Geography of association football

The following article gives a list of association football confederations, sub-confederations and associations around the world. The sport's international governing body is FIFA, but those associations not affiliated with FIFA are also included in this article.

Most European, African, and Asian countries have two principal competitions: a more prestigious league which is typically a double round-robin tournament restricted to the elite clubs, and a cup which is a single-elimination tournament open to both the elite and lesser clubs.

In the Americas, leagues are often organised as either multi-stage tournaments or separate Apertura and Clausura stages.

By continent

Affiliated with FIFA

There are currently 211 national associations which are members of FIFA. An additional 11 associations are full or associate members of continental confederation, but not members of FIFA.

Other governing bodies

By subregion

Africa

Asia

North, Central America and the Caribbean

By country

The football associations listed in this section are members of FIFA-affiliated confederations. They are listed by their official names registered with FIFA.

Africa

Asia

Europe

All UEFA associations are affiliated with FIFA.

North, Central America and the Caribbean

Oceania

South America

All CONMEBOL associations are affiliated with FIFA.

Non-FIFA associations

The football associations in this section represent fully and partially recognized sovereign states, dependent territories, and stateless nations that are not members of FIFA or a FIFA confederation.

Several of these non-FIFA associations are included in the World Football Elo Ratings, which ranks all national association football teams from FIFA-affiliated confederations, in addition to some unaffiliated teams. Several of these associations are also members of the Confederation of Independent Football Associations and/or the International Island Games Association.

Africa

Asia

Europe

• Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Svalbard do not have a Football Association.

North, Central America and the Caribbean

Oceania

• Pitcairn Islands does not have a Football Association.

South America

Regional

Beneath the national level, governance of football may be divided up into regional or territorial associations. Other non-national associations represent stateless populations, diasporas or micronations. Details of these are listed at non-FIFA international football.

See also

• Domestic association football season
• List of association football competitions
• List of FIFA country codes
• List of national football teams
• List of sports attendance figures — Attendances of many domestic and international competitions, compared with those of other sports around the world
• Lists of association football clubs
• Association football by country subdivision

References

1. Geography of women's association football
2. Geography of the GAA
3. List of men's national association football teams
4. Association football
5. FIFA
6. Football club (association football)
7. Association football culture
8. English football league system
9. History of association football
10. List of association football competitions
11. UEFA
12. The Football Association
13. Ball (association football)
14. Geography of Cuba
15. Association football club names
16. FIFA World Cup
17. Football
18. Captain (association football)
19. Algarve Football Association
20. Outline of association football