UEFA Logo — The Union of European Football Associations , also known as European Union of Football Associations but better known by the world for its acronym English UEFA ( Union of European Football Associations ) is the confederation of national associations of football and maximum body of the sport in Europe . Now consists of 53 associations and is one of the six confederations belonging to the FIFA . Its headquarters are located since 1995 in Nyon , Switzerland . UEFA organizes championships nations of Europe, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights of the competitions.
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UEFA was founded on June 15th of 1954 in Basel , Switzerland . Its headquarters was initially located in Paris , France , until in 1959 she was transferred to Bern and in 1995 in Nyon , Switzerland . The acronym UEFA is defined in the statute of the organization as an abbreviation of its name in French , but is commonly associated with the English Union of European Football Associations . More