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The Union of European Football Associations mostly called the UEFA, is the organization that controls European football (soccer) (often referred to as association football). The UEFA is one of 6 continental confederations of the FIFA. It is also the biggest one. The President of the UEFA is Aleksander Čeferin.
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| Abbreviation | UEFA |
|---|---|
| Motto | We care about Football |
| Formation | 15 June 1954 |
| Type | Sports organisation |
Region served | Europe |
Membership | 53 member associations |
Official language | English, French, German |
President |  Florentino Pérez[1] |
Vice-president |  Şenes Erzik[1] |
General Secretary | Emilio Butragueño[2] |
Honorary President |  Lennart Johansson[1] |
Main organ | UEFA Congress |
Parent organization | FIFA |
| Website | www.UEFA.com |
Some members of the UEFA are partly or whole not part of the European continent (Israel, Turkey, Kazakhstan,Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Cyprus and Russia). There are members that do not represent sovereign states, such as the Faroe Islands, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
UEFA national teams have won 12 FIFA World Cups (Italy-4, Germany-4, France-2, England and Spain-one trophy each), and UEFA clubs have won 21 Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups. In women's, UEFA teams have won three FIFA Women's World Cups (Germany 2, Norway 1) and one Olympic gold medal (Norway).
| Code | Country | National teams | Founded | Joined FIFA | Joined UEFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALB |  Albania | Men's, Womens | 1930 | 1932 | 1954 |
| AND |  Andorra | Men's, Women's | 1994 | 1996 | 1996 |
| ARM |  Armenia | Men's, Women's | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 |
| AUT |  Austria | Men's, Women's | 1904 | 1905 | 1954 |
| AZE |  Azerbaijan | Men's, Women's | 1992 | 1994 | 1994 |
| BLR |  Belarus | Men's, Women's | 1989 | 1992 | 1993 |
| BEL |  Belgium | Men's, Women's | 1895 | 1904 | 1954 |
| BIH |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Men's, Women's | 1946 | 1996 | 1998 |
| BUL |  Bulgaria | Men's, Women's | 1923 | 1924 | 1954 |
| CRO |  Croatia | Men's, Women's | 1912 | 1992 | 1993 |
| CYP |  Cyprus | Men's, Women's | 1934 | 1948 | 1962 |
| CZE |  Czech Republic | Men's, Women's | 1901 | 1907 | 1954 |
| DEN |  Denmark | Men's, Women's | 1889 | 1904 | 1954 |
| ENG |  England | Men's, Women's | 1863 | 1905 | 1954 |
| EST |  Estonia | Men's, Women's | 1921 | 1923 | 1992 |
| FRO |  Faroe Islands | Men's, Women's | 1979 | 1988 | 1990 |
| FIN |  Finland | Men's, Women's | 1907 | 1908 | 1954 |
| FRA |  France | Men's, Women's | 1919[n 1] | 1904[n 2] | 1954 |
| GEO |  Georgia | Men's, Women's | 1990 | 1992 | 1992 |
| GER |  Germany | Men's, Women's | 1900 | 1904 | 1954 |
| GIB |  Gibraltar | Men's, Women's | 1895 | 2016 | 2013 |
| GRE |  Greece | Men's, Women's | 1926 | 1927 | 1954 |
| HUN |  Hungary | Men's, Women's | 1901 | 1906 | 1954 |
| ISL |  Iceland | Men's, Women's | 1947[n 3] | 1947 | 1954 |
| ISR |  Israel[n 4] | Men's, Women's | 1949 | 1949 | 1994[n 5] |
| ITA |  Italy | Men's, Women's | 1898 | 1905 | 1954 |
| KAZ |  Kazakhstan[n 6] | Men's, Women's | 1994 | 1994 | 2002 |
| KOS |  Kosovo | Men's, Women's | 2008 | 2016 | 2016 |
| LVA |  Latvia | Men's, Women's | 1921 | 1922 | 1992 |
| LIE |  Liechtenstein | Men's, Women's | 1934 | 1974 | 1974 |
| LTU |  Lithuania | Men's, Women's | 1922 | 1923 | 1992 |
| LUX |  Luxembourg | Men's, Women's | 1908 | 1910 | 1954 |
| MLT |  Malta | Men's, Women's | 1900 | 1959 | 1960 |
| MDA |  Moldova | Men's, Women's | 1990 | 1994 | 1993 |
| MNE |  Montenegro | Men's, Women's | 1931 | 2007 | 2007 |
| NED |  Netherlands | Men's, Women's | 1889 | 1904 | 1954 |
| MKD |  North Macedonia | Men's, Women's | 1926 | 1994 | 1994 |
| NIR |  Northern Ireland | Men's, Women's | 1880 | 1911 | 1954 |
| NOR |  Norway | Men's, Women's | 1902 | 1908 | 1954 |
| POL |  Poland | Men's, Women's | 1919[n 7] | 1923 | 1954 |
| POR |  Portugal | Men's, Women's | 1914 | 1923 | 1954 |
| IRL |  Republic of Ireland | Men's, Women's | 1921 | 1923 | 1954 |
| ROU |  Romania | Men's, Women's | 1909 | 1923 | 1954 |
| RUS |  Russia | Men's, Women's | 1912 | 1912 | 1954 |
| SMR |  San Marino | Men's, Women's | 1931 | 1988 | 1988 |
| SCO |  Scotland | Men's, Women's | 1873 | 1910 | 1954 |
| SRB |  Serbia | Men's, Women's | 1919 | 1923 | 1954 |
| SVK |  Slovakia | Men's, Women's | 1938 | 1994 | 1993 |
| SVN |  Slovenia | Men's, Women's | 1920 | 1992 | 1992 |
| ESP | Spain | Men's, Women's | 1909 | 1904 | 1954 |
| SWE | Sweden | Men's, Women's | 1904 | 1904 | 1954 |
| SUI |  Switzerland | Men's, Women's | 1895 | 1904 | 1954 |
| TUR | Turkey | Men's, Women's | 1923 | 1923 | 1962 |
| UKR |  Ukraine | Men's, Women's | 1991 | 1992 | 1992 |
| WAL |  Wales | Men's, Women's | 1876 | 1910 | 1954 |
The main international competition is the UEFA European Football Championship. This competition started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960. It is held every four years. The last was 2016 in France. The title was won by Portugal for their first time ever. There were also European competitions at the Under-21, Under-19 and Under-17 levels. For women there was the UEFA Women's Championship.
There are two main club competitions. The highest is the UEFA Champions League. It started in the 1992/93 season as follower of the UEFA Champion Cup. This competition was first held in 1956. The second is the UEFA Europa League. The league started in 1999 when the UEFA Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup merged. In women's football UEFA governs UEFA Women's Champions League for club teams. The competition was first held in 2009 (out of UEFA Women's Cup until 2009)
Since 1992 no winner of the Champions League was able to defend the title the next season.[3]
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