CONCACAF

CONCACAF is led by a General Secretary, Executive Committee, Congress, and several standing committees. The Executive Committee is composed of eight members — one president, three vice-presidents, three members, and one female member.[6] Each of the three geographic zones in CONCACAF is represented by one vice-president and one member. The Executive Committee carries out the various statutes, regulations, and resolutions.

Logo used until 2018

The first leader of CONCACAF was Costa Rican Ramón Coll Jaumet; he had overseen the merger between the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) and the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF). In 1969, he was succeeded in the role by Mexican Joaquín Soria Terrazas, who served as president for 21 years.

His successor Jack Warner was the CONCACAF president from 1990 to 2011, also for 21 years. Warner was suspended as president on 30 May 2011 due to his temporary suspension from football-related activity by FIFA following corruption allegations.[7] Chuck Blazer was the General Secretary during the same period.[8]

On 20 June 2011, Jack Warner resigned from the presidency of CONCACAF, and removed himself from all participation in football, in the wake of the corruption investigation resulting from 10 May 2011 meeting of the Caribbean Football Union.[9] The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit, acted as president until May 2012.[10]

In May 2012, Cayman Islands banker Jeffrey Webb was installed as President of CONCACAF. On 27 May 2015, Webb was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland on corruption charges in the U.S.

Victor Montagliani, leader of the Canadian Soccer Association, was elected as president of CONCACAF in May 2016.[11]

Current leaders

Name[12][13]	Nation	Position
Victor Montagliani	Canada	President
Rodolfo Villalobos	Costa Rica	Vice president
Sunil Gulati	United States	Vice president
Jorge Salomon	Honduras	Member
Randolph Harris	Barbados	Vice president
Yon de Luisa	Mexico	Vice president
Philippe Moggio	France	General secretary
Sonia Bien-Aime	Cayman Islands	Member

Nassau, Bahamas

Bridgetown, Barbados

Miami, United States

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Kingston, Jamaica

Locations of CONCACAF offices

CONCACAF is a non-profit company registered in Nassau, Bahamas.

The headquarters of the CONCACAF are located in Miami, United States. Previously it had been the Admiral Financial Center, George Town, Cayman Islands—the home city of former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb and prior to that, they were based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago under the presidency of Jack Warner. The administration office of CONCACAF was previously located in Trump Tower, New York when Chuck Blazer was the General Secretary.

In February 2017, a satellite office was opened in Kingston, Jamaica.[14] In July 2017, a second satellite office was opened in Guatemala City, which is shared with UNCAF,[15] and most recently another satellite office for the FIFA Caribbean Development Office[16][17] was opened in Bridgetown, Barbados' suburb of Welches.[18][19]

CONCACAF has 41 member associations:[20]

• 28 from the Caribbean
• 7 from Central America
• 3 from North America
• 3 from South America

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CONCACAF affiliation	IOC member
North American Zone (NAFU)
CAN	Canada	(M, W)	1912	1913	1961	Yes
MEX	Mexico	(M, W)	1922	1929	1961	Yes
USA	United States	(M, W)	1913	1914	1961	Yes
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
BLZ	Belize	(M, W)	1980	1986	1986	Yes
CRC	Costa Rica	(M, W)	1921	1927	1961	Yes
SLV	El Salvador	(M, W)	1935	1938	1961	Yes
GUA	Guatemala	(M, W)	1919	1946	1961	Yes
HON	Honduras	(M, W)	1935	1951	1961	Yes
NCA	Nicaragua	(M, W)	1931	1950	1961	Yes
PAN	Panama	(M, W)	1937	1938	1961	Yes
Caribbean Zone (CFU)
AIA	Anguilla	(M, W)	1990	1996	1996	No
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	(M, W)	1928	1972	between 1961 and 1973	Yes
ARU	Aruba	(M, W)	1932	1988	1986	Yes
BAH	Bahamas	(M, W)	1967	1968	between 1961 and 1973	Yes
BRB	Barbados	(M, W)	1910	1968	1967	Yes
BER	Bermuda[m 1]	(M, W)	1928	1962	1967	Yes
BOE	Bonaire[m 2]	(M, W)	1960	N/A	2014	No
VGB	British Virgin Islands	(M, W)	1974	1996	1996	Yes
CAY	Cayman Islands	(M, W)	1966	1992	1990	Yes
CUB	Cuba	(M, W)	1924	1929	1961	Yes
CUW	Curaçao	(M, W)	1921	1932	1961	No
DMA	Dominica	(M, W)	1970	1994	1994	Yes
DOM	Dominican Republic	(M, W)	1953	1958	1964	Yes
GUF	French Guiana[m 2][m 3]	(M, W)	1962	N/A	2013	No
GRN	Grenada	(M, W)	1924	1978	1978	Yes
GLP	Guadeloupe[m 2]	(M, W)	1958	N/A	2013	No
GUY	Guyana[m 3]	(M, W)	1902	1970	between 1969 and 1971	Yes
HAI	Haiti	(M, W)	1904	1934	1961	Yes
JAM	Jamaica	(M, W)	1910	1962	1963	Yes
MTQ	Martinique[m 2]	(M, W)	1953	N/A	2013	No
MSR	Montserrat	(M, W)	1994	1996	1996	No
PUR	Puerto Rico	(M, W)	1940	1960	1964	Yes
SKN	Saint Kitts and Nevis	(M, W)	1932	1992	1992	Yes
LCA	Saint Lucia	(M, W)	1979	1988	1986	Yes
SMN	Saint Martin[m 2]	(M, W)	1999	N/A	2013	No
VIN	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	(M, W)	1979	1988	1986	Yes
SMA	Sint Maarten[m 2]	(M, W)	1986	N/A	2013	No
SUR	Suriname[m 3]	(M, W)	1920	1929	1961	Yes
TRI	Trinidad and Tobago	(M, W)	1908	1964	1964	Yes
TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	(M, W)	1996	1998	1996	No
VIR	U.S. Virgin Islands	(M, W)	1992	1998	1987	Yes

