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FIFA assigns a three-letter country code (more properly termed a trigram or trigraph [1]) 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.
Usage of the various names of association football vary among the countries and territories which use English as an official or de facto official language. The brief survey of usage below addresses places which have some level of autonomy in the sport and their own separate federation but are not actually independent countries: for example the constituent countries of the United Kingdom and ...
The eagle is one of the national symbols of Albania. The crossed hands gesture, which symbolizes an eagle, is sometimes used as a celebration by Albanian players. [2] Andorra: La Seleccio Tricolor The Tricolour Selection The flag of Andorra is a vertical tricolour of blue, yellow, and red with the country's coat of arms. [3] Armenia ...
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
FIFA said it will consider changes to its policy that blocks league matches from being played in other countries as part of an agreement with a soccer promoter to dismiss the world governing body ...
In the following cases, a code for a historical country or territory matches a modern code of the country it merged into: VNM - historical IOC and ISO code for South Vietnam [j], became the ISO code for unified Vietnam [k] YEM - historical ISO code for the North Yemen [l], became the generally accepted code for unified Yemen
List of association football teams to have won four or more trophies in one season; List of football managers with the most games; List of footballers with 500 or more goals; List of footballers with the most goals in a single game; List of goals scored by Rogério Ceni; List of goalscoring goalkeepers; List of longest managerial reigns in ...
For information about usage of the words "football" and "soccer" by country, see football (word). It's worth checking Category:Soccer logos from time to time to see if images are "stuck" there despite it being a redirect; although bots can resolve straightforward cases of being categorised in a redirect, they tend not to cope with ...