CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL
South American Football Confederation
AbbreviationCONMEBOL
CSF
Formation9 July 1916 (1916-07-09)
Founded atBuenos Aires, Argentina
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersLuque, Paraguay
Coordinates25°15′38″S 57°30′58″W / 25.26056°S 57.51611°W / -25.26056; -57.51611
Region served
South America
Membership10 member associations
Official languages
Portuguese
Spanish
Alejandro Domínguez
Vice Presidents
Laureano González (1st)
Claudio Tapia (2nd)
Ramón Jesurún (3rd) [1]
General Secretary
José Astigarraga[2]
Treasurer
Rolando López
Parent organization
FIFA
Websitewww.conmebol.com

CONMEBOL (/ˈkɒnmɪbɒl/ KON-mib-ol) or CSF (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol;[a] Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol;[b] lit.'South American Football Confederation'), is the continental governing body of football in South America[c] and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay. 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.[3]

CONMEBOL national teams have won ten FIFA World Cups (Brazil five, Argentina three and Uruguay two) and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have won two Olympic gold medals each.

The World Cup qualifiers of CONMEBOL have been described as the "toughest qualifiers in the world" for their simple round-robin system, entry of some of the top national teams in the world, leveling of the weaker national teams, climate and geographic conditions, strong home stands and passionate supporters.[4][5]

Juan Ángel Napout (Paraguay) was the president of CONMEBOL until 3 December 2015 when he was arrested in a raid in Switzerland as part of the U.S. Justice Department's bribery case involving FIFA. Wilmar Valdez (Uruguay) was interim president until 26 January 2016 when Alejandro Domínguez (Paraguay) was elected president. The vice presidents are Ramón Jesurún (Colombia), Laureano González (Venezuela) and Arturo Salah (Chile).

History

In 1916, the first edition of the "Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol" (South-American Football Championship), later known as the "Copa América", was contested in Argentina to commemorate the centenary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence. The four participating associations of that tournament gathered in Buenos Aires in order to officially create a governing body to facilitate the organization of the tournament. Thus, CONMEBOL was founded on 9 July 1916 under the initiative of Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez, but approved by the football associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The first Constitutional Congress on 15 December of that same year, which took place in Montevideo, ratified the decision.

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 former British territory, a former Dutch territory and a French territory, they are part of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), mainly due to historical, cultural, and sporting reasons as members of the "Caribbean" rimlands. 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).

Leadership

Executive committee

As of 14 September 2021

Name Nationality Position[1][6][7]
Alejandro Dominguez PAR President
Laureano González VEN 1st vice-president
Claudio Tapia ARG 2nd vice-president
Ramón Jesurún COL 3rd vice-president
José Astigarraga PAR General secretary

Past presidents

Period Nationality Name
1916–1936  Uruguay Héctor Rivadavia Gómez
1936–1939  Argentina Cornelius Johnson
1939–1955  Chile Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla
1955–1957  Chile Carlos Dittborn
1957–1959  Brazil José Ramos de Freitas
1959–1961  Uruguay Fermín Sorhueta
1961–1966  Argentina Raúl H. Colombo
1966–1986  Peru Teófilo Salinas Fuller
1986–2013  Paraguay Nicolás Léoz
2013–2014  Uruguay Eugenio Figueredo
2014–2015  Paraguay Juan Ángel Napout
2015–2016  Uruguay Wilmar Valdez [note 1]
2016–present  Paraguay Alejandro Domínguez
Notes
  1. ^ Interim – two months.

Members

Code Association Founded FIFA
affiliation
CONMEBOL
affiliation
IOC member National teams
ARG  Argentina 1893 1912 1916 Yes
BOL  Bolivia 1925 1926 1926 Yes
BRA  Brazil 1914 1923 1916 Yes
CHI  Chile 1895 1913 1916 Yes
COL  Colombia 1924 1936 1936 Yes
ECU  Ecuador 1925 1926 1927 Yes
PAR  Paraguay 1906 1925 1921 Yes
PER  Peru 1922 1924 1925 Yes
URU  Uruguay 1900 1923 1916 Yes
VEN  Venezuela 1925 1952 1953 Yes

There are sovereign states or dependencies in South America which are not affiliated with CONMEBOL but are members of other confederations or do not have affiliation with any other confederations at all.

