Football Association of Wales

Football Association of Wales Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru
founding	1876
FIFA accession	1910
UEFA accession	1954
president	Trefor Lloyd-Hughes
National teams	Men's national team U-21 , U-18 , U-16 , women's national team U-16
Homepage	faw.cymru

The Football Association of Wales (FAW, Welsh : Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru ) is the football association in Wales .

The association was founded in 1876, making it the third oldest football association in the world after the two largest associations in the United Kingdom, England and Scotland . Together with the three other Home Nations associations from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland , the FAW is a permanent member of the International Football Association Board , which is responsible for the FIFA football rules.

The federation is responsible for the Welsh national football team and the Welsh national football team for women , as well as all junior national teams.

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

• 46. ( 42 ) Estonia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 5,000 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 47. ( 45 ) Georgia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 4,750 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 48. ( 50 ) Wales ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 4.125 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 49. ( 44 ) Montenegro ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 4,125 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 50. ( 51 ) Faroe Islands ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 4,000 - CL: 1, EL: 3 

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .