########################################## # auto-generated all-in-one single datafile countries.txt bundle # on 2020-09-15 09:02:08 +0200 from 10 datafile(s) # please, do NOT edit here; use the source # see github.com/openfootball/national-teams - updates welcome!
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Africa¶ ↑
### Eastern Africa bi Burundi, BDI, fifa › caf › cecafa dj Djibouti, DJI, fifa › caf › cecafa er Eritrea, ERI, fifa › caf › cecafa et Ethiopia, ETH, fifa › caf › cecafa ke Kenya, KEN, fifa › caf › cecafa rw Rwanda, RWA, fifa › caf › cecafa so Somalia, SOM, fifa › caf › cecafa tz Tanzania, TAN, fifa › caf › cecafa ug Uganda, UGA, fifa › caf › cecafa
km Comoros, COM, fifa › caf › cosafa mg Madagascar, MAD, fifa › caf › cosafa mw Malawi, MWI, fifa › caf › cosafa mu Mauritius, MRI, fifa › caf › cosafa mz Mozambique, MOZ, fifa › caf › cosafa sc Seychelles, SEY, fifa › caf › cosafa zm Zambia, ZAM, fifa › caf › cosafa zw Zimbabwe, ZIM, fifa › caf › cosafa
### Central Africa ao Angola, ANG, fifa › caf › cosafa cm Cameroon, CMR, fifa › caf › uniffac cf Central African Republic, CTA, fifa › caf › uniffac
| C. Afr. Rep.
td Chad, CHA, fifa › caf › uniffac cg Congo, CGO, fifa › caf › uniffac
| Congo-Brazzaville | Congo-Brazz.
cd Congo DR, COD, fifa › caf › uniffac ## use “Congo, DR”
| DR Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Congo-Kinshasa | Congo-Kinsh.
gq Equatorial Guinea, EQG, fifa › caf › uniffac
| Equat. Guinea
ga Gabon, GAB, fifa › caf › uniffac st São Tomé and Príncipe, STP, fifa › caf › uniffac
| São Tomé e Príncipe | São Tomé/Pr.
### Northern Africa dz Algeria, ALG, fifa › caf › unaf eg Egypt, EGY, fifa › caf › unaf ma Morocco, MAR, fifa › caf › unaf ly Libya, LBY, fifa › caf › unaf tn Tunisia, TUN, fifa › caf › unaf ss South Sudan, SSD, fifa › caf › cecafa sd Sudan, SDN, fifa › caf › cecafa
### Southern Africa za South Africa, RSA, fifa › caf › cosafa bw Botswana, BOT, fifa › caf › cosafa ls Lesotho, LES, fifa › caf › cosafa na Namibia, NAM, fifa › caf › cosafa sz Eswatini, SWZ, fifa › caf › cosafa
| Swaziland # officially renamed in 2018 from Swaziland to Eswatini
### Western Africa bj Benin, BEN, fifa › caf › wafu bf Burkina Faso, BFA, fifa › caf › wafu cv Cabo Verde, CPV, fifa › caf › wafu
| Cape Verde | Cape Verde Islands
ci Côte d'Ivoire, CIV, fifa › caf › wafu
| Ivory Coast [en]
gm Gambia, GAM, fifa › caf › wafu gh Ghana, GHA, fifa › caf › wafu gn Guinea, GUI, fifa › caf › wafu gw Guinea-Bissau, GNB, fifa › caf › wafu lr Liberia, LBR, fifa › caf › wafu ml Mali, MLI, fifa › caf › wafu mr Mauritania, MTN, fifa › caf › wafu ne Niger, NIG, fifa › caf › wafu ng Nigeria, NGA, fifa › caf › wafu sn Senegal, SEN, fifa › caf › wafu sl Sierra Leone, SLE, fifa › caf › wafu tg Togo, TOG, fifa › caf › wafu
# Territories & Dependencies re Réunion › FR, REU, caf # note: NOT fifa member zan Zanzibar › TZ, ZAN, caf › cecafa # note: NOT fifa member – is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
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Asia¶ ↑
