Union of European Football Associations UEFA Euro 2008
UEFA member associations are in green
Formation	15 June 1954
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Nyon, Switzerland
Membership	53 national associations
Official languages	English, German, French
President	Michel Platini
Website	http://www.uefa.com/

The Union des associations européennes de football, or Union of European Football Associations in English, is the administrative and controlling body for European football. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Headquarters (HQ denotes the location where most if not all of the important functions of an organization are concentrated Nyon is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation This is a list of the men's national Association football teams in the world An official language is a Language that is given a special legal status in a particular Country, State, or other territory English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Michel François Platini (born June 21, 1955) is a French former football player manager and current president of the UEFA. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered It is almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA (pronounced [juːˈeɪfə] (you-AY-fuh), /uːˈeɪfə/ (oo-AY-fuh), or /ˈwɛfə/ (WEF-fuh))[you-a-far].

UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe, runs Europewide national and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions. Several national football associations which are geographically in Asia or mostly in Asia belong to UEFA rather than the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This is a list of countries spanning more than one continent, sometimes referred to as transcontinental states. The 46 member Asian Football Confederation ( AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel, and including These nations are Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Israel, Cyprus, Russia and Azerbaijan (Israel and Kazakhstan are former AFC members). Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Cyprus chose to be classed as a European football nation — it had the choice of Europe, Asia or Africa. Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía

UEFA is one of the biggest of six continental confederations of FIFA. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football) Of all the confederations, it is by far the strongest in terms of wealth and influence over the global game. Virtually all of the world's top players play in European leagues in part due to the salaries available from the world's wealthiest football clubs, particularly in England, Germany, Italy and Spain. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany 's football league system. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located The Primera División of the es Liga de Fútbol Profesional ( Professional Football League) commonly known as La Liga or Many of the world's strongest national sides are in UEFA. Of the 32 available spots in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 14 were allocated to UEFA national teams, and currently 14 of the top 20 teams in the FIFA World Rankings are UEFA members. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament History FIFA World Ranking Leaders In December 1992 FIFA first published

UEFA was founded on June 15, 1954 in Basel, Switzerland following discussions between the French, Italian and Belgian FAs. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The French Football Federation (FFF (Fédération Française de Football is the governing body of Football in France. The Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio FIGC) also known as Federcalcio, is the governing body of football in Italy The Belgian Football Association ( KBVB/URBSFA) ( Dutch: Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond, French: Union Royale Belge des Societes de Football The headquarters was in Paris until 1959 when the organization moved to Bern. The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal Henri Delaunay was the first General Secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the president. Henri Delaunay (15 June 1883 &ndash 9 November 1955 was a French football administrator Ebbe Schwartz ( 3 May 1901 &ndash 19 October 1964) was an Danish football administrator The following is a list of Presidents of UEFA, the European Football (soccer governing body. Its administrative center since 1995 is in Nyon, Switzerland. Nyon is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation It was initially made up of 25 national associations. Currently there are 53 associations (see the bottom of this page or List of UEFA national football teams).

UEFA, as a representative of the national associations, has had a number of bruising clashes with the European Commission. The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. In the 1990s the issues of television rights and especially international transfers (the Bosman ruling) have had to undergo some major changes to remain in line with European law. The Bosman ruling (Union Royal Belges des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL & others v

The current UEFA President is Michel Platini. The following is a list of Presidents of UEFA, the European Football (soccer governing body. Michel François Platini (born June 21, 1955) is a French former football player manager and current president of the UEFA.

Competitions

Continental

The main competition for men's national teams is the UEFA European Football Championship, started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960, and known as the European Nations Cup until 1964. The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European UEFA also runs national competitions at Under-21, Under-19 and Under-17 levels. The European Under-21 Football Championship is a football competition organised by the sport's European governing body UEFA The European Under 19 Football Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's European governing body UEFA. The UEFA U-17 Championship is an annual football competition organised by the sport's European governing body UEFA. For women's national teams, UEFA operates the UEFA Women's Championship for senior national sides and the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship at under-19 level. The UEFA Women's Championship, held every fourth year is the main competition in Women's football (soccer between national teams of the UEFA Confederation The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship is a competition in Women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age

