CONCACAF

Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
CONCACAF member associations are in pink
Formation	1961
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	New York City, United States
Membership	40 national associations
President	Jack Warner
Website	www.concacaf.com

CONCACAF (pronounced /ˈkɒn.kəkæf/, KON-kə-kaf) (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continental governing body for Association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Three South American entities, the independent nations of Guyana and Suriname, and the French department of French Guiana, are also members.

CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico by the fusion of the NAFC and the CCCF, and it became one of the six continental confederations affiliated with FIFA. Its primary administrative functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct World Cup qualifying tournaments. In recent years, men's football in the region has been dominated by the United States and Mexico, who have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The United States has been very successful in the women's game, being the only CONCACAF member to win any of the three major worldwide competitions in women's football—the World Cup (twice) and the Olympics (three times).

Member nations

National teams

North American Zone (NAFU)

Central American Zone (UNCAF)

Caribbean Zone (CFU)

1.Inside the North American zone, but CFU member.
2.South American country, but CONCACAF member.
3.Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

Competitions

National teams

Confederation

• CONCACAF Gold Cup - Official CONCACAF tournament.
• CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup - Official women's tournament.
• CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
• CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
• CONCACAF U-20 Championship
• CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
• CONCACAF U-17 Championship
• CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

Regional unions

• UNCAF Nations Cup - Central America, top 5 qualify for the Gold Cup.
• Caribbean Cup - Caribbean, top 4 qualify for the Gold Cup.

Beach Soccer

• CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

Defunct

• NAFC Championship (1947,1949).
• CCCF Championship (1941–1961).
• CONCACAF Championship (1963–1989).
• CFU Championship (1978–1985).
• North American Nations Cup (1990,1991).

Clubs

Confederation

• CONCACAF Champions League

Regional unions

• SuperLiga - North America.
• Copa Interclubes UNCAF - Central America. (Defunct)
• CFU Club Championship - Caribbean, top 3 qualify for the Champions League.

Defunct

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup
• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
• CONCACAF Giants Cup

CONMEBOL tournaments with CONCACAF competitors

National teams

• Copa America

Clubs

• Copa Libertadores
• Copa Sudamericana - (2005–2008).
• Copa Merconorte - (2000-2001). (Defunct)

World Cup Participation and Results

Legend

• 1st – Champion
• 2nd – Runner-up
•  3rd  – Third Place^[1]
• 4th - Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
• GS – Group Stage
• 1S – First Knockout Stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
•    — Hosts

Men's World Cup Qualifiers

Only ten CONCACAF members have ever reached the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930, five 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 has reached the semifinal in a FIFA World Cup in the first edition in 1930, where they were awarded third place, and they also reached the quarterfinal round in 2002. Mexico and Cuba have also reached the quarterfinal round. Cuba advanced to the quarterfinals in their only appearance, the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Mexico did so both times they hosted the World Cup, 1970 and 1986.

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

Team	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	Total
Mexico	GS			GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF		GS		QF		R16	R16	R16	R16	R16		14
United States	3rd	1S		GS										GS	R16	GS	QF	GS	R16		9
Costa Rica														R16			GS	GS			3
El Salvador									GS			GS									2
Honduras												GS							GS		2
Cuba			QF																		1
Haiti										GS											1
Canada													GS								1
Jamaica																GS					1
Trinidad and Tobago																		GS			1
Total	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	TBD	35

Women's World Cup Qualifiers

The following table shows the CONCACAF representatives at each edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, sorted by number of appearances.

Team	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	Total
United States	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd		5
Canada		GS	GS	4th	GS		4
Mexico			GS				1
Total	1	2	3	2	2	TBD	10

• Q - Qualified for the 2011 Women's World Cup

Confederations Cup Qualifiers

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	Total
Mexico		3rd	GS	1st	GS		4th			5
United States	3rd			3rd		GS		2nd		4
Canada					GS					1

Rankings

National teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years.^[2][3]

Top men's national teams

CONCACAF	FIFA	Nation	Points
1	18	United States	931
2	25	Mexico	853
3	46	Honduras	627
4	53	Costa Rica	562
5	76	Trinidad and Tobago	418
6	82	Jamaica	372
7	86	El Salvador	360
8	97	Panama	314
9	101	Canada	287
10	114	Cuba	215

Last updated August 11, 2010

Top women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA using a simplified Elo formula.

