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FIFA assigns a three-letter code (dubbed FIFA Trigramme) 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.

[edit] FIFA members

There are currently 208 FIFA members, each one with its unique country code.

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 PR CHN  Chinese Taipei TPE  Colombia COL  Comoros COM  Congo CGO  Congo DR COD  Cook Islands COK  Costa Rica CRC  Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) CIV  Croatia CRO  Cuba CUB  Cyprus CYP  Czech Republic CZE  Denmark DEN  Djibouti DJI  Dominica DMA  Dominican Republic DOM  Ecuador ECU  Egypt EGY  El Salvador SLV  England ENG  Equatorial Guinea EQG  Eritrea ERI  Estonia EST  Ethiopia ETH  Faroe Islands FRO  Fiji FIJ  Finland FIN  France FRA  Gabon GAB  Gambia GAM  Georgia GEO  Germany GER  Ghana GHA  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  Jamaica JAM  Japan JPN  Jordan JOR  Kazakhstan KAZ  Kenya KEN  Korea DPR PRK  Korea Republic KOR  Kuwait KUW  Kyrgyzstan KGZ  Laos LAO  Latvia LVA

Country Code  Lebanon LIB  Lesotho LES  Liberia LBR  Libya LBY  Liechtenstein LIE  Lithuania LTU  Luxembourg LUX  Macau MAC  Macedonia MKD  Madagascar MAD  Malawi MWI  Malaysia MAS  Maldives MDV  Mali MLI  Malta MLT  Mauritania MTN  Mauritius MRI  Mexico MEX  Moldova MDA  Mongolia MGL  Montenegro MNE  Montserrat MSR  Morocco MAR  Mozambique MOZ  Myanmar MYA  Namibia NAM  Nepal NEP  Netherlands NED  Netherlands Antilles ANT  New Caledonia NCL  New Zealand NZL  Nicaragua NCA  Niger NIG  Nigeria NGA  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  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 SIN  Slovakia SVK  Slovenia SVN  Solomon Islands SOL  Somalia SOM  South Africa RSA  Spain ESP  Sri Lanka SRI  Sudan SUD  Suriname SUR  Swaziland SWZ  Sweden SWE  Switzerland SUI  Syria SYR  Tahiti TAH  Tajikistan TJK  Tanzania TAN  Thailand THA  Timor-Leste (East Timor) 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

[edit] Non-FIFA member codes used by FIFA or confederations

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  French Guiana 2 GYF  Guadeloupe 2 GPE  Martinique 2 MTQ3

Country Code  Réunion 1 REU  Sint Maarten 2 SXM  Zanzibar 1 ZAN

• ¹ CAF associate members
• ² CONCACAF members
• ³ CONCACAF also uses MQE for Martinique

[edit] 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 communications of FIFA.

Country Code  Micronesia 2 FSM  Niue 2 NIU  Northern Mariana Islands 2 NMI  Palau 2 PLW  Saint-Martin1 SMT  Tuvalu 2 TUV

• ¹ CONCACAF member (Saint-Martin)
• ² OFC associate members (Micronesia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Tuvalu)

[edit] Obsolete country codes

The following codes are obsolete because a country has ceased to exist, changed its name, changed its code, or has become part of another country.

Country Code  Aden ADE  British Guiana BGU  British Honduras BHO  British India BIN  Bohemia BOH  Burma BUR  Central African Republic CAF  Ceylon CEY  Commonwealth of Independent States CIS  Congo-Kinshasa CKN  Congo-Brazzaville COB  Curaçao CUR  Czechoslovakia TCH  Dahomey DAH  Dutch East Indies DEI  East Germany DDR  Gold Coast GOC  Dutch Guiana NGY  New Hebrides HEB  North Borneo NBO

Country Code  North Vietnam VNO  North Yemen NYE  Northern Rhodesia NRH Palestine/Eretz Israel PAL  Rhodesia RHO  Saarland SAA  Serbia and Montenegro SCG  Siam SIA  Southern Rhodesia SRH  South Vietnam VSO  South Yemen SYE  USSR URS  Tanganyika TAA  Taiwan TAI  United Arab Republic UAR  Upper Volta UPV  West Germany FRG  Western Samoa WSM  Yugoslavia YUG  Zaire ZAI

[edit] FIFA and IOC differences

Although most FIFA codes are the same as the International Olympic Committee country codes used for the Olympic Games, there are still some discrepancies:

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

• FIFA affiliates and non IOC members (11):
  • Anguilla
  • England
  • Faroe Islands
  • Macao, China
  • Montserrat
  • New Caledonia
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Tahiti
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Wales

• IOC members and non FIFA affiliates (8):
  • Great Britain
  • Kiribati
  • Marshall Islands
  • Micronesia
  • Monaco
  • Nauru
  • Palau
  • Tuvalu

[edit] FIFA and ISO differences

While many FIFA country codes are identical to the corresponding ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes, there are considerably more differences between FIFA and ISO codes than between FIFA and IOC codes.

[edit] References

• "Associations". FIFA.com. http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/na/index.html. Retrieved 2006-07-26. 

[edit] External links

• FIFA Country Codes - list maintained by the The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Usenet group.

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