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.

FIFA member codes

There are currently 211 FIFA members, each with its own unique country code:[2][3]

Country Code
 Afghanistan AFG
 Albania ALB
 Algeria ALG
 American Samoa ASA
 Andorra AND
 Angola ANG
 Anguilla AIA
 Antigua and Barbuda ATG
 Argentina ARG
 Armenia ARM
 Aruba ARU
 Australia AUS
 Austria AUT
 Azerbaijan AZE
 Bahamas BAH
 Bahrain BHR
 Bangladesh BAN
 Barbados BRB
 Belarus BLR
 Belgium BEL
 Belize BLZ
 Benin BEN
 Bermuda BER
 Bhutan BHU
 Bolivia BOL
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH
 Botswana BOT
 Brazil BRA
 British Virgin Islands VGB
 Brunei BRU
 Bulgaria BUL
 Burkina Faso BFA
 Burundi BDI
 Cambodia CAM
 Cameroon CMR
 Canada CAN
 Cape Verde CPV
 Cayman Islands CAY
 Central African Republic CTA
 Chad CHA
 Chile CHI
 China CHN
 Chinese Taipei TPE
 Colombia COL
 Comoros COM
 Congo CGO
 Cook Islands COK
 Costa Rica CRC
 Croatia CRO
 Cuba CUB
 Curaçao CUW
 Cyprus CYP
 Czech Republic CZE
Country Code
 Denmark DEN
 Djibouti DJI
 Dominica DMA
 Dominican Republic DOM
 DR Congo COD
 Ecuador ECU
 Egypt EGY
 El Salvador SLV
 England ENG
 Equatorial Guinea EQG
 Eritrea ERI
 Estonia EST
 Eswatini SWZ
 Ethiopia ETH
 Faroe Islands FRO
 Fiji FIJ
 Finland FIN
 France FRA
 Gabon GAB
 Gambia GAM
 Georgia GEO
 Germany GER
 Ghana GHA
 Gibraltar GIB
 Greece GRE
 Grenada GRN
 Guam GUM
 Guatemala GUA
 Guinea GUI
 Guinea-Bissau GNB
 Guyana GUY
 Haiti HAI
 Honduras HON
 Hong Kong HKG
 Hungary HUN
 Iceland ISL
 India IND
 Indonesia IDN
 Iran IRN
 Iraq IRQ
 Israel ISR
 Italy ITA
 Ivory Coast CIV
 Jamaica JAM
 Japan JPN
 Jordan JOR
 Kazakhstan KAZ
 Kenya KEN
 Kosovo KOS
 Kuwait KUW
 Kyrgyzstan KGZ
 Laos LAO
 Latvia LVA
Country Code
 Lebanon LBN
 Lesotho LES
 Liberia LBR
 Libya LBY
 Liechtenstein LIE
 Lithuania LTU
 Luxembourg LUX
 Macau MAC
 Madagascar MAD
 Malawi MWI
 Malaysia MAS
 Maldives MDV
 Mali MLI
 Malta MLT
 Mauritania MTN
 Mauritius MRI
 Mexico MEX
 Moldova MDA
 Mongolia MNG
 Montenegro MNE
 Montserrat MSR
 Morocco MAR
 Mozambique MOZ
 Myanmar MYA
 Namibia NAM
   Nepal NEP
 Netherlands NED
 New Caledonia NCL
 New Zealand NZL
 Nicaragua NCA
 Niger NIG
 Nigeria NGA
 North Korea PRK
 North Macedonia MKD
 Northern Ireland NIR
 Norway NOR
 Oman OMA
 Pakistan PAK
 Palestine PLE
 Panama PAN
 Papua New Guinea PNG
 Paraguay PAR
 Peru PER
 Philippines PHI
 Poland POL
 Portugal POR
 Puerto Rico PUR
 Qatar QAT
 Republic of Ireland IRL
 Romania ROU
 Russia RUS
 Rwanda RWA
 Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN
Country Code
 Saint Lucia LCA
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN
 Samoa SAM
 San Marino SMR
 São Tomé and Príncipe STP
 Saudi Arabia KSA
 Scotland SCO
 Senegal SEN
 Serbia SRB
 Seychelles SEY
 Sierra Leone SLE
 Singapore SGP
 Slovakia SVK
 Slovenia SVN
 Solomon Islands SOL
 Somalia SOM
 South Africa RSA
 South Korea KOR
 South Sudan SSD
 Spain ESP
 Sri Lanka SRI
 Sudan SDN
 Suriname SUR
 Sweden SWE
 Switzerland SUI
 Syria SYR
 Tahiti TAH
 Tajikistan TJK
 Tanzania TAN
 Thailand THA
 Timor-Leste TLS
 Togo TOG
 Tonga TGA
 Trinidad and Tobago TRI
 Tunisia TUN
 Turkey TUR
 Turkmenistan TKM
 Turks and Caicos Islands TCA
 Uganda UGA
 Ukraine UKR
 United Arab Emirates UAE
 United States USA
 Uruguay URU
 U.S. Virgin Islands VIR
 Uzbekistan UZB
 Vanuatu VAN
 Venezuela VEN
 Vietnam VIE
 Wales WAL
 Yemen YEM
 Zambia ZAM
 Zimbabwe ZIM