# Note: UEFA country kazakhstan is listed here in Asia # Note: Australia is listed in pacific (oceania w/ australia)
### Central Asia kz Kazakhstan, KAZ, fifa › uefa # note: was formerly a member of AFC (1993–2002) kg Kyrgyzstan, KGZ, fifa › afc › cafa
| Kyrgyz Republic
tj Tajikistan, TJK, fifa › afc › cafa tm Turkmenistan, TKM, fifa › afc › cafa uz Uzbekistan, UZB, fifa › afc › cafa
### East Asia jp Japan, JPN, fifa › afc › eaff kr South Korea, KOR, fifa › afc › eaff
| Korea Republic | Republic of Korea ## use "Korea, Republic"
kp North Korea, PRK, fifa › afc › eaff
| Korea DPR | Democratic People's Republic of Korea ## use "Korea, DPR"
cn China, CHN, fifa › afc › eaff
| China PR | People's Republic of China ## use "China, PR"
tw Taiwan, TPE, fifa › afc › eaff # was a member of OFC from 1975 to 1989
| Chinese Taipei | Republic of China
mn Mongolia, MNG, fifa › afc › eaff
# Territories & dependencies hk Hong Kong › CN, HKG, fifa › afc › eaff mo Macao › CN, MAC, fifa › afc › eaff
| Macau
### South Asia af Afghanistan, AFG, fifa › afc › cafa pk Pakistan, PAK, fifa › afc › saff in India, IND, fifa › afc › saff bd Bangladesh, BAN, fifa › afc › saff lk Sri Lanka, SRI, fifa › afc › saff np Nepal, NEP, fifa › afc › saff bt Bhutan, BHU, fifa › afc › saff mv Maldives, MDV, fifa › afc › saff
### Southeast Asia id Indonesia, IDN, fifa › afc › aff my Malaysia, MAS, fifa › afc › aff sg Singapore, SIN, fifa › afc › aff th Thailand, THA, fifa › afc › aff ph Philippines, PHI, fifa › afc › aff vn Vietnam, VIE, fifa › afc › aff bn Brunei, BRU, fifa › afc › aff
| Brunei Darussalam
mm Myanmar, MYA, fifa › afc › aff kh Cambodia, CAM, fifa › afc › aff tl Timor-Leste, TLS, fifa › afc › aff
| East Timor
la Laos, LAO, fifa › afc › aff
# note: member Guam listed in pacific # note: member Northern Mariana Islands listed in pacific # note: member Australia listed in pacific # note: candidate member Palau listed in pacific
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Caribbean ## Caribbean Islands¶ ↑
# note members Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana listed in south america # note members Bermuda listed in north america
cu Cuba, CUB, fifa › concacaf › cfu jm Jamaica, JAM, fifa › concacaf › cfu do Dominican Republic, DOM, fifa › concacaf › cfu ht Haiti, HAI, fifa › concacaf › cfu
ag Antigua and Barbuda, ATG, fifa › concacaf › cfu
| Antigua/Barb. | Antigua & Barbuda
bs Bahamas, BAH, fifa › concacaf › cfu bb Barbados, BRB, fifa › concacaf › cfu dm Dominica, DMA, fifa › concacaf › cfu gd Grenada, GRN, fifa › concacaf › cfu kn Saint Kitts and Nevis, SKN, fifa › concacaf › cfu
| St. Kitts/N. | St. Kitts & Nevis
lc Saint Lucia, LCA, fifa › concacaf › cfu vc Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, VIN, fifa › concacaf › cfu
| St. Vincent/G. | St. Vincent & The Grenadines
tt Trinidad and Tobago, TRI, fifa › concacaf › cfu
| Trinidad/Tob. | Trinidad & Tobago
# Territories & Dependencies pr Puerto Rico › US, PUR, fifa › concacaf › cfu vi US Virgin Islands › US, VIR, fifa › concacaf › cfu # Virgin Islands (U.S.)