M = Men's National Team. W = Women's National Team
N/A: not applicable, not available or no answer.

Bonaire were promoted from an association member to a full member at the XXIX Ordinary CONCACAF Congress in São Paulo on 10 June 2014.

Teams not affiliated to the IOC are not eligible to participate in the Summer Olympics football tournament, as a result, they do not participate in the CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament or the CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Elections at the CONCACAF Congress are mandated with a one-member, one-vote rule. The North American Football Union is the smallest association union in the region with only three members, but its nations have strong commercial and marketing support from sponsors and they are the most populous nations in the region.

The Caribbean Football Union has the ability to outvote NAFU and UNCAF with less than half of its membership. Consequently, there is a fractious relationship between members of CFU, UNCAF and NAFU. This provoked former Acting-President Alfredo Hawit to lobby for the CONCACAF Presidency to be rotated between the three unions in CONCACAF in 2011.

Trinidad's Jack Warner presided over CONCACAF for 21 years, and there was little that non-Caribbean nations could do to elect an alternative. Under Warner, the CFU members voted together as a unit with Warner acting as a party whip. It happened with such regularity that sports political commentators referred to the CFU votes as the "Caribbean bloc" vote. Warner rejected the idea in 1993 of merging several smaller nations' national teams into a Pan-Caribbean team. His reasoning was that the nations were more powerful politically when separate than when together. He commented that "being small is never a liability in this sport".[23]

At the CONCACAF Congress in May 2012 in Budapest, Hungary, legal counsel John P. Collins informed the members of CONCACAF of several financial irregularities. Collins revealed that Jack Warner, the former CONCACAF President, had registered the $22 million 'Dr. João Havelange Centre of Excellence' development in Port-of-Spain under the name of two companies that Warner owned.[27] In addition, Warner had secured a mortgage against the asset in 2007 which the CONCACAF members were also unaware of; the mortgage was co-signed by Lisle Austin, a former vice-president of CONCACAF.[27] The loan defaulted.

Collins also revealed that CONCACAF, despite most of its income coming from the United States, had not paid any tax to the Internal Revenue Service since at least 2007 and had never filed a return in the United States.[28] Although CONCACAF is a registered non-profit organization in the Bahamas and headquartered in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, they have an administration office in New York, and BDO and CONCACAF invited the IRS to investigate potential liabilities. It is thought that CONCACAF may have to pay up to $2 million plus penalties.

Chuck Blazer stated that a full financial audit into CONCACAF by New-York based consultancy BDO was delayed due to the actions of Jack Warner and his personal accountant, and the accounts could not be "signed off" as a consequence.[28]

In addition, Blazer is to sue CONCACAF for unpaid commission of sponsorship and marketing deals which he had made in 2010 during his time as General Secretary.[27] Blazer received a 10% commission on any deal that he made on behalf of CONCACAF.[29]

The Bermuda FA asked members of CONCACAF to lobby FIFA to remove Blazer from his position on the FIFA Executive Committee. Blazer suggested that it was less to do with financial irregularities and more for his role in the removal of Jack Warner in the Caribbean Football Union corruption scandal: "I spent 21 years building the confederation and its competitions and its revenues and I'm the one responsible for its good levels of income . . . I think this is a reflection of those who were angry at me having caused the action against Warner. This is also a reaction by people who have their own agenda."[29]

