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FIFA assigns a three-letter country code (more properly termed a trigramme or trigram) 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. The FIFA designations are also sometimes used outside of association football in other sports [citation needed], e.g. snooker.
FIFA member codes
There are currently 208 FIFA members, each one with its unique country code.
Non-FIFA member codes
The following codes refer to countries or dependent areas that are currently not affiliated with FIFA, but whose codes either appear in the FIFA results database, or are used regularly by confederation websites.
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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 communications of FIFA.
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Obsolete country codes
The following codes are obsolete because a country has ceased to exist, changed its name, changed its code, or has become part of another country.
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FIFA, IOC and ISO differences
Although most FIFA codes are the same as the International Olympic Committee country codes used for the Olympic Games, there are still some discrepancies:
Country | FIFA | IOC | ISO |
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Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | ANT | ATG |
Bahrain | BHR | BRN | BHR |
Barbados | BRB | BAR | BRB |
Belize | BLZ | BIZ | BLZ |
British Virgin Islands | VGB | IVB | VGB |
Burkina Faso | BFA | BUR | BFA |
Central African Republic | CTA | CAF | CAF |
Croatia | CRO | CRO | HRV |
El Salvador | SLV | ESA | SLV |
Equatorial Guinea | EQG | GEQ | EQG |
Germany | GER | GER | DEU |
Guinea-Bissau | GNB | GBS | GNB |
Indonesia | IDN | INA | IDN |
Iran | IRN | IRI | IRN |
Latvia | LVA | LAT | LVA |
Libya | LBY | LBA | LBY |
Malawi | MWI | MAW | MWI |
Netherlands | NED | NED | NLD |
Netherlands Antilles | ANT | AHO | [1] |
Nigeria | NGA | NGR | NGA |
Palestine | PLE | PLE | PSE |
Slovenia | SVN | SLO | SVN |
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) | TPE | TPE | TWN |
U.S. Virgin Islands
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VIR | ISV | VIR |
Vietnam | VIE | VIE | VNM |
There are also some countries that are affiliated to FIFA and not to the International Olympic Committee, and vice-versa:
- FIFA affiliates and non IOC members (11):
- IOC members and non FIFA affiliates (8):
- Great Britain
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Nauru
- Palau
- Tuvalu
References
- "Associations". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2006.
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See also
- List of FIFA Member Associations
- Comparison of IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166 country codes
- List of IOC country codes
- List of ISO country codes
External links
- FIFA Country Codes – list maintained by the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Usenet group.
References
- ^ Until 10 October 2010, ANT, removed after the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles
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