| United States Virgin Islands | US Virgin I.
aw Aruba › NL, ARU, fifa › concacaf › cfu
## check alt code ABW - in use??
cw Curaçao › NL, CUW, fifa › concacaf › cfu
ai Anguilla › UK, AIA, fifa › concacaf › cfu ky Cayman Islands › UK, CAY, fifa › concacaf › cfu
| Cayman Isl.
ms Montserrat › UK, MSR, fifa › concacaf › cfu tc Turks and Caicos Islands › UK, TCA, fifa › concacaf › cfu
| Turks & Caicos Islands
vg British Virgin Islands › UK, VGB, fifa › concacaf › cfu
## Non-FIFA member codes
gp Guadeloupe › FR, GLP, concacaf › cfu # note: NOT fifa member
## check alternative code GPE for Guadeloupe ???
mq Martinique › FR, MTQ, concacaf › cfu # note: NOT fifa member mf Saint Martin › FR, SMN, concacaf › cfu # note: NOT fifa member
| Saint Martin (French part) ## check alternative code SMT or MAF? for Saint Martin in use ???
sx Sint Maarten › NL, SMA, concacaf › cfu # note: NOT fifa member
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ## check alternative code SXM for Sint Maarten in use ???
bq Bonaire › NL, BOE, concacaf › cfu # note: NOT fifa member
## check alternative (old?) code BON for Bonaire - in use ???
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Central America¶ ↑
bz Belize, BLZ, fifa › concacaf › uncaf gt Guatemala, GUA, fifa › concacaf › uncaf cr Costa Rica, CRC, fifa › concacaf › uncaf hn Honduras, HON, fifa › concacaf › uncaf sv El Salvador, SLV, fifa › concacaf › uncaf ni Nicaragua, NCA, fifa › concacaf › uncaf pa Panama, PAN, fifa › concacaf › uncaf
| Panamá [es]
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Europe¶ ↑
# Note: The UEFA member country Kazachstan from Asia is listed in Asia. # Note: The UEFA member country Israel from Asia is listed in Middle East.
al Albania, ALB, fifa › uefa ad Andorra, AND, fifa › uefa at Austria, AUT, fifa › uefa
| Österreich [de]
by Belarus, BLR, fifa › uefa be Belgium, BEL, fifa › uefa ba Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIH, fifa › uefa
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | Bosnia | Bosnia-Herz.
bg Bulgaria, BUL, fifa › uefa
hr Croatia, CRO, fifa › uefa
| Hrvatska [hr]
cy Cyprus, CYP, fifa › uefa cz Czech Republic, CZE, fifa › uefa
dk Denmark, DEN, fifa › uefa
ee Estonia, EST, fifa › uefa es Spain, ESP, fifa › uefa
| España [es]
fi Finland, FIN, fifa › uefa fr France, FRA, fifa › uefa
de Germany, GER, fifa › uefa
| Deutschland [de]
gr Greece, GRE, fifa › uefa
hu Hungary, HUN, fifa › uefa
is Iceland, ISL, fifa › uefa it Italy, ITA, fifa › uefa ie Ireland, IRL, fifa › uefa
| Republic of Ireland
lv Latvia, LVA, fifa › uefa
| Latvija
li Liechtenstein, LIE, fifa › uefa lt Lithuania, LTU, fifa › uefa lu Luxembourg, LUX, fifa › uefa
## note: country renamed to North Macedonia in February 2019 ## keeps same fifa code - move Macedonia to history - why? why not? mk North Macedonia, MKD, fifa › uefa
| Republic of North Macedonia | Macedonia | FYR Macedonia | Macedonia FYR
mt Malta, MLT, fifa › uefa md Moldova, MDA, fifa › uefa me Montenegro, MNE, fifa › uefa
nl Netherlands, NED, fifa › uefa no Norway, NOR, fifa › uefa
pl Poland, POL, fifa › uefa pt Portugal, POR, fifa › uefa
ro Romania, ROU, fifa › uefa ru Russia, RUS, fifa › uefa
sm San Marino, SMR, fifa › uefa rs Serbia, SRB, fifa › uefa sk Slovakia, SVK, fifa › uefa si Slovenia, SVN, fifa › uefa se Sweden, SWE, fifa › uefa ch Switzerland, SUI, fifa › uefa
| Confoederatio Helvetica
tr Turkey, TUR, fifa › uefa ua Ukraine, UKR, fifa › uefa
xk Kosovo, KVX, fifa › uefa # – note: Kosovo is not listed as an ISO standard country. The unofficial 2 and 3-digit codes are used by the European Commission and others until Kosovo is assigned an ISO code
| KOS # note: KOS used by UEFA, KVX by FIFA (use FIFA code for now)
