FIFA -Fédération Internationale de Football Association - 211 members - founded in 1904, represents nations from around the world, and is the overall governing body of recognised international football. Its premier tournament is the quadrennialFIFA World Cup.
CONIFA -Confederation of Independent Football Associations - 44 members - founded in 2013 asCIFA, represents nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities and regions not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament is theCONIFA World Football Cup.
UIAFA - Union Internationale Amateur de Football Association - three, later seven members - founded in 1908 and dissolved in 1912. Main tournament was the Amateur European Championship, this confederations was the rival to FIFA in the early years.
NF-Board -New Football Federations-Board /Nouvelle Fédération-Board - 18 members + 14 provisional - founded in 2003, represented nations, dependencies, unrecognized states, minorities, stateless peoples, regions and micronations not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament is theVIVA World Cup. This organization was dissolved in January 2013, however was revived in 2017, despite not being able to host any events that it tried to host, even after its announced revival. As of 2025, no successful events have been hosted since its revival.
The following confederations consist of FIFA member associations that cross continental boundaries.
UAFA -Union of Arab Football Associations - twenty-two members - founded in 1974, representsArab nations from Africa and Asia. The main tournament is theArab Cup.
PFCPanamerican Football Confederation - twenty-four members - founded in 1946 was the not official fusion ofCONMEBOL,CCCF andNAFC and represented teams fromAmericas. The main tournament was thePanamerican Championship, when PFC was dissolved, bothCCCF andNAFC both were merged to formCONCACAF
CFU -Caribbean Football Union - thirty members - represents all nations in the Caribbean. The main tournament was theCaribbean Cup.
LIFA -Leeward Islands Football Association - eleven members - founded in 1949, represents nations of theLeeward archipelago and is affiliated to CFU. The main tournament was theLeeward Islands Tournament.
NAFU -North American Football Union - three members - represents the three sovereign nations of North America. The main tournament was the now defunctNorth American Nations Cup.
UNCAFUnion Centroamericana de Fútbol - seven members - represents the seven nations of Central America. The main tournament was theUNCAF Nations Cup.
CCCF -Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol - eleven members - dissolved in 1961, represented Central America and Caribbean region and was affiliated to FIFA. The main tournaments were theCCCF Championship andCCCF Youth Championship.
NAFC -North American Football Confederation - four members (later three) - founded in 1946 and dissolved in 1961, represented the North American region and was affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was theNAFC Championship.
CENF -Confederation of European New Federations - unknown number of members[a] - founded in 2007 and dissolved in 2009, represented teams not affiliated to FIFA in Europe, and was affiliated to NF-Board. The main tournament was theCENF Cup, but is unknown to have been played.
FIFI -Federation of International Football Independents - five members - represented nations, dependencies and unrecognized states not affiliated to FIFA. The main tournament was theFIFI Wild Cup.
IFU -International Football Union - two provisional members - founded in 2009 as an international football confederation for nations and territories not admitted to FIFA, was dissolved in 2010.
^Due tolink rot and the inability to save outlinks up to 2017, it's unknown how many members the CENF had.
