CONMEBOL

South American Football Confederation
Abbreviation CONMEBOL
CSF
Formation 9 July 1916 (1916-07-09)
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 / -25.26056; -57.51611
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

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

The old logo (1989–2017) featured the flags of every member of the confederation

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

Countries members of CONMEBOL
Country Association Founded Joined National team Top division
 Argentina AFA 1893 1916 ARG (M, W) Superliga Argentina
 Bolivia FBF 1925 1926 BOL (M, W) Liga Profesional
 Brazil CBF 1914 1916 BRA (M, W) Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
 Chile FFC 1895 1916 CHI (M, W) Primera División
 Colombia FCF 1924 1936 COL (M, W) Primera A
 Ecuador FEF 1925 1927 ECU (M, W) Serie A
 Paraguay APF 1906 1921 PAR (M, W) División Profesional
 Peru FPF 1922 1925 PER (M, W) Primera División
 Uruguay AUF 1900 1916 URU (M, W) Primera División
 Venezuela 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

Competition Champion Title Runner-up Next Edition
Clubs
Copa Libertadores de América Brazil Grêmio 3rd Argentina Lanús 2018
Copa Libertadores Femenina Brazil Corinthians/Audax 1st Chile Colo-Colo 2018
Copa Sudamericana Argentina Independiente 2nd Brazil Flamengo 2018
Recopa Sudamericana Brazil Grêmio 2nd Argentina Independiente 2019
Copa Libertadores de Futsal Brazil Carlos Barbosa 5th Paraguay Cerro Porteño 2018
Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal Brazil Unochapecó 2nd Paraguay Sport Colonial 2018
U-20 Copa Libertadores Uruguay Nacional 1st Ecuador Independiente del Valle 2020
Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer Brazil Vasco da Gama 2nd Uruguay Malvin 2018
Nations Men
Copa América Chile Chile 2nd Argentina Argentina 2019
CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Argentina Argentina 4th Paraguay Paraguay 2020
South American Under-20 Championship  Uruguay 8th  Ecuador 2019
South American Under-17 Championship  Brazil 12th  Chile 2019
South American Under-15 Championship  Argentina 1st  Brazil 2019
Copa América de Futsal  Brazil 10th  Argentina 2019
FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers  Brazil 1st  Argentina 2020
South American Futsal League  Brazil 1st  Argentina 2018
South American Under-20 Futsal Championship  Argentina 1st  Brazil 2018
South American Under-17 Futsal Championship  Brazil 1st  Argentina 2018
Copa América de Beach Soccer  Brazil 2nd  Paraguay 2020
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers  Brazil 6th  Paraguay 2019
South American Beach Soccer League  Brazil 1st  Paraguay 2018
South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship  Brazil 1st  Argentina 2019
Nations Women
Copa América Femenina  Brazil 7th  Chile 2022
South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship Brazil Brazil 8th Paraguay Paraguay 2020
South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship Brazil Brazil 3rd Colombia Colombia 2020
Copa América Femenina de Futsal Brazil Brazil 5th Colombia Colombia 2019
South American Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship Brazil Brazil 1st Colombia Colombia 2018

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

TeamUruguay
1930
Italy
1934
France
1938
Brazil
1950
Switzerland
1954
Sweden
1958
Chile
1962
England
1966
Mexico
1970
West Germany
1974
Argentina
1978
Spain
1982
Mexico
1986
Italy
1990
United States
1994
France
1998
South Korea
Japan
2002
Germany
2006
South Africa
2010
Brazil
2014
Russia
2018
Qatar
2022
Total
 Argentina2nd1SGSGSQFR21stR21st2ndR16QFGSQFQF2ndR1617
 BoliviaGSGSGS3
 BrazilGS1S1S2ndQF1st1stGS1st4th3rdR2QFR161st2nd1stQFQF4thQF21
 ChileGSGS3rdGSGSGSR16R16R169
 ColombiaGSR16GSGSQFR166
 EcuadorGSR16GS3
 ParaguayGSGSGSR16R16R16GSQF8
 PeruGSQFR2GSGS5
 Uruguay1st1st4thGSQF4thGSR16R16GS4thR16QF13
 Venezuela0
Total721523543434444554565TBD85

Women's

TeamChina
1991
Sweden
1995
United States
1999
United States
2003
China
2007
Germany
2011
Canada
2015
France
2019
Total
 ArgentinaGSGS2
 Bolivia0
 BrazilGSGS3rdQF2ndQFR16Q8
 ChileQ1
 ColombiaGSR162
 EcuadorGS1
 Paraguay0
 Peru0
 Uruguay0
 Venezuela0
Total1112223TBD

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
Saudi Arabia
1995
Saudi Arabia
1997
Saudi Arabia
1999
Mexico
2001
South Korea
Japan
2003
France
2005
Germany
2009
South Africa
2013
Brazil
2017
Russia
2021
Qatar
Total
 Argentina 1st 2nd × 2nd 3
 Bolivia GS 1
 Brazil × 1st 2nd 4th GS 1st 1st 1st 7
 Chile 2nd 1
 Colombia 4th 1
 Uruguay 4th 4th 2
Total1122122121