UEFA also organizes the UEFA/CAF Meridian Cup with CAF for youth teams. The 53 member CAF ( African Football Confederation), ( French: Confédération Africaine de Football), ( Arabic: الإتحاد الأفريقى لكرة

In futsal there is the UEFA Futsal Championship. Futsal is an indoor version of Association football. Its name is derived from the Portuguese fut ebol de sal ão and the Spanish The UEFA Futsal Championship is the main national Futsal competition of the UEFA nations

Club

UEFA member countries by club competition entry entitlements, 2007/8

UEFA also runs the two main club competitions in Europe: the UEFA Champions League was first held in 1955, and was known as the European Champion Clubs Cup (or just European Cup) until 1991; and the UEFA Cup, for national knockout cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by UEFA in 1971 as a successor to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (also begun in 1955 but not recognized by UEFA ^[1]). See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. History Spanish era The first competition was to be held over two seasons to avoid clashes with national leagues fixtures A third competition, the Cup Winners' Cup, started in 1960 and was absorbed into the UEFA Cup in 1999.

Only three teams ^[1] (Juventus FC, AFC Ajax and FC Bayern Munich) have won each of the three competitions ^[1], a feat that is no longer possible for any team that did not win the Cup Winners' Cup. Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax ( also referred to as AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax, is a professional football club from Amsterdam FC Bayern München is a German Sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München Bayern There are currently ten teams throughout Europe that have won two of the three trophies; all have won the Cup Winners Cup, six require a win in the Champions League and four require a UEFA Cup win.

Juventus is the only team in Europe to win all UEFA's official championships and cups ^[1].

The UEFA Super Cup, which pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the UEFA Cup (previously the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup), came into being in 1973 ^[1]. The European Super Cup ( UEFA Super Cup) is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Cup and the Champions

The UEFA Intertoto Cup is a summer competition, previously operated by several Central European football associations, which was relaunched and recognized as European official competition by UEFA in 1995 ^[1] as a qualifying competition for the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Recently, UEFA launched the UEFA Regions Cup, for semi-professional teams. UEFA also conducts the UEFA Women's Cup for women's club teams. The UEFA Women's Cup is the first international Women's football (soccer club competition for teams that play in UEFA nations

In futsal there is the UEFA Futsal Cup. The UEFA Futsal Cup is an annual Futsal competition for European club teams

The European/South American Cup was jointly organised with CONMEBOL between the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores winners. The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by CONMEBOL or CSF ( Con federación Suda' me' ricana de Fút' bol', South American Football Confederation is the governing body of Football (soccer See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club The Copa Santander Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América, ( Taça Libertadores da América) is a football cup competition played

UEFA World Cup Participation

The following UEFA members have competed in the following FIFA World Cups. The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football Cells with a gold background represent occasions when a UEFA member won the tournament; silver background represent occasions when a UEFA member were runners-up; bronze background represent occasions when a UEFA member finished in third place. Teams are sorted by number of appearances:

Team	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	Total
Italy		•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
Germany1		•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
England				•	•	•	•	•	•			•	•	•		•	•	•	12
France	•	•	•		•	•		•			•	•	•			•	•	•	12
Spain		•		•			•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	12
Belgium	•	•	•		•				•			•	•	•	•	•	•		11
Sweden		•	•	•		•			•	•	•			•	•		•	•	11
Serbia2	•			•	•	•	•			•		•		•		•		•	10
Czech Republic3		•	•		•	•	•		•			•		•				•	9
Hungary		•	•		•	•	•	•			•	•	•						9
Russia4						•	•	•	•			•	•	•	•		•		9
Netherlands		•	•							•	•			•	•	•		•	8
Scotland					•	•				•	•	•	•	•		•			8
Switzerland		•	•	•	•		•	•							•			•	8
Austria		•			•	•					•	•		•		•			7
Bulgaria							•	•	•	•			•		•	•			7
Poland			•							•	•	•	•				•	•	7
Romania	•	•	•						•					•	•	•			7
Portugal								•					•				•	•	4
Croatia†																•	•	•	3
Denmark													•			•	•		3
Republic of Ireland														•	•		•		3
Northern Ireland						•						•	•						3
Norway			•												•	•			3
Turkey					•												•		2
East Germany+										•									1
Greece															•				1
Israel*									•										1
Slovenia†																	•		1
Ukraine‡																		•	1
Wales						•													1
Total	4	12	12	6	12	12	10	10	9*	9	10	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	32

