UEFA
UEFA is the abbreviation for union OF European football Associations and the European football federation.It is one of the six Konföderationen of the world football federation FIFA and enclosure altogether 52 national federations of the individual countries.
The UEFA became to 15. June 1954 in Basel in Switzerland following discussions of the federations from France, Belgium and Italy based. The seat was until 1959 in Paris, until the UEFA moved to Berne. Since 1995 the administrative seat of the UEFA is in Nyon, Switzerland.
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presidents
past presidents of the UEFA are and were:
- Schwartz ( Denmark, 1954 - 1962) ebbs
- Gustav return (Switzerland, 1962 - 1972)
- kind million Franchi (Italy, 1973 - 1983)
- Jacques Georges (France, 1984 -1990)
- Lennart Johansson (Sweden, since 1990)
president of the European football federation is automatically also vice-president of the world football federation FIFA. The French former football player Michel Platini announced, with the next choice of the UEFA president, those from 2006 on 2007one shifted and thus parallel to the choice to the FIFA president takes place to begin. The DFB wants to set up Franz basin farmer as a candidate, if Lennart Johannson does not stand as a candidate for a further term of office. Basin farmer had announced to support a renewed candidacy Johannsons.
Secretaries-General
the Secretaries-General of the UEFA are called since December 1999 general manager. These were or are the following persons:
- Henri Delaunay (France, 1954 - 1956)
- Pierre Delaunay (France, 1956 - 1959)
- Hans Bangerter (Switzerland, 1960 - 1988)
- Gerhard Aigner (Germany, 1989 - 2003)
- Lars Christer Olsson (Sweden, since 2004)
member federations
to the UEFA count 52 member countries with their respective football federation. Only countries with tidy membership can also to of the UEFA aligned competitions(see below) to participate. Here the list of the countries with the designation of the federation and its abbreviation follows:
- Albania - Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit (FSHF)
- Andorra - Federació Andorrana de Futbol (FAF)
- Armenia - football Federation OF Armenia
- Azerbaijan - AzərbaycanFutbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası (AFFA)
- Belgium - Koninklijke Belgian Voetbalbond (K.B.V.B.)/union royale belge sociétés de football association (URBSFA)
- Bosnia and Herzegowina - Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine (NFSBiH)
- Bulgaria Bulgarski Futbolen Soyuz
- Denmark - Dansk Boldspil union
- Germany - German football federation (DFB)
- England - The football Association (COMPANY)
- Estonia - Eesti Jalgpalli Liit
- Färöer - Fótbóltsamband Føroya (FSF)
- Finland - Suomen PalloLiitto
- France - Fédération Française de Footbal (FFF)
- Georgien - Georgian football Association (GFF)
- Greece - light NIC footballFederation (HFF)
- Ireland - football Association OF Irish country (FAI)
- Iceland - Knattspyrnusambands Íslands (KSI)
- Israel - Israel football Association (IFA)
- Italy - Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC)
- Kazakhstan - football union OF Kazakhstan
- Croatia - Hrvatski nogometni savez(HNS)
- Latvia - Latvijas Futbola Federācija (LFF)
- Liechtenstein - Liechtensteiner football federation (LFV)
- Lithuania - Lietuvos Futbolo Federacija (LFF)
- Luxembourg - Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football (FLF)
- Malta - Malta football Association (MFA)
- Macedonia - Fudbalska Federacija well Makedonija (FFM)
- Moldavia -Federaţia Moldovenească de Fotbal (FMF)
- the Netherlands - Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond (KNVB)
- Northern Ireland - Irish football Association (IFA)
- Norway - Norges Fotballforbund (NFF)
- Austria - Austrian football federation (ÖFB)
- Poland - pole ski Związek Piłki Nożnej (PZPN)
- Portugal - Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF)
- Romania - Federaţia Română de Fotbal (FRF)
- Russia - Rossijski Futbolni Soyuz (RFS)
- San Marino - Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio (FSGC)
- Scotland - The Scottish football Association (SFA)
- Sweden - Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SFF)
- Switzerland - Swiss football federation (SFV)
- Serbiaand Montenegro - Fudbalski Savez Srbije i Crne would ferment (FSSCG)
- Slowakei - Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ)
- Slovenia - Nogometna zveza Slovenije (NZS)
- Spain - material Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF)
- Tschechien - Českomoravský Fotbalový Svaz (ČMFS)
- Turkey -Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF)
- Ukraine - Federazija Futbolu Ukrajiny (FFU)
- Hungary - Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség (MSLZ)
- Wales - football Association OF Wales (FAW)
- white Russia - Belarus football Federation (BFF)
- Cyprus - Cyprus football Association (CFA)
competitions
thoseUEFA aligns numerous competitions, in which the countries or association crews of the countries participate. These are in detail:
- the football European championship
- the UEFA champion League
- the UEFA cup
- of the UI-Cup
- of the Supercup
- the European Cup of the Cup winners. This competition found up toYear 1999 instead of. Now it was integrated into the UEFA cup.
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