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This is a list of the men's national football (soccer) teams in the world.

Current FIFA affiliates

Map of the World with the six confederations.
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Map of the World with the six confederations.

There are currently 207 men's national football teams affiliated to FIFA (the world's football governing body) that are eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup and whose matches between them are recognized as official matches.

Based on these results, the FIFA World Rankings, published monthly by FIFA, compare the relative strengths of the national teams, although Comoros and Timor-Leste have not yet received a rank.

Each of these national teams is also affiliated to one of the six confederations, according to their continental zones:

Below is a list of the national football teams affiliated to FIFA, by their confederations.

Afghanistan
  • Australia1
  • Bangladesh
  • Bahrain
  • Bhutan
  • Brunei
  • Cambodia
  • China PR
  • Chinese Taipei
  • Timor-Leste
  • Guam
  • Hong Kong, China
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Korea DPR
  • Korea Republic
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
    Lebanon
  • Macau, China
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  •   Nepal
    Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palestine
  • Philippines
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
    1: Formerly member of OFC

    Algeria
    
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo DR
  • Congo
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
    Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

    Anguilla
    
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • El Salvador
  • French Guiana1
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guadeloupe1
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
    Honduras
  • Jamaica
  • Martinique1
  • Mexico
  • Montserrat
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Puerto Rico
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint-Martin1
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Sint Maarten1
  • Suriname
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
  • USA
    1: Member of CONCACAF but not member of FIFA

    Argentina
    
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela

    American Samoa
    
  • Cook Islands
  • Fiji
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Samoa
  • Solomon Islands
  • Tahiti
  • Tonga
  • Vanuatu

    Albania
    
  • Andorra
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • England
  • Estonia
  • Faroe Islands
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Israel1
  • Italy
    Kazakhstan1
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Republic of Macedonia
  • Malta
  • Moldova
  • Netherlands
  • Northern Ireland
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • San Marino
  • Scotland
  •  Serbia
    Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  •   Switzerland
    Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • Wales
    1: Formerly member of AFC

    Currently unaffiliated nations

    These sovereign nations are not members of FIFA or of their local confederation:

    Kiribati
    
  • Marshall Islands
  • Micronesia
  • Monaco
  •  Montenegro Nauru
  • Palau
  • Tuvalu
  • Vatican City

    Former FIFA affiliates

    These national teams no longer exist due to the dissolution of the nation they represented.
    Czechoslovakia
    
  • East Germany
  • Saar
  •  Serbia and Montenegro South Vietnam
  • South Yemen
  • USSR
  • Yugoslavia

    Teams not affiliated to FIFA

    These national teams are not affiliated to FIFA. Because their national associations are not FIFA members, they are ineligible to enter the FIFA World Cup, and their matches are not recognized as official.

    This is an incomplete list, and teams may be inactive.

    Footnotes

    See also

    Sources

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         Africa: CAFAfrican Cup of Nations
         North America: CONCACAFGold Cup
         South America: CONMEBOLCopa América
         Oceania: OFCNations Cup
         Europe: UEFAEuropean Championship
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