List of FIFA country codes

FIFA assigns a three-letter country code (more properly termed a trigramme or trigram) 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. The FIFA designations are also sometimes used outside of association football in other sports^{[citation needed]}, e.g. snooker.

FIFA member codes

See also: List of FIFA Member Associations

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

Country Code  Curaçao CUW  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  North Korea PRK  South Korea KOR  Kuwait KUW  Kyrgyzstan KGZ  Laos LAO

Country Code  Latvia LVA  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  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

Country Code  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

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  French Guiana GYF CONCACAF  Guadeloupe GPE CONCACAF  Martinique MTQ CONCACAF  Réunion REU CAF  Sint Maarten SXM CONCACAF  Tuvalu TUV OFC  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 communications of FIFA.

Country Code Confederation  Federated States of Micronesia FSM OFC  Niue NIU OFC  Northern Mariana Islands NMI AFC  Palau PLW OFC  Saint-Martin SMT CONCACAF

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  Czechoslovakia TCH  Dahomey DAH  Dutch East Indies DEI

Country Code  Dutch Guiana NGY  East Germany GDR  Gold Coast GOC  Netherlands Antilles ANT  New Hebrides HEB  North Borneo NBO  North Vietnam VNO  North Yemen NYE  Northern Rhodesia NRH  Palestine/Eretz Israel PAL  Rhodesia RHO  Saar SAA  Serbia and Montenegro SCG

Country Code  Siam SIA  Southern Rhodesia SRH  South Vietnam VSO  South Yemen SYE  Soviet Union URS  Tanganyika TAA  Taiwan TAI  United Arab Republic UAR  Upper Volta UPV  West Germany FRG  Western Samoa WSM  Yugoslavia YUG  Zaire ZAI

FIFA, IOC and ISO differences

Main article: Comparison of IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166 country codes

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

Country	FIFA	IOC	ISO
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	ANT	ATG
Bahrain	BHR	BRN	BHR
Barbados	BRB	BAR	BRB
Belize	BLZ	BIZ	BLZ
British Virgin Islands	VGB	IVB	VGB
Burkina Faso	BFA	BUR	BFA
Central African Republic	CTA	CAF	CAF
Croatia	CRO	CRO	HRV
El Salvador	SLV	ESA	SLV
Equatorial Guinea	EQG	GEQ	EQG
Germany	GER	GER	DEU
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	GBS	GNB
Indonesia	IDN	INA	IDN
Iran	IRN	IRI	IRN
Latvia	LVA	LAT	LVA
Libya	LBY	LBA	LBY
Malawi	MWI	MAW	MWI
Netherlands	NED	NED	NLD
Netherlands Antilles	ANT	AHO	[1]
Nigeria	NGA	NGR	NGA
Palestine	PLE	PLE	PSE
Slovenia	SVN	SLO	SVN
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)	TPE	TPE	TWN
U.S. Virgin Islands	VIR	ISV	VIR
Vietnam	VIE	VIE	VNM

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
  • Curaçao
  • 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

References

• "Associations". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060723053804/http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/na/index.html. Retrieved 26 July 2006. 

See also

• List of FIFA Member Associations
• Comparison of IOC, FIFA, and ISO 3166 country codes
• List of IOC country codes
• List of ISO country codes

External links

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

References

1. ^ Until 10 October 2010, ANT, removed after the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles