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Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf)

Abbreviation	Concacaf
Predecessor	CCCF North American Football Confederation
Formation	18 September 1961; 57 years ago (1961-09-18)
Founded at	Mexico City, Mexico
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Miami, Florida, United States
Coordinates	25°46′23″N 80°08′17″W / 25.773°N 80.138°W / 25.773; -80.138Coordinates: 25°46′23″N 80°08′17″W / 25.773°N 80.138°W / 25.773; -80.138
Region	Caribbean Central America North America
Membership	41 member associations
Official language	Dutch English French Spanish
President	Victor Montagliani
General Secretary	Philippe Moggio
Parent organization	FIFA
Affiliations	Caribbean Football Union Central American Football Union North American Football Union
Website	CONCACAF.com

FIFA confederations
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA
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The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football^[1][2] (CONCACAF /ˈkɒn.kəkæf/ KON-kə-kaf; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf)^[3] is the continental governing body for association football in North America, which includes Central America and the Caribbean region. Three geographically South American entities — the independent nations of Guyana and Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana — are also members.^[4] CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct World Cup and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments.

CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, with the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF, which made it one of the then five, now six continental confederations affiliated with FIFA. Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao), Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname and United States were founding members.^[5]

CONCACAF is the third-most successful FIFA confederation. Mexico dominated CONCACAF men's competition early on and has since won the most Gold Cups since the beginning of the tournament in its current format. The Mexican national team is the only CONCACAF team to win an official FIFA tournament by winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. While the U.S. is the only country outside Europe and South America to receive a medal in the World Cup, finishing third in 1930, they also reached the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals and the 2009 Confederations Cup final. Between them, Mexico and the U.S. have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In recent years Costa Rica and Panama have become powers in the region; in 2014, Costa Rica became the 4th CONCACAF country after the United States, Cuba, and Mexico to make the World Cup quarterfinals, while Panama became the eleventh country from the confederation to participate in the World Cup in 2018. The United States has been very successful in the women's game, being the only CONCACAF member to win all three major worldwide competitions in women's football — the World Cup (3), the Olympics (4), and the Algarve Cup (10). Canada is the only other member to win at least one of the major competitions, winning the Algarve Cup in 2016.

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Governance

CONCACAF is led by a General Secretary, Executive Committee, Congress, and several standing committees. The Executive Committee is composed of eight members — one president, three vice-presidents, three members, and one female member.^[6] Each of the three geographic zones in CONCACAF is represented by one vice-president and one member. The Executive Committee carries out the various statutes, regulations, and resolutions.

Leadership

The first leader of CONCACAF was Costa Rican Ramón Coll Jaumet; he had overseen the merger between the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) and the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF). In 1969, he was succeeded in the role by Mexican Joaquín Soria Terrazas, who served as president for 21 years.

His successor Jack Warner was the CONCACAF president from 1990 to 2011, also for 21 years. Warner was suspended as president on 30 May 2011 due to his temporary suspension from football-related activity by FIFA following corruption allegations.^[7]Chuck Blazer was the General Secretary during the same period.^[8]

On 20 June 2011, Jack Warner resigned from the presidency of CONCACAF, and removed himself from all participation in football, in the wake of the corruption investigation resulting from 10 May 2011 meeting of the Caribbean Football Union.^[9] The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit, acted as president until May 2012.^[10]

In May 2012, Cayman Islands banker Jeffrey Webb was installed as President of CONCACAF. On 27 May 2015, Webb was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland on corruption charges in the U.S.

Victor Montagliani, leader of the Canadian Soccer Association, was elected as president of CONCACAF in May 2016.^[11]

Current leaders

Name[12]	Nation	Position
Victor Montagliani	Canada	President
Rodolfo Villalobos	Costa Rica	Vice president
Sunil Gulati	United States	Vice president
Decio De Maria	Mexico	Vice president
Philippe Moggio	Colombia	General secretary

Corporate structure

CONCACAF is a non-profit company registered in Nassau, Bahamas.

The headquarters of the CONCACAF are located in Miami, United States. Previously it had been the Admiral Financial Center, George Town, Cayman Islands—the home city of former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb and prior to that, they were based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago under the presidency of Jack Warner. The administration office of CONCACAF was previously located in Trump Tower, New York when Chuck Blazer was the General Secretary.

