Misplaced Pages

#899100

41-596: The OneLove campaign kicked off in the Netherlands at the start of the 2020 football season , largely in response to racism in Dutch football, with an open letter rejecting any form of discrimination. The letter emphasised that, internationally, football unites millions of people from all parts of society. That message was shown on billboards in football stadiums where the Netherlands national team played their games. The OneLove logo

82-585: A OneLove or Stonewall rainbow armband, including winning England captain Leah Williamson , Sweden captain Kosovare Asllani , and Norway captain Ada Hegerberg , who was also wearing it to honour the victims of the 2022 Oslo shooting . The OneLove campaign's impact in the Netherlands saw it spread to other European countries, with ten national men's teams (Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany,

123-585: A feat that is no longer possible for any team that did not win the Cup Winners' Cup. There are currently eight teams throughout Europe that have won two of the three trophies; all but one have won the Cup Winners' Cup, four require a win in the Champions League and four require a UEFA Europa League win. Until the first staging of the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2022, Juventus of Italy was

164-552: A heart, as an option. In March 2023, Dutch player Redouan El Yaakoubi chose to step away from captaining Excelsior Rotterdam so that he did not have to publicly support the campaign. The armband features a heart with multicoloured stripes and a numeral "1". The words "#ONE" and "LOVE" are on either side of the heart. The colours in the logo are not those of the rainbow or LGBT pride flag ; instead, they symbolise "race and heritage (red/black/green) and all gender identities and sexual orientations (pink/yellow/blue)". The choices for

205-421: A larger recognised sovereign state in the context of international law. These include England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales ( UK constituent countries ), Gibraltar ( UK overseas territory ), Faroe Islands ( Danish Realm ), and Kosovo ( state with limited recognition ), however, in the context of these countries, government functions concerning sport tend to be carried at the territorial level coterminous with

246-520: A rainbow armband inspired by the campaign throughout the Men's Euro 2020 and at a pre-tournament friendly . UEFA initially opened an investigation of Neuer and the German Football Association , suggesting his armband was a breach of political neutrality; the investigation closed with the determination that "the armband has been assessed as a team symbol for diversity and thus for a 'good cause.'" In

287-539: A single titled "OneLove", having consulted with the Dutch Football Association . The single was released to support the campaign. The England women's team continued to wear the OneLove armband in 2023, also in recognition of Czech men's player Jakub Jankto coming out while an active international, with Williamson saying that she wished to continue wearing it at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and that if there

328-610: Is composed of; President Vice-presidents Members General secretary Deputy general secretary Treasurer Head of club competitions and calendar Head of national competitions National teams: Clubs: Amateur: Defunct National teams: Clubs: Amateur: UEFA runs official international competitions in Europe and some countries of Northern , Southwestern and Central Asia for national teams and professional clubs, known as UEFA competitions , some of which are regarded as

369-682: Is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football . It governs football , futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey , Azerbaijan , Georgia and Kazakhstan , as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus , Armenia and Israel . UEFA consists of 55 national association members . Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine , FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions. UEFA consists of

410-643: Is the UEFA Europa League . This competition, for national knockout cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by UEFA in 1971 as a successor of both the former UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (also began in 1955). A third competition, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup , which started in 1960, was absorbed into the UEFA Cup (now UEFA Europa League) in 1999. In December 2018, UEFA announced

451-472: Is the UEFA Futsal Championship and UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship . Despite the existence of UEFA's Futsal and Beach soccer committee, UEFA does not organise any beach soccer competitions. International and club beach soccer competitions for UEFA members are organised externally by Beach Soccer Worldwide . The Italian , German , Spanish , French and Russian men's national teams are

SECTION 10

#1733086253900

492-783: Is the second tournament of UEFA and was introduced in 2018. The tournament largely replaced the international friendly matches previously played on the FIFA International Match Calendar. It will be played every two years. UEFA also runs national competitions at Under-21 , Under-19 and Under-17 levels. For women's national teams, UEFA operates the UEFA Women's Championship for senior national sides as well as Women's Under-19 and Women's Under-17 Championships. Intercontinental national teams: Defunct Intercontinental clubs: Defunct Beside continental European competitions for national and their junior teams,

533-561: The Georgian Men's national team . The popularity of the OneLove armband in European football, and though it is not only in support of LGBT+ rights, prompted some captains to also wear a fully rainbow design armband produced by British LGBT+ advocacy group Stonewall, which had promoted its rainbow laces campaign for LGBT+ visibility in sport since 2013. Germany Men's captain Manuel Neuer wore

574-567: The UEFA Women's Champions League for club teams. The competition was first held in 2001, and was known as the UEFA Women's Cup until 2009. The UEFA Super Cup pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the Europa League (previously the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup), and came into being in 1973. The UEFA Intertoto Cup was a summer competition, previously operated by several Central European football associations, which

