FIFA’s revised abbreviations for the 211 member associations.
IOC’s revised abbreviations for the 207 member associations.
Country/Independent State FIFA IOC
Africa
Algeria ALG ALG
Angola ANG ANG
Benin BEN BEN
Botswana BOT BOT
Burkina Faso BFA BUR
Burundi BDI BDI
Cameroon CMR CMR
Cape Verde Islands CPV CPV
Central African Republic CTA CAF
Chad CHA CHA
Comoros Islands COM COM
Congo CGO CGO
Congo DR (Zaire) COD COD
Cote d’Ivoire CIV CIV
Djibouti DJI DJI
Egypt EGY EGY
Equatorial Guinea EQG GEQ
Eritrea ERI ERI
Ethiopia ETH ETH
Gabon GAB GAB
Gambia GAM GAM
Ghana GHA GHA
Guinea GUI GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB GBS
Kenya KEN KEN
Lesotho LES LES
Liberia LBR LBR
Libya LBY LBA
Madagascar MAD MAD
Malawi MWI MAL
Mali MLI MLI
Mauritania MTN MTN
Mauritius MRI MRI
Morocco MAR MAR
Mozambique MOZ MOZ
Namibia NAM NAM
Niger NIG NIG
Nigeria NGA NGR
Rwanda RWA RWA
Sao Tome e Principe STP STP
Senegal SEN SEN
Seychelles SEY SEY
Sierra Leone SLE SLE
Somalia SOM SOM
South Africa RSA RSA
South Sudan SSD SSD
Sudan SDN SUD
Swaziland SWZ SWZ
Tanzania TAN TAN
Togo TOG TOG
Tunisia TUN TUN
Uganda UGA UGA
Zambia ZAM ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM ZIM
Asia
Afghanistan AFG AFG
Australia AUS -----
Bahrain BHR BRN
Bangladesh BAN BAN
Bhutan BHU BHU
Brunei Darussalam BRU BRU
Cambodia CAM CAM
China PR CHN CHN
Chinese Taipei TPE TPE
East Timor TLS TLS
Guam GUM -----
Hong Kong HKG HKG
India IND IND
Indonesia IDN INA
Iran IRN IRI
Iraq IRQ IRQ
Japan JPN JPN
Jordan JOR JOR
Korea DPR PRK PRK
Korea Republic KOR KOR
Kuwait KUW KUW
Kyrgyzstan KGZ KGZ
Laos LAO LAO
Lebanon LBN LBN
Macao MAC -----
Malaysia MAS MAS
Maldives MDV MDV
Mongolia MGL MGL
Myanmar MYA MYA
Nepal NEP NEP
Oman OMA OMA
Pakistan PAK PAK
Palestine PAL PLE
Philippines PHI PHI
Qatar QAT QAT
Saudi Arabia KSA KSA
Singapore SIN SIN
Sri Lanka SRI SRI
Syria SYR SYR
Tajikistan TJK TJK
Thailand THA THA
Turkmenistan TKM TKM
United Arab Emirates UAE UAE
Uzbekistan UZB UZB
Vietnam VIE VIE
Yemen YEM YEM
Europe
Albania ALB ALB
Andorra AND AND
Armenia ARM ARM
Austria AUT AUT
Azerbaijan AZE AZE
Belarus BLR BLR
Belgium BEL BEL
Bosnia Herzegovina BIH BIH
Bulgaria BUL BUL
Croatia CRO CRO
Cyprus CYP CYP
Czech Republic CZE TCH
Denmark DEN DEN
England ENG -----
Estonia EST EST
Faeroe Islands FRO -----
Finland FIN FIN
France FRA FRA
Georgia GEO GEO
Germany GER GER
Gibraltar GIB -----
Great Britain ----- GBR
Greece GRE GRE
Holland NED NED
Hungary HUN HUN
Iceland ISL ISL
Israel ISR ISR
Italy ITA ITA
Kazakhstan KAZ KAZ
Kosovo KVX KOS
Latvia LVA LAT
Liechtenstein LIE LIE
Lithuania LTU LTU
Luxembourg LUX LUX
Macedonia FYR MKD MKD
Malta MLT MLT
Moldova MDA MDA
Monaco ----- MON
Montenegro MNE MNE
Northern Ireland NIR -----
Norway NOR NOR
Poland POL POL
Portugal POR POR
Republic of Ireland IRL IRL
Romania ROU ROU
Russia RUS RUS
San Marino SMR SMR
Scotland SCO -----
Serbia SRB SRB
Slovakia SVK SVK
Slovenia SVN SLO
Spain ESP ESP
Sweden SWE SWE
Switzerland SUI SUI
Turkey TUR TUR
Ukraine UKR UKR
Wales WAL -----
Vatican ----- VAT
North America
Anguilla AIA -----
Antigua & Barbuda ATG ANT
Aruba ARU ARU
Bahamas BAH BAH
Barbados BRB BAR
Belize BLZ BIZ
Bermuda BER BER
British Virgin Islands VGB IVB
Canada CAN CAN
Cayman Islands CAY CAY
Costa Rica CRC CRC
Cuba CUB CUB
Curaçao CUW -----
Dominica DMA DMA
Dominican Republic DOM DOM
El Salvador SLV ESA
Grenada GRN GRN
Guatemala GUA GUA
Guyana GUY GUY
Haiti HAI HAI
Honduras HON HON
Jamaica JAM JAM
Mexico MEX MEX
Montserrat MSR -----
Nicaragua NCA NCA
Panama PAN PAN
Puerto Rico PUR PUR
St Kitts & Nevis SKN SKN
