European nations at the FIFA World Cup explained

Association football is the most popular sport in nearly every European country, and UEFA is one of the six confederations of world football's governing body FIFA. UEFA contains 55 national association members, some of which are partially or entirely located in Asia. A total of 33 of the current members of UEFA have competed at the men's FIFA World Cup, while the defunct East Germany qualified once.

European nations have won the FIFA World Cup a record 12 times.

Overview

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	2030 (48)	2034 (48)	Total
Teams																										260
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	6	6	10	8				99
Top 8	—	8	6	—	6	7	6	5	4	6	5		5	6	7	6	4	6	3	4	6	5				105
Top 4	1	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	2				62
Top 2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1				29
bgcolor=gold	1st		bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"		bgcolor=gold			bgcolor=gold				bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"			bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"			bgcolor=gold			bgcolor=gold			bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"			bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold						12
bgcolor=silver	2nd		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver style="border: 3px solid red"		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver					17
3rd														bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border: 3px solid red"					bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border: 3px solid red"									17
4th																										15

Team	No.	Years	Best result
	align=center	20	1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	bgcolor=gold	1st
	align=center	18	1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	bgcolor=gold	1st
	align=center	16	1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	bgcolor=gold	1st
	align=center	16	1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	bgcolor=gold	1st
	align=center	16	1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	bgcolor=gold	1st
	align=center	14	1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018, 2022	3rd
	align=center	13	1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022	4th
	align=center	12	1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	QF
	align=center	12	1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2018	bgcolor=silver	2nd
	align=center	11		bgcolor=silver	2nd
	align=center	11	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2014, 2018	4th
	align=center	9		bgcolor=silver	2nd
	align=center	9		bgcolor=silver	2nd
	align=center	9	1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022	3rd
	align=center	8	1966, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	3rd
	align=center	8		R1
	align=center	7		3rd
	align=center	7		4th
	align=center	7		QF
	align=center	6	1998, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022	bgcolor=silver	2nd
	align=center	6	1986, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2018, 2022	QF
	align=center	3	1958, 1982, 1986	QF
	align=center	3	1990, 1994, 2002	QF
	align=center	3	1938, 1994, 1998	R2
	align=center	3	1994, 2010, 2014	R2
	align=center	2	1954, 2002	3rd
	align=center	2	1958, 2022	QF
	align=center	2	2002, 2010	R1
	align=center	1	2006	QF
	align=center	1	1974	R2
	align=center	1	2010	R2
	align=center	1	2014	R1
	align=center	1	2018	R1
^[1]		(1970)	R1

• Bold indicates year(s) of best finish

Results

Tournament standings

Performance of each nation! Team !! Champions !! Final !! Semi-finals !! Quarter-finals !! Second round

	4	8	13	17	9
	4	6	8	8	7
	2	4	7	9	7
	1	1	3	10	9
	1	1	2	5	9
	0	3	5	7	7
	0	2	2	5	0
	0	2	2	4	1
	0	1	4	6	4
	0	1	3	3	3
	0	0	2	5	2
	0	0	2	3	7
	0	0	2	3	3
	0	0	2	3	1
	0	0	2	2	3
	0	0	1	5	3
	0	0	1	1	2
	0	0	1	1	1
	0	0	0	3	5
	0	0	0	1	4
	0	0	0	1	3
	0	0	0	1	3
	0	0	0	1	1
	0	0	0	1	1
	0	0	0	1	0
	0	0	0	1	0
	0	0	0	0	1
	0	0	0	0	1
	0	0	0	0	1

• Quarter-finals = knockout round of 8: 1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present; second group stage, top 8: 1974–1978
• Second round = second group stage, top 12: 1982; knockout round of 16: 1986–present

Most finishes in the top four

Team	width=4	No.	Top four finishes
		1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
		1934, 1938, 1970, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1994, 2006
		1958, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2018, 2022
		1974, 1978, 1998, 2010, 2014
		1938, 1950, 1958, 1994
		1966, 1990, 2018
		1998, 2018, 2022
		1930, 1962
		1934, 1954
		1934, 1962
		1938, 1954
		1950, 2010
		1966, 2006
		1974, 1982
		1986, 2018
		1966
		1994
		2002

Team results by tournament

The team ranking in each tournament is according to FIFA.^{[2] [3] [4]} The rankings, apart from the top four positions (top two in 1930), are not a result of direct competition between the teams; instead, teams eliminated in the same round are ranked by their full results in the tournament.

