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FIFA assigns a three-letter code (dubbed FIFA Trigramme) 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 members


There are currently 208 FIFA members, each one with its unique country code (Montenegro does not yet have one):

AFG
ALB
ALG
ASA
AND
ANG
AIA
ATG
ARG
ARM
ARU
AUS
AUT
AZE
BAH
BHR
BAN
BRB
BLR
BEL
BLZ
BEN
BER
BHU
BOL
BIH
BOT
BRA
VGB
BRU
BUL
BFA
BDI
CAM
CMR
CAN
CPV
CAY
CTA
CHA
CHI
CHN
(Republic of China) TPE
COL
COM
CGO
COD
COK
CRC
(Ivory Coast) CIV
CRO
CUB
CYP
CZE
DEN
DJI
DMA
DOM
ECU
EGY
SLV
ENG
EQG
ERI
EST
ETH
FRO
FIJ
FIN
FRA
GAB
GAM
GEO
GER
GHA
GRE
GRN
GUM
GUA
GUI
GNB
GUY
HAI
HON
HKG
HUN
ISL
IND
IDN
IRN
IRQ
ISR
ITA
JAM
JPN
JOR
KAZ
KEN
PRK
KOR
KUW
KGZ
LAO
LVA

LIB
LES
LBR
LBY
LIE
LTU
LUX
MAC
MAD
MWI
MAS
MDV
MLI
MLT
MTN
MRI
MEX
MDA
MGL
???
MSR
MAR
MOZ
MYA
NAM
NEP
NED
ANT
NCL
NZL
NCA
NIG
NGA
NIR
NOR
OMA
PAK
PAL
PAN
PNG
PAR
PER
PHI
POL
POR
PUR
QAT
IRL
MKD
ROU
RUS
RWA
SKN
LCA
VIN
SAM
SMR
STP
KSA
SCO
SEN
SER
SEY
SLE
SIN
SVK
SVN
SOL
SOM
RSA
ESP
SRI
SUD
SUR
SWZ
SWE
SUI
SYR
TAH
TJK
TAN
THA
(East Timor) TLS
TOG
TGA
TRI
TUN
TUR
TKM
TCA
UGA
UKR
UAE
USA
URU
VIR
UZB
VAN
VEN
VIE
WAL
YEM
ZAM
ZIM

Non-FIFA members


The following codes refer to countries or dependent areas that are currently not affiliated with FIFA, even though some of them are members of their regional confederations.

ÅlandAlderneyAntarcticaChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandFalkland IslandsFrench Guiana2French PolynesiaGuadeloupe2Guernsey4HermIsle of Man4Jersey4Marshall IslandsMayotteMonaco
ALD
GBA
ACQ
CXR
CCK
FLK
GUF
PYF
GBZ
GRL
GLP
GBG
GBH
GBM
GBJ
KIR
MHL
2 MTQ
MYT
FSM
MON

Niue3Norfolk IslandNorthern Mariana Islands3PalauPitcairn IslandsRéunion1Ross DependencySaint HelenaSaint-Pierre and MiquelonSaint-Martin2TokelauTuvaluWallis and FutunaWestern Sahara
NRU
NIU
NFK
NCY
NMI
PLW
PCN
REU
ROS
SHN
SPM
SMT
GBS
2 SXM
TKL
TUV
WLF
VAT
SAH
1 ZAN
  • 1 CAF associate members (Réunion, Zanzibar)
  • 2 CONCACAF members (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin, Sint Maarten)
  • 3 OFC associate members (Niue, Northern Mariana Islands)

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.

Aden
ADE
BGU
BHO
BIN
BOH
BUR
CEY
CIS
CKN
COB
CUR
TCH
DAH
DEI
GDR
GOC
NGY
HEB
NBO
VNO

Svalbard and Jan MayenUnited Arab Republic
NYE
NRH
PLE
RHO
SAA
SCG
SIA
SRH
VSO
SYE
URS
SJM
TAA
1 TIB
UAR
UPV
FRG
WSM
YUG
ZAI
Government of Tibet in Exile. The flag shown above was used by the Tibetan government before 1950 and has since been used by the government-in-exile. It is banned in mainland China.

FIFA and IOC 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:

FIFA IOC ISO
Antigua and Barbuda ATG ANTATG
Bahrain BHR BRNBHR
Barbados BRB BARBRB
Belize BLZ BIZBLZ
British Virgin Islands VGB IVBVGB
Burkina Faso BFA BURBFA
Central African Republic CTA CAFCAF
El Salvador SLV ESASLV
Equatorial Guinea EQG GEQEQG
Guinea-Bissau GNB GBSGNB
Indonesia IDN INAIDN
Iran IRN IRIIRN
Latvia LVA LATLVA
Libya LBY LBALBY
Malawi MWI MAWMWI
Netherlands Antilles ANT AHOANT
Palestine PAL PLEPSE
Romania ROU ROMROU
U.S. Virgin Islands VIR ISVVIR

There are also some countries that are affiliated to FIFA and not to the International Olympic Committee, and vice-versa:

Also note that currently, FIFA has 208 members while the IOC has 204. This is because England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland compete as Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the Olympic Games.

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have separate football associations.

See also


FIFA | FIFA World Cup related lists | Country codes | Lists of abbreviations

 

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the "List of FIFA country codes".

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