CONMEBOL

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South American Football Confederation
Abbreviation	CONMEBOL
Formation	9 July 1916
Type	Federation of national associations
Headquarters	Luque, Paraguay
Coordinates	25°15′38″S 57°30′58″W
Region served	South America
Membership	10 member associations
Official languages	Spanish, Portuguese
Secretary General	Jose Luis Meiszner
President	Eugenio Figueredo
Website	www.CONMEBOL.com

The South American Football Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol), commonly known as CONMEBOL (pronunciation: kɑnməbɑl̟), 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. 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, 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.

The World Cup qualifiers of CONMEBOL have been rated as the toughest qualifiers in the world, for its simple system (round-robin, two rounds), 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.

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 (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).

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 (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 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.

Members

Further information: Category:National Members of the South American Football 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)	Série A/Brasileirão
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	1899	1916	URU (M, W)	Primera División
Venezuela	FVF	1926	1952	VEN (M, W)	Primera División

CONMEBOL competitions

National teams:

• Copa América
• Superclásico de las Américas
• South American Under-20 Football Championship
• South American Under-17 Football Championship
• South American Under-15 Football Championship
• Sudamericano Femenino
• South American Under-20 Women's Championship
• South American Under-17 Women's Championship
• Copa América de Futsal
• South American Under-20 Futsal Championship
• South American Women's Futsal Championship
• CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

Defunct

• CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament

Club:

• Copa Libertadores
• Copa Sudamericana
• Recopa Sudamericana
• Suruga Bank Championship
• Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino
• U-20 Copa Libertadores
• Copa Unasur

Defunct

• Supercopa Libertadores
• Copa CONMEBOL
• South American Championship of Champions
• Copa Ganadores de Copa
• Copa de Oro
• Copa Mercosur
• Copa Merconorte
• Copa Master de Supercopa
• Copa Master de Conmebol
• Supercopa de Campeones Intercontinentales
• Intercontinental Cup
• Copa Interamericana

Performances at FIFA tournaments

Men's

World Cup Finals

See also: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

World Cup Participation and Results

Legend

• 1st – Champion
• 2nd – Runner-up
•  3rd  – Third Place
• 4th - Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
• R2 - Second round (for the 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages)
• 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

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	inclusive WC Qual.
Argentina	2nd	1S				GS	GS	QF	•	R2	1st	R2	1st	2nd	R16	QF	GS	QF	QF	?	?	?	15	16
Bolivia	GS			GS		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	?	?	?	3	16
Brazil	GS	1S	3rd	2nd	QF	1st	1st	GS	1st	4th	3rd	R2	QF	R16	1st	2nd	1st	QF	QF	?	?	?	19	19
Chile	GS			GS	•	•	3rd	GS	•	GS	•	GS	•	•		R16	•	•	R16	?	?	?	8	16
Colombia						•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	GS	GS	•	•	•	?	?	?	4	14
Ecuador							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	•	?	?	?	2	13
Paraguay	GS			GS	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	R16	R16	GS	QF	?	?	?	8	17
Peru	GS					•	•	•	QF	•	R2	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	?	?	?	4	15
Uruguay	1st			1st	4th	•	GS	QF	4th	GS	•	•	R16	R16	•	•	GS	•	4th	?	?	?	11	17
Venezuela								•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	?	?	?	0	11
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
inclusive World Cup Qualification	7	2	1	5	4	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	TBD	TBD	TBD		154

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

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	2017	2021	Total
Argentina	1st	2nd	•	•	•	×	2nd	•	•			3
Bolivia	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•			1
Brazil	•	×	1st	2nd	4th	GS	1st	1st	q			7
Colombia	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•			1
Uruguay	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	q			2
Total	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2

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.

Team	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	Total	inclusive WC Qual.
Argentina		•	•	GS	GS	•		2	5
Bolivia		•	•	•	•	•		0	5
Brazil	GS	GS	3rd	QF	2nd	QF		6	6
Chile	•	•	•	•	•	•		0	6
Colombia	•	•	•	•	•	GS		1	6
Ecuador		•	•	•	•	•		0	5
Paraguay			•	•	•	•		0	4
Peru			•	•	•	•		0	4
Uruguay			•	•	•	•		0	4
Venezuela	•		•	•	•	•		0	5
Total	1	1	1	2	2	2	TBA	9
inclusive World Cup Qualification	4	6	10	10	10	10	TBA		50

CONMEBOL presidents

Headquarters of CONMEBOL in Luque, Paraguay

• 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

Zonal Ranking	FIFA Ranking	Country	Points
1	3	Argentina	1349
2	5	Colombia	1110
3	11	Uruguay	1047
4	13	Brazil	994
5	17	Ecuador	951
6	21	Chile	853
7	35	Paraguay	690
8	44	Peru	611
9	48	Venezuela	600
10	51	Bolivia	585

Last updated on: November 17, 2012 – Current Standings

Women's

Zonal Ranking	FIFA Ranking	Country	Points
1	4	Brazil	2044
2	28	Colombia	1650
3	33	Argentina	1609
4	45	Chile	1544
5	67	Uruguay	1344
6	128	Ecuador	1484
7	128	Peru	1450
8	128	Paraguay	1430
9	128	Venezuela	1338
10	128	Bolivia	1236

Last updated on: November 17, 2012 – Current Standings

Clubs

CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL Ranking	Club	Points
1	Universidad de Chile	482.95
2	Santos	463.60
3	Internacional	431.98
4	LDU Quito	415.31
5	Vélez Sársfield	328.98
7	Estudiantes	319.58
8	Corinthians	281.6
9	Boca Juniors	266.62
10	Católica	256.5

Last updated on: November 17, 2012 – Current Standings

IFFHS

Zonal Ranking	IFFHS Ranking	Club	Points
1	3	Universidad de Chile	289.5
2	4	Boca Juniors	276.0
3	8	Corinthians	238.0
5	12	Fluminense	214.0
6	15	Santos	209.0
7	15	Vélez Sársfield	205.0
8	15	Deportivo Quito	189.0
9	29	Vasco da Gama	186.0

Last updated on: July 30, 2012 – Current Standings

External links

• (Spanish) Conmebol official website