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

1934

(16)!style="border: 3px solid red"

1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	2030 (48)	2034 (48)	Total	Qual. Comp.
		4th	••^[5]	×	3rd	R1		•	•	•	R2	R2	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	7	19
	R1	R1	R1	×	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	4th	R2	R2	R1	R2	•	•	QF	3rd	R1	TBD	TBD	TBD	14	21
	colspan=14		•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	7
		•×	•		•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R2	•	4th	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	7	20
	colspan=14		3rd	R1	R1	•	R1	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	TBD	TBD	TBD	6	7
		bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF		R1	R1	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	QF	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	9	20
						•		•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	QF	R2	•	R1	•	R2	R1	TBD	TBD	TBD	6	16
	colspan=3			•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	colspan=11	1	9
	colspan=3	R1	QF	R1	QF	bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"	1st	QF	•	•	R2	QF	4th	•	R2	QF	QF	R2	R1	4th	QF	TBD	TBD	TBD	16	19
	R1	R1	QF	•	R1	3rd	•	R1	•	•	R1	4th	3rd	•	•	bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"	1st	R1	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R1	QF	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	TBD	TBD	TBD	16	22
		3rd	R1		bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	QF	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"	1st	R2	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	QF	QF	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	R1	R1	TBD	TBD	TBD	20	20
		•×	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3	20
		QF	bgcolor=silver	2nd		bgcolor=silver	2nd	R1	QF	QF	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	9	20
	colspan=4	×	•				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	14
^[6]		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	21
member of AFC					OFC		OFC
		bgcolor=gold style="border: 3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R1	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	R2	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	R2	bgcolor=gold	1st	R1	R1	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	18	21
		R1	R1			•	•	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	•	R2	QF	4th	•	R2	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	•	QF	TBD	TBD	TBD	11	19
	colspan=3	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3	19
			R1		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3	19
		•×	R1		×	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	3rd	R2	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R2	TBD	TBD	TBD	9	19
		•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	4th	R2	R1	R2	QF	TBD	Q	TBD	8	21
^[7]		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	3	21
	R1	R1	R1		•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	QF	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	7	21
						QF	QF	4th	QF	•×	•	R2	R2	R1	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	QF	•×	TBD	TBD	TBD	11	17
	colspan=3	••	R1	R1	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	8	19
	4th^[8]	•	•	R1	QF	QF	4th	•	•	R2	•	R1	•	QF	×	R2	•	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	TBD	TBD	TBD	13	21
	colspan=15	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	7
	colspan=14		•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	2	7
		QF	×	4th	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R2	QF	R2	QF	R1	QF	R2	bgcolor=gold	1st	R1	R2	R2	TBD	Q	TBD	16	20
		QF	4th	3rd	•	2nd	•	•	R1	R2	R1	•	•	R1	3rd	•	R2	R2	•	•	QF	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	12	21
		QF	QF	R1	QF	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R2	R1	R2	R2	R2	TBD	TBD	TBD	12	21
		×		••	R1	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	2	18
	colspan=14		•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	7
	colspan=3	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	TBD	TBD	TBD	2	19

Legend

1st	Champions
2nd	Runners-up
3rd	Third place
4th	Fourth place
QF	Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
R2	Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
R1	Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage)

Q	Qualified for upcoming tournament
TBD	To be determined (may still qualify for upcoming tournament)
••	Qualified but withdrew
•	Did not qualify
•×	Withdrew or disqualified during qualification (after playing matches)
×	Withdrew before qualification / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
	Hosts
	Did not enter
Not a FIFA member

Overall team records

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.

