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Uefa has opened its own inquiry into the match-fixing scandal which came to light last week and has named five clubs it is investigating.

It emerged last week that authorities in Germany were looking into about 200 matches after police carried out raids across Europe and made 17 arrests.

Uefa has now said it is carrying out its own investigation into the affair and has named KF Tirana and KS Vllaznia of Albania, FC Dinaburg of Latvia, NK IB Ljubljana of Slovenia, and Budapest Honved of Hungary as the clubs under scrutiny.

Seven matches, one a Champions League qualifier and the other six Europa League qualifiers, all played between July 16 and August 6, are under investigation by European football’s governing body.

Uefa added that it was also looking into the roles of three referees and one other official in the case.

It said in a statement: “Uefa wishes to stress that it has been co-operating fully with the German police and authorities on the case and indeed, following a request from the German police for information on a number of matches, Uefa was able to assist thanks to its Betting Fraud Detection System that has been monitoring all UEFA competitions and European national league first- and second-division matches for irregular betting patterns since July 2009.

“Uefa will file criminal complaints, together with the relevant national associations, as soon as possible against clubs, officials and/or players in those countries concerned.”

Uefa has met with the national associations of Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey to discuss all 200 matches under investigation – both domestic and continental.

“Uefa and the national associations are facing a case of organised crime which exceeds the investigative power of sports jurisdiction,” Uefa’s statement continued. “They are grateful to the state authorities for their firm action, also in the interest of sport.