CONMEBOL

South American Football Confederation
Abbreviation CONMEBOL
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)
Treasurer
Luis Segura a.i.
Parent organization
FIFA
Website www.CONMEBOL.com

The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, /ˈkɒnmbɒl/; Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol;[1] Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol[2] or CSF) is the continental governing body of association 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",[3][4] 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. 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 was the president of CONMEBOL until December 3, 2015 when he was arrested in a raid in Switzerland as part of the U.S. Justice Department's widening bribery case involving FIFA. Wilmar Valdez (Uruguay) was interim president until January 26, 2016 when Alejandro Domínguez (Paraguay) was elected president. The first and second vice-presidents are Ramón Jesurum (Colombia) and Laureano González (Venezuela).

Current leaders

Name Nationality Position Source
Alejandro Dominguez  Paraguay President [5][6]
Ramón Jesurún  Colombia Vice President [7][8]
Laureano González  Venezuela 2nd Vice President [9]
Arturo Salah  Chile 3rd President [10]
Jose Astigarraga  Paraguay General Secretary [11]

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 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 Gómez, 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. 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

The old logo, used between 1989 and 2017, featured the flags of every member of the confederation
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) 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

Competitions Champion Title Runner-Up Next Edition
Clubs
Copa Libertadores de América Colombia Atlético Nacional 2nd Ecuador Independiente del Valle 2017
Copa Libertadores Femenina Paraguay Sportivo Limpeño 1st Venezuela Estudiantes de Guárico 2017
Copa Sudamericana Brazil Chapecoense 1st Colombia Atlético Nacional 2017
Recopa Sudamericana Colombia Atlético Nacional 1st Brazil Chapecoense 2018
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 Brazil São Paulo 1st Uruguay Liverpool 2018
Nations Men
Copa América Chile Chile 2nd Argentina Argentina 2019
South American Under-20 Championship  Uruguay 8th  Ecuador 2019
South American Under-17 Championship  Brazil 12th  Chile 2019
South American Under-15 Championship  Brazil 4th  Uruguay 2017
Copa América de Futsal  Brazil 10th  Argentina 2019
South American Under-20 Futsal Championship  Argentina 1st  Brazil 2018
South American Under-17 Futsal Championship  Brazil 1st  Argentina 2018
CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship  Brazil 6th  Paraguay 2019
Nations Women
Copa América Femenina  Brazil 6th  Colombia 2018
South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship  Brazil 7th  Venezuela 2018
South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship Venezuela Venezuela 2nd Brazil Brazil 2018
Copa América Femenina de Futsal Colombia Colombia 1st Uruguay Uruguay 2019
South American Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship Brazil Brazil 1st Colombia Colombia 2018

CONMEBOL Competitions

World Cup participation and results

Legend

Men's

Team Uruguay
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
Appearances
inclusive
WC Qual.
 Brazil GS 1S 3rd 2nd QF 1st 1st GS 1st 4th 3rd R2 QF R16 1st 2nd 1st QF QF4thQ 21 21
 Argentina 2nd 1S GS GS QF R2 1st R2 1st 2nd R16 QF GS QF QF2nd 16 17
 Uruguay 1st 1st 4th GS QF 4th GS R16 R16 GS 4th R16 12 18
 Chile GS GS 3rd GS GS GS R16 R16 R16 9 17
 Paraguay GS GS GS R16 R16 R16 GS QF 8 18
 Colombia GS R16 GS GS QF 5 15
 Peru GS QF R2 GS 4 16
 Bolivia GS GS GS 3 18
 Ecuador GS R16 GS 3 14
 Venezuela 0 13
Combined CONMEBOL Appearances 7 2 1 5 2 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 1 TBD 80
inclusive World Cup Qualification 7 2 1 5 4 8 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 TBD 164

Women's

Team China
1991
Sweden
1995
United States
1999
United States
2003
China
2007
Germany
2011
Canada
2015
Total inclusive
WC Qual.
 Argentina GS GS 2 6
 Bolivia 0 6
 Brazil GS GS 3rd QF 2nd QF R16 7 7
 Chile 0 7
 Colombia GS R16 2 5
 Ecuador GS 1 6
 Paraguay 0 5
 Peru 0 5
 Uruguay 0 5
 Venezuela 0 6
Total 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 12
inclusive World Cup Qualification 3 5 10 10 10 10 10 58

FIFA Confederations Cup

Legend
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
Total 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Legend
Nation 1989
Netherlands
1992
Hong Kong
1996
Spain
2000
Guatemala
2004
Chinese Taipei
2008
Brazil
2012
Thailand
2016
Colombia
Years
 Argentina R2 R2 R1 R2 4th R2 QF 1st 8
 Brazil 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st R2 8
 Colombia 4th R2 2
 Paraguay R2 R1 R1 R2 R2 QF 6
 Uruguay R2 R1 R1 3
Nations 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Legend
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.[14] Those swept up in the operation include former CONMEBOL Presidents Eugenio Figueredo and Nicolás Léoz and several football federations presidents such as Carlos Chavez and Sergio Jadue. On 3 December 2015, the CONMEBOL President Juan Ángel Napout was arrested also.[15]

CONMEBOL presidents

Headquarters of CONMEBOL in Luque, Paraguay

Rankings

National teams

Top FIFA ranked team

Argentina national football team Brazilian national football team Colombian national football team Argentina national football team Colombian national football team Argentina national football team Uruguayan national football team Brazilian national football team Argentina national football team Brazilian national football team Argentina national football team Brazilian national football team Argentina national football team Brazilian national football team Argentina national football team Brazilian national football team Argentina national football team
Top men's national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
____ Top women's national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
CSF FIFA Nation Points CSF FIFA Nation Points
1 1  Argentina 1634 1 6  Brazil 1975
2 2  Brazil 1544 2 25  Colombia 1747
3 4  Chile 1404 3 36  Argentina 1621
4 6  Colombia 1345 4 42  Chile 1559
5 9  Uruguay 1187 5 51  Paraguay 1459
6 19  Peru 965 6 54  Ecuador 1451
7 20  Ecuador 890 7 61  Peru 1412
8 40  Paraguay 684 8 65  Venezuela 1380
9 59  Venezuela 581 9 70  Uruguay 1361
10 95  Bolivia 359 10 96  Bolivia 1217

Clubs

Football Database Rankings

CSF Club Points
1 Brazil Palmeiras 1706
2 Colombia Atlético Nacional 1680
3 Brazil Santos FC 1673
4 Argentina Estudiantes 1671
5 Argentina Boca Juniors 1670
6 Brazil Flamengo 1648
7 Argentina San Lorenzo 1639
8 Argentina Independiente 1637
9 Argentina Lanús 1636
10 Brazil Atlético Mineiro 1615

Last updated: 18 December 2016

IFFHS

Zonal
Ranking
IFFHS
Ranking
Club Points
1 7 Colombia Independiente Santa Fe 240
2 9 Argentina River Plate 234
3 13 Argentina Boca Juniors 220
4 18 Brazil Internacional 210
5 21 Ecuador Emelec 207.5
6 25 Brazil Corinthians 198
7 28 Paraguay Guaraní 193.5
8 29 Argentina Racing Club 192
9 32 Brazil São Paulo FC 182
10 34 Argentina Huracán 178.5

Last updated on: January 7, 2016 

See also

References

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