Current FIFA Affiliates
Map of the World with the six confederations.
There are currently 208 men's national football teams affiliated to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world's football governing body, through their national football associations. They are eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup and matches between them are recognized as official international matches. Based on their match results over the previous four-year period, the FIFA World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams.
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Each of these national teams is also affiliated to one of the six confederations, according to their continental zones:
- Asia - Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
- Africa - Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF)
- North and Central America and the Caribbean - Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
- South America - Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL)
- Oceania - Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
- Europe - Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
Below is a list of the national football teams by their confederations. Some national teams are full members of their confederation, but do not have membership of FIFA; these are listed with a note explaining this. There are also notes of teams who have left one confederation to join another.
AFC (Asia)
 Afghanistan
 Australia1
 Bahrain
 Bangladesh
 Bhutan
 Brunei
 Cambodia
 China PR
 Chinese Taipei2
 East Timor
 Guam
 Hong Kong
 India
 Indonesia
 Iran
 Iraq
 Japan
 Jordan
 Korea DPR
 Korea Republic
 Kuwait
 Kyrgyzstan
 Laos |
 Lebanon
 Macau
 Malaysia
 Maldives
 Mongolia
 Myanmar
 Nepal
 Oman
 Pakistan
 Palestine
 Philippines
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 Singapore
 Sri Lanka
 Syria
 Tajikistan
 Thailand
 Turkmenistan
 United Arab Emirates
 Uzbekistan
 Vietnam
 Yemen |
1: Formerly member of OFC (Joined AFC in 2006)
2: Official name of the national team of the Republic of China (Taiwan); OFC member 1975-1989
CAF (Africa)
 Algeria
 Angola
 Benin
 Botswana
 Burkina Faso
 Burundi
 Cameroon
 Cape Verde
 Central African Republic
 Chad
 Comoros
 Congo DR
 Republic of Congo
 Côte d'Ivoire
 Djibouti
 Egypt
 Equatorial Guinea
 Eritrea
 Ethiopia
 Gabon
 Gambia
 Ghana
 Guinea
 Guinea-Bissau
 Kenya
 Lesotho
 Liberia
 Libya |
 Madagascar
 Malawi
 Mali
 Mauritania
 Mauritius
 Morocco
 Mozambique
 Namibia
 Niger
 Nigeria
 Reunion 1
 Rwanda
 Săo Tomé and Príncipe
 Senegal
 Seychelles
 Sierra Leone
 Somalia
 South Africa
 Sudan
 Swaziland
 Tanzania
 Togo
 Tunisia
 Uganda
 Zambia
 Zanzibar1
 Zimbabwe |
1: Associate member of CAF but not FIFA member
CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean)
 Anguilla
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Aruba
 Bahamas
 Barbados
 Belize
 Bermuda
 British Virgin Islands
 Canada
 Cayman Islands
 Costa Rica
 Cuba
 Dominica
 Dominican Republic
 El Salvador
 French Guiana1
 Grenada
 Guadeloupe1
 Guatemala
 Guyana |
 Haiti
 Honduras
 Jamaica
 Martinique1
 Mexico
 Montserrat
 Netherlands Antilles
 Nicaragua
 Panama
 Puerto Rico
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
 Saint-Martin1
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Sint Maarten1
 Suriname
 Trinidad & Tobago
 Turks and Caicos Islands
 U.S. Virgin Islands
 USA |
1: Full CONCACAF member but not FIFA member
CONMEBOL (South America)
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
OFC (Oceania)
American Samoa
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati1
Micronesia1
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue1
Northern Mariana Islands1
Palau1
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tahiti 2
Tonga
Tuvalu1
Vanuatu
1: Associate member of OFC but not FIFA member
2: Official Football Team Name of French Polynesia from 1970
UEFA (Europe)
 Albania
 Andorra
 Armenia
 Austria
 Azerbaijan
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Bosnia & Herzegovina
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 England
 Estonia
 Faroe Islands
 Finland
- France
 Georgia
 Germany
 Greece
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Republic of Ireland
 Israel1
 Italy
 Kazakhstan2 |
 Latvia
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 FYR Macedonia
 Malta
 Moldova
 Montenegro
 Netherlands
 Northern Ireland
 Norway
 Poland
 Portugal
 Romania
 Russia
 San Marino
 Scotland
 Serbia
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Turkey
 Ukraine
 Wales |
1: Formerly member of AFC (OFC 1972-1994; Joined UEFA in 1994)
2: Formerly member of AFC (Joined UEFA in 2002)
