CONMEBOL
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Abbreviation |
CONMEBOL CSF |
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Formation | 9 July 1916 |
Type | Federation of national associations |
Headquarters | Luque (Gran Asunción), Paraguay |
Coordinates | 25°15′38″S 57°30′58″W / 25.26056°S 57.51611°W |
Region served | South America |
Membership | 10 member associations |
Official languages | Spanish, Portuguese |
Alejandro Domínguez | |
Vice Presidents |
Ramón Jesurún (1st) Laureano González (2nd) Arturo Salah (3rd) |
Treasurer | Rolando López |
Parent organization | FIFA |
Website | www.CONMEBOL.com |
FIFA confederations |
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AFC, CAF, CONCACAF |
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA |
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, /ˈkɒnmɪbɒl/; Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol;[1] Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol[2] or CSF) 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.
CONMEBOL national teams have won nine FIFA World Cups (Brazil five, Uruguay two and Argentina two), and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups. Argentina and Uruguay have won two Olympic gold medals each, Brazil has won one Olympic gold medal. It is considered one of the strongest confederations in the world.
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 conditions, geographic conditions, strong home stands and passionate supporters.[3][4] Currently, the Confederation is planning to create the first women's qualification to the FIFA Women's World Cup to replace the Copa América Femenina.
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), now 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 French territory, a former British territory, and a former Dutch territory, and located near the Caribbean Sea, 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).
Members
Country | Association | Founded | Joined | National team | Top division |
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AFA | 1893 | 1916 | ARG (M, W) | Superliga Argentina | |
FBF | 1925 | 1926 | BOL (M, W) | Liga Profesional | |
CBF | 1914 | 1916 | BRA (M, W) | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | |
FFC | 1895 | 1916 | CHI (M, W) | Primera División | |
FCF | 1924 | 1936 | COL (M, W) | Primera A | |
FEF | 1925 | 1927 | ECU (M, W) | Serie A | |
APF | 1906 | 1921 | PAR (M, W) | División Profesional | |
FPF | 1922 | 1925 | PER (M, W) | Primera División | |
AUF | 1900 | 1916 | URU (M, W) | Primera División | |
FVF | 1926 | 1952 | VEN (M, W) | Primera División |
Competitions
International
The main competition for men's national teams is the Copa América, started in 1916. 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 man'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 pits the past year's winners of the Copa Libertadores against the winners of the Copa Sudamericana (previously the winners of the Supercopa Libertadores), and came into being in 1989.
The Intercontinental Cup was jointly organised with UEFA between the Copa Libertadores and the UEFA Champions League winners.
Current champions
CONMEBOL competitions
World Cup participation and results
- Legend
- 1st – Champion
- 2nd – Runner-up
- 3rd – Third place[7]
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
- R2 – Second round (for the 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages)
- GS – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
- 1S – First Knockout Stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- • – Did not qualify
- – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
- – Hosts
Men's
Team | 1930 | 1934 | 1938 | 1950 | 1954 | 1958 | 1962 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Total |
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2nd | 1S | GS | GS | QF | • | R2 | 1st | R2 | 1st | 2nd | R16 | QF | GS | QF | QF | 2nd | R16 | 17 | |||||
GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |||||
GS | 1S | 1S | 2nd | QF | 1st | 1st | GS | 1st | 4th | 3rd | R2 | QF | R16 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | 4th | QF | 21 | ||
GS | GS | • | • | 3rd | GS | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | R16 | • | • | R16 | R16 | • | 9 | |||||
• | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | R16 | GS | GS | • | • | • | QF | R16 | 6 | |||||||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | R16 | • | GS | • | 3 | ||||||||
GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | R16 | • | • | R16 | R16 | GS | QF | • | • | 8 | ||||
GS | • | • | • | QF | • | R2 | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 5 | ||||||
1st | 1st | 4th | • | GS | QF | 4th | GS | • | • | R16 | R16 | • | • | GS | • | 4th | R16 | QF | 13 | ||||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | ||||||||||
Total | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | TBD | 85 |
Women's
Team | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | Total |
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• | • | GS | GS | • | • | 2 | |||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | ||
GS | GS | 3rd | QF | 2nd | QF | R16 | Q | 8 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 | |
• | • | • | GS | R16 | • | 2 | |||
• | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | |||
• | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | |||
• | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | |||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | TBD |
FIFA Confederations Cup
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- •• – Qualified but withdrew
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter / Withdrew from the Copa América or withdrew from the Confederations Cup / Banned
- – Hosts
Team | 1992 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2009 |