In February 2017, a satellite office was opened in Kingston, Jamaica.^[13] In July 2017, a second satellite office was opened in Guatemala City, which is shared with UNCAF,^[14] and most recently another satellite office for the FIFA Caribbean Development Office^[15][16] was opened in Bridgetown, Barbados' suburb of Welches.^[17][18]

Members

CONCACAF has 41 member associations:^[19]

• 28 from the Caribbean


• 7 from Central America


• 3 from North America


• 3 from South America

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CONCACAF affiliation	IOC member
North American Zone (NAFU)
CAN	Canada	(M, W)	1912	1913	1961	Yes
MEX	Mexico	(M, W)	1927	1929	1961	Yes
USA	United States	(M, W)	1913	1914	1961	Yes
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
BLZ	Belize	(M, W)	1980	1986	1986	Yes
CRC	Costa Rica	(M, W)	1921	1927	1961	Yes
SLV	El Salvador	(M, W)	1935	1938	1961	Yes
GUA	Guatemala	(M, W)	1919	1946	1961	Yes
HON	Honduras	(M, W)	1935	1951	1961	Yes
NCA	Nicaragua	(M, W)	1931	1950	1961	Yes
PAN	Panama	(M, W)	1937	1938	1961	Yes
Caribbean Zone (CFU)
AIA	Anguilla	(M, W)	1990	1996	1996	No
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	(M, W)	1928	1972	between 1961 and 1973	Yes
ARU	Aruba	(M, W)	1932	1988	1986	Yes
BAH	Bahamas	(M, W)	1967	1968	between 1961 and 1973	Yes
BRB	Barbados	(M, W)	1910	1968	1967	Yes
BER	Bermuda[m 1]	(M, W)	1928	1962	1967	Yes
BOE	Bonaire[m 2]	(M, W)	1960	N/A	2014	No
VGB	British Virgin Islands	(M, W)	1974	1996	1996	Yes
CAY	Cayman Islands	(M, W)	1966	1992	1990	Yes
CUB	Cuba	(M, W)	1924	1929	1961	Yes
CUW	Curaçao	(M, W)	1921	1932	1961	No
DMA	Dominica	(M, W)	1970	1994	1994	Yes
DOM	Dominican Republic	(M, W)	1953	1958	1964	Yes
GUF	French Guiana[m 2][m 3]	(M, W)	1962	N/A	2013	No
GRN	Grenada	(M, W)	1924	1978	1978	Yes
GLP	Guadeloupe[m 2]	(M, W)	1958	N/A	2013	No
GUY	Guyana[m 3]	(M, W)	1902	1970	between 1969 and 1971	Yes
HAI	Haiti	(M, W)	1904	1934	1961	Yes
JAM	Jamaica	(M, W)	1910	1962	1963	Yes
MTQ	Martinique[m 2]	(M, W)	1953	N/A	2013	No
MSR	Montserrat	(M, W)	1994	1996	1996	No
PUR	Puerto Rico	(M, W)	1940	1960	1964	Yes
SKN	Saint Kitts and Nevis	(M, W)	1932	1992	1992	Yes
LCA	Saint Lucia	(M, W)	1979	1988	1986	Yes
SMN	Saint Martin[m 2]	(M, W)	1999	N/A	2013	No
VIN	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	(M, W)	1979	1988	1986	Yes
SMA	Sint Maarten[m 2]	(M, W)	1986	N/A	2013	No
SUR	Suriname[m 3]	(M, W)	1920	1929	1961	Yes
TRI	Trinidad and Tobago	(M, W)	1908	1964	1964	Yes
TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	(M, W)	1996	1998	1996	No
VIR	U.S. Virgin Islands	(M, W)	1992	1998	1987	Yes

M = Men's National Team. W = Women's National Team
N/A: not applicable, not available or no answer.

Bonaire were promoted from an association member to a full member at the XXIX Ordinary CONCACAF Congress in São Paulo on 10 June 2014.

Teams not affiliated to the IOC are not eligible to participate in the Summer Olympics football tournament, as a result, they do not participate in the CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament or the CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Membership relation

Elections at the CONCACAF Congress are mandated with a one-member, one-vote rule. The North American Football Union is the smallest association union in the region with only three members, but its nations have strong commercial and marketing support from sponsors and they are the most populous nations in the region.

