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CONMEBOL
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The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, /knmbl/; Spanish: Confederacin Sudamericana de
Ftbol;[1] Portuguese: Confederao Sul-Americana de Futebol[2] or CSF) is the continental governing body of South American Football
association football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) and it is one of FIFA's six Confederation
continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque,
Paraguay, near Asuncin. 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, Uruguay two and Argentina two), and
CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups. Argentina and Uruguay have
won two Olympic gold medals each, Brazil has won one Olympic gold medal. It is considered one of the strongest
confederations in the world.

The World Cup qualifiers of CONMEBOL have been described as the "toughest qualifiers in the world",[3][4] for their
simple round-robin system, entry of some of the top national teams in the world, leveling of the weaker national teams,
climate conditions, geographic conditions, strong home stands and passionate supporters. Currently, the Confederation is
planning to create the first women's qualification to the FIFA Women's World Cup to replace the Copa Amrica Femenina.

Juan ngel Napout was the president of CONMEBOL until December 3, 2015 when he was arrested in a raid in
Switzerland as part of the U.S. Justice Department's widening bribery case involving FIFA. Wilmar Valdez (Uruguay) was
interim president until January 26, 2016 when Alejandro Domnguez (Paraguay) was elected president. The first and
second vice-presidents are Ramn Jesurum (Colombia) and Laureano Gonzlez (Venezuela). Abbreviation CONMEBOL
Formation 9 July 1916
Type Federation of national associations
Contents
Headquarters Luque (Gran Asuncin), Paraguay
1 Current leaders Coordinates 251538S 573058W
2 History
Region South America
3 Members served
4 Competitions
4.1 International Membership 10 member associations
4.2 Club Official Spanish, Portuguese
4.3 Current champions languages
4.4 CONMEBOL Competitions President Alejandro Domnguez
5 World Cup participation and results
5.1 Men's Vice Ramn Jesurn (1st)
5.2 Women's Presidents Laureano Gonzlez (2nd)
6 FIFA Confederations Cup Treasurer Luis Segura a.i.
7 FIFA Futsal World Cup
8 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Parent FIFA
9 Corruption organization
10 CONMEBOL presidents Website www.CONMEBOL.com (http://w
11 Rankings ww.conmebol.com/en)
11.1 National teams
11.2 Clubs
11.2.1 Football Database Rankings
11.2.2 IFFHS
12 See also
13 References
14 External links

Current leaders
Name Nationality Position Source

Alejandro Dominguez Paraguay President [5][6]

Ramn Jesurn Colombia Vice President [7][8]

Laureano Gonzlez Venezuela 2nd Vice President [9]

Arturo Salah Chile 3rd President [10]

Jose Astigarraga Paraguay General Secretary [11]

History
In 1916, the first edition of the "Campeonato Sudamericano de Ftbol" (South-American Football Championship), now known as the "Copa Amrica", 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 Hctor Rivadavia Gmez, 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.

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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).

Members
Country Association Founded Joined National team Top division

Argentina AFA 1893 1916 ARG (M, W) Primera Divisin

Bolivia FBF 1925 1926 BOL (M, W) Liga Profesional

Brazil CBF 1914 1916 BRA (M, W) Campeonato Brasileiro Srie A

Chile FFC 1895 1916 CHI (M, W) Primera Divisin

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) Divisin Profesional

Peru FPF 1922 1925 PER (M, W) Primera Divisin The old logo, used between 1989 and
2017, featured the flags of every
Uruguay AUF 1900 1916 URU (M, W) Primera Divisin
member of the confederation
Venezuela FVF 1926 1952 VEN (M, W) Primera Divisin

Competitions
International

The main competition for men's national teams is the Copa Amrica, 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 Copa Amrica Femenina for senior national sides, as well as Under-20 and Under-17 championships.

In futsal there is the Copa Amrica 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.

Club

CONMEBOL also runs the two main club competitions in South America: the Copa Libertadores was first held in 1960 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 Femenina 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.

Current champions

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Competitions Champion Title Runner-Up Next Edition

Clubs

Copa Libertadores de Amrica Atltico Nacional 2nd Independiente del Valle 2017

Copa Libertadores Femenina Sportivo Limpeo 1st Estudiantes de Gurico 2017

Copa Sudamericana Chapecoense 1st Atltico Nacional 2017

Recopa Sudamericana Atltico Nacional 1st Chapecoense 2018

Copa Libertadores de Futsal Carlos Barbosa 5th Cerro Porteo 2018

Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal Unochapec 2nd Sport Colonial 2018

U-20 Copa Libertadores So Paulo 1st Liverpool 2018

Nations Men

Copa Amrica Chile 2nd Argentina 2019

South American Under-20 Championship Uruguay 8th Ecuador 2019

South American Under-17 Championship Brazil 12th Chile 2019

South American Under-15 Championship Brazil 4th Uruguay 2017

Copa Amrica de Futsal Brazil 10th Argentina 2019

South American Under-20 Futsal Championship Argentina 1st Brazil 2018

South American Under-17 Futsal Championship Brazil 1st Argentina 2018

CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship Brazil 6th Paraguay 2019

