FIFA assigns a three-letter country code to each of its member and non-member countries. These are the official codes used by FIFA and its continental confederations (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA) as name abbreviations of countries and dependent areas, in official competitions.
FIFA member codes
There are currently 211 FIFA members, each with its own unique country code:[1][2]
| Country
|
Code
|
Afghanistan
|
AFG
|
Albania
|
ALB
|
Algeria
|
ALG
|
American Samoa
|
ASA
|
Andorra
|
AND
|
Angola
|
ANG
|
Anguilla
|
AIA
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
ATG
|
Argentina
|
ARG
|
Armenia
|
ARM
|
Aruba
|
ARU
|
Australia
|
AUS
|
Austria
|
AUT
|
Azerbaijan
|
AZE
|
Bahamas
|
BAH
|
Bahrain
|
BHR
|
Bangladesh
|
BAN
|
Barbados
|
BRB
|
Belarus
|
BLR
|
Belgium
|
BEL
|
Belize
|
BLZ
|
Benin
|
BEN
|
Bermuda
|
BER
|
Bhutan
|
BHU
|
Bolivia
|
BOL
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
BIH
|
Botswana
|
BOT
|
Brazil
|
BRA
|
British Virgin Islands
|
VGB
|
Brunei
|
BRU
|
Bulgaria
|
BUL
|
Burkina Faso
|
BFA
|
Burundi
|
BDI
|
Cambodia
|
CAM
|
Cameroon
|
CMR
|
Canada
|
CAN
|
Cape Verde
|
CPV
|
Cayman Islands
|
CAY
|
Central African Republic
|
CTA
|
Chad
|
CHA
|
Chile
|
CHI
|
China
|
CHN
|
Chinese Taipei
|
TPE
|
Colombia
|
COL
|
Comoros
|
COM
|
Congo
|
CGO
|
Cook Islands
|
COK
|
Costa Rica
|
CRC
|
Croatia
|
CRO
|
Cuba
|
CUB
|
Curaçao
|
CUW
|
Cyprus
|
CYP
|
Czech Republic
|
CZE
|
| Country
|
Code
|
Denmark
|
DEN
|
Djibouti
|
DJI
|
Dominica
|
DMA
|
Dominican Republic
|
DOM
|
DR Congo
|
COD
|
Ecuador
|
ECU
|
Egypt
|
EGY
|
El Salvador
|
SLV
|
England
|
ENG
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
EQG
|
Eritrea
|
ERI
|
Estonia
|
EST
|
Eswatini
|
SWZ
|
Ethiopia
|
ETH
|
Faroe Islands
|
FRO
|
Fiji
|
FIJ
|
Finland
|
FIN
|
France
|
FRA
|
Gabon
|
GAB
|
Gambia
|
GAM
|
Georgia
|
GEO
|
Germany
|
GER
|
Ghana
|
GHA
|
Gibraltar
|
GIB
|
Greece
|
GRE
|
Grenada
|
GRN
|
Guam
|
GUM
|
Guatemala
|
GUA
|
Guinea
|
GUI
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
GNB
|
Guyana
|
GUY
|
Haiti
|
HAI
|
Honduras
|
HON
|
Hong Kong
|
HKG
|
Hungary
|
HUN
|
Iceland
|
ISL
|
India
|
IND
|
Indonesia
|
IDN
|
Iran
|
IRN
|
Iraq
|
IRQ
|
Israel
|
ISR
|
Italy
|
ITA
|
Ivory Coast
|
CIV
|
Jamaica
|
JAM
|
Japan
|
JPN
|
Jordan
|
JOR
|
Kazakhstan
|
KAZ
|
Kenya
|
KEN
|
Kosovo
|
KOS
|
Kuwait
|
KUW
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
KGZ
|
Laos
|
LAO
|
Latvia
|
LVA
|
| Country
|
Code
|
Lebanon
|
LBN
|
Lesotho
|
LES
|
Liberia
|
LBR
|
Libya
|
LBY
|
Liechtenstein
|
LIE
|
Lithuania
|
LTU
|
Luxembourg
|
LUX
|
Macau
|
MAC
|
Madagascar
|
MAD
|
Malawi
|
MWI
|
Malaysia
|
MAS
|
Maldives
|
MDV
|
Mali
|
MLI
|
Malta
|
MLT
|
Mauritania
|
MTN
|
Mauritius
|
MRI
|
Mexico
|
MEX
|
Moldova
|
MDA
|
Mongolia
|
MNG
|
Montenegro
|
MNE
|
Montserrat
|
MSR
|
Morocco
|
MAR
|
Mozambique
|
MOZ
|
Myanmar
|
MYA
|
Namibia
|
NAM
|
Nepal
|
NEP
|
Netherlands
|
NED
|
New Caledonia
|
NCL
|
New Zealand
|
NZL
|
Nicaragua
|
NCA
|
Niger
|
NIG
|
Nigeria
|
NGA
|
North Korea
|
PRK
|
North Macedonia
|
MKD
|
Northern Ireland
|
NIR
|
Norway
|
NOR
|
Oman
|
OMA
|
Pakistan
|
PAK
|
Palestine
|
PLE
|
Panama
|
PAN
|
Papua New Guinea
|
PNG
|
Paraguay
|
PAR
|
Peru
|
PER
|
Philippines
|
PHI
|
Poland
|
POL
|
Portugal
|
POR
|
Puerto Rico
|
PUR
|
Qatar
|
QAT
|
Republic of Ireland
|
IRL
|
Romania
|
ROU
|
Russia
|
RUS
|
Rwanda
|
RWA
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
SKN
|
| Country
|
Code
|
Saint Lucia
|
LCA
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
VIN
|
Samoa
|
SAM
|
San Marino
|
SMR
|
São Tomé and Príncipe
|
STP
|
Saudi Arabia
|
KSA
|
Scotland
|
SCO
|
Senegal
|
SEN
|
Serbia
|
SRB
|
Seychelles
|
SEY
|
Sierra Leone
|
SLE
|
Singapore
|
SGP
|
Slovakia
|
SVK
|
Slovenia
|
SVN
|
Solomon Islands
|
SOL
|
Somalia
|
SOM
|
South Africa
|
RSA
|
South Korea
|
KOR
|
South Sudan
|
SSD
|
Spain
|
ESP
|
Sri Lanka
|
SRI
|
Sudan
|
SDN
|
Suriname
|
SUR
|
Sweden
|
SWE
|
Switzerland
|
SUI
|
Syria
|
SYR
|
Tahiti
|
TAH
|
Tajikistan
|
TJK
|
Tanzania
|
TAN
|
Thailand
|
THA
|
Timor-Leste
|
TLS
|
Togo
|