The Caribbean Football Union has the ability to outvote NAFU and UNCAF with less than half of its membership. Consequently, there is a fractious relationship between members of CFU, UNCAF and NAFU.^{[citation needed]} This provoked former Acting-President Alfredo Hawit to lobby for the CONCACAF Presidency to be rotated between the three unions in CONCACAF in 2011.

Trinidad's Jack Warner presided over CONCACAF for 21 years, and there was little that non-Caribbean nations could do to elect an alternative. Under Warner, the CFU members voted together as a unit with Warner acting as a party whip. It happened with such regularity that sports political commentators referred to the CFU votes as the "Caribbean bloc" vote.^{[citation needed]} Warner rejected the idea in 1993 of merging several smaller nations' national teams into a Pan-Caribbean team. His reasoning was that the nations were more powerful politically when separate than when together. He commented that "being small is never a liability in this sport".^[20]

Competitions

The Gold Cup and the Champions League are the two most visible CONCACAF tournaments.^[19]

CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, held since 1991. The Gold Cup is CONCACAF's flagship competition, and the Gold Cup generates a significant part of CONCACAF's revenue.^[21]

The Gold Cup determines the regional champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The Gold Cup is held every two years. Twelve teams compete for the Gold Cup — three from North America, five from Central America, and four from the Caribbean. The Central American teams qualify through the Central American Cup, and the Caribbean teams qualify through the Caribbean Cup.

The winners of two successive Gold Cups (for example, the 2013 and 2015 editions) face each other in a playoff to determine the CONCACAF entrant to the next Confederations Cup. If the same team has won the Gold Cup on both relevant occasions, there will be no playoff and that team automatically qualifies for the Confederations Cup.^[22]

CONCACAF Nations League

All men's national teams of member associations are to take part in the Nations League; a competition created in 2017. National teams will be placed into tiers and play matches against teams in the same tier. At the end of each season, several national teams can be promoted to the tier above or relegated to the tier below depending upon their results.

CONCACAF Champions League

The CONCACAF Champions League, originally known as the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, is an annual continental club association football competition organized by CONCACAF since 1962 for the top football clubs in the region. It is the most prestigious international club competition in North American football. The winner of the Champions League qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup. The knockout tournament spans February through April.^[23]

Sixteen teams compete in each Champions League; 9 from North America, 6 from Central America, and 1 team from the Caribbean. The North American and Central American teams qualify through their national leagues or other national tournaments, while the Caribbean team qualifies through the CFU Club Championship.

The title has been won by 28 different clubs, 17 of which have won the title more than once. Mexican clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories, with 31 titles. The second most successful league has been Costa Rica's Primera División with six titles in total. The most successful club is Club América from Mexico, with seven titles; fellow Mexico side Cruz Azul is just behind with six.

CONCACAF League

Sixteen clubs from Central America and the Caribbean compete in the 2017-established CONCACAF League. The winner of the competition will be awarded a place in the following year's CONCACAF Champions League.

Current title holders

Competition	Champion	Title	Runner-up	Next edition
Clubs
CONCACAF Champions League	Guadalajara	5th	Toronto FC	2019
CONCACAF League	Herediano	1st	Motagua	2019
CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship	Grupo Line Futsal	1st	Elite Futsal	2019
Nations Men
CONCACAF Gold Cup	United States	6th	Jamaica	2019
CONCACAF Cup	Mexico	1st	United States	2019
CONCACAF Nations League				2019–20
CONCACAF U-20 Championship	United States	2nd	Mexico	2020
CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Mexico	7th	United States	2019
CONCACAF U-15 Championship	Mexico	1st	United States	?
CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament	Mexico	7th	Honduras	2019
CONCACAF Futsal Championship	Costa Rica	3rd	Panama	2020
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship	Panama	1st	Mexico	2019
Nations Women
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup	United States	8th	Canada	2022
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship	Mexico	1st	United States	2020
CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship	United States	4th	Mexico	2020
CONCACAF Girls U-15 Championship	United States	2nd	Mexico	?
CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament	United States	4th	Canada	2020

CONCACAF competitions

Defunct competitions

CONMEBOL tournaments

The following CONMEBOL tournaments have CONCACAF competitors:

National teams

• Copa América

Clubs

• Copa Libertadores


• 
  Copa Sudamericana – (2005–2008)


• 
  Copa Merconorte – (2000–2001) (defunct)

Rankings

Men's national teams