¹ Made 10 appearances as West Germany⁺ from 1950 to 1990
² Made 8 appearances as  Yugoslavia⁺ from 1930 to 1990, 1 as Yugoslavia FR⁺ from 1994 to 2002, and 1 as Serbia & Montenegro⁺ in 2006
³ Made 8 appearances as  Czechoslovakia⁺ from 1930 to 1994
⁴ Made 7 appearances as  USSR⁺ from 1930 to 1990
^† Was part of  Yugoslavia⁺ from 1930 to 1990
^‡ Was part of  USSR⁺ from 1930 to 1990
* Israel qualified as a member of AFC
⁺ team and national federation no longer exist

• NOTE: FIFA considers Germany to carry West Germany's record; Serbia to carry Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia FR, and Yugoslavia's records; Czech Republic to carry Czechoslovakia's record; and Russia to carry USSR's record. The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for international football teams The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second World Cup staged and was hosted in Italy from 27 May to 10 June The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup and was held in France from June 4 to June 19. The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from June 24 to July 16, was the fourth staging of the World Cup and the first staged in 12 years due to World The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the World Cup was held in Switzerland from June 16 to July 4. The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup was hosted by Sweden from June 8 to June 29. The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup was held in Chile from May 30 to June 17. The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup was held in England from 11 July to 30 July The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup was held in Mexico, from May 31 to June 21. The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the World Cup was held in Argentina between June 1 and June 25. The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th staging of the World Cup was held in Spain from June 13 to July 11. The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. The Spanish National Football Team, commonly referred to as La Selección, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the es [[Spanish The Belgium national football team is the national football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The Serbia national football team ( Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије / Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia The Czech national football team is the national football team of the Czech Republic controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The Russia national football team (Сборная России по футболу is the national football team of Russia controlled by the Football Union of The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. The Swiss national football team (also known as the Schweizer Nati in German La Nati in French is the national football team of Switzerland The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the Country of Austria in international competition and is controlled The Bulgaria national football team is the national football team of Bulgaria and is controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union. The Poland national football team (Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej is the national football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation. The Portugal national football team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF finishing 4th at the last World Cup. The Croatian national football team ( Croatian pronunciation: Hrvatska nogometna reprezentacija) is the national side representing Croatia The Denmark national football team is controlled by the Danish Football Association and has represented the country of Denmark in international football The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in international football. The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international football. The Norwegian national football team, controlled by the Norwegian Football Association, is the national football team of Norway. The Turkish national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. 1|-| colspan=3|1 as United Team of Germany The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of the The Israeli National Football Team (נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל is the national football team of Israel and is controlled by the Israel Football Association The Slovenia national football team is the national football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since The Yugoslavia national football team refers to the national football team that represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1920-1941 and the Socialist Federal Republic The Serbia national football team ( Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије / Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia The Serbia national football team ( Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије / Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national football team of Czechoslovakia, before the country was split into the Czech Republic The USSR national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. The Yugoslavia national football team refers to the national football team that represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1920-1941 and the Socialist Federal Republic The USSR national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. The 46 member Asian Football Confederation ( AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel, and including ^[2]
• Montenegro applied for membership in UEFA and FIFA on 30 June 2006, was admitted to UEFA on 26 January 2007, and was admitted to FIFA on 31 May 2007. The Football Federation of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: Fudbalski savez Crne Gore Cyrillic: Фудбалски савез Црне Горе is the governing body Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.

Women's Qualifiers [1]

See also

• UEFA Club Football Awards
• UEFA coefficients
• UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll
• UEFA Jubilee Awards
• UEFA Stadia List
• UEFA competition records
• UEFA Celebration Match
• UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Cup
• UEFA Super Cup
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

References

External links

• UEFA homepage