Non-FIFA member codes

The following codes refer to countries or dependent areas that are currently not affiliated with FIFA, but whose codes either appear in the FIFA results database, or are used regularly by confederation websites:

Country Code Confederation
 Bonaire BES[4] CONCACAF
BOE[5]
 French Guiana GUF[6] CONCACAF
 Guadeloupe GLP[7] CONCACAF
 Kiribati KIR[3] OFC
 Martinique MTQ[8] CONCACAF
 Niue NIU[9] OFC
 Northern Cyprus NCY
TRNC
 Northern Mariana Islands MNP[10] AFC
NMI
 Réunion REU[11] CAF
 Saint Martin MAF[12] CONCACAF
SMN[13]
 Sint Maarten SXM[14] CONCACAF
SMA[15]
 Tuvalu TUV[16] OFC
 United Kingdom GBR[3]
 Western Sahara ESH
SADR
 Zanzibar 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.

Country Code
 Basque Country BSQ
 Catalonia CAT
 Micronesia FSM[17]
 Greenland GRL
 Marshall Islands MHL[3]
 Monaco MON[18]
MCO
 Nauru NRU[3]
 Palau PLW[19]
 Saint Barthélemy BLM
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon SPM
 Saint Helena SHN
 Transnistria PMR
 Tokelau TOK
 Vatican City VAT
 Wallis and Futuna WLF
WAF

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:

Country Code
 Bohemia BOH
 British Guiana BGU
 British India BIN
 Burma BUR
 Central African Republic CAF
 Ceylon CEY
 CIS CIS
 Czechoslovakia TCH
 Dahomey DAH
 Dutch East Indies INH
 East Germany GDR
 Yugoslavia FRY
 Gold Coast GOC
 Ireland EIR
 Kosovo KVX
Country Code
 Lebanon LIB
 Malaysia MAL
 Netherlands HOL
 Netherlands Antilles ANT
 New Hebrides HEB
 North Vietnam VNO
 North Yemen YAR
 Northern Rhodesia NRH
 Palestine, British Mandate PAL
 Rhodesia RHO
 Romania ROM
 Saar SAA
 Serbia and Montenegro SCG
 Siam SIA
 Singapore SIN
Country Code
 South Vietnam SVM
 South Yemen YMD
 Southern Rhodesia SRH
 Soviet Union URS
 Sudan SUD
 Suriname NGY
 Taiwan TAI
 Tanganyika TAA
 United Arab Republic UAR
 Upper Volta UPV
 West Germany FRG
 Western Samoa WSM
 Yugoslavia YUG
 Zaire ZAI

FIFA, IOC and ISO differences

For the majority of countries, FIFA codes are the same as both the International Olympic Committee country codes used for the Olympic Games and the ISO 3166 country codes. When these two are different, FIFA mostly chooses the IOC code, sometimes the ISO code. For three countries, FIFA uses a distinct code. Codes that differ from the FIFA code are coloured in light red.

