List of countries that have never qualified for a major football tournament

This is a list of countries that have never qualified for any major tournament, be it the World Cup, a continental cup (the African Cup of Nations, the Copa América, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the AFC Asian Cup, the OFC Nations Cup, the Euro Cup) or the Olympics.


Asia AFC
*Bhutan national football team
*Brunei national football team
*Maldives national football team
*Timor-Leste national football team

Caribbean CONCACAF
* Barbados national football team
* Belize national football team
* Nicaragua national football team

Europe UEFA
* Albania national football team
* Andorra national football team
* Armenia national football team
* Azerbaijan national football team
* Belarus national football team
* Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
* Cyprus national football team
* Georgia national football team
* Iceland national football team
* Kazakhstan national football team
* Liechtenstein national football team
* Lithuania national football team
* Malta national football team
* Moldova national football team
* Montenegro national football team
* Republic of Macedonia national football team
* San Marino national football team

Africa CAF
* Botswana national football team
* Burundi national football team
* Comoros national football team
* Gambia national football team
* Lesotho national football team
* São Tomé and Príncipe national football team
* Seychelles national football team
* Somalia national football team
* Swaziland national football team