FIFA assigns a three-letter country code 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 member codes
There are currently 211 FIFA members, each with its own unique country code:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; display:inline-table"
!Country
!Code
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|AFG
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|ALB
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|ALG
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|ASA
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|AND
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|ANG
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|AIA
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|ATG
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|ARG
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|ARM
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|ARU
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|AUS
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|AUT
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|AZE
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|BAH
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|BHR
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|BAN
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|BRB
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|BLR
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|BEL
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|BLZ
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|BEN
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|BER
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|BHU
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|BOL
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|BIH
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|BOT
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|BRA
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|VGB
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|BRU
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|BUL
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|BFA
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|BDI
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|CAM
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|CMR
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|CAN
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|CPV
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|CAY
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|CTA
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|CHA
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|CHI
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|CHN
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|TPE
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|COL
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|COM
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|CGO
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|COK
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|CRC
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|CRO
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|CUB
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|CUW
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|CYP
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|CZE
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; display:inline-table"
!Country
!Code
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|DEN
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|DJI
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|DMA
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|DOM
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|COD
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|ECU
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|EGY
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|SLV
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|ENG
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|EQG
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|ERI
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|EST
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|SWZ
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|ETH
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|FRO
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|FIJ
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|FIN
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|FRA
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|GAB
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|GAM
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|GEO
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|GER
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|GHA
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|GIB
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|GRE
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|GRN
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|GUM
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|GUA
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|GUI
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|GNB
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|GUY
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|HAI
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|HON
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|HKG
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|HUN
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|ISL
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|IND
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|IDN
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|IRN
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|IRQ
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|ISR
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|ITA
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|CIV
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|JAM
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|JPN
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|JOR
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|KAZ
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|KEN
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|KOS
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|KUW
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|KGZ
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|LAO
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|LVA
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!Country
!Code
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|LBN
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|LES
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|LBR
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|LBY
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|LIE
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|LTU
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|LUX
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|MAC
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|MAD
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|MWI
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|MAS
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|MDV
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|MLI
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|MLT
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|MTN
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|MRI
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|MEX
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|MDA
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|MNG
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|MNE
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|MSR
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|MAR
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|MOZ
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|MYA
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|NAM
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|NEP
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|NED
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|NCL
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|NZL
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|NCA
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|NIG
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|NGA
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|PRK
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|MKD
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|NIR
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|NOR
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|OMA
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|PAK
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|PLE
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|PAN
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|PNG
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|PAR
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|PER
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|PHI
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|POL
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|POR
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|PUR
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|QAT
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|IRL
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|ROU
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|RUS
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|RWA
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|SKN
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!Country
!Code
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|LCA
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|VIN
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|SAM
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|SMR
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|STP
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|KSA
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|SCO
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|SEN
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|SRB
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|SEY
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|SLE
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|SGP
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|SVK
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|SVN
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|SOL
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|SOM
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|RSA
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|KOR
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|SSD
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|ESP
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|SRI
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|SDN
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|SUR
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|SWE
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|SUI
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|SYR
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|TAH
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|TJK
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|TAN
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|THA
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|TLS
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|TOG
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|TGA
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|TRI
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|TUN
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|TUR
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|TKM
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|TCA
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|UGA
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|UKR
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|UAE
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|USA
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|URU
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|VIR
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|UZB
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|VAN
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|VEN
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|VIE
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|WAL
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|YEM
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|ZAM
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|ZIM
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Non-FIFA member codes
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The following codes refer to countries or dependent territories that are currently not affiliated with FIFA, but whose codes either appear in the FIFA results database, or are used regularly by confederation websites:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; display:inline-table"
!Country
!Code
!Confederation
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|rowspan=2|
|BES
|rowspan=2|CONCACAF
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|BOE
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|GUF
|CONCACAF
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|GLP
|CONCACAF
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|KIR
|CONCACAF
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|NIU
|OFC
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|rowspan=2|
|MNP
|rowspan=2|AFC
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|NMI
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|REU
|CAF
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|rowspan=2|
|MAF
|rowspan=2|CONCACAF
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|SMN
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|rowspan=2|
|SXM
|rowspan=2|CONCACAF
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|SMA
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|TUV
|OFC
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|ZAN
|CAF
|}
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.
Sovereign state
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; display:inline-table"
!Country
!Code
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|GBR
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|rowspan=2|
|MON
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|MCO
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|NRU
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|VAT
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State with limited recognition
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; display:inline-table"
!Country
!Code
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|ABH
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|SMD
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|OSS
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|rowspan=2|
|NCY<!--DO NOT ADD "UEFA" HERE, NORTHERN CYPRUS IS NOT A MEMBER OF UEFA-->
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|TRNC
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|PMR
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|rowspan=2|
|ESH <!--DO NOT ADD "CAF" HERE, WESTERN SAHARA IS NOT A MEMBER OF CAF-->
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|SADR
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Dependencies territories
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!Country
!Code
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|BSQ
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|CAT
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|rowspan=2|
|FLK
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|FIS
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|GRL
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|GGY
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|JER
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|IOM
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|BLM
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|SPM
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|SHN
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|TOK
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|rowspan=2|
|WLF
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|WAF
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IIGA Member
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; display:inline-table"
!Country
!Code
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|ALA
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|GOZ
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Obsolete country codes
The following codes are obsolete because a country has ceased to exist (e.g. by merging into another or splitting into several countries), changed its name or its code:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; display:inline-table"
!Country
!Code
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|BOH
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|BGU
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|BIN
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|BUR
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|CAF
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|CEY
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|CIS
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|TCH
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|DAH
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|INH
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|GDR
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|GOC
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|EIR
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|KVX
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|LIB
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; display:inline-table"
!Country
!Code
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|MAL
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|HOL
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|ANT
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|HEB
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|VNO
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|YAR
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|NRH
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|PAL
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|RHO
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|ROM
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|SAA
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|SCG
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|SIA
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|SIN
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|VSO
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; display:inline-table"
!Country
!Code
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|YMD
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|SRH
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|URS
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|SUD
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|NGY
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|TAI
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|TAA
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|UAR
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|UPV
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|FRG
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|WSM
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|rowspan="2"|YUG
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|ZAI
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See also
- Geography of association football
- Comparison of alphabetic country codes
- List of IOC country codes
- ISO 3166-1
References
External links
- FIFA Country Codes – list maintained by the RSSSF Usenet group.