The South American Football Confederation, commonly known as CONMEBOL , also referred
to as CSF, 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.
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, and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22
Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups.
Argentina and Uruguay have also won two Olympic gold medals each.
It is, along with UEFA, the strongest confederation in the world.
The World Cup qualifiers of CONMEBOL have been rated as the toughest qualifiers in the
world, for its simple system, entry of some of the most laureated national teams in the
world, leveling of the weaker national teams, climate conditions, geographic conditions,
strong home stands and passionate supporters.
Eugenio Figueredo is the current president of CONMEBOL.
Jose Luis Meiszner is the Secretary General while Romer Osuna is the Treasurer.
History In 1916, the first edition of the Campeonato
Sudamericano de Fútbol, 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, 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, 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.
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 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.
Club 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 Libertadores.
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, and came into being in 1989.
The Intercontinental Cup was jointly organised with UEFA between the Copa Libertadores and
the UEFA Champions League winners.the winners four tet copa
Members
CONMEBOL competitions Performances at FIFA tournaments
Men's World Cup Finals
World Cup Participation and Results Legend
1st – Champion 2nd – Runner-up
3rd – Third Place 4th - Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals R16 – Round of 16
R2 - Second round GS – Group Stage
1S – First Knockout Stage Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
• — Did not qualify — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
— Hosts 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 Women's
Women's World Cup Finals The following table shows the CONMEBOL representatives
at each edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, sorted by alphabetical order.
CONMEBOL presidents
1916–1936 Héctor Rivadavia Gómez 1936–1939 Luis O. Salesi
1939–1955 Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla 1955–1957 Carlos Dittborn Pinto
1957–1959 José Ramos de Freitas 1959–1961 Fermín Sorhueta
1961–1966 Raúl H. Colombo 1966–1986 Teófilo Salinas Fuller
1986–2013 Nicolás Léoz 2013– Eugenio Figueredo
Rankings National teams
Men's Last updated on: June 5, 2014 – Current
Standings Women's
Last updated on: September 13, 2013 – Current Standings
Clubs CONMEBOL
Last updated on: July 24, 2013 – Current Standings
IFFHS Last updated on: February 28, 2013 – Current
Standings See also
UEFA Concacaf
Confederation of African Football Asian Football Confederation
Oceania Football Confederation References
External links (Spanish) Conmebol official website