Competitions

CONMEBOL competitions

National teams
Clubs
Defunct
Intercontinental
Defunct

International

The main competition for men's national teams is the Copa América, which started in 1916. The Copa America is the only continental competition in which teams from a completely different continent and confederation can be invited to participate. CONMEBOL usually selects and invites a couple of teams from the AFC[10] or CONCACAF[11] to participate in the Copa America. Japan and Qatar were invited to participate in the 2019 edition of the Copa America.[12] CONMEBOL also runs national competitions at Under-20, Under-17 and Under-15 levels. For women's national teams, CONMEBOL operates the Copa América Femenina for senior national sides, as well as Under-20 and Under-17 championships.

In futsal, there is the Copa América de Futsal and Campeonato Sudamericano de Futsal Sub-20. The Campeonato Sudamericano Femenino de Futsal is the women's equivalent to the men'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 is an annual match between the past year's winners of the Copa Libertadores and the winners of the Copa Sudamericana (previously the winners of the Supercopa Libertadores) and came into being in 1989.

The Intercontinental Cup was jointly organized with UEFA between the Copa Libertadores and the UEFA Champions League winners.

Current title holders

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Intercontinental (CONMEBOL–UEFA)
Finalissima 2022  Argentina 2nd  Italy 2026
Women's Finalissima 2023  England 1st  Brazil 2026
Club Challenge 2023 Sevilla 1st Independiente del Valle 2024
Under-20 Intercontinental Cup 2023 Boca Juniors 1st AZ 2024
Futsal Finalissima 2022  Portugal 1st  Spain 2026
National teams
Copa América 2024 (final)  Argentina 16th  Colombia 2028 (final)
Pre-Olympic Tournament 2024 Paraguay 2nd Argentina 2028
U-20 Championship 2025  Brazil 13th  Argentina 2027
U-17 Championship 2025  Brazil 14th  Colombia 2025
U-15 Championship 2023  Paraguay 3th  Ecuador TBD
Copa América de Futsal 2024  Brazil 11th  Argentina 2028
U-20 Futsal Championship 2024  Argentina 2nd  Colombia
U-17 Futsal Championship 2024  Argentina 2nd  Brazil
Copa América de Beach Soccer 2025  Brazil 4th  Paraguay 2027
Beach Soccer League 2023  Paraguay 2nd  Brazil 2024
U-20 Beach Soccer Championship 2023  Paraguay 1st  Brazil 2025
National teams (women)
Copa América Femenina 2022 (final)  Brazil 8th  Colombia 2025 (final)
U-20 Women's Championship 2024 Brazil 10th Paraguay 2026
U-17 Women's Championship 2024 Brazil 5th Colombia 2026
Copa América Femenina de Futsal 2023  Brazil 7th  Argentina 2025
U-20 Women's Futsal Championship 2024  Colombia 1st  Brazil 2026
Club teams
Recopa Sudamericana 2025 (FL), (SL) Racing 1st Botafogo 2026 (FL), (SL)
Copa Libertadores 2024 (final) Botafogo 1st Atlético Mineiro 2025 (final)
Copa Sudamericana 2024 (final) Racing 1st Cruzeiro 2025 (final)
U-20 Copa Libertadores 2025 (final) Flamengo 2nd Palmeiras 2026 (final)
Copa Libertadores de Futsal 2024 (final) Magnus Futsal 2nd Barracas Central 2025 (final)
Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa 2024 (final) Vasco da Gama 4th Sportivo Luqueño 2025 (final)
Club teams (women)
Copa Libertadores Femenina 2024 (final) Corinthians 5th Santa Fe 2025 (final)
Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal 2024 (final) Stein Cascavel 2nd Racing 2025 (final)

