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This is a list of the men's national football (soccer) teams in the world.
Current FIFA affiliates
There are currently 207 men's national football teams affiliated to FIFA (the world's football governing body) that are eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup and whose matches between them are recognized as official matches.
Based on these results, the FIFA World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams, although Comoros and Timor-Leste have not yet received a rank.
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 affiliated to FIFA, by their confederations.
AFC (Asia)
CAF (Africa)
CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean)
CONMEBOL (South America)
OFC (Oceania)
UEFA (Europe)
Currently unaffiliated nations
These sovereign nations are not members of FIFA or of their local confederation:Former FIFA affiliates
These national teams no longer exist due to the dissolution of the nation they represented.
Teams not affiliated to FIFA
These national teams are not affiliated to FIFA. Because their national associations are not FIFA members, they are ineligible to enter the FIFA World Cup, and their matches are not recognized as official.
This is an incomplete list, and teams may be inactive.
- Åland Islands
- Alderney
- Anglesey
- Ascension Island
- Azores
- Basque Country
- Bougainville
- Catalonia
- Chagos Islands
- Chechnya
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Falkland Islands
- French GuianaCONCACAF member.
- Galicia
- Gibraltar
- Gotland
- Greenland
- Guadeloupe
- Guernsey
- Hitra
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Wight
- Jersey
- Kiribati
- Madeira
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mayotte
- Micronesia
- Monaco
- Nauru
- NiueOFC associate member.
- Northern Cyprus
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Orkney Islands
- Palau
- Pitcairn Islands
- Republic of Srpska
- RéunionCAF associate member.
- Rhodes
- Saaremaa
- Saint Helena
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint-Martin
- Sápmi
- Sark
- Sealand
- Shetland Islands
- Sint Maarten
- Somaliland
- South Moluccas
- Tibet
- Tokelau
- Tuvalu
- Vatican City
- Wallis and Futuna
- Western Isles (Outer Hebrides)
- Western Sahara
- Zanzibar
Footnotes
See also
- National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
- List of FIFA country codes
- List of women's national football teams
Sources
National football (soccer) teams | Football (soccer) related lists
Nationalmannschaft | Lista de selecciones nacionales de fútbol | Nacia teamo | Nazionale di calcio | 축구 국가대표팀 목록 | Senarai pasukan bolasepak kebangsaan | Lista echipelor naţionale de fotbal | Все сборные по футболу | 各国国家足球队列表
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