## south caucasus ## - add to middle east?
am Armenia, ARM, fifa › uefa az Azerbaijan, AZE, fifa › uefa ge Georgia, GEO, fifa › uefa
# Territories & Dependencies fo Faroe Islands › DK, FRO, fifa › uefa gi Gibraltar › UK, GIB, fifa › uefa
nkr Artsakh › AZ, NKR # note: NOT fifa or uefa member bsq Basque Country › ES, BSQ # note: NOT fifa or uefa member cat Catalonia › ES, CAT # note: NOT fifa or uefa member ## note: uses four-letter codes! trnc Northern Cyprus › CY, TRNC # note: NOT fifa or uefa member
## not members # - Great Britain - only all its member e.g. England/Wales/Scotland/Northern Irland uk Great Britain, GBR # note: NOT fifa or uefa member eng England › UK, ENG, fifa › uefa wal Wales › UK, WAL, fifa › uefa sco Scotland › UK, SCO, fifa › uefa nir Northern Ireland › UK, NIR, fifa › uefa
| N. Ireland
## irregular codes va Vatican City, VAT ## no “official” fifa code - listed in “irregular” codes mc Monaco, MCO ## no “official” fifa code - listed in “irregular” codes
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Middle East¶ ↑
# note: israel is listed here (uefa member)
### Arabian Peninsula bh Bahrain, BHR, fifa › afc › waff kw Kuwait, KUW, fifa › afc › waff om Oman, OMA, fifa › afc › waff qa Qatar, QAT, fifa › afc › waff sa Saudi Arabia, KSA, fifa › afc › waff ae United Arab Emirates, UAE, fifa › afc › waff
| UA Emirates
ye Yemen, YEM, fifa › afc › waff
### Fertile Crescent iq Iraq, IRQ, fifa › afc › waff il Israel, ISR, fifa › uefa # note: was formerly a member of AFC (1954–1974); joined UEFA in 1994 jo Jordan, JOR, fifa › afc › waff lb Lebanon, LIB, fifa › afc › waff ps Palestine, PLE, fifa › afc › waff
| Palestinian Territories
sy Syria, SYR, fifa › afc › waff
### Iranian Plateau ir Iran, IRN, fifa › afc › cafa # note: NOT waff member
| IR Iran | Islamic Republic of Iran
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North America¶ ↑
ca Canada, CAN, fifa › concacaf › nafu us United States, USA, fifa › concacaf › nafu mx Mexico, MEX, fifa › concacaf › nafu
| México [es]
# Territories & Dependencies bm Bermuda › UK, BER, fifa › concacaf › cfu
## check alt old? code BMU - in use??
gl Greenland › DK, GRL
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Pacific ## Oceania & Australia¶ ↑
au Australia, AUS, fifa › afc › aff # formerly a member of OFC (1966–2006)
### Melanesia pg Papua New Guinea, PNG, fifa › ofc
| Papua N.G.
