List of FIFA country codes - Definition and Overview

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.

FIFA members

There are currently 205 FIFA members, each one with its unique 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-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 CHN Chinese Taipei (Republic of China) TPE Colombia COL 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 Kuwait KUW Kyrgyzstan KGZ Laos LAO 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 Flag_of_Mauritania.png Mauritania Mauritania MTN Mauritius MRI Mexico MEX Moldova MDA Mongolia MGL Montserrat MSR Morocco MAR Mozambique MOZ Myanmar MYA Namibia NAM Nepal NEP Netherlands NED Netherlands Antilles ANT New Caledonia NCL Flag_of_New_Zealand.png New Zealand New Zealand NZL Nicaragua NCA Niger NIG Nigeria NGA North Korea PRK Northern Ireland NIR Norway NOR Oman OMA Pakistan PAK Palestinianflagproposed.png Palestine Palestine PAL 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 ROM 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 and Montenegro SCG Seychelles SEY Sierra Leone SLE Singapore SIN Slovakia SVK Slovenia SVN Solomon Islands SOL Somalia SOM South Africa RSA South Korea KOR 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 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 of America 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 members

The following codes refer to countries or dependent areas that are currently not affiliated with FIFA, even though some of them are members of their regional confederations.

Åland ALD -------- Alderney GBA Anglesey ANY Christmas Island CXR Cocos (Keeling) Islands CCK Comoros 2 COM Falkland Islands FLK French Guiana 3 GUF French Polynesia PYF Gibraltar GBZ Greenland GRL Guadeloupe 3 GLP Guernsey GBG -------- Herm GBH Isle of Man GBM Jersey GBJ Kiribati KIR Marshall Islands MHL Martinique 3 MTQ Mayotte MYT Micronesia FSM Monaco MON Nauru NRU

Niue 4 NIU Norfolk Island NFK Northern Cyprus NCY Northern Mariana Islands 4 ??? -------- Orkney Islands ORK Palau PLW Pitcairn Islands PCN Réunion 2 REU Saint Helena SHN Saint-Pierre and Miquelon SPM -------- Sark GBS -------- Shetland Islands SHE -------- St. Maarten/St. Martin 3 SMT Svalbard and Jan Mayen SJM Tibet TIB Timor-Leste (East Timor) 1 TML Flag_of_New_Zealand.png Tokelau Tokelau TKL Tuvalu TUV Wallis and Futuna WLF Vatican City VAT Western Sahara SAH Zanzibar 2 ZAN

• ¹ AFC members (East Timor)
• ² CAF associate members (Comoros, Réunion, Zanzibar)
• ³ CONCACAF members (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Sint Maarten/Saint-Martin)
• ⁴ OFC associate members (Niue, Northern Mariana Islands)

Obsolete country codes

The following codes are obsolete whether because a country or dependent area ceased to exist, changed its name or became part of a new (or already existent) country.

Aden ADE -------- British Guiana BGU -------- British Honduras BHO -------- British India BIN Bohemia BOH Burma BUR 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 GDR -------- Gold Coast GOC Netherlands Guiana NGY New Hebrides HEB North Borneo NBO

North Vietnam VNO -------- North Yemen NYE -------- Northern Rhodesia NRH -------- Palestine PLE Rhodesia RHO Saarland SAA Serbia SER Siam SIA Southern Rhodesia SRH South Vietnam VSO South Yemen SYE Soviet Union URS -------- Tanganyika TAA United Arab Republic UAR Upper Volta UPV West Germany FRG Western Samoa WSM Yugoslavia YUG Zaire ZAI

FIFA and IOC differences

Although most of FIFA's and IOC's country codes coincide, there are still some discrepancies:

There are also differences regarding FIFA affiliates that are non IOC members and vice-versa:

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

• IOC members and non FIFA affiliates (7):
  • Comoros
  • Great Britain
  • Kiribati
  • Micronesia
  • Monaco
  • Nauru
  • Palau

Also note that currently FIFA has 205 members while the IOC has 202.