TOG
|
Tonga
|
TGA
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
TRI
|
Tunisia
|
TUN
|
Turkey
|
TUR
|
Turkmenistan
|
TKM
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
TCA
|
Uganda
|
UGA
|
Ukraine
|
UKR
|
United Arab Emirates
|
UAE
|
United States
|
USA
|
Uruguay
|
URU
|
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
VIR
|
Uzbekistan
|
UZB
|
Vanuatu
|
VAN
|
Venezuela
|
VEN
|
Vietnam
|
VIE
|
Wales
|
WAL
|
Yemen
|
YEM
|
Zambia
|
ZAM
|
Zimbabwe
|
ZIM
|
Non-FIFA member codes
The following codes refer to countries or dependent territories that are currently not affiliated with FIFA, but whose codes either appear in the FIFA results database, or are used regularly by confederation websites:
Irregular codes
The following codes refer to countries or dependent areas that are currently not affiliated with FIFA. Even though they are members or associate members of their regional confederations, these codes are not regularly used in.
| Country
|
Code
|
Abkhazia
|
ABK
|
Åland
|
ALA
|
Basque Country
|
BSQ
|
Catalonia
|
CAT
|
Falkland Islands
|
FLK
|
| FIS
|
Great Britain
|
GBR[2]
|
Gozo
|
GOZ
|
Greenland
|
GRL
|
Guernsey
|
GGY
|
Jersey
|
JER
|
Isle of Man
|
IOM
|
Marshall Islands
|
MHL[2]
|
Micronesia
|
FSM[16]
|
Monaco
|
MON[17]
|
| MCO
|
Nauru
|
NRU[2]
|
| Country
|
Code
|
Northern Cyprus
|
NCY
|
| TRNC
|
Palau
|
PLW[18]
|
Saint Barthélemy
|
BLM
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
SPM
|
Saint Helena
|
SHN
|
Sardinia
|
SRD
|
| SAR
|
Somaliland
|
SMD
|
Transnistria
|
PMR
|
Tokelau
|
TOK
|
Tibet
|
TIB
|
Vatican City
|
VAT
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
WLF
|
| WAF
|
Western Sahara
|
ESH
|
| SADR
|
Obsolete country codes
The following codes are obsolete because a country has ceased to exist (e.g. by merging into another or splitting into several countries), changed its name or its code:
| Country
|
Code
|
Malaya
|
MAL
|
Netherlands
|
HOL
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
ANT
|
New Hebrides
|
HEB
|
North Vietnam
|
VNO
|
North Yemen
|
YAR
|
Northern Rhodesia
|
NRH
|
Palestine, British Mandate
|
PAL
|
Rhodesia
|
RHO
|
Romania
|
ROM
|
Saar
|
SAA
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
SCG
|
Siam
|
SIA
|
Singapore
|
SIN
|
South Vietnam
|
VSO
|
See also
References
External links
|
|---|
- History of FIFA
- FIFA Anthem
- FIFA Congress
- FIFA Council
- FIFA Ethics Committee
- FIFA headquarters
- Football at the Summer Olympics
- List of football federations
- International Football Association Board
- Timeline of association football
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| Football codes | | |
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| Confederations | |
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| Men's tournaments | |
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| Women's tournaments |
- FIFA Women's World Cup
- FIFA Women's Club World Cup
- FIFA Women's Champions Cup
- FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup
- Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
|
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| Other tournaments |
- FIFA Arab Cup
- FIFAe World Cup
- FIFAe Nations Series
|
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| Presidents |
- Robert Guérin (1904–1906)
- Daniel Burley Woolfall (1906–1918)
- Jules Rimet (1921–1954)
- Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1954–1955)
- Arthur Drewry (1955–1961)
- Ernst Thommen (1961–1961, acting)
- Stanley Rous (1961–1974)
- João Havelange (1974–1998)
- Sepp Blatter (1998–2015)
- Issa Hayatou (2015–2016, acting)
- Gianni Infantino (2016–present)
|
|---|
| Secretaries General |
- Louis Muhlinghaus (1904–1906)
- Wilhelm Hirschman (1906–1931)
- Ivo Schricker (1932–1951)
- Kurt Gassmann (1951–1960)
- Helmut Käser (1961–1981)
- Sepp Blatter (1981–1998)
- Michel Zen-Ruffinen (1998–2002)
- Urs Linsi (2002–2007)
- Jérôme Valcke (2007–2015)
- Markus Kattner (2015–2016, acting)
- Fatma Samoura (2016–2023)
- Mattias Grafström (2024–present)
|
|---|
| Awards |
