Former National Football Teams
These national teams no longer exist due to the dissolution of the nation or territory that they represented.
| Preceding team | Successor team(s) (inherited position/results) |
Other successor team(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia | Czech Republic Slovakia |
Represented Czechoslovakia until its dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. Competed as Representation of Czechs and Slovaks for the remainder of their 1994 World Cup qualifying games. | |
| Saar | West Germany | Represented the Saarland Protectorate from 1950 to 1956 before its union with the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| West Germany | Germany | Represented the Federal Republic of Germany from 1950 till 1990, before reunification with East Germany. Was considered a continuation of the team which had represented Germany between 1908 and 1942. | |
| East Germany | Germany | Represented East Germany between 1952 and 1990, before reunification with West Germany. | |
| Ireland | Northern Ireland | Republic of Ireland | Represented Ireland until the secession of the Irish Free State from the United Kingdom in 1922. The team continued to be known as Ireland, selecting some players from the Irish Free State, later the Republic of Ireland, until 1953 when it was renamed Northern Ireland to reflect its geographic mandate. |
| Tanganyika | Tanzania | Zanzibar | Represented Tanganyika until its union with Zanzibar as Tanzania in 1964. Zanzibar is an associate member of CAF. |
| North Vietnam | Vietnam | Represented North Vietnam from 1949 till its union with South Vietnam in 1975. | |
| South Vietnam | Vietnam | Represented South Vietnam from 1949 till its union with North Vietnam in 1975. | |
| North Yemen | Yemen | Represented North Yemen from 1965 till its union with South Yemen in 1990. | |
| South Yemen | Yemen | Represented South Yemen from 1965 till its union with North Yemen in 1990. | |
| United Arab Republic | Egypt | Syria | Represented the United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961 until the secession of Syria. Was considered a continuation of the previous Egypt national football team, which became its successor team. The team continued to be known as the United Arab Republic until 1970. |
| Soviet Union | CIS | Estonia Latvia Lithuania |
Represented the Soviet Union from 1924 until its dissolution in 1991. This was considered a continuation of the team that had previously represented the Russian Empire. |
| CIS | Russia | Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan |
Represented the Commonwealth of Independent States and Georgia in 1992 until the creation of separate national teams for its constituent nations. |
| Yugoslavia | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Slovenia |
Represented Yugoslavia between 1920 and 1992, before the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia into Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Macedonia and Slovenia |
| Federal Republic of Yugoslavia later renamed Serbia and Montenegro |
Serbia | Montenegro | Represented the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, known as Serbia and Montenegro after 2003, between 1992 and 2006 when it was split into Serbia and Montenegro |
| Netherlands Antilles | Curaçao | Sint Maarten | Represented the Netherlands Antilles until the dissolution of the country in 2010. Formerly known as "Curaçao", this name was restored in March 2011 when the new constituent country of Curaçao took the Netherlands Antilles' place in FIFA and CONCACAF. The team representing Sint Maarten is a full member of CONCACAF, but not of FIFA. |
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