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Revision as of 18:14, 4 October 2009
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Formation | 1961 |
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Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | New York City, United States |
Membership | 40 national associations |
Jack Warner | |
Website | www.concacaf.com |
CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for football (soccer) 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 December 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, the region has been dominated by the United States and Mexico, who have each qualified for the last 4 World Cup tournaments and have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Member nations
National teams
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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 - Senior CONCACAF tournament.
- CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup - Senior 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
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 Football
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
Regional unions
- SuperLiga - North America.
- Copa Interclubes UNCAF - Central America. (Defunct)
- CFU Club Championship - Caribbean, top 3 qualify for the Champions League.
CONMEBOL tournaments with CONCACAF competitors
- Copa Libertadores
- Copa Sudamericana - (2005-2008).
Defunct
Men's World Cup Qualifiers
Only ten CONCACAF members have ever reached the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930, six 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 |
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Mexico | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | QF | DQ | R16 | R16 | R16 | R16 | 13 | ||||||
United States | 3rd | R16 | GS | GS | R16 | GS | QF | GS | 8 | ||||||||||||
Costa Rica | R16 | GS | GS | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
El Salvador | GS | GS | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cuba | QF | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Haiti | GS | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Honduras | 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 | TBD | TBD | 32 |
- Legend
- 3rd – Third Place[1]
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R16 – Round of 16[2]
- GS – Group Stage[3]
- DQ - Disqualified[4]
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 |
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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 |
- Legend
- 1st – Winners
- 3rd – Third Place
- 4th – Fourth Place
- GS – Group Stage
Confederations Cup Qualifiers
Team | 1992 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2009 |
2013 |
Total |
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Mexico | 3rd | R1 | 1st | R1 | 4th | 5 | ||||
United States | 3rd | 3rd | R1 | 2nd | 4 |
- Legend
- 1st – Winners
- 2nd – Runner-up
- 3rd – Third Place
- 4th – Fourth Place
- R1 – Round 1
Rankings
Top national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years.[5]
CONCACAF | FIFA | Nation | Points |
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1 | 11 | United States | 974 |
2 | 24 | Mexico | 835 |
3 | 39 | Costa Rica | 735 |
4 | 42 | Honduras | 712 |
5 | 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 517 |
6 | 66 | Canada | 504 |
7 | 69 | Jamaica | 477 |
8 | 75 | Panama | 431 |
9 | 85 | El Salvador | 398 |
10 | 87 | Cuba | 393 |
Last updated 2 September 2009
Top clubs
Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS based on matches played over the last year.[6]
CONCACAF | IFFHS | Club | Points |
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1 | 52 | Cruz Azul | 148.0 |
2 | 81 | Guadalajara | 127.0 |
3 | 97 | UNAM | 118.5 |
4 | 102 | Atlante | 116.0 |
5 | 107 | Pachuca | 114.5 |
6 | 144 | Deportivo Toluca | 101.5 |
Santos Laguna | 101.5 | ||
8 | 154 | Marathón | 99.0 |
9 | 161 | San Luis | 96.0 |
10 | 190 | Houston Dynamo | 90.0 |
11 | 205 | Saprissa | 87.0 |
12 | 217 | Olimpia | 85.0 |
13 | 286 | Municipal | 73.0 |
San Francisco | 73.0 | ||
Tauro | 73.0 | ||
16 | 303 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 71.0 |
W Connection | 71.0 | ||
18 | 314 | Real España | 69.0 |
19 | 346 | Árabe Unido | 65.0 |
Real Estelí | 65.0 |
Last updated 1 September 2009
See also
References
- ^ There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semifinals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ There was no Group Stage in the 1934 and 1938 World Cup; the whole tournament was a knockout competition. The United States was eliminated in the first round of the 16-team tournament in 1934.
- ^ There was no Knockout Round in the 1930 World Cup, but rather a second Group Stage that served as the final round. The United States and Mexico were eliminated after the first Group Stage.
- ^ Mexico was disqualified from the 1990 World Cup because it had fielded ineligible, overage players in the 1988 Olympic qualifying tournament.
- ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA.com. FIFA. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "Club World Ranking by IFFHS: Top 350 (1st September 2008 - 31st August 2009)". IFFHS.de. IFFHS. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
External links
- Official site
- CONCACAF Statutes
- Open Directory Project - CONCACAF directory category