UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations, is a continental governing body for football, futsal, and beach soccer in Europe and several transcontinental/West Asian countries. Comprising 55 national association members, it organizes major club and national team competitions like the Champions League and European Championship. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, UEFA, in conjunction with FIFA, suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from its competitions.
UEFA was officially inaugurated on June 15, 1954, in Basel, Switzerland, following consultations between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations, with 31 founding members.
In 1955, the UEFA Champions League started as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, initially gathering the top team of each country.
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a predecessor to the UEFA Europa League, began in 1955.
In 1958, the UEFA European Championship started and was known as the European Nations Cup until 1964.
In 1960, UEFA's main headquarters moved from Paris to Bern.
In 1960, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup started.
In 1960, the first UEFA European Championship finals were held.
In 1964, the European Nations Cup was renamed to the UEFA European Championship.
In 1971, UEFA launched the UEFA Europa League as a successor to both the former UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
In 1973, the UEFA Super Cup, which pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the Europa League (previously the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup), came into being.
In 1974, Israel, having been banned from the AFC group, was admitted to UEFA.
In 1984 the Futsal European Clubs Championship began but was never recognised as official by UEFA.
In 1995, UEFA's headquarters moved to Nyon, Switzerland.
In 1995, the UEFA Intertoto Cup, previously operated by several Central European football associations, was relaunched and recognised as an official UEFA club competition by UEFA.
In 1999, UEFA launched the UEFA Regions' Cup, a competition for semi-professional teams representing their local region.
In 1999, UEFA opened its current headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
In 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was absorbed into the UEFA Cup (now UEFA Europa League).
In 2001, UEFA's premier futsal competition, the UEFA Futsal Cup, a tournament which replaced the former Futsal European Clubs Championship was started.
In 2001, the UEFA Women's Champions League for club teams was first held as the UEFA Women's Cup.
In 2008, the last Intertoto Cup took place.
In 2009, the UEFA Women's Cup was renamed the UEFA Women's Champions League.
In 2015, following the 2015 FIFA corruption case, the then-president of UEFA, Michel Platini, was also involved in the case and was banned from football-related activity.
In December 2018, UEFA announced the creation of a third club competition, later named the UEFA Europa Conference League.
In 2018, the UEFA Nations League was introduced as the second tournament of UEFA, largely replacing international friendly matches.
In 2019 F.C. Copenhagen supporters displayed banners with slogans such as "UEFA MAFIA – THE PANDEMIC OF FOOTBALL", when UEFA ordered their 2019–20 Europa League round of 16 return leg be played behind closed doors, despite reduced capacity being allowed by the Danish government.
In 2019 UEFA's decision to host Europa League Cup final in Baku, Azerbaijan left one of the finalists, Arsenal, with a decision to withdraw their Armenian player Henrikh Mkhitaryan out of the competition due to safety concerns
In 2021, discussions started for the creation of a Europa League-style second tier women's club competition.
In 2021, the first edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League was played.
In February 2022, UEFA's decision to partner with blockchain company Chiliz was criticized by fan groups across Europe.
In 2022, the first edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League was played.
Until the first staging of the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2022, Juventus of Italy was the only team in Europe to win all UEFA's official championships and cups.
In December 2023, the attempt to create a Europa League-style second tier women's club competition came into fruition, with the first edition of the competition to be played in 2025–26.
In December 2024, the name of the competition, "UEFA Women's Europa Cup", was announced.
The first edition of the UEFA Women's Europa Cup competition is expected to be in 2025-2026.
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