConIFA.

Others
FIFA'sentrycriteriastatethat:
Anyassociationwhichisresponsiblefororganisingandsupervisingfootballinitscountrymay
becomeamemberofFIFA.Inthiscontext,theexpression'country'shallrefertoan
independentstaterecognisedbytheinternationalcommunity.
FIFA,FifaStatutesMay2008
ThemainconditionforjoiningFIFAisthusgeneralinternationalrecognitionasanationstateand
membershipoftheUN.[18]However,thisruleisnotappliedretroactively,[19]and24ofFIFA'smembersare
notinternationallyrecognisedsovereignnations.[20]
NonsovereignassociationsmaystilljoinFIFAinspecificcircumstances.Inparticular,anexceptionis
madeforassociationsrepresentingadependency,whichmayapplyformembershipifauthorisedbythe
associationinitsparentstate.[8][19]Mostrecently,thiswasallowedforNewCaledoniain2004thiswason
thegroundsofthedistanceofNewCaledoniafromits'parent'nation,France.[21]Bycontrast,bothZanzibar
andGibraltarwhowouldcompeteinthesameconfederationastheirparentstatehavehadtheir
applicationstojoinFIFArejected.[21]
Avarietyofothernational,separatist,subnationalandpseudonationalteamscompeteinfootballmatches
outsideofFIFA'sjurisdiction.[21]In2001,theN.F.Board(NouvelleFdrationBoard),wasfoundedto
promoteinternationalfootballamongsovereignnations,unrecognisednations,regionsandstatelesspeoples
thatarenotmembersofFIFA,andtoassistintheirpossiblefuturemembershipofFIFA.Atotalof37
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nationswerelistedontheN.F.Board'swebsiteasofAugust2013,[22]althoughatleastoneofthese
(Monaco)isnolongeramember.[23]In2013,aneworganisation,theConfederationofIndependent
FootballAssociations(ConIFA),wasfoundedtocarryonthiswork,withanumberofitsmembershaving
previouslybeenaffiliatedtotheNFBoard.ConIFAwasfoundedwiththeaimofregularisingnonFIFA
internationalfootball,byhavingatwoyearinternationaltournamentcycle,withtheConIFAWorld
FootballCupinevennumberedyears,andcontinentaltournamentsinoddnumberedyears.[24]
Thenatureoftheseotherteamsisheterogeneous:whilstsomesuchasCatalonia,GaliciaorTibetplay
semiregularly,oftenagainstFIFAmembernations,othersaremuchlessactive.Forafulllistofteamsthat
havebeendocumented,seethelistofnonnationalrepresentativeteamsinmen'sfootball.

Formernationalfootballteams
Thesenationalteamsnolongerexistduetothedissolutionofthenationorterritorythattheyrepresented.
Precedingteam

Czechoslovakia

Successorteam(s)
(inherited
position/results)

Czech
Republic[25]

Slovakia

West
Germany

Saar

EastGermany

Ireland

Other
successor
team(s)

Northern
Ireland

Malaya

Malaysia

Tanganyika

Tanzania

Notes
RepresentedCzechoslovakiauntilits
dissolutionintotheCzechRepublicand
Slovakiain1993.[26]Competedas
RepresentationofCzechsandSlovaksfor
theremainderoftheir1994WorldCup
qualifyinggames.[27]
RepresentedtheSaarlandProtectoratefrom
1950to1956beforeitsunionwiththeFederal
RepublicofGermany.[28]

Germany

RepresentedEastGermanybetween1952and
1990,beforereunificationwithWest
Germany.[29]

Republic
ofIreland

RepresentedIrelanduntilthesecessionofthe
IrishFreeStatefromtheUnitedKingdomin
1922.Theteamcontinuedtobeknownas
Ireland,selectingsomeplayersfromtheIrish
FreeState,latertheRepublicofIreland,until
1953whenitwasrenamedNorthernIreland
toreflectitsgeographicmandate.
RepresentedtheFederationofMalayauntilits
unionwithSarawak,NorthBorneoand
SingaporetoformMalaysiain1963.
Singaporehadaseparatenationalteamfrom
1953andgainedindependencein1965.

Zanzibar

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RepresentedTanganyikauntilitsunionwith
ZanzibarasTanzaniain1964.Zanzibarisan
associatememberofCAF.
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Vietnam

South
Vietnam
NorthYemen

Vietnam

SovietUnion

RepresentedSouthVietnamfrom1949tillits
unionwithNorthVietnamin1975.
RepresentedNorthYemenfrom1965tillits
unionwithSouthYemenin1990.

Yemen
Yemen

RepresentedSouthYemenfrom1965tillits
unionwithNorthYemenin1990.

Egypt

Syria

RepresentedtheUnitedArabRepublicfrom
1958to1961untilthesecessionofSyria.Was
consideredacontinuationoftheprevious
Egyptnationalfootballteam,whichbecame
itssuccessorteam.Theteamcontinuedtobe
knownastheUnitedArabRepublicuntil
1970.

