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The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,[1][lower-alpha 1] abbreviated as CONCACAF (/ˈkɒŋkəkæf/ KONG-kə-kaf; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf),[2] is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America, including the Caribbean and Central America, and, for geopolitical reasons, three nations from the Guianas subregion of South America—Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (an overseas region of France).[3] The CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct the World Cup and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments.
Abbreviation | CONCACAF |
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Predecessor | |
Formation | 18 September 1961; 62 years ago (1961-09-18) |
Founded at | Mexico City, Mexico |
Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | 161 NW 6th Street, Suite #1100, Miami, Florida, United States |
Coordinates | 25.773°N 80.138°W / 25.773; -80.138 |
Region | North America (the Caribbean, Central America, and Northern America) South America (The Guianas) |
Membership | 41 member associations |
Official language | |
Victor Montagliani | |
Vice Presidents |
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General Secretary | Philippe Moggio |
Parent organization | FIFA |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | www |
The 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, Aruba), Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname and the United States were founding members.[4]
The CONCACAF is the third-most successful FIFA confederation in the men's game. Mexico dominated CONCACAF men's competition early on and has won the most Gold Cups since the beginning of the tournament in its current format. The Mexico national football team is the only men's CONCACAF team to win an official FIFA tournament by winning the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. 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 CONCACAF Nations League was established in 2018, with the United States winning every edition.
The United States has been the most successful team in the world in the women's game, being the only CONCACAF member to win all three major worldwide competitions in women's football—the World Cup (4), the Olympics (4), and the Algarve Cup (10). Canada is the only other member to win at least two of the major competitions, winning the 2016 Algarve Cup and the 2020 Olympics.
The 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.[5] 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.
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.[6] Chuck Blazer was the general secretary during the same period.[7]
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.[8] The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit, acted as president until May 2012.[9]
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.[10]
CONCACAF Council
Name[11] | Nation | Position |
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Victor Montagliani | Canada | President |
Philippe Moggio | France | General secretary |
Randolph Harris | Barbados | Vice President (Caribbean) |
Nick Bontis | Canada | Vice President (North America) |
Jorge Salomon | Honduras | Vice President (Central America) |
Sonia Fulford | Turks and Caicos Islands | Member (Female) |
Cindy Parlow Cone | United States of America | Member (North America) |
Sergio Chuc | Belize | Member (Central America) |
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.[12] In July 2017, a second satellite office was opened in Guatemala City, which is shared with UNCAF,[13] and most recently another satellite office for the FIFA Caribbean Development Office[14][15] was opened in Bridgetown, Barbados' suburb of Welches.[16][17]
CONCACAF has 41 member associations:[18]
Code | Association | National teams | Founded | FIFA affiliation | CONCACAF affiliation | IOC member | FIFA Ranking[19] |
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North American Zone (NAFU) (3) | |||||||
CAN | Canada | (M, W) | 1912 | 1913 | 1961 | Yes | 45 |
MEX | Mexico | (M, W) | 1922 | 1929 | 1961 | Yes | 14 |
USA | United States | (M, W) | 1913 | 1914 | 1961 | Yes | 11 |
Central American Zone (UNCAF) (7) | |||||||
BLZ | Belize | (M, W) | 1980 | 1986 | 1986 | Yes | 177 |
CRC | Costa Rica | (M, W) | 1921 | 1927 | 1961 | Yes | 42 |
SLV | El Salvador | (M, W) | 1935 | 1938 | 1961 | Yes | 76 |
GUA | Guatemala | (M, W) | 1919 | 1946 | 1961 | Yes | 116 |
HON | Honduras | (M, W) | 1935 | 1946 | 1961 | Yes | 81 |