- FIFA 100
- FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015)
- FIFA Champions Badge
- FIFA Club of the Century
- FIFA Development Award (2008–2009)
- FIFA Fair Play Award
- FIFA Female Player of the Century
- FIFA FIFPRO World 11
- FIFA Order of Merit
- FIFA Player of the Century (2000)
- FIFA Presidential Award (2001–2014)
- FIFA Puskás Award
- FIFA Women's World Cup awards
- FIFA Coach of the Year (2010–2015)
- FIFA World Cup Dream Team
- FIFA World Cup awards
- FIFA World Player of the Year
- The Best FIFA Football Awards
|
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| Rankings | |
|---|
| Congresses |
- 51st (Paris 1998)
- 53rd (Seoul 2002)
- 61st (Zürich 2011)
- 65th (Zürich 2015)
- Extraordinary (Zürich 2016)
- 68th (Russia 2018)
- 69th (Paris 2019)
- 73rd (Kigali 2023)
|
|---|
| Corruption |
- "FIFA's Dirty Secrets"
- Garcia Report
- 2015 FIFA corruption case
- List of banned football officials
|
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| Others | |
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Geocode systems |
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| Country codes | |
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Administrative codes and country subdivisions |
- ISO 3166-2
- FIPS place code (FIPS 55)
- FIPS state code (FIPS 5-2)
- NUTS (EU)
- GSS codes (United Kingdom)
- SGC codes (Canada)
- UN M.49 (UN)
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| Airport codes | |
|---|
Geodesic place codes | | Global |
- C-squares
- Geohash
- Geohash-36
- GEOREF
- International Map of the World indexing system
- Mapcode
- Marsden square
- Military Grid Reference System
- Natural Area Code
- Open Location Code
- QDGC
- UN/LOCODE
- UTM
- WMO squares
|
|---|
| Regional |
- ICES Statistical Rectangles (north-east Atlantic region)
- Irish grid reference system
- National Topographic System (Canada)
- Ordnance Survey National Grid (UK)
- National Level Addressing Grid (India)
|
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| Postal codes | |
|---|
| Telephony |
- ITU-R country codes
- ITU-T country calling codes
- ITU-T mobile calling codes
|
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| Amateur radio |
- Maidenhead Locator System
- Historical : QRA locator
|
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|
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- FIFA
- Federations
- Teams
- Competitions
- World Rankings
- The Best FIFA Football Awards
- Timeline
- Most successful clubs
|
| World | | |
|---|
| Africa | | CAF |
- Africa Cup of Nations
- U-23
- U-20
- U-17
- African Nations League
- African Games
- Defunct
-
- African Nations Championship
|
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| Regional |
- CECAFA
- COSAFA
- WAFU
- Defunct
-
- CEMAC
- Central African Games
|
|---|
|
|---|
| Asia | | AFC |
- AFC Asian Cup
- U-23
- U-20
- U-17
- AFC Nations League
- Asian Games
- Defunct
-
- AFC Challenge Cup
- AFC Solidarity Cup
|
|---|
| Regional |
- ASEAN
- CAFA
- EAFF
- SAFF
- WAFF
- Arabian Gulf Cup
- East Asian Games
- South Asian Games
- Southeast Asian Games
- West Asian Games
- Defunct
-
- Far Eastern Games
|
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|
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| Europe | | UEFA | |
|---|
| Regional |
- Baltic Cup
- Defunct
-
- Central European Cup
- Balkan Cup
- British Home Championship
- Nordic Championship
|
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|
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North, Central America & the Caribbean | | CONCACAF |
- CONCACAF Gold Cup
- U-23
- U-20
- U-17
- U-15
- CONCACAF Nations League
- Defunct
-
- CONCACAF Championship
- CONCACAF Cup
|
|---|
| Regional |
- LIFA Cup
- WIFA Cup
- Central America and Caribbean Games
- Central America Games
- Defunct
-
- NAFC Championship
- CCCF Championship
- North American Nations Cup
- Copa Centroamericana
- CFU Championship
- Caribbean Cup
|
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|