Country FIFA IOC ISO
Algeria ALGALGDZA
United Arab Emirates UAEUAEARE
American Samoa ASAASAASM
Angola ANGANGAGO
Antigua and Barbuda ATGANTATG
Aruba ARUARUABW
Bahamas BAHBAHBHS
Bahrain BHRBRNBHR
Bangladesh BANBANBGD
Barbados BRBBARBRB
Belize BLZBIZBLZ
Bermuda BERBERBMU
Bhutan BHUBHUBTN
Botswana BOTBOTBWA
British Virgin Islands VGBIVBVGB
Brunei BRUBRUBRN
Bulgaria BULBULBGR
Burkina Faso BFABURBFA
Cambodia CAMCAMKHM
Cayman Islands CAYCAYCYM
Central African Republic CTACAFCAF
Costa Rica CRCCRCCRI
Republic of the Congo CGOCGOCOG
Chad CHACHATCD
Chile CHICHICHL
Croatia CROCROHRV
Denmark DENDENDNK
El Salvador SLVESASLV
Equatorial Guinea EQGGEQGNQ
Fiji FIJFIJFJI
Gambia GAMGAMGMB
Germany GERGERDEU
Greece GREGREGRC
Grenada GRNGRNGRD
Guinea-Bissau GNBGBSGNB
Guatemala GUAGUAGTM
Guinea GUIGUIGIN
Haiti HAIHAIHTI
Honduras HONHONHND
Indonesia IDNINAIDN
Iran IRNIRIIRN
Saint Kitts and Nevis SKNSKNKNA
Kuwait KUWKUWKWT
Latvia LVALATLVA
Lesotho LESLESLSO
Libya LBYLBALBY
Madagascar MADMADMDG
Malawi MWIMAWMWI
Malaysia MASMASMYS
Mauritius MRIMRIMUS
Mauritania MTNMTNMRT
Mongolia MNGMGLMNG
Myanmar MYAMYAMMR
Netherlands NEDNEDNLD
Nepal NEPNEPNPL
Netherlands Antilles ANTAHO[20]
Nicaragua NCANCANIC
Niger NIGNIGNER
Nigeria NGANGRNGA
Oman OMAOMAOMN
Paraguay PARPARPRY
Philippines PHIPHIPHL
Puerto Rico PURPURPRI
State of Palestine PLEPLEPSE
Portugal PORPORPRT
Saudi Arabia KSAKSASAU
Seychelles SEYSEYSYC
Slovenia SVNSLOSVN
Solomon Islands SOLSOLSLB
South Africa RSARSAZAF
Sri Lanka SRISRILKA
Samoa SAMSAMWSM
Sudan SDNSUDSDN
Switzerland SUISUICHE
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) TPETPETWN
Tanzania TANTANTZA
Trinidad and Tobago TRITTOTTO
Togo TOGTOGTGO
Tonga TGATGATON
Uruguay URUURUURY
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VINVINVCT
U.S. Virgin Islands VIRISVVIR
Vietnam VIEVIEVNM
Vanuatu VANVANVUT
Zambia ZAMZAMZMB
Zimbabwe ZIMZIMZWE

There are also some countries that are affiliated to FIFA and not to the International Olympic Committee, and vice versa:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Definition of TRIGRAM". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ↑ FIFA.com. "Associations and Confederations". FIFA. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Jeffree, Iain. "FIFA Country Codes". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "BONAIRE". Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "FRENCH GUIANA". Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "GUADELOUPE". Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "MARTINIQUE". Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Niue". Fifa. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Northern Mariana Islands". Fifa. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Réunion". Fifa. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Saint Martin". Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "SAINT-MARTIN". Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "SINT MAARTEN". Fifa. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  15. ↑ "SINT MAARTEN". Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  16. ↑ "Tuvalu". Fifa. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  17. ↑ "Micronesia". Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "Monaco". Archived from the original on 12 January 2020.
  19. ↑ "Palau". Archived from the original on 17 July 2023.
  20. ↑ Used ANT until 10 October 2010, removed after the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles
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