Nations Women

Copa Amrica Femenina Brazil 6th Colombia 2018

South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship Brazil 7th Venezuela 2018

South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship Venezuela 2nd Brazil 2018

Copa Amrica Femenina de Futsal Colombia 1st Uruguay 2019

South American Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship Brazil 1st Colombia 2018

CONMEBOL Competitions

Clubs: National teams: Inter Continental:

Copa Libertadores Copa Amrica Suruga Bank Championship

Copa Sudamericana South American Under-20 Football Championship
Recopa Sudamericana South American Under-17 Football Championship Defunct
Copa Libertadores Femenina South American Under-15 Football Championship
Copa Libertadores de Futsal Copa Amrica Femenina Intercontinental Champions' Supercup
South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship Copa Interamericana
Defunct South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship Copa Iberoamericana[12]
Copa Amrica de Futsal Intercontinental Cup
Supercopa Libertadores South American Under-20 Futsal Championship
Copa CONMEBOL Copa Amrica Femenina de Futsal
Copa Aldao CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
South American Championship of Champions Superclsico de las Amricas
Copa Ganadores de Copa
Copa de Oro Defunct
Copa Mercosur
Copa Merconorte CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament
Copa Master de Supercopa
Copa Master de Conmebol
U-20 Copa Libertadores

World Cup participation and results

Legend

1st Champion
2nd Runner-up
3rd Third Place[13]
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 (19341938 Single-elimination tournament)
Q Qualified for upcoming tournament
Did not qualify

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Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
Hosts

Men's

Team
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Appearance
2002

Brazil GS 1S 3rd 2nd QF 1st 1st GS 1st 4th 3rd R2 QF R16 1st 2nd 1st QF QF 4th Q

Argentina 2nd 1S GS GS QF R2 1st R2 1st 2nd R16 QF GS QF QF 2nd

Uruguay 1st 1st 4th GS QF 4th GS R16 R16 GS 4th R16

Chile GS GS 3rd GS GS GS R16 R16 R16

Paraguay GS GS GS R16 R16 R16 GS QF

Colombia GS R16 GS GS QF

Peru GS QF R2 GS

Bolivia GS GS GS

Ecuador GS R16 GS

Venezuela

Combined
CONMEBOL 7 2 1 5 2 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 1 TBD
Appearances

inclusive World
Cup 7 2 1 5 4 8 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 TBD
Qualification

Women's

inclusive
Team Total
1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 WC Qual.

Argentina GS GS 2 6

Bolivia 0 6

Brazil GS GS 3rd QF 2nd QF R16 7 7

Chile 0 7

Colombia GS R16 2 5

Ecuador GS 1 6

Paraguay 0 5

Peru 0 5

Uruguay 0 5

Venezuela 0 6

Total 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 12

inclusive World Cup Qualification 3 5 10 10 10 10 10 58

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 Amrica or withdrew from the Confederations Cup / Banned
Hosts

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2001
1992 1995 1997 1999 2003 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Team Total

Argentina 1st 2nd 2nd 3

Bolivia GS 1

Brazil 1st 2nd 4th GS 1st 1st 1st 7

Chile 2nd 1

Colombia 4th 1

Uruguay 4th 4th 2

Total 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Legend

1st Champions
2nd Runners-up
3rd Third place
4th Fourth place
QF Quarterfinals
R2 Round 2 (19892008, second group stage, top 8; 2012present: knockout round of 16)
R1 Round 1
Q Qualified for upcoming tournament
Hosts

1989 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Nation Years

Argentina R2 R2 R1 R2 4th R2 QF 1st 8

Brazil 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st R2 8

Colombia 4th R2 2

Paraguay R2 R1 R1 R2 R2 QF 6

Uruguay R2 R1 R1 3

Nations 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Legend

1st Champions
2nd Runners-up
3rd Third place
4th Fourth place
QF Quarterfinals (19992001, 2004present)
R1 Round 1
q Qualified for upcoming tournament
Qualified but withdrew
Did not qualify
Hosts

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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Total Participations

(8) (8) (8) (10) (12) (12) (12) (8) (8) (12) (12) (12) (16) (16) (16) (16) (16) (16) (16)

R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 QF QF QF R1 QF R1 R1 QF R1
Argentina 4th 3rd 16/19
7th 8th 8th 10th 8th 7th 8th 5th 11th 5th 9th 11th 8th 12th

QF
Brazil 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 19/19
5th

Chile R1
1/19
9th

R1
Ecuador 1/19
16th

R1 R1 QF
Paraguay 3/19
9th 11th 7th

QF R1
Peru 4th 4th 2nd 5/19
7th 9th

R1 R1 R1 R1 QF QF QF
Uruguay 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 15/19
6th 9th 11th 5th 6th 5th 7th