CONCACAF	FIFA	Nation	Points
1	1	United States	2233
2	11	Canada	1943
3	22	Mexico	1775
4	43	Trinidad and Tobago	1536
5	46	Costa Rica	1520
6	58	Haiti	1405
7	80	Guatemala	1297
8	87	Dominican Republic	1235
9	93	Suriname	1189
10	94	Honduras	1175

Last updated 28 May 2010.

Top clubs

Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS based on matches played over the last year.^[4]

CONCACAF	IFFHS	Club	Points
1	45	Cruz Azul	172.5
2	52	Pachuca	166.0
3	75	Deportivo Toluca	139.5
4	105	UNAM	123.0
5	106	Monterrey	122.0
6	146	Árabe Unido	102.5
7	159	Monarcas Morelia	98.5
8	170	Comunicaciones	94.5
9	228	Marathón	84.0
10	255	D.C. United	78.5
11	269	W Connection	76.0
12	301	Real España	72.0
		Atlante	72.0
		Columbus Crew	72.0
15	257	Houston Dynamo	70.5
16	345	América	67.5
17	350	Olimpia	67.0

Last updated: 20 May 2010

Titles by national team

North America

Mexico, the United States, and Canada do not participate in regional union tournaments since 1991

Canada

Men

Regional Honors

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (2): 1985 Champions, 2000 Champions

• North American Nations Cup

Winners (1): 1990

International Honors

• Summer Olympics^*

Gold Medal (1): 1904

Women

Regional Honors

• CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

Winners (1): 1998 Champions

Mexico

Men

International Honors

• King Fahd Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup: 1
  

1999

Third Place (1): 1995

Regional Honors

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (8): 1965, 1971, 1977, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009

• North American Nations Cup

Winners (1): 1991

Runners-Up (1): 1990

• Pan Am Games Gold Medals

Winners (3): 1967, 1975, 1999

U-20 Men

International Honors

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-ups
  

1977

U-17 Men

International Honors

• FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1
  

2005

United States

Men

• Summer Olympics^*

Silver Medal (1): 1904

Bronze Medal (1): 1904

• FIFA World Cup

Third Place (1): 1930

• King Fahd Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup

Runners-Up (1): 2009

Third Place (2): 1992, 1999

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (4): 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007

• North American Nations Cup

Runners-Up (1): 1991

• Pan American Games

Gold Medal (1): 1991

Women

International Honors

• FIFA Women's World Cup: 2
  

1991, 1999

• Olympic Games: 3
  

1996, 2004, 2008

• Algarve Cup: 7
  

2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010

Regional Honors

• CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

Winners (6): 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2006

• Pan American Games

Gold Medal (1): 1999

U-20 Women

International Honors

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2
  

2002, 2008

Central America

Costa Rica

Regional

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (3): 1963, 1969, 1989

• UNCAF Nations Cup

Winners (6): 1991 Champions, 1997 Champions, 1999 Champions, 2003 Champions, 2005 Champions, 2007 Champions

Honduras

Regional

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (1): 1981

• UNCAF Nations Cup

Winners (2): 1993, 1995

Guatemala

Regional

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (1): 1967 Champions

• UNCAF Nations Cup

Winnners (1): 2001 Champions

Panama

Regional

• UNCAF Nations Cup

Winners (1): 2009 Champions

Caribbean

Haiti

Regional

• CONCACAF Gold Cup

Winners (1): 1973 Champions

See also

Regional Unions

• NAFU
• UNCAF
• CFU

Former Confederations

• NAFC
• CCCF

Related articles

• IFFHS Central and North America's best clubs of the 20th century

References

External links

• Official site
• CONCACAF Statutes
• CONCACAF at the Open Directory Project

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