CIS

RepresentedtheSovietUnionfrom1924until
Estonia
itsdissolutionin1991.Thiswasconsidereda
Latvia
continuationoftheteamthathadpreviously
Lithuania
representedtheRussianEmpire.

SouthYemen

UnitedArab
Republic

RepresentedNorthVietnamfrom1949tillits
unionwithSouthVietnamin1975.

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
CIS

Russia

Kyrgyzstan
Moldova
Tajikistan

RepresentedtheCommonwealthof
IndependentStatesandGeorgiain1992until
thecreationofseparatenationalteamsforits
constituentnations.

Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Bosnia
Yugoslavia

Federal
Republicof
Yugoslavia

and
Herzegovina
Croatia
Macedonia
Slovenia

Federal
Republicof
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RepresentedYugoslaviabetween1920and
1992,beforethedissolutionoftheSocialist
FederalRepublicofYugoslaviaintoBosnia
Herzegovina,Croatia,FederalRepublicof
Yugoslavia,MacedoniaandSlovenia

RepresentedtheFederalRepublicof
Yugoslavia,knownasSerbiaandMontenegro
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Serbia

laterrenamed
Serbiaand
Montenegro

Netherlands
Antilles

Montenegro

Bonaire
Sint
Maarten

Curaao

after2003,between1992and2006whenit
wassplitintoSerbiaandMontenegro

RepresentedtheNetherlandsAntillesuntilthe
dissolutionofthecountryin2010.Formerly
knownas"Curaao",thisnamewasrestored
inMarch2011whenthenewconstituent
countryofCuraaotooktheNetherlands
Antilles'placeinFIFAandCONCACAF.The
teamsrepresentingBonaireandSintMaarten
arefullorassociatemembersof
CONCACAF,butnotofFIFA.

Newnames
Inadditiontotheabove,othernationshavebeenrenamed:
BelgianCongo
Zairein1971

CongoLopoldvillein1960

DRCongoin1997

BritishGambia

Gambiain1965

BritishGuiana

Guyanain1966

Burma

CongoKinshasain1963

Myanmarin1989

Cambodia

KhmerRepublicin1970

Kampucheain1975

Cambodiain

1979
Ceylon

SriLankain1972

Czechoslovakia(19181939)
Czechoslovakiain1945
Dahomey

Algeriain1962

FrenchTogoland

Djiboutiin1977
Togoin1960

Ghanain1957

IrishFreeState
IvoryCoast

RepublicofIrelandin1949
Cted'Ivoirein19831

KingdomofSerbs,Croats,andSlovenes
Madagascar

Germanyin1990

SerbiaandMontenegroin2003

FrenchSomaliland
GoldCoast

Indonesiain1945

WestGermanyin1950

FRYugoslavia
FLNteam

RepresentationofCzechsandSlovaksin1993

Beninin1975

DutchEastIndies
Germany

ProtectorateofBohemiaandMoraviain1939

Yugoslaviain1929

MalagasyRepublicin1958

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MiddleCongo

CongoBrazzavillein1960

NewHebrides

Vanuatuin1980

NorthernRhodesia
Nyasaland

Zambiain1964

Malawiin1966

Palestine,BritishMandate
PortugueseGuinea
RussianEmpire

Israelin1948

GuineaBissauin1975
SovietUnionin1923

SouthernRhodesia
Surinam

Congoin1992

Rhodesiain1964

Zimbabwein1980

Surinamein1954

UnitedArabRepublic
UpperVolta

Egyptin1971

BurkinaFasoin1984

WesternSamoa

Samoain1996

1:StillcommonlycalledIvoryCoastinEnglishspeakingcountries

Seealso
NationalteamappearancesintheFIFAWorldCup
Listofnonnationalrepresentativeteamsinmen'sfootball
ListofFIFAcountrycodes
Listofwomen'snationalfootballteams
NFBoard
NonFIFAFootball

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20. Theaffiliatednonsovereignfootballteamsare:
AmericanSamoa1
Anguilla2
Aruba3
Bermuda2
BritishVirginIslands2
CaymanIslands2
ChineseTaipei4
CookIslands5
Curaao3
England6
FaroeIslands7
Guam8

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Guam8
HongKong9
Macau9
Montserrat2
NewCaledonia10
NorthernIreland6
Palestine4
PuertoRico8
Scotland6
Tahiti10
TurksandCaicosIslands2
U.S.VirginIslands8
Wales6
Key
1.UnincorporatedunorganizedterritoryoftheUnitedStates
2.Britishoverseasterritory
3.ConstituentcountryoftheKingdomoftheNetherlands
4.Sovereignstatewithlimitedinternationalrecognition
5.AssociatedstateofNewZealand
6.ConstituentcountryoftheUnitedKingdom
7.ConstituentcountryoftheKingdomofDenmark
8.UnincorporatedorganizedterritoryoftheUnitedStates
9.SpecialadministrativeregionofChina
10.OverseascollectivityofFrance
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