2013 |
2017 |
2021 |
Total |
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1st | 2nd | • | • | • | × | 2nd | • | • | • | 3 | ||
• | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
• | × | 1st | 2nd | 4th | GS | 1st | 1st | 1st | • | 7 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
• | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | 2 | ||
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
FIFA Futsal World Cup
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
- R1 — Round 1
- Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- – Hosts
Nation | 1989 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | Years |
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R2 | R2 | R1 | R2 | 4th | R2 | QF | 1st | 8 | |
1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | R2 | 8 | |
4th | R2 | 2 | |||||||
R2 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | QF | 6 | |||
R2 | R1 | R1 | 3 | ||||||
Nations | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals (1999–2001, 2004–present)
- R1 – Round 1
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- •• – Qualified but withdrew
- • – Did not qualify
- – Hosts
1995 (8) |
1996 (8) |
1997 (8) |
1998 (10) |
1999 (12) |
2000 (12) |
2001 (12) |
2002 (8) |
2003 (8) |
2004 (12) |
2005 (12) |
2006 (12) |
2007 (16) |
2008 (16) |
2009 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2013 (16) |
2015 (16) |
2017 (16) |
Total Participations | |
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R1 7th |
R1 8th |
4th | R1 8th |
• | R1 10th |
3rd | R1 8th |
• | QF 7th |
QF 8th |
QF 5th |
R1 11th |
QF 5th |
R1 9th |
R1 11th |
QF 8th |
R1 12th |
• | 16/19 | |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | QF 5th |
1st | 19/19 | |
• | • | • | R1 9th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1/19 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 16th |
1/19 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 9th |
R1 11th |
QF 7th |
3/19 | |
• | • | • | 4th | 4th | 2nd | QF 7th |
R1 9th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5/19 | |
R1 6th |
2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | R1 9th |
R1 11th |
3rd | R1 5th |
QF 6th |
QF 5th |
2nd | 3rd | QF 7th |
4th | • | • | • | • | 15/19 | |
• | • | • | • | • | QF 5th |
R1 9th |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 16th |
• | • | • | 3/19 |
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.[8] 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 arrested also.[9]
Leadership
Executive Committee
Name | Nationality | Position |
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Alejandro Dominguez | President[10] | |
Ramón Jesurún | 1st Vice President | |
Laureano González | 2nd Vice President | |
Arturo Salah | 3rd Vice President | |
Jose Astigarraga | general secretary[11] |
Past presidents
- 1916–1936
Héctor Rivadavia Gómez - 1936–1939
Luis O. Salesi - 1939–1955
Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla - 1955–1957
Carlos Dittborn Pinto - 1957–1959
José Ramos de Freitas - 1959–1961
Fermín Sorhueta - 1961–1966
Raúl H. Colombo - 1966–1986
Teófilo Salinas Fuller - 1986–2013
Nicolás Léoz - 2013–2014
Eugenio Figueredo - 2014–2015
Juan Ángel Napout - 2015–2016
Wilmar Valdez (interim - 2 months) - 2016–present
Alejandro Domínguez
Rankings
National teams
Men's Top FIFA
ranked team
Men's national teams FIFA Rankings | Women's national teams FIFA Rankings | |||||
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Rank | Nation | Points | Rank | Nation | Points | |
3 | 1663 | 9 | 1955 | |||
5 | 1632 | 24 | 1756 | |||
11 | 1575 | * | 1621 | |||
12 | 1568 | 40 | 1562 | |||
14 | 1567 | * | 1459 | |||
21 | 1525 | * | 1451 | |||
31 | 1477 | 56 | 1409 | |||
32 | 1476 | 62 | 1388 | |||
58 | 1378 | * | 1361 | |||
58 | 1378 | 83 | 1217 |
* Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked
Men's update: 20 September 2018
Women's update: 1 September 2017
Beach soccer national teams
Men's national teams BSWW Rankings | ||
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Rank | Nation | Points |
1 | 3613 | |
8 | 1467 | |
18 | 710 | |
23 | 571 | |
28 | 511 | |
30 | 494 | |
35 | 378 | |
36 | 364 | |
40 | 276 | |
44 | 228 |
Men's update: 23 September 2018[12]
Clubs
Football Database rankings
Rank | Club | Points |
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29 | 1729 | |
42 | 1684 | |
45 | 1674 | |
51 | 1661 | |
52 | 1656 | |
55 | 1655 | |
56 | 1653 | |
61 | 1648 | |
64 | 1644 | |
67 | 1642 |
Last updated: 15 October 2017[13]
IFFHS
Zonal Ranking |
IFFHS Ranking |
Club | Points |
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1 | 7 | 240 | |
2 | 9 | 234 | |
3 | 13 | 220 | |
4 | 18 | 210 | |
5 | 21 | 207.5 | |
6 | 25 | 198 | |
7 | 28 | 193.5 | |
8 | 29 | 192 | |
9 | 32 | 182 | |
10 | 34 | 178.5 |
See also
References
- ↑ Spanish pronunciation: [komfeðeɾaˈsjon suðameɾiˈkana ðe ˈfuðβol].
- ↑ Portuguese pronunciation: [kõfedeɾaˈsɐ̃w ˈsuw.ɐmeɾiˈkɐnɐ dʒi futʃʲˈbɔw].
- ↑ "La eliminatoria más difícil del mundo". ESPN Desportes (in Spanish). 11 October 2011.
- ↑ Vickery, Tim (18 October 2011). "South American WCQ toughest in world". ESPN.
- ↑ http://www.conmebol.com/es/colombia-sera-sede-del-campeonato-sudamericano-preolimpico-sub-23-del-2020
- ↑ Las competiciones oficiales de la CONMEBOL
- ↑ There was no Third {{subst:lc: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.
- ↑ "FIFA Officials Face Corruption Charges in US". 2015-05-27.
- ↑ "Arrest of soccer bosses creates power vacuum at CONMEBOL". 2015-12-04.
- ↑ "The Executive Committee". CONMEBOL.
- ↑ "CONMEBOL". FIFA.
- ↑ Overall World Ranking – CONMEBOL, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
- ↑ "World Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". FootballDatabase.
External links
- Conmebol official website (in English)