Lance Kelly Members Former members Non-members There are several national teams within Europe that are not members of UEFA. Many of them are instead affiliated with CONIFA. There are two independent European states that have national teams that are not affiliated with UEFA or FIFA. Both are microstates. The constituent countries of the (, , and ) all have separate UEFA teams. The Crown Dependencies, which are not technically part of the United Kingdom, have official teams not affiliated with UEFA or FIFA , whose membership application was rejected by UEFA in 2018 Autonomous region of Finland Several European states with limited recognition have official national teams, but none have been considered for UEFA membership. Competitions UEFA continental competitions National teams: UEFA European Championship UEFA Nations League UEFA European Under-21 Championship UEFA European Under-19 Championship UEFA European Under-17 Championship UEFA Women's Championship UEFA Women's Nations League (future) UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship UEFA Futsal Championship UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship UEFA Women's Futsal Championship Defunct UEFA Under-21 Futsal Tournament Clubs: UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League UEFA Super Cup UEFA Youth League UEFA Women's Champions League UEFA Futsal Champions League Defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup Amateur: UEFA Regions' Cup Defunct UEFA Amateur Cup UEFA runs official international competitions in Europe and some countries of Northern, Southwestern and Central Asia for national teams and professional clubs, known as UEFA competitions, some of which are regarded as the world's most prestigious tournaments. UEFA is the organiser of two of the most prestigious competitions in international football: The UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. The main competition for men's national teams is the UEFA European Championship (also known as the Euro), which started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960, and was known as the European Nations Cup until 1964. The UEFA Nations League is the second tournament of UEFA and was introduced in 2018. The tournament largely replaced the international friendly matches previously played on the FIFA International Match Calendar. It will be played every two years. UEFA also runs national competitions at Under-21, Under-19 and Under-17 levels. For women's national teams, UEFA operates the UEFA Women's Championship for senior national sides as well as Women's Under-19 and Women's Under-17 Championships. World, Olympic and intercontinental competitions Intercontinental national teams: CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions Women's Finalissima Futsal Finalissima Defunct UEFA–CAF Meridian