615-458: The scheduled events of association football (soccer) for the year 2020 throughout the world. Numerous association football competitions were either postponed or cancelled during the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On 13 March 2020, FIFA announced that clubs did not have to release players to their national teams during the international windows of March and April 2020, while players also had

656-663: The European football association, such as Israel (because it had been banned from the AFC group in 1974) and Kazakhstan. Involving clubs, some UEFA member associations allow teams from outside their association's main territory to take part in their "domestic" competition, for example, AS Monaco in the French League, Welsh clubs Cardiff City or Swansea City in the English League, or Derry City , situated in Northern Ireland, plays in

697-558: The FA of Ukraine, England, and Sweden, with all three threatening to boycott matches against Russia. Five of the UEFA national teams, Germany , Italy , France , England and Spain , have won 12 out of 22 FIFA World Cups for Europe. These five nations also make up the so-called « Europe's Big Five », consisting of Spain's La Liga , England's Premier League , Germany's Bundesliga , Italy's Serie A and France's Ligue 1 . UEFA executive committee

738-748: The Italian, French, and Belgian associations. At the founding meeting, 25 members were present. However, six other associations which were not present were still recognised as founding members, bringing the total of founding associations to 31. UEFA grew to more than 50 members by the mid-1990s, as new associations were born out of the fragmentation of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia into their constituent states. UEFA's main headquarters after its foundation were located in Paris, but moved to Bern in 1960. Finally, they moved to Nyon , Switzerland, in 1995, opening

779-565: The Men's Germany match against England at Wembley , after the investigation was dropped, Neuer continued to wear his rainbow armband and the three Lions' captain Harry Kane wore the OneLove armband. The match fell during June, a Pride Month ; Kane had worn rainbow armbands on other occasions to no controversy, particularly in the Premier League for Tottenham , during Pride events. 2020 in association football The following are

820-495: The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Wales) agreeing to wear the armband for all their UEFA Nations League and FIFA World Cup matches, beginning in September 2022. Two of those nations did not qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup , and England did not wear the armband while in official mourning of Elizabeth II . In December 2022, during the 2022 World Cup, Dutch music artists Yellow Pearl and Noah Jaora collaborated on

861-582: The Republic of Ireland-based League of Ireland . On 28 February 2022, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the UEFA suspended the participation of Russia. The Russian Football Union unsuccessfully appealed the UEFA ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport , which upheld the ban. On 26 September 2023

SECTION 20

#1733086253900

902-488: The UEFA member entity. UEFA have previously declined membership to those deemed as non-sovereign countries like Jersey . Some UEFA members are transcontinental states (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkey) and others are considered part of Europe both culturally and politically (Turkey, Cyprus and Armenia). Countries which had been members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) were also admitted to

943-542: The UEFA organizes various qualification male and female tournaments among European national and their junior teams for World Cups (organized by FIFA) and Olympics (organized by IOC). UEFA also organised the UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup with CAF for youth teams in an effort to boost youth football. UEFA launched the UEFA Regions' Cup , for semi-professional teams representing their local region, in 1999. In futsal there

984-636: The armband. At their first game, the team covered their mouths in protest of being silenced. When the lack of armband caused one of their sponsors to drop out, the German football association replaced the sponsor's logo with the OneLove symbol in their press centre at the World Cup. In October 2017, Georgian footballer Guram Kashia wore a rainbow-striped captain's armband for Dutch club Vitesse (against Heracles Almelo ) in support of LGBT rights, leading to backlash in his country and calls for him to step down from

1025-453: The ban was lifted for the Russia U-17 team enabling them to complete in the 2024 Euro U-17 with UEFA saying "by banning children from our competitions, we not only fail to recognise and uphold a fundamental right for their holistic development but we directly discriminate against them". The lifting of the ban also applied to all teams, men and women, of underage players. This was rejected by

1066-625: The colour combinations were inspired by the Pan-African flag and the pansexual flag respectively. Rejection of the armband was first seen in 2021, when Wijnaldum wore it in a Men's Euro 2020 match against the Czech Republic that was held in Budapest , Hungary. The Hungarian government had shortly before passed a law that banned mentions of homosexuality and transgender issues in education. Dutch fans had also been stopped from taking rainbow flags into

1107-516: The creation of a third club competition, later named the UEFA Europa Conference League . The competition features 32 teams in 8 groups of 4, with a knockout round between the second placed teams in Europa Conference League and the third placed teams in the Europa League, leading to a final 16 knockout stage featuring the eight group winners. The first edition of the competition was played in 2021–2022. In women's football UEFA also conducts

