CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL

Governing body of association football in South America


The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, /ˈkɒnmɪbɒl/, or CSF; Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol;[lower-alpha 1] Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol[lower-alpha 2]) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay, near Asunción. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member football associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA.

Quick Facts Abbreviation, Formation ...

CONMEBOL national teams have won ten FIFA World Cups (Brazil five, Argentina three and Uruguay two) and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have won two Olympic gold medals each.

The World Cup qualifiers of CONMEBOL have been described as the "toughest qualifiers in the world" for their simple round-robin system, entry of some of the top national teams in the world, leveling of the weaker national teams, climate and geographic conditions, strong home stands and passionate supporters.[3][4]

Juan Ángel Napout (Paraguay) was the president of CONMEBOL until 3 December 2015 when he was arrested in a raid in Switzerland as part of the U.S. Justice Department's bribery case involving FIFA. Wilmar Valdez (Uruguay) was interim president until 26 January 2016 when Alejandro Domínguez (Paraguay) was elected president. The Vice presidents are Ramón Jesurum (Colombia), Laureano González (Venezuela) and Arturo Salah (Chile).

History

In 1916, the first edition of the "Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol" (South-American Football Championship), later known as the "Copa América", was contested in Argentina to commemorate the centenary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence. The four participating associations of that tournament gathered together in Buenos Aires in order to officially create a governing body to facilitate the organization of the tournament. Thus, CONMEBOL was founded on 9 July 1916 under the initiative of Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez, but approved by the football associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The first Constitutional Congress on 15 December of that same year, which took place in Montevideo, ratified the decision.

Over the years, the other football associations in South America joined, with the last being Venezuela in 1952. Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana, while geographically in South America, are not part of CONMEBOL. Consisting of a former British territory, a former Dutch territory and a French territory, they are part of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), mainly due to historical, cultural and sporting reasons. With ten member nations, CONMEBOL is the smallest and the only fully continental land-based FIFA confederation (no insular countries or associates from different continents).

Leadership

Executive committee

As of 14 September 2021

More information Name, Nationality ...

Past presidents

More information Period, Nationality ...
Notes
  1. Interim – 2 months.

Members

Countries that are members of CONMEBOL
More information Code, Association ...

There are sovereign states or dependencies in South America which are not affiliated with CONMEBOL but are members of other confederations or do not have affiliation with any other confederations at all.

Competitions

CONMEBOL competitions

(Note: Copa Interamericana will Return in 2024 in a "Final Four" Format.)

International

The main competition for men's national teams is the Copa América, which started in 1916. The Copa America is the only continental competition in which teams from a totally different continent and confederation can be invited to participate. CONMEBOL usually selects and invites a couple of teams from the AFC[9] or CONCACAF[10] to participate in the Copa America. Japan and Qatar were invited to participate in the 2019 edition of the Copa America.[11] CONMEBOL also runs national competitions at Under-20, Under-17 and Under-15 levels. For women's national teams, CONMEBOL operates the Copa América Femenina for senior national sides, as well as Under-20 and Under-17 championships.

In futsal, there is the Copa América de Futsal and Campeonato Sudamericano de Futsal Sub-20. The Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino de Futsal is the women's equivalent to the men's tournament.

Club

CONMEBOL also runs the two main club competitions in South America: the Copa Libertadores was first held in 1960 and the Copa Sudamericana was launched by CONMEBOL in 2002 as an indirect successor to the Supercopa Libertadores (begun in 1988). A third competition, the Copa CONMEBOL, started in 1992 and was abolished in 1999. In women's football, CONMEBOL also conducts the Copa Libertadores Femenina for club teams. The competition was first held in 2009.

The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual match between the past year's winners of the Copa Libertadores and the winners of the Copa Sudamericana (previously the winners of the Supercopa Libertadores) and came into being in 1989.

The Intercontinental Cup was jointly organized with UEFA between the Copa Libertadores and the UEFA Champions League winners.

Current title holders

More information Competition, Year ...

FIFA World Rankings

Overview

More information FIFA, +/- ...

Historical leaders

Men's
Brazilian national football teamArgentina national football teamBrazilian national football teamColombian national football teamArgentina national football teamColombian national football teamArgentina national football teamUruguayan national football teamBrazilian national football teamArgentina national football teamBrazilian national football teamArgentina national football teamBrazilian national football teamArgentina national football teamBrazilian national football teamArgentina national football teamBrazilian national football teamArgentina national football team

Team of the year

More information Year, First ...
More information Year, First ...

Other rankings

Clubs

Football Database rankings

More information Rank, Club ...

Last updated: 9 January 2022[14]

IFFHS

More information Zonal Ranking, IFFHS Ranking ...

Last updated on: 12 March 2019 

Beach soccer national teams

More information Men's national teamsBSWW Rankings (out of 101 nations) ...

Men's update: 31 January 2022.[15]

Major tournament records

Legend
  •  1st  – Champion
  •  2nd  – Runner-up
  •  3rd  – Third place[16]
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
  • R2 – Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 – Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage)
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •    – Did not qualify
  •     – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •     – Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

More information FIFA World Cup record, Team ...

FIFA Women's World Cup

More information FIFA Women's World Cup record, Team ...

Olympic Games For Men

More information Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record, Team ...

Olympic Games For Women

More information Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record, Team ...

Copa América

Copa América Femenina

More information Copa América Femenina record, Team (Total 10 teams) ...

FIFA U-20 World Cup

More information FIFA U-20 World Cup record, Team ...

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

More information FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record, Team ...

FIFA U-17 World Cup

More information FIFA U-17 World Cup record, Team ...
    • Note 1: Original hosts Peru were stripped of the right to host the 2019 event in February 2019.[17]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

More information FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record, Team ...

FIFA Futsal World Cup

More information FIFA Futsal World Cup record, Team ...

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

More information FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record, Team ...

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

More information FIFA Confederations Cup record, Team ...

Corruption

On 27 May 2015, several CONMEBOL leaders were arrested in Zürich, Switzerland by Swiss police and indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of corruption, money laundering, and racketeering.[18] Those swept up in the operation include former CONMEBOL presidents Eugenio Figueredo and Nicolás Léoz and several football federations presidents such as Carlos Chávez and Sergio Jadue. On 3 December 2015, the CONMEBOL President Juan Ángel Napout was also arrested.[19]

See also

Notes

  1. Spanish pronunciation: [koɱfeðeɾaˈsjon suðameɾiˈkana ðe ˈfuðβol].

References

  1. El Comité Ejecutivo on Conmebol (updated, 14 Sep 2021)
  2. "La eliminatoria más difícil del mundo". ESPN Desportes (in Spanish). 11 October 2011.
  3. Vickery, Tim (18 October 2011). "South American WCQ toughest in world". ESPN.
  4. "CONMEBOL". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016.
  5. "The AFC". the-AFC.
  6. "Concacaf". Concacaf. 17 November 2020.
  7. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  8. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  9. Rankings – Men's National Teams, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
  10. There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
  11. "Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019". 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article CONMEBOL, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.