Jack Warner presided over CONCACAF for 21 years. Warner was one of the most controversial figures in world football. Warner was suspended as president on 30 May 2011 due to his temporary suspension from football-related activity by FIFA following corruption allegations.[7] A power struggle developed at CONCACAF following the allegations against Warner. The allegations against Warner were reported to the FIFA Ethics Committee by Chuck Blazer, the secretary general of CONCACAF. The acting president of CONCACAF, Lisle Austin, sent Blazer a letter saying he was "terminated as general secretary with immediate effect".[30] Austin described Blazer's actions as "inexcusable and a gross misconduct of duty and judgement" and said the American was no longer fit to hold the post.[31] The executive committee of CONCACAF later issued a statement saying that Austin did not have the authority to fire Blazer, and the decision was unauthorized.[30] On 20 June 2011, Jack Warner resigned from the presidency of CONCACAF, all posts with FIFA, and removed himself from all participation in football, in the wake of the corruption investigation resulting from 10 May 2011 meeting of the Caribbean Football Union.[9] The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit, acted as president until May 2012.[10]

Indicted CONCACAF individuals

Several CONCACAF officials have been indicted.[32][33]

Name	Nationality	FIFA position	CONCACAF position	Regional or national position	Status	Ref.
Chuck Blazer	United States		Former General Secretary		Guilty plea	[32][33]
Alfredo Hawit	Honduras	Vice-President	President		Arrested	[34]
Eduardo Li	Costa Rica	member-elect of executive committee	member of executive committee	President of the Costa Rican Football Federation	Arrested	[32][33]
Costas Takkas	Cayman Islands		Attaché to the President	Former General Secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association	Arrested	[32][33]
Daryan Warner	Trinidad and Tobago   Grenada			Son of Jack Warner	Guilty plea	[32][33]
Daryll Warner	Trinidad and Tobago   United States	former development officer		Son of Jack Warner	Guilty plea	[32][33]
Jack Warner	Trinidad and Tobago	Former Vice President	former President	former Minister of National Security	Bailed	[35]
Jeffrey Webb	Cayman Islands	Vice President	President	President of the Cayman Islands Football Association	Bailed	[32][33]

Source:[36]

2013

• Carlos Ruiz for speaking out against match-fixing in Guatemala[38]
• Ian Gaynair for reporting an offer of a bribe

2015

•  United States for winning the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's football tournament[39]
•  Mexico for winning the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament

Legend

•  1st  – Champion
•  2nd  – Runner-up
•  3rd  – Third place[40]
•  4th  – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
• 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)
•  •  — 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

Main article: FIFA World Cup

See also: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) and North, Central American and Caribbean nations at the FIFA World Cup

Only eleven CONCACAF members have ever reached the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930, six of them accomplishing the feat only once. No team from the region has ever reached the final at the World Cup, but the United States reached the semifinals in the inaugural edition, for which they were awarded third place. CONCACAF members have reached the quarterfinals five times: Cuba in 1938, Mexico as hosts in 1970 and 1986, the United States in 2002, and most recently, Costa Rica in 2014. Jamaica is the smallest country to ever win a World Cup match, by virtue of their 2–1 victory over Japan in 1998.

The following table shows the CONCACAF representatives at each edition of the World Cup, sorted by number of appearances:

FIFA World Cup record
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	Years	inclusive WC Qual.
Mexico	GS	•		GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	•	GS	•	QF		R16	R16	R16	R16	R16	R16	R16			16	19
United States	3rd	R16		GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	GS	QF	GS	R16	R16	•			10	20
Costa Rica						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	GS	GS	•	QF	GS			5	16
Honduras							•	•	•	•		GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•			3	14
El Salvador									GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			2	13
Cuba		•	QF	•				•			•	•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•			1	13
Haiti		•			•				•	GS	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1	14
Canada						•			•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1	14
Jamaica								•	•		•	•		•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•			1	12
Trinidad and Tobago								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•			1	14
Panama											•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS			1	11
Total (11 teams)	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	3 or 4	TBD	42	–

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Years	inclusive WC Qual.
United States	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st		8	8
Canada	•	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	QF	R16		7	8
Mexico	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	•		3	8
Jamaica	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	GS		1	8
Costa Rica	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•		1	8
Total (5 teams)	1	2	3	2	2	3	4	3	TBD	20	–

