Brazilian Football Confederation

The Brazilian Football Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914,^[3] as Federação Brasileira de Sports [pt], and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, separated from other sports associations on 24 September 1979.

Brazilian Football Confederation

CONMEBOL
Short name	CBF
Founded	8 June 1914; 111 years ago (1914-06-08)
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro
FIFA affiliation	1923[citation needed]
CONMEBOL affiliation	1916[1]
President	Samir Xaud[2]
Website	cbf.com.br

The CBF has its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.^[4] The confederation owns a training center, named Granja Comary, located in Teresópolis.^[5]

It was announced on 29 September 2007, that the CBF would launch a women's league and cup competition in October 2007 following pressure from FIFA president Sepp Blatter during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.^[6][7]

The confederation reported a budget of $265.6 million (R$1.5 billion) for 2024, and a projection of $398.4 million (R$2.25 billion) for 2025.^[8]

Association staff

Name	Position	Ref.
Samir Xaud	President	[9][2]
Ednailson Rozenha	Vice-president	[9]
Fernando Sarney	2nd Vice-president	[9]
Flavio Zveiter	3rd Vice-president	[9]
Gustavo Henrique	4th Vice-president	[9]
José Vanildo da Silva	5th Vice-president	[9]
Michelle Ramalho	6th Vice-president	[9]
Ricardo Lobo	7th Vice-president	[9]
Rubens Angelotti	8th Vice-president	[9]
Alcino Reis Rocha	General Secretary	[9]
Valdecir de Souza	Treasurer	[9]
Ricardo Leão	Technical Director	[9]
Carlo Ancelotti	Team coach (men's)	[9][10]
Arthur Elias	Team coach (women's)	[9]
Alicio Pena Junior	Referee Chairperson	[9]
Rodrigo Martins	Referees Department Director	[9]
Marcel Van Gasse	Referee Coordinator	[9]
Lavoisier Freire	Futsal Coordinator	[9]