QF R1 R1
Venezuela 3/19
5th 9th 16th

Corruption
On 27 May 2015, several CONMEBOL leaders were arrested in Zrich, Switzerland by Swiss police, and indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of
corruption, money laundering, and racketeering.[14] Those swept up in the operation include former CONMEBOL Presidents Eugenio Figueredo and Nicols Loz and
several football federations presidents such as Carlos Chavez and Sergio Jadue. On 3 December 2015, the CONMEBOL President Juan ngel Napout was arrested also.[15]

CONMEBOL presidents
19161936 Hctor Rivadavia Gmez
19361939 Luis O. Salesi
19391955 Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla
19551957 Carlos Dittborn Pinto
19571959 Jos Ramos de Freitas
19591961 Fermn Sorhueta
19611966 Ral H. Colombo
19661986 Tefilo Salinas Fuller
19862013 Nicols Loz
20132014 Eugenio Figueredo
20142015 Juan ngel Napout Headquarters of CONMEBOL in Luque,
20152016 Wilmar Valdez (interim - 2 months) Paraguay
2016 Alejandro Domnguez

Rankings
National teams

Last updates:
Men's national teams: 24 November 2016 Top FIFA ranked team
Women's national teams: 10 July 2015

Top men's national teams Top women's national teams

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Rankings are calculated by FIFA. Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

CSF FIFA Nation Points CSF FIFA Nation Points

1 1 Argentina 1634 1 6 Brazil 1975

2 2 Brazil 1544 2 25 Colombia 1747

3 4 Chile 1404 3 36 Argentina 1621

4 6 Colombia 1345 4 42 Chile 1559

5 9 Uruguay 1187 5 51 Paraguay 1459

6 19 Peru 965 6 54 Ecuador 1451

7 20 Ecuador 890 7 61 Peru 1412

8 40 Paraguay 684 8 65 Venezuela 1380

9 59 Venezuela 581 9 70 Uruguay 1361

10 95 Bolivia 359 10 96 Bolivia 1217

Clubs

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Football Database Rankings (http://footballdatabase.com/)

CSF Club Points

1 Palmeiras 1706

2 Atltico Nacional 1680

3 Santos FC 1673

4 Estudiantes 1671

5 Boca Juniors 1670

6 Flamengo 1648

7 San Lorenzo 1639

8 Independiente 1637

9 Lans 1636

10 Atltico Mineiro 1615

Last updated: 18 December 2016 (http://footballdatabase.com/ranking/south-america/1)

IFFHS

Zonal IFFHS
Club Points
Ranking Ranking

1 7 Independiente Santa Fe 240

2 9 River Plate 234

3 13 Boca Juniors 220

4 18 Internacional 210

5 21 Emelec 207.5

6 25 Corinthians 198

7 28 Guaran 193.5

8 29 Racing Club 192

9 32 So Paulo FC 182

10 34 Huracn 178.5

Last updated on: January 7, 2016 [1] (http://iffhs.de/club-world-ranking-2015/)

See also
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
Confederation of African Football (CAF)
Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)

References
1. Spanish pronunciation: [komfeeasjon suameikana e fuol].
2. Portuguese pronunciation: [kfedeasw
suw.meikn di futbw]. 13. There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia
3. "La eliminatoria ms difcil del mundo", ESPN (http://espndeportes.espn.go.co
m/news/story?id=1395677&s=fut&type=column) (in Spanish)
4. "South American WCQ toughest in world", ESPN (http://espn.go.com/sports/s
occer/news/_/columnist/vickery_tim/id/7096226/south-america-world-cup-qua
lifying-toughest-planet-tim-vickery-soccer)
5. http://www.fifa.com/associations/conmebol/index.html
6. http://www.conmebol.com/es/laconmebol/el-comite-ejecutivo
7. http://www.fifa.com/associations/conmebol/index.html
8. http://www.conmebol.com/es/laconmebol/el-comite-ejecutivo
9. http://www.conmebol.com/es/laconmebol/el-comite-ejecutivo
10. http://www.conmebol.com/es/laconmebol/el-comite-ejecutivo
11. http://www.fifa.com/associations/conmebol/index.html
12. Las competiciones oficiales de la CONMEBOL (http://conmebol.com/es/1908
2015-1742/las-competiciones-oficiales-de-la-conmebol)
lost in the semifinals. FIFA recognizes the United States (http://www.fifa.com/
associations/association=usa/countryInfo.html) as the third-placed team and
Yugoslavia (http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=srb/countryInfo.htm
l) as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930
FIFA World Cup (http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/index.htm
l).
14. "FIFA Officials Face Corruption Charges in US" (https://www.nytimes.com/20
15/05/27/sports/soccer/fifa-officials-face-corruption-charges-in-us.html?hp&a
ction=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=b-lede-package-region&region=top
-news&WT.nav=top-news). 2015-05-27.
15. "Arrest of soccer bosses creates power vacuum at CONMEBOL" (http://www.
dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3345519/Arrest-soccer-bosses-creates-power-
vacuum-CONMEBOL.html). 2015-12-04.

External links
(in English) Conmebol official website (http://www.conmebol.com/en)

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