NCA | Nicaragua | (M, W) | 1931 | 1950 | 1961 | Yes | 142 |
PAN | Panama | (M, W) | 1937 | 1938 | 1961 | Yes | 57 |
Caribbean Zone (CFU) (31) | |||||||
AIA | Anguilla | (M, W) | 1990 | 1996 | 1996 | No | 210 |
ATG | Antigua and Barbuda | (M, W) | 1928 | 1972 | between 1961 and 1973 | Yes | 132 |
ARU | Aruba | (M, W) | 1932 | 1988 | 1986 | Yes | 203 |
BAH | Bahamas | (M, W) | 1967 | 1968 | between 1961 and 1973 | Yes | 200 |
BRB | Barbados | (M, W) | 1910 | 1968 | 1967 | Yes | 166 |
BER | Bermuda | (M, W) | 1928 | 1962 | 1967 | Yes | 173 |
BOE | Bonaire[m 1] | (M, W) | 1960 | — | 2014 | No | — |
VGB | British Virgin Islands | (M, W) | 1974 | 1996 | 1996 | Yes | 209 |
CAY | Cayman Islands | (M, W) | 1966 | 1992 | 1990 | Yes | 197 |
CUB | Cuba | (M, W) | 1924 | 1929 | 1961 | Yes | 166 |
CUW | Curaçao | (M, W) | 1921 | 1932 | 1961 | No | 88 |
DMA | Dominica | (M, W) | 1970 | 1994 | 1994 | Yes | 185 |
DOM | Dominican Republic | (M, W) | 1953 | 1958 | 1964 | Yes | 151 |
GUF | French Guiana[m 1] | (M, W) | 1962 | — | 2013 | No | — |
GRN | Grenada | (M, W) | 1924 | 1978 | 1978 | Yes | 174 |
GLP | Guadeloupe[m 1] | (M, W) | 1958 | — | 2013 | No | — |
GUY | Guyana | (M, W) | 1902 | 1970 | between 1969 and 1971 | Yes | 169 |
HAI | Haiti | (M, W) | 1904 | 1934 | 1961 | Yes | 87 |
JAM | Jamaica | (M, W) | 1910 | 1962 | 1963 | Yes | 63 |
MTQ | Martinique[m 1] | (M, W) | 1953 | — | 2013 | No | — |
MSR | Montserrat | (M, W) | 1994 | 1996 | 1996 | No | 179 |
PUR | Puerto Rico | (M, W) | 1940 | 1960 | 1964 | Yes | 163 |
SKN | Saint Kitts and Nevis | (M, W) | 1932 | 1992 | 1992 | Yes | 136 |
LCA | Saint Lucia | (M, W) | 1979 | 1988 | 1986 | Yes | 171 |
SMN | Saint Martin[m 1] | (M, W) | 1999 | — | 2013 | No | — |
VIN | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | (M, W) | 1979 | 1988 | 1986 | Yes | 178 |
SMA | Sint Maarten[m 1] | (M, W) | 1986 | — | 2013 | No | — |
SUR | Suriname | (M, W) | 1920 | 1929 | 1961 | Yes | 144 |
TRI | Trinidad and Tobago | (M, W) | 1908 | 1964 | 1964 | Yes | 101 |
TCA | Turks and Caicos Islands | (M, W) | 1996 | 1998 | 1996 | No | 205 |
VIR | U.S. Virgin Islands | (M, W) | 1992 | 1998 | 1987 | Yes | 208 |
M = Men's National Team. W = Women's National Team
- Full CONCACAF member, but not a FIFA member.
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.
Aspiring future members
- Greenland, who could join UEFA due to political links with Denmark or CONCACAF due to geographical proximity, announced in May 2022 that the association had officially begun the process of becoming a member of CONCACAF and were expected to attend the body's next congress with observer status. It was anticipated that the association would submit its formal application by 2024 or 2025.[20][21]
- Saint Barthélemy, announced in 2019 that the Comité Territorial de Football de Saint-Barthélemy began the process of joining the Caribbean Football Union and CONCACAF for the first time.[22]
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon, announced in September 2019 that The Football Association of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is expected to build a suitable venue with the goal of becoming a member of CONCACAF in 2023.[23][24]
- Jersey were rumored by Greenland Manager Morten Rutjkær, to be interested in joining CONCACAF. This follows a failed bid to join the European confederation UEFA in 2020. Jersey would geographically be closest to the North American Football Union were they to join, although located over 2,200 miles from Canada.
Other non-members
- Quebec, announced in May 2014 that they were working to become a member of CONCACAF and play against other national teams. The team is not a member of FIFA, but were a member of Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA). In May 2014, the team withdrew from the ConIFA World Championship after associating with the Québec Soccer Federation. The team and association decided to take part in only "federated" soccer in hopes of one day being recognized as a CONCACAF member.[25][26] There has not been any further conversation and players from this Canadian province qualify for, as well as the province being formally represented by, the Canadian national soccer team.
Some territories in the North, Central American and Caribbean region have national teams with no affiliation. All play infrequently and/or are in the early stages of being founded.
Although one of the three special municipalities of the Netherlands in the region is a member of CONCACAF ( Bonaire), the other two are not.
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".[27]