Olympic Games for men

Olympic Games record
Team	1900 (3)	1904 (3)		1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2020 (16)	Years
Canada	–	1		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3
Costa Rica	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	13	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–		3
Cuba	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
El Salvador	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Guatemala	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	10	–	–	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Honduras	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	16	7	4		4
Mexico	–	–		–	–	–	–	=9	–	=11	–	–	–	11	4	7	9	–	–	–	10	7	–	=10	–	1	9		11
Netherlands Antilles	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	=14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Split into 2 n.			1
United States	–	2[56]	3	–	–	–	12	=9	=9	=11	=17	=5	–	–	–	14	–	–	9	12	9	10	4	–	9	–	–		14
Total (9 teams)	0	2		0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	3	2	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	44

Olympic Games for women

Olympic Games record
Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2020 (12)	Years
Canada	–	–	–	8	3	3	q	4
Mexico	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	1
United States	1	2	1	1	1	5	q	7
Total	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	12

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: CONCACAF Gold Cup records and statistics

CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Team	1991	1993	1996	1998	2000	2002	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021 TBA	Years
North American Football Union Members
Canada	GS	GS	GS		1st	3rd	GS	GS	SF	QF	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	q	15
Mexico	3rd	1st	1st	1st	QF	QF	1st	QF	2nd	1st	1st	SF	1st	SF	1st	q	16
United States	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	QF	1st	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	1st	2nd	q	16
Caribbean Football Union Members
Bermuda															GS		1
Cuba				GS		GS	QF	GS	GS		GS	QF	QF		GS		9
Curaçao														GS	QF	q	3
French Guiana														GS			1
Grenada										GS	GS					q	3
Guadeloupe									SF	QF	GS						3
Guyana															GS		1
Haiti					GS	QF			GS	QF		GS	QF		SF		7
Jamaica	GS	3rd		4th	GS		QF	QF		GS	QF		2nd	2nd	SF	q	12
Martinique		GS				QF	GS					GS		GS	GS	q	7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			GS														1
Suriname																q	1
Trinidad and Tobago	GS		GS	GS	SF	GS		GS	GS			QF	QF		GS		10
Central American Football Union Members
Belize												GS					1
Costa Rica	4th	3rd		GS	QF	2nd	SF	QF	QF	SF	QF	QF	QF	SF	QF	q	15
El Salvador			GS	GS		QF	QF		GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	QF	GS	q	12
Guatemala	GS		4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF		QF		GS				10
Honduras	2nd	GS	GS	GS	QF		GS	SF	QF	SF	SF	SF	GS	QF	GS	q	15
Nicaragua										GS				GS	GS		3
Panama		GS						2nd	QF	QF	SF	2nd	3rd	QF	QF	q	10
Guest Nations
Brazil			2nd	3rd			2nd										3
Colombia					2nd		QF	SF									3
Ecuador						GS											1
Peru					SF												1
South Africa								QF									1
South Korea					GS	4th											2
Total	8	8	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16

CONCACAF Women's Championship

CONCACAF Women's Championship record
Team	1991	1993	1994	1998	2000	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022 TBA	Years
Canada	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	—	2nd		9
Costa Rica	GS	—	—	3rd	GS	4th	—	4th	2nd	GS		7
Cuba	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS		1
Guatemala	—	—	—	4th	GS	—	—	GS	GS	—		4
Guyana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS	—	—		1
Haiti	4th	—	—	GS	—	GS	—	GS	GS	—		5
Jamaica	GS	—	5th	—	—	GS	4th	—	GS	3rd		6
Martinique	GS	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	GS	—		3
Mexico	GS	—	3rd	2nd	GS	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	GS		9
Panama	—	—	—	—	—	GS	GS	—	—	4th		3
Puerto Rico	—	—	—	GS	—	—	—	—	—	—		1
Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS		10
United States	1st	1st	1st	—	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st		9
Non-CONCACAF Invitees
Brazil	—	—	—	—	2nd	—	—	—	—	—		1
China PR	—	—	—	—	3rd	—	—	—	—	—		1
New Zealand	—	2nd	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		1
Total	8	4	5	8	8	8	6	8	8	8		–

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2021 (24)	Years
Canada	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	R2	•	R1	QF	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		8
Costa Rica	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R2	R2	•	•	R1	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•		9
Cuba	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		1
El Salvador	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		1
Guatemala	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•		1
Honduras	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R1		8
Jamaica	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Mexico	2nd	R1	R1	R1	QF	•	×	QF	QF	•	R2	QF	•	R1	•	QF	•	3rd	R2	R1	QF	R1		16
Panama	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•	R2		6
Trinidad and Tobago			•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•		2
United States	•	•	R1	R1	•	R1	4th	•	QF	•	R2	R2	R2	QF	R2	QF	R1	•	R1	QF	QF	QF		16
Total	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	73