1148-421: The expected fine; a joint statement by England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands confirmed they would not wear the armband as doing so would affect players. The decision from FIFA coming so late, as well as FIFA "silencing anti-discrimination work within the game", was criticised. Instead of the captains, several people associated with national teams wore the armband. Most prominent

1189-502: The first president . The current president is Aleksander Čeferin , a former Football Association of Slovenia president, who was elected as UEFA's seventh president at the 12th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens in September 2016, and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA. UEFA was officially inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in Basel , Switzerland after consultation between

1230-460: The gesture at the 2022 Men's FIFA World Cup , held in Qatar . Their plan to do so gained widespread attention in the days before the start of the tournament, due to increasing criticisms of Qatar's attitude towards homosexuality . After having arrived at the tournament, the relevant associations were warned that players would be at minimum booked for wearing rainbow armbands, rather than just receive

1271-489: The national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship , UEFA Nations League , UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League , UEFA Conference League , and UEFA Super Cup , and also controls the prize money, regulations, as well as media rights to those competitions. Henri Delaunay acted as the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz as

OneLove - Misplaced Pages Continue

1312-513: The only team in Europe to win all UEFA's official championships and cups and, in commemoration of achieving that feat, have received The UEFA Plaque by the Union of European Football Associations on 12 July 1988. UEFA's premier futsal competition is the UEFA Futsal Cup , a tournament started in 2001 which replaced the former Futsal European Clubs Championship . This event, despite enjoying

1353-696: The only teams to have won the European football championship in all categories. The top-ranked UEFA competition is the UEFA Champions League , which started in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup (or simply the European Cup) and initially only gathered the top team of each country; this competition has since been expanded to gather the top 1–4 teams of each country's league (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded). A second, lower-ranked competition

1394-760: The option to decline a call-up without any consequences. FIFA also recommended that all international matches during the March and April 2020 windows be postponed. By April 2020 only four nations were still playing association football league matches: Belarus , Nicaragua , Tajikistan , and Turkmenistan In April 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup would be postponed and rescheduled. UEFA The Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA / j uː ˈ eɪ f ə / yoo- AY -fə ; French : Union des associations européennes de football ; German : Union der europäischen Fußballverbände )

1435-413: The organisation's current headquarters in 1999. UEFA membership coincides for the most part with recognition as a sovereign country in Europe (48 out of 55 members are sovereign UN member states), although there are some exceptions. One UN member state (Monaco) and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state (Vatican City) are not members. Some UEFA members are not sovereign states, but form part of

1476-642: The stadium fan zone; UEFA said that any restrictions were made by local security and that it welcomed rainbow Pride symbols, adding that it had informed the Hungarian Football Federation that "rainbow-colored symbols are not political and in line with UEFA's #EqualGame campaign, which fights against all discrimination, including against the LGBTQI+ community, such flags will be allowed into the stadium." European players who had previously worn rainbow armbands informed FIFA of their intention to continue with

1517-614: The world's most prestigious tournaments. UEFA is the organiser of two of the most prestigious competitions in international football: The UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League . The main competition for men's national teams is the UEFA European Championship (also known as the Euro), which started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960 , and was known as the European Nations Cup until 1964. The UEFA Nations League

1558-462: Was a decision about it, "you hope it's not a last-minute call once [teams] get there". Shortly afterwards, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced that they "are looking for a dialogue and we will have a solution in place well before the Women's World Cup." In the weeks before the tournament, FIFA upheld its ban of the OneLove armband , though it revealed its own similar design, with the same colours in

1599-558: Was also worn on team jerseys during the KNVB Cup Final between Ajax and PSV . The campaign then spread its advertising to print and video media. Netherlands captain Georginio Wijnaldum wore the OneLove armband during UEFA Men's Euro 2020 . In June 2021, another open letter was published, this time saying that the fans were proud of their teams for the OneLove campaign. At the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 , most captains wore either

1640-577: Was queer BBC pundit and former England women's captain Alex Scott , who wore the armband while reporting on the England vs Iran match on 21 November. German interior minister Nancy Faeser attended Germany 's first game at the World Cup on 23 November, where she wore the armband. UK sports minister Stuart Andrew , who is gay, wore it while attending the match between England and Wales. The German Men's team were particularly critical of FIFA's decision to ban

1681-648: Was relaunched and recognised as official UEFA club competition by UEFA in 1995. The last Intertoto Cup took place in 2008. The European/South American Cup was jointly organised with CONMEBOL between the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores winners. Only five teams ( Juventus , Ajax , Manchester United , Bayern Munich and Chelsea ) have won each of the three main competitions (European Cup/UEFA Champions League, European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League),

OneLove - Misplaced Pages Continue

#899100