| South American Football Confederation | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | CONMEBOL |
| Formation | 9 July 1916 |
| Type | Federation of national associations |
| Headquarters | Luque, Paraguay |
| Region served | South America |
| Membership | 10 member associations |
| Official languages | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Secretary General | Eduardo de Luca |
| President | Nicolás Leoz |
| Website | www.CONMEBOL.com |
The South American Football Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol), commonly known as CONMEBOL (from CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL), is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay, and its current president is Nicolás Leoz. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. CONMEBOL national teams have won nine FIFA World Cups (Brazil 5, Argentina and Uruguay two trophies each), and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and three FIFA Club World Cups. Argentina and Uruguay have also won two Olympic gold medals each. With 10 member football associations, it is the smallest confederation in FIFA.
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In 1916, the first edition of the Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol, now known as the Copa América, was disputed in Argentina to commemorate the centenary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence. The four participating associations of that tournament gathered together in order to officially create a governing body to facilitate the organization of the tournament. Thus, CONMEBOL was founded on July 9, 1916, Argentine Independence Day, under the initiative of Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia, but approved by the football associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. The constitutional congress on December 15 of that same year 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. At ten member nations, CONMEBOL is the smallest and the only fully continental land based FIFA confederation (no insular countries or associates from different continents).
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 Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino for senior national sides as well as Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20 and Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino Sub-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. The Preolímpico Sudamericano Sub-23 is now defunct.
CONMEBOL also runs the two main club competitions in South America: the Copa Libertadores was first held in 1960, and was known as the Copa de Campeones until 1966; and the Copa Sudamericana was launched by CONMEBOL in 2002 as an indirect successor to the Supercopa Sudamericana (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 de Fútbol Femenino 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 Sudamericana), and came into being in 1989.
The Intercontinental Cup was jointly organised with UEFA between the Copa Libertadores and the UEFA Champions League winners.
| Country | Association | Founded | Joined | National team | Top division |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | AFA | 1893 | 1916 | ARG (M, W) | Primera División |
| Bolivia | FBF | 1925 | 1926 | BOL (M, W) | Liga Profesional |
| Brazil | CBF | 1914 | 1916 | BRA (M, W) | Série A |
| Chile | ANFP | 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 | 1899 | 1916 | URU (M, W) | Primera División |
| Venezuela | FVF | 1926 | 1952 | VEN (M, W) | Primera División |
| Team | 1930 |
1934 |
1938 |
1950 |
1954 |
1958 |
1962 |
1966 |
1970 |
1974 |
1978 |
1982 |
1986 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
& 2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
Total Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2nd | 1S | GS | GS | QF | R2 | 1st | R2 | 1st | 2nd | R16 | QF | GS | QF | QF | ? | ? | ? | 15 | ||||
| Bolivia | GS | GS | GS | ? | ? | ? | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | GS | 1S | 3rd | 2nd | QF | 1st | 1st | GS | 1st | 4th | 3rd | R2 | QF | R16 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | ? | ? | ? | 19 |
| Chile | GS | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | R16 | R16 | ? | ? | ? | 8 | |||||||||||
| Colombia | GS | R16 | GS | GS | ? | ? | ? | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Ecuador | GS | R16 | ? | ? | ? | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | GS | GS | GS | R16 | R16 | R16 | GS | QF | ? | ? | ? | 8 | |||||||||||
| Peru | GS | QF | R2 | GS | ? | ? | ? | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | 1st | 1st | 4th | GS | QF | 4th | GS | R16 | R16 | GS | 4th | ? | ? | ? | 11 | ||||||||
| Venezuela | ? | ? | ? | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Combined CONMEBOL Appearances | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ? TBD | ? TBD | ? TBD | 74 |
| Team | 1992 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2009 |
2013 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3 | ||||||
| Bolivia | GS | 1 | ||||||||
| Brazil | 1st | 2nd | 4th | GS | 1st | 1st | 6 | |||
| Chile | 0 | |||||||||
| Colombia | 4th | 1 | ||||||||
| Ecuador | 0 | |||||||||
| Paraguay | 0 | |||||||||
| Peru | 0 | |||||||||
| Uruguay | 4th | 1 | ||||||||
| Venezuela | 0 |
The following table shows the CONMEBOL representatives at each edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, sorted by alphabetical order.
| Team | 1991 |
1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2007 |
2011 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | GS | GS | 2 | ||||
| Bolivia | 0 | ||||||
| Brazil | GS | GS | 3rd | QF | 2nd | QF | 6 |
| Chile | 0 | ||||||
| Colombia | GS | 1 | |||||
| Ecuador | 0 | ||||||
| Paraguay | 0 | ||||||
| Peru | 0 | ||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | ||||||
| Venezuela | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Zonal Ranking |
FIFA Ranking |
Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Uruguay | 1202 |
| 2 | 7 | Brazil | 1156 |
| 3 | 10 | Argentina | 1013 |
| 4 | 16 | Chile | 973 |
| 5 | 28 | Paraguay | 805 |
| 6 | 30 | Colombia | 804 |
| 7 | 32 | Peru | 707 |
| 8 | 39 | Venezuela | 648 |
| 9 | 52 | Ecuador | 478 |
| 10 | 115 | Bolivia | 398 |
Last updated on: OCT 24, 2011 – Current Standings
| Zonal Ranking |
FIFA Ranking |
Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Brazil | 2098 |
| 2 | 31 | Colombia | 1621 |
| 3 | 33 | Argentina | 1616 |
| 4 | 44 | Chile | 1526 |
| 5 | 50 | Ecuador | 1484 |
| 6 | 52 | Peru | 1450 |
| 7 | 56 | Paraguay | 1430 |
| 8 | 69 | Uruguay | 1348 |
| 9 | 72 | Venezuela | 1338 |
| 10 | 88 | Bolivia | 1236 |
Last updated on: March 25, 2011 – Current Standings
| CONMEBOL Ranking |
Club | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internacional | 556.12 |
| 2 | LDU Quito | 527.82 |
| 3 | Estudiantes | 461.92 |
| 4 | Santos | 297.08 |
| 5 | Cruzeiro | 297.4 |
| 6 | Libertad | 276.53 |
| 7 | Vélez Sársfield | 267.34 |
| 8 | Independiente | 232.56 |
| 9 | São Paulo | 227.68 |
| 10 | Boca Juniors | 220.16 |
Last updated on: September 27, 2011 – Current Standings
| Zonal Ranking |
IFFHS Ranking |
Club | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Vélez Sársfield | 239.0 |
| 2 | 9 | Santos | 236.0 |
| 3 | 12 | Internacional | 218.0 |
| 4 | 18 | Cerro Porteño | 203.0 |
| 5 | 19 | LDU Quito | 202.5 |
| 6 | 26 | Universidad Católica | 194.0 |
| 7 | 27 | Deportes Tolima | 193.5 |
| 8 | 29 | Peñarol | 189.5 |
| 9 | 30 | Cruzeiro | 189.0 |
| 10 | 32 | Independiente | 188.0 |
Last updated on: June 30, 2011 – Current Standings
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