Editing UEFA (section)

{{Short description|International governing body for association football in Europe}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = UEFA
| full_name                = '''Union of European Football Associations'''
| logo                     = UEFA logo.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| logo_size                = 220
| image                    = Siège UEFA Nyon (Suisse).JPG
| image_size               = 250
| caption                  = UEFA headquarters in [[Nyon]], Switzerland
| map                      = UEFA.svg
| abbreviation             = UEFA
| formation                = {{Start date and age|df=y|1954|6|15}}
| founding_location        = [[Basel]], Switzerland
| type                     = Football organisation
| headquarters             = [[Nyon]], Switzerland
| coords                   = {{Coord|46.371009|6.23103|region:CH-VD_type:landmark}}
| region                   = Europe
| membership               = [[List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe)|55 full member associations]]
| languages                = English <br />French <br />German<ref>{{Cite web |title=UEFA Documents |url=https://documents.uefa.com/r/C2pZTbQR1hltFflz0OjcLw/Fa9JGAo~KKru5xgH5HrHyA |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=UEFA.com|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}</ref> <br />(other main but not official: Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://helpcenter.uefa.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115005998469-How-do-I-switch-to-another-language-version-of-UEFA-com- |title=How to switch to another language of UEFA.com |website=UEFA.com|publisher=Union of European Football Associations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709234504/https://helpcenter.uefa.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115005998469-How-do-I-switch-to-another-language-version-of-UEFA-com-|archive-date=9 July 2019|access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref>
| leader_title             = [[List of presidents of UEFA|President]]
| leader_name              = [[Aleksander Čeferin]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/organisation/congress/news/newsid=2403250.html |title=Čeferin elected as UEFA President |website=UEFA.com|publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=14 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918001431/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/organisation/congress/news/newsid=2403250.html |archive-date=18 September 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| leader_title2            = First vice-president
| leader_name2             = [[Gabriele Gravina]]
| leader_title3            = Vice-presidents
| leader_name3             = [[Hans-Joachim Watzke]]<br />[[Jesper Møller (football executive)|Jesper Møller Christensen]]<br />[[Laura McAllister]]<br/>[[Armand Duka]]
| leader_title4            = General secretary
| leader_name4             = [[Theodore Theodoridis]]
| main_organ               = [[UEFA Congress]]
| parent_organization      = [[FIFA]]
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.uefa.com/|uefa.com}}
}}

{{FIFA confederations}}

The '''Union of European Football Associations''' ('''UEFA''' {{IPAc-en|j|uː|ˈ|eɪ|f|ə}} {{respell|yoo|AY|fə}}; {{langx|fr|Union des associations européennes de football}};{{efn|{{IPA|fr|ynjɔ̃ dez‿asɔsjɑsjɔ̃ øʁɔpeɛn də futbol|label=Pronounced|small=no}}.}} {{langx|de|Union der europäischen Fußballverbände}}{{efn|{{IPA|de|uˈni̯oːn deːɐ̯ ʔɔʏʁoˈpɛːɪʃn̩ ˈfuːsbalfɐˌbɛndə|label=Pronounced|small=no}}.}}) is one of six continental bodies of governance in [[association football]]. It governs football, [[futsal]] and [[beach soccer|beach football]] in Europe and the [[List of transcontinental countries#Asia and Europe|transcontinental countries]] of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the [[West Asia]]n countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Associations {{!}} Inside UEFA |url=https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/national-associations/ |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=UEFA.com|publisher=Union of European Football Associations}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> UEFA consists of 55 national association [[List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe)|members]]. Since 2022, due to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], [[FIFA]] and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions.<ref name="fifa-uefa"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rhodes |first=Charlie |date=4 July 2009 |title=UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) |url=https://sportslens.com/news/uefa-union-of-european-football-associations/ |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Sportslens.com }}</ref>

UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the [[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]], [[UEFA Nations League|Nations League]], [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]], [[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]], [[UEFA Conference League|Conference League]], and [[UEFA Super Cup|Super Cup]], and also controls the prize money, regulations, as well as media rights to those competitions.

[[Henri Delaunay]] acted as the first general secretary and [[Ebbe Schwartz]] as the first [[List of Presidents of UEFA|president]]. The current president is [[Aleksander Čeferin]], a former Football Association of Slovenia president, who was elected as UEFA's seventh president at the 12th Extraordinary [[UEFA Congress]] in [[Athens]] in September 2016, and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/president/index.html |title=President – About UEFA – Inside UEFA |website=UEFA.com|publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=7 July 2018 |archive-date=1 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301105359/http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/president/index.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>