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2 (19892008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 Round 1
  • Q Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •    – Hosts
Nation 1989
Netherlands
1992
Hong Kong
1996
Spain
2000
Guatemala
2004
Chinese Taipei
2008
Brazil
2012
Thailand
2016
Colombia
Years
 ArgentinaR2R2R1R24thR2QF1st8
 Brazil1st1st1st2nd3rd1st1stR28
 Colombia4thR22
 ParaguayR2R1R1R2R2QF6
 UruguayR2R1R13
Nations33333444

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
Brazil
(8)
1996
Brazil
(8)
1997
Brazil
(8)
1998
Brazil
(10)
1999
Brazil
(12)
2000
Brazil
(12)
2001
Brazil
(12)
2002
Brazil
(8)
2003
Brazil
(8)
2004
Brazil
(12)
2005
Brazil
(12)
2006
Brazil
(12)
2007
Brazil
(16)
2008
France
(16)
2009
United Arab Emirates
(16)
2011
Italy
(16)
2013
French Polynesia
(16)
2015
Portugal
(16)
2017
The Bahamas
(16)
Total Participations
 Argentina 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
 Brazil 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd QF
5th
1st 19/19
 Chile R1
9th
1/19
 Ecuador R1
16th
1/19
 Paraguay R1
9th
R1
11th
QF
7th
3/19
 Peru 4th 4th 2nd QF
7th
R1
9th
5/19
 Uruguay R1
6th
2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd R1
9th
R1
11th
3rd R1
5th
QF
6th
QF
5th
2nd 3rd QF
7th
4th 15/19
 Venezuela 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
Alejandro Dominguez  Paraguay President[10]
Ramón Jesurún  Colombia 1st Vice President
Laureano González  Venezuela 2nd Vice President
Arturo Salah  Chile 3rd Vice President
Jose Astigarraga  Paraguay general secretary[11]

Past presidents

Headquarters of CONMEBOL in Luque, Paraguay

Rankings

National teams

Men's Top FIFA
ranked team

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
Men's national teams
FIFA Rankings
  Women's national teams
FIFA Rankings
RankNationPointsRankNationPoints
3 Brazil16639 Brazil1955
5 Uruguay163224 Colombia1756
11 Argentina1575* Argentina1621
12 Chile156840 Chile1562
14 Colombia1567* Paraguay1459
21 Peru1525* Ecuador1451
31 Paraguay147756 Peru1409
32 Venezuela147662 Venezuela1388
58 Ecuador1378* Uruguay1361
58 Bolivia137883 Bolivia1217

* 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
RankNationPoints
1 Brazil3613
8 Paraguay1467
18 Ecuador710
23 Argentina571
28 Chile511
30 Uruguay494
35 Peru378
36 Venezuela364
40 Colombia276
44 Bolivia228

Men's update: 23 September 2018[12]

Clubs

Football Database rankings

Rank Club Points
29Argentina Boca Juniors1729
42Brazil Santos FC1684
45Argentina River Plate1674
51Brazil Corinthians1661
52Brazil Palmeiras1656
55Argentina Lanús1655
56Argentina Independiente1653
61Brazil Cruzeiro1648
64Brazil Grêmio1644
67Argentina San Lorenzo1642

Last updated: 15 October 2017[13]

IFFHS

Zonal
Ranking
IFFHS
Ranking
Club Points
17Colombia Independiente Santa Fe240
29Argentina River Plate234
313Argentina Boca Juniors220
418Brazil Internacional210
521Ecuador Emelec207.5
625Brazil Corinthians198
728Paraguay Guaraní193.5
829Argentina Racing Club192
932Brazil São Paulo FC182
1034Argentina Huracán178.5

Last updated on: 7 January 2016 

See also

References

  1. Spanish pronunciation: [komfeðeɾaˈsjon suðameɾiˈkana ðe ˈfuðβol].
  2. Portuguese pronunciation: [kõfedeɾaˈsɐ̃w ˈsuw.ɐmeɾiˈkɐnɐ dʒi futʃʲˈbɔw].
  3. "La eliminatoria más difícil del mundo". ESPN Desportes (in Spanish). 11 October 2011.
  4. Vickery, Tim (18 October 2011). "South American WCQ toughest in world". ESPN.
  5. http://www.conmebol.com/es/colombia-sera-sede-del-campeonato-sudamericano-preolimpico-sub-23-del-2020
  6. Las competiciones oficiales de la CONMEBOL
  7. 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.
  8. "FIFA Officials Face Corruption Charges in US". 2015-05-27.
  9. "Arrest of soccer bosses creates power vacuum at CONMEBOL". 2015-12-04.
  10. "The Executive Committee". CONMEBOL.
  11. "CONMEBOL". FIFA.
  12. Overall World Ranking – CONMEBOL, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
  13. "World Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". FootballDatabase.
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