fj Fiji, FIJ, fifa › ofc sb Solomon Islands, SOL, fifa › ofc
| Solomon Isl.
vu Vanuatu, VAN, fifa › ofc
### Micronesia pw Palau, PLW # note: NOT fifa member, NOT ofc member
# Listed as associate member of the OFC in 2002 and again in 2006. It is unclear whether Palau is still associated with the confederation
fm Micronesia, FSM # note: NOT fifa member, NOT ofc member
| Federated States of Micronesia
ki Kiribati, KIR, ofc # note: NOT fifa member
### Polynesia nz New Zealand, NZL, fifa › ofc # was formerly a member of AFC (1964–1966) ws Samoa, SAM, fifa › ofc to Tonga, TGA, fifa › ofc tv Tuvalu, TUV, ofc # note: NOT fifa member
# Territories & Dependencies
pf Tahiti › FR, TAH, fifa › ofc # todo/check: use French Polynesia (FR) as name - why? why not?
| French Polynesia # note: Tahiti, which is located within the Society Islands, is the most populous island, having close to 69% of the population of French Polynesia as of 2017.
nc New Caledonia › FR, NCL, fifa › ofc
as American Samoa › US, ASA, fifa › ofc
| Am. Samoa
gu Guam › US, GUM, fifa › afc › eaff mp Northern Mariana Islands › US, NMI, afc › eaff # note: NOT fifa member – was formerly a member of OFC (2005–2009)
ck Cook Islands › NZ, COK, fifa › ofc nu Niue › NZ, NIU, ofc # note: NOT fifa member
## More Irregular FIFA
codes # - Marshall Islands # - Nauru
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South America¶ ↑
ar Argentina, ARG, fifa › conmebol bo Bolivia, BOL, fifa › conmebol br Brazil, BRA, fifa › conmebol cl Chile, CHI, fifa › conmebol co Colombia, COL, fifa › conmebol ec Ecuador, ECU, fifa › conmebol py Paraguay, PAR, fifa › conmebol pe Peru, PER, fifa › conmebol uy Uruguay, URU, fifa › conmebol ve Venezuela, VEN, fifa › conmebol
# NB: guyana, suriname n french guiana # are part of north/central & caribbean according to fifa/concacaf
gy Guyana, GUY, fifa › concacaf › cfu sr Suriname, SUR, fifa › concacaf › cfu
gf French Guiana › FR, GUF, concacaf › cfu # note: NOT fifa member
## todo: check alternative (old?) code GYF for French Guiana ??
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History¶ ↑
########################################### # Former national teams # with former FIFA
country codes etc. # # see also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_country_codes#Obsolete_country_codes
# the state was called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, # until February 2003, when the name of the country was changed to # Serbia and Montenegro. # In 2006, Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia, # with the result that the country's football team was renamed # as the Serbia national football team on 28 June 2006 # with the Montenegro national football team created to represent # the renewed state of Montenegro, with the Serbian national team # inheriting the history and records of Serbia and Montenegro's national team. -2006 Serbia and Montenegro, SCG ⇒ Serbia
| Serbia & Montenegro
# note: # Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003) # Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (-1992) -2003 Yugoslavia, YUG ⇒ Serbia and Montenegro
# today - Congo DR (COD) formerly called Zaire (1971–1997) -1997 Zaire, ZAI ⇒ Congo DR
# note: # can only add to one country - add slovakia too? # or use “neutral” unclassified/other country? -1992 Czechoslovakia, TCH ⇒ Czech Republic
-1991 Soviet Union, URS ⇒ Russia
-1989 West Germany, FRG ⇒ Germany -1989 East Germany, GDR ⇒ Germany
# note: before independence in 1945 (now called Indonesia) -1945 Dutch East Indies, DEI ⇒ Indonesia