width=200	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	20	112	68	21	23	231	130	+101	225
	18	83	45	21	17	128	77	+51	156
	16	73	39	14	20	136	85	+51	131
	16	74	32	22	20	104	68	+36	118
	16	67	31	17	19	108	75	+33	110
	11	55	30	14	11	96	52	+44	104
	14	51	21	10	20	69	74	−5	73
	12	51	19	13	19	80	73	+7	70
	11	45	19	10	16	77	54	+23	67
	13	49	18	9	22	71	71	0	63
	8	35	17	6	12	61	41	+20	57
	9	38	17	6	15	49	50	−1	57
	12	41	14	8	19	55	73	−18	50
	9	32	15	3	14	87	57	+30	48
	6	30	13	8	9	43	33	+10	47
	9	33	12	5	16	47	49	−2	41
	7	29	12	4	13	43	47	−4	40
	6	23	9	6	8	31	29	+2	33
	7	21	8	5	8	30	32	−2	29
	8	23	4	7	12	25	41	−16	19
	7	26	3	8	15	22	53	−31	17
	2	10	5	1	4	20	17	+3	16
	3	13	2	8	3	10	10	0	14
	3	13	3	5	5	13	23	−10	14
	3	8	2	3	3	7	8	−1	9
	1	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
	3	10	2	2	6	5	20	−15	8
	1	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	7
	2	8	1	4	3	5	10	−5	7
	1	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4
	2	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4
	1	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
	1	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Breakdown of successor team records

Team!width=20

	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	8	30	11	5	14	44	45	−1	38
	1	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3

Team!width=20

	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	2	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10
	10	62	36	14	12	131	77	+54	122
	8	44	29	6	9	87	40	+46	93

Team!width=20

	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	7	31	15	6	10	53	34	+19	51
	4	14	4	4	6	24	20	+4	16

Team!width=20

	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
	8	33	14	7	12	55	42	+13	49
	1	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
	1	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0
	3	9	2	1	6	9	15	−6	7

Appearances

Ranking of teams by number of appearances

width=200	Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	width=250	Best result (* = hosts) |-| align=left| | 20 || 18 || 18 || 1934 || 2022 || bgcolor=gold| (1954, 1974*, 1990, 2014)|-| align=left| | 18 || 14 || 0 || 1934 || 2014 || bgcolor=gold| (1934*, 1938, 1982, 2006)|-| align=left| | 16 || 12 || 12 || 1934 || 2022 || bgcolor=gold| (2010)|-| align=left| | 16 || 7 || 7 || 1950 || 2022 || bgcolor=gold| (1966*)|-| align=left| | 16 || 7 || 7 || 1930 || 2022 || bgcolor=gold| (1998*, 2018)|-| align=left| | 14 || 6 || 3 || 1930 || 2022 || bgcolor=#cc9966| (2018)|-| align=left| | 13 || 4 || 2 || 1930 || 2022 || bgcolor=#9acdff| (1930, 1962)|-| align=left| | 12 || 5 || 5 || 1934 || 2022 || (1934, 1938, 1954*)|-| align=left| | 12 || 3 || 0 || 1934 || 2018 || bgcolor=silver| (1958*)|-| align=left| | 11 || 4 || 0 || 1958 || 2018 || bgcolor=#9acdff| (1966)|-| align=left| | 11 || 3 || 1 || 1934 || 2022 || bgcolor=silver| (1974, 1978, 2010)|-| align=left| | 9 || 4 || 2 || 1938 || 2022 || bgcolor=#cc9966| (1974, 1982)|-| align=left| | 9 || 4 || 0 || 1934 || 1986 || bgcolor=silver| (1938, 1954)|-| align=left| | 9 || 3 || 0 || 1934 || 2006 || bgcolor=silver| (1934, 1962)|-| align=left| | 8 || 6 || 6 || 1966 || 2022 || bgcolor=#cc9966| (1966)|-| align=left| | 8 || 5 || 0 || 1954 || 1998 || |-| align=left| | 7 || 4 || 0 || 1962 || 1998 || bgcolor=#9acdff| (1994)|-| align=left| | 7 || 3 || 0 || 1930 || 1998 || (1994)|-| align=left| | 7 || 2 || 0 || 1934 || 1998 || bgcolor=#cc9966| (1954)|-| align=left| | 6 || 3 || 3 || 1998 || 2022 || bgcolor=silver| (2018)|-| align=left| | 6 || 2 || 2 || 1986 || 2022 || (1998)|-| align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1938 || 1998 || (1998)|-| align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1958 || 1986 || (1958)|-| align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1990 || 2002 || (1990)|-| align=left| | 3 || 2 || 0 || 1994 || 2014 || (2014)|-| align=left| | 2 || 1 || 1 || 1958 || 2022 || (1958)|-| align=left| | 2 || 1 || 0 || 1954 || 2002 || bgcolor=#cc9966| (2002)|-| align=left| | 2 || 1 || 0 || 2002 || 2010 || |-| align=left| | 1 || 1 || 0 || 1970 || 1970 || |-| align=left| | 1 || 1 || — || 1974 || 1974 || (1974)|-| align=left| | 1 || 1 || 0 || 2006 || 2006 || (2006)|-| align=left| | 1 || 1 || 0 || 2010 || 2010 || (2010)|-| align=left| | 1 || 1 || 0 || 2014 || 2014 || |-| align=left| | 1 || 1 || 0 || 2018 || 2018 || |} Breakdown!width=200 Team Appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent width=250 Best result 8 3 — bgcolor=silver (1934, 1962) 1 1 0 Breakdown!width=200 Team Appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent width=250 Best result (* = hosts)
	7	4	—			(1966)
	4	2	0			(2018*)