FIFA World Rankings

Overview

Historical leaders

Men's

Team of the year

Teams ranking in the top four –men's[13]
Year First Second Third Fourth
1993  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Colombia
1994  Brazil  Argentina  Colombia  Uruguay
1995  Brazil  Argentina  Colombia  Uruguay
1996  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile
1997  Brazil  Colombia  Chile  Argentina
1998  Brazil  Argentina  Chile  Paraguay
1999  Brazil  Argentina  Paraguay  Chile
2000  Brazil  Argentina  Paraguay  Colombia
2001  Argentina  Brazil  Colombia  Paraguay
2002  Brazil  Argentina  Paraguay  Uruguay
2003  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Paraguay
2004  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Colombia
2005  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Colombia
2006  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Ecuador
2007  Argentina  Brazil  Colombia  Paraguay
2008  Brazil  Argentina  Paraguay  Uruguay
2009  Brazil  Argentina  Chile  Uruguay
2010  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Chile
2011  Uruguay  Brazil  Argentina  Chile
2012  Argentina  Colombia  Ecuador  Uruguay
2013  Argentina  Colombia  Uruguay  Brazil
2014  Argentina  Colombia  Brazil  Uruguay
2015  Argentina  Chile  Brazil  Colombia
2016  Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia
2017  Brazil  Argentina  Chile  Peru
2018  Brazil  Uruguay  Argentina  Colombia
2019  Brazil  Uruguay  Argentina  Colombia
2020  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Colombia
2021  Brazil  Argentina  Colombia  Uruguay
2022  Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Colombia
2023  Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay  Colombia
Teams ranking in the top four -women's[13]
Year First Second Third Fourth
2003  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Peru
2004  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Peru
2005  Brazil  Peru  Argentina  Colombia
2006  Brazil  Argentina  Peru  Colombia
2007  Brazil  Argentina  Peru  Colombia
2008  Brazil  Argentina  Ecuador  Paraguay
2009  Brazil  Argentina  Colombia  Peru
2010  Brazil  Argentina  Colombia  Chile
2011  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile
2012  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile
2013  Brazil  Colombia  Uruguay  
2014  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile
2015  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile
2016  Brazil  Colombia  Venezuela  
2017  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile
2018  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile
2019  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile
2020  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile
2021  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile
2022  Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Chile

Other rankings

Clubs

Football Database rankings

Rank Club Points
34 Botafogo 1756
40 Palmeiras 1741
48 Corinthians 1728
52 Internacional 1717
54 Flamengo 1714
56 Peñarol 1701
69 River Plate 1676
73 São Paulo 1670
74 Fortaleza 1669
75 Racing Club 1669

Last updated: 1 January 2025[15]

IFFHS

Zonal
Ranking
IFFHS
Ranking
Club Points
1 5 Botafogo 329
2 9 Flamengo 297
3 12 Atlético Mineiro 286
4 21 River Plate 254,5
5 24 São Paulo 242
6 27 Racing Club 233,5
7 28 Palmeiras 233
8 31 Corinthians 229
9 35 Fortaleza 220
10 41 Cruzeiro 213

Last updated on: 1 January 2025  – [1]

Beach soccer national teams

Men's national teams
BSWW Rankings
(out of 101 nations)
Rank Nation Points
3  Brazil 2523
9  Uruguay 1380
10  Paraguay 1322
22  Argentina 503
25  Colombia 482
33  Venezuela 307
34  Peru 295
35  Chile 273
40  Ecuador 227
51  Bolivia 166

Men's update: 31 January 2022.[16]

Major tournament records

Legend
  •  1st  – Champion
  •  2nd  – Runner-up
  •  3rd  – Third place[17]
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
  • R3 – Round 3 (2026–present: knockout round of 16)
  • R2 – Round 2 (1974–1978: second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16; 2026–present: knockout round of 32)
  • R1 – Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage)
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  – Qualified but withdrew
  •    – Did not qualify
  •     – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •     – Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Team 1930

(13)
1934

(16)
1938

(15)
1950

(13)
1954

(16)
1958

(16)
1962

(16)
1966

(16)
1970

(16)
1974

(16)
1978

(16)
1982

(24)
1986

(24)
1990

(24)
1994

(24)
1998

(32)
2002


(32)
2006

(32)
2010

(32)
2014

(32)
2018

(32)
2022

(32)
2026



(48)
Years
CONMEBOL qualifier / 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
 Argentina 2nd R1 R1 R1 QF R2 1st R2 1st 2nd R2 QF R1 QF QF 2nd R2 1st Q 19
 Bolivia R1 R1 R1 3
 Brazil R1 R1 3rd 2nd QF 1st 1st R1 1st 4th 3rd R2 QF R2 1st 2nd 1st QF QF 4th QF QF Q 23
 Chile R1 R1 3rd R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R2 9
 Colombia R1 R2 R1 R1 QF R2 6
 Ecuador R1 R2 R1 R1 Q 5
 Paraguay R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R2 R1 QF 8
 Peru R1 QF R2 R1 R1 5
 Uruguay 1st 1st 4th R1 QF 4th R1 R2 R2 R1 4th R2 QF R1 14
 Venezuela 0
Total (10 teams) 7 2 1 5 2 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 4 TBD 90

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team 1991

(12)
1995

(12)
1999

(16)
2003

(16)
2007

(16)
2011

(16)
2015

(24)
2019

(24)
2023


(32)
2027

(32)
Years
 Argentina R1 R1 R1 R1 4
 Bolivia 0
 Brazil R1 R1 3rd QF 2nd QF R2 R2 R1 Q 10
 Chile R1 1
 Colombia R1 R2 QF 3
 Ecuador R1 1
 Paraguay 0