UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (German: Vereinigung Europäischer Fußballverbände), is the administrative body of the football associations in Europe, although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia. It is one of the six football confederations in FIFA.

UEFA membership coincides as a sovereign country for Europe, among the notable is England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Netherlands, Iceland, Gibraltar, Ireland and Northern Ireland. These include Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, (Countries of the United Kingdom), Gibraltar (British Overseas Territory), the Faroe Islands (autonomous country within Denmark), and Kosovo (disputed territory and partially recognised state), however in the context of these countries government functions concerning sport tend to be carried at the territorial level coterminous with the UEFA member entity. Countries which had been members of Asian Football Confederation are also part of the UEFA, particularly Israel (since 1994) and Kazakhstan (since 2002).

Additionally some UEFA member associations allow teams from outside their association's main territory to take part in their "domestic" competition. AS Monaco, for example, takes part in the French League (though a separate sovereign entity); Welsh clubs Cardiff City, Swansea City and Newport County A.F.C. participate in the English League; Berwick Rangers, situated in England, play in the Scottish Professional Football League and Derry City, situated in Northern Ireland, play in the Republic of Ireland-based League of Ireland.

Teams with appearances in the FIFA World Cup

 * 1930: Belgium, France, Yugoslavia
 * 1934: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
 * 1938: Norway, Poland
 * 1950: England
 * 1954: Scotland, Turkey
 * 1958: Northern Ireland, Soviet Union, Wales
 * 1962: Bulgaria
 * 1966: Portugal
 * 1974: East Germany
 * 1986: Denmark
 * 1990: Republic of Ireland
 * 1994: Greece, Russia, FR Yugoslavia
 * 1998: Croatia
 * 2002: Slovenia
 * 2006: Czech Republic, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine
 * 2010: Serbia, Slovakia
 * 2014: Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 2018: Iceland