Breakdown!width=200

Team	Appearances	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	width=250	Best result (* = hosts)|-| align=left| | 2 || 2 || — || 1934 || 1938 || bgcolor=#cc9966| (1934)|-| align=left| | 10 || 10 || 10 || 1954 || 1990 || bgcolor=gold| (1954, 1974*, 1990)|-| align=left| | 8 || 8 || 8 || 1994 || 2022 || bgcolor=gold| (2014)|} Breakdown!width=200 Team Appearances Record streak Active streak Debut Most recent width=250 Best result 8 4 — (1930, 1962) 1 1 — 1 1 — 3 2 2 Team debuts Year Debutants Total 1930 ,,, ^[9] 4 1934 ,,^[10],^[11],, ,,, 9 1938 , 2 1950 1 1954 , 2 1958 ,,^[12] 3 1962 1 1966 1 1970 1 1974 1 1986 1 1990 1 1994 1 1998 1 2002 1 2006 1 2010 1 2014 1 2018 1 Total 34 *This total number of UEFA teams which have participated in the World Cups through 2018 is 34, using FIFA's view on successor teams (e.g., Russia is a successor of USSR and not a separate team, whereas Ukraine is a newer separate entity). #Israel represented AFC in the 1970 tournament. Not qualified 22 of the 55 active FIFA and UEFA members have never qualified for the final tournament. 1934 !style="border:3px solid red" 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030 2034 21 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 20 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 16 colspan=3 × • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 13 • × • • • • • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 13 colspan=6 • • • • • • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 10 • • colspan=11 • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 10 • • colspan=11 • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 9 • colspan=11 • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 8 colspan=13 • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 8 colspan=13 • • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 7 colspan=14 • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 7 colspan=14 • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 7 colspan=14 • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 7 colspan=14 • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 7 rowspan=2 colspan=14 rowspan=2 • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD Member of AFC 7 colspan=9 × • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 7 colspan=3 colspan=11 • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 7 colspan=14 • • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 6 colspan=15 • • • • • • TBD TBD TBD 4 colspan=14 colspan=4 • • • • TBD TBD TBD 2 colspan=20 • • TBD TBD TBD 2 colspan=14 colspan=4 colspan=2 • • TBD TBD TBD 1 colspan=3 • colspan=12 Legend TBD To be determined (may still qualify for upcoming tournament) • Did not qualify × Withdrew before qualification / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA Did not enter Not a FIFA member See also 2006 FIFA World Cup full team ranking Strongest football nations by Elo Ratings FIFA World Cup records and statistics

Notes and References

1. Israel qualified in 1970 as a member of AFC. They were expelled from AFC in 1974 and joined UEFA in 1994.
2. Web site: FACT Sheet - FIFA World Cup: All-time ranking 1930-2014 . FIFA.com . FIFA . 19 December 2022.
3. Web site: Technical Report - 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia 2018 . FIFA.com . FIFA . 19 December 2022.
4. Web site: Overview of the Participating Member Associations . FIFA.com . FIFA.
5. Austria qualified in 1938, but withdrew to play as part of Germany after being annexed.
6. [Israel]
7. [Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]
8. There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930; The USA and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. Currently, FIFA recognizes USA as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team, using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
9. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990) qualified eight times from 1930 - 1990 under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup by the secession of many of its constituent republics in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia qualified once in 1998 under the name Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro qualified once in 2006 after a name change in 2003. All these teams are considered the predecessor of the current Serbia team by FIFA. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia – Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and FYR Macedonia – are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro and Kosovo now also compete separately after independence in 2006 and 2008, respectively. In 2010, Serbia debuted at the FIFA World Cup with their own national team.
10. [Czechoslovakia]
11. [Germany]
12. The Soviet Union qualified seven times prior to being dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.