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UEFA

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[Flag of UEFA]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 18 June 2013

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The Union Européenne de Football-Association (UEFA)

This non-governmental organization represents all the European national football organizations (plus Israel). Its main goal is promoting football and friendships between European nations. UEFA manages football events in Europe, including nations' championships and the EuroLeague and UEFA clubs' cups. Its current president is Lennart Johansson, from Sweden.
Ivan Sache, 15 July 2000.

The current UEFA national association members are: 

Codes from FIFA and UEFA

UEFA Full members (52, as of 2005)

National Football Association (Country)         ABR. MEMBERSHIP FOUNDED
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ALBANIA                                         ALB	1932	1930
ANDORRA                                         AND	1996	1994
ARMENIA                                         ARM	1992	1992
AUSTRIA                                         AUT	1907	1904
AZERBAIJAN                                      AZE	1994	1992
BELARUS                                         BLR	1992	1989
BELGIUM                                         BEL	1904	1895
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA                          BIH	1996	1992
BULGARIA                                        BUL	1924	1923
CROATIA                                         CRO	1941/92	1912
CYPRUS                                          CYP	1948	1934
CZECH REPUBLIC                                  CZE	1907/94	1901
DENMARK                                         DEN	1904	1889
ENGLAND                                         ENG	1905	1863
ESTONIA                                         EST	1923/92	1921
FAROE ISLANDS                                   FRO	1988	1979
FINLAND                                         FIN	1908	1907
FRANCE                                          FRA	1904	1919
GEORGIA                                         GEO	1992	1990
GERMANY                                         GER	1904	1900
GREECE                                          GRE	1927	1926
HUNGARY                                         HUN	1906	1901
ICELAND                                         ISL	1947	1947
ISRAEL                                          ISR	1948	1928/48
ITALY                                           ITA	1905	1898
KAZAKHSTAN                                      KAZ	1994	1914
LATVIA                                          LAT	1992/92	1921
LIECHTENSTEIN                                   LIE	1974	1934
LITHUANIA                                       LTU	1923/92	1922
LUXEMBOURG                                      LUX	1910	1908
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA       MKD	1994	1908
MALTA                                           MLT	1959	1900
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA                             MDA	1994	1990
NETHERLANDS                                     NED	1904	1889
NORTHERN IRELAND                                NIR	1911	1880
NORWAY                                          NOR	1908	1902
POLAND                                          POL	1923	1919
PORTUGAL                                        POR	1923	1914
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND                             IRL	1923	1921
ROMANIA                                         ROM	1922	1909
RUSSIAN FEDERATION                              RUS	1912/92	1912/92
SAN MARINO                                      SMR	1988	1931
SCOTLAND                                        SCO	1910	1873
SERBIA AND MOTENEGRO                            SCG	1919	1919
SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic)                      SVK	1907/94	1993
SLOVENIA                                        SVN	1992	1920
SPAIN                                           ESP	1904	1913
SWEDEN                                          SWE	1904	1904
SWITZERLAND                                     SUI	1904	1895
TURKEY                                          TUR	1923	1923
UKRAINE                                         UKR	1992	1991
WALES                                           WAL	1910	1876

UEFA flags and emblem

[UEFA emblem]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 18 June 2013

Here I attach the new flags used by UEFA. The UEFA flag and the RESPECT UEFA flag were first seen in January 20-27, 2013 during the 2014 UEFA Fustal Euro qualifying matches. They both were "hoisted" (since hoisted means be shown on a big screen) on Friday 24 May 2013 during the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress in London, and during the matches of the 2013 UEFA under-21 Championship in Israel in early June 2013.
Though the flags came into use in 2013, the emblem was actually adopted at the XXXVI Ordynary UEFA Congress in Istanbul, on 22 March 2012.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 18 June 2013

Euro 2012 flag

[UEFA EURO 2012 Flag]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 11 June 2012
Flag of UEFA EURO 2012 Poland-Ukraine

There are the images of flag of:
- UEFA
- UEFA RESPECT
- UEFA EURO 2012 Poland-Ukraine
All of them, along that of FIFA, hoisted in every stadium during the continental football showpiece.
Logos are all from uefa.com
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 11 June 2012

UEFA RESPECT flag

[UEFA RESPECT Flag]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 18 June 2013

Here I attach the new flags used by UEFA. The UEFA flag and the RESPECT UEFA flag were first seen in January 20-27, 2013 during the 2014 UEFA Fustal Euro qualifying matches. They both were "hoisted" (since hoisted means be shown on a big screen) on Friday 24 May 2013 during the XXXVII Ordinary UEFA Congress in London, and during the matches of the 2013 UEFA under-21 Championship in Israel in early June 2013.
Though the flags came into use in 2013, the emblem was actually adopted at the XXXVI Ordynary UEFA Congress in Istanbul, on 22 March 2012.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 18 June 2013

Previus version used in Euro 2012:

[UEFA RESPECT Flag]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 11 June 2012

Previous UEFA emblems

2011-2013:

[Flag of UEFA]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 11 June 2012

pre-2011:

[Previous Flag of UEFA]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, July 2005

[UEFA emblem]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, July 2005.

The flag of UEFA is its logo put on a white field.
Ivan Sache, 15 July 2000

The 61st FIFA congress was held at Hellenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on 31 May - 01 June 2011 (www.fifa.com). Flags of the 208 member associations plus those of FIFA six continental confederations, International Olympic Committee, United Nations and FIFA itself were hoisted on the ceiling of Hellenstadion convention center.
Out of the photo gallery published by FIFA in its official website, I share the following notes:
- Chinese Taipei flag was a blue one with old association's emblem: plum blosoom with sun, ying-yang and footballs.
- The Curaçao flag (blue with yellow stripe and white stars) is already hoisted, there is no flag for the defunc Netherlands Antilles.
- The Somalia flag was hoisted upside-down, e.g. downwar five-pointed star.
- The OFC flag is white withe the new emblem and abbreviation.
- The AFC flag is white.
- The UEFA flag is blue with the confederation's emblem
- The CONCACAF is white.
- The CAF flag bears the new logo on white background.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 04 June 2011