St Lucia LCA LCA
St Vincent & The Grenadines VIN VIN
Surinam SUR SUR
Trinidad & Tobago TRI TRI
Turks & Caicos Islands TCA -----
United States of America USA USA
United States Virgin Islands VIR ISV
Oceania
American Samoa ASA ASA
Australia ----- AUS
Cook Islands COK COK
Fiji FIJ FIJ
Guam ----- GUM
Kiribati ----- KIR
Marshall Islands ----- MHL
Micronesia ----- FSM
Nauru ----- NRU
New Caledonia NCL -----
New Zealand NZL NZL
Palau ----- PLW
Papua New Guinea PNG PNG
Samoa SAM SAM
Solomon Islands SOL SOL
Tahiti TAH -----
Tonga TGA TGA
Tuvalu ----- TUV
Vanuatu VAN VAN
South America
Argentina ARG ARG
Bolivia BOL BOL
Brazil BRA BRA
Chile CHI CHI
Colombia COL COL
Ecuador ECU ECU
Paraguay PAR PAR
Peru PER PER
Uruguay URU URU
Venezuela VEN VEN
Old FIFA/IOC Codes
Commonwealth of Independent States CIS EUN
Curacao CUR ---
Czechoslovakia TCH TCH
East Germany DDR GDR
Netherland Antilles ANT AHO
North Vietnam VNO ---
North Yemen NYE YAR
Saarland SAA SAA
Serbia & Montenegro SCG SCG
South Vietnam VSO VIE
South Yemen SYE YMD
Soviet Union URS URS
Sudan SUD ---
West Germany FRG FRG
Yugoslavia YUG YUG
Old Names of Countries/Independent States
Bohemia (Later Czechoslovakia) BOH BOH
Burma (Today Myanmar) BUR BIR
Ceylon (Today Sri Lanka) CEY CEY
Congo-Kinshasa (Later Zaire) CKN COD
Congo-Brazzaville (Today Congo) COB ---
Czechoslovakia * (See Below) TCH CSV
Dahomey (Today Benin) DAH DAH
Dutch East Indies (Today Indonesia) DEI IHO
New Hebrides (Today Vanuatu) HEB ---
Palestine (Today Israel/Jordan) PAL PAL
Rhodesia (Today Zimbabwe) RHO RHO
Tanganyika (Today part of Tanzania) TAA TAN
Taiwan (Today Chinese Taipei) TAI TAI
United Arab Republic UAR RAU
Upper Volta (Today Burkina Faso) UPV UPV
Western Samoa (Today Samoa) WSM SAM
Zaire (Today Congo DR) ZAI ZAI
* = Czech Republic & Slovakia
198 are members of both FIFA & IOC. 21 of these members have different codes.
13 are members of FIFA but are not (yet) members of the IOC:
Anguilla, Curacao, England, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Macao, Montserrat,
New Caledonia, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Tahiti, Turks & Caicos Islands
and Wales.
5 are members of the IOC but are not (yet) members of FIFA or a regional
Confederation:
Great Britain, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru and Vatican City.
14 Countries/Independent States/Overseas Territories/Regions are
members of a regional Confederation but not of FIFA:
Northern Mariana Islands (AFC), Reunion & Zanzibar (CAF), Bonaire,
French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin & Sint Maarten
(CONCACAF), Kiribati, Micronesia, Niue Islands, Palau & Tuvalu (OFC)
(4 of the above are IOC members: Kiribati, Micronesia, Palau & Tuvalu).
2 Countries/Independent States/Overseas Territories/Regions are not
yet members of either FIFA or the IOC:
Wallis & Futuna (Oceania), Greenland (CONCACAF).
Totals
211 are members of FIFA
207 are members of the IOC
NB: Australia now play Football under the banner of the AFC.
Guam also now play Football under the banner of the AFC but are,
like Australia, members of the Oceania region for the Olympics.
Please note that the next update to this file will come when either
the IOC or FIFA admit any new members.
With thanks to Mike Dryomin, Martín Tabeira and Carles Lozano
Prepared and maintained by Iain Jeffree for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Iain Jeffree
(iainjeffree277@hotmail.com)
or
(ijeffree@yahoo.co.uk)
Last updated: 25 Feb 2021
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