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| Oceania | | OFC | |
|---|
| Regional |
- Melanesia Cup
- Micronesian Games
- Defunct
-
- Polynesia Cup
|
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|
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| South America | |
|---|
| Intercontinental | | Africa & Asia |
- Indian Ocean Island Games
- Defunct
-
- Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
- Afro-Asian Games
|
|---|
| Africa & Ocenia |
- Defunct
-
- AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
|
|---|
| Arab/Islamic |
- FIFA Arab Cup
- Arab Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games
- Defunct
-
- Islamic Games
- Palestine Cup
- Kuneitra Cup
|
|---|
Europe & South America |
- CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
|
|---|
| Francophone |
- Francophone Games
- Defunct
-
- Overseas Cup
|
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| Lusophone | |
|---|
| Mediterranean |
- Mediterranean Games
- Defunct
-
- Mediterranean Cup
|
|---|
| Pan American |
- Pan American Games
- Defunct
-
- Panamerican Championship
|
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| Other |
- Goodwill Games
- Defunct
-
- GANEFO
|
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|
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| Non-FIFA | | CONIFA |
- World Football Cup
- African Football Cup
- Asian Football Cup
- European Football Cup
- South American Football Cup
|
|---|
| UIAFA |
- Defunct
-
- UIAFA Great European Tournament
|
|---|
| Other |
- Island Games
- Universiade
- Defunct
-
- FIFI Wild Cup
- WUFA World Series
|
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|
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- FIFA
- FIFA Futsal World Cup
- FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup
- AMF
- AMF Futsal World Cup
- AMF Futsal Women's World Cup
- Youth Olympics
- Women's Futsal World Tournament
- Grand Prix
- Confederations Cup
- Futsal Finalissima
- World University Championship
- South American Games
- Futsal Mundialito
- Mediterranean Cup
- Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
- Southeast Asian Games
- Futsal Awards
- Teams
| | Asia |
- AFC
- Futsal Asian Cup
- Women's Futsal Asian Cup
| |
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| Africa |
- CAF
- Futsal Cup of Nations
- Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
|
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North America Central America and Caribbean |
- CONCACAF
- Futsal Championship
- W Futsal Championship
|
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| South America |
- CONMEBOL
- Copa América
- Liga Evolución
- Copa América Femenina
|
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| Oceania |
- OFC
- Futsal Championship
- Women's Futsal Cup
|
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| Europe |
- UEFA: Futsal Euro
- Women's Futsal Euro
- UEFS/FEF: UEFS Futsal Men's Championship
- UEFS Futsal Women's Championship
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- FIFA
- Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW)
- World cups
- World Beach Games
- Intercontinental Cup
- World Winners Cup
- Mundialito (de Clubes)
- BSWW Tour
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| Asia | | |
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| Africa | |
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North America Central America and Caribbean | |
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| South America |
- CONMEBOL – World Cup qualifiers
- Copa América
- U-20
- League
- Club
- Copa Libertadores
|
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| Oceania | |
|---|
| Europe |
- UEFA – League
- World Cup qualifiers
- Cup
- Club
- Euro Winners Cup
- Women's
|
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| Games |
- Asian Beach Games
- Bolivarian Beach Games
- European Games
- Mediterranean Beach Games
- South American Beach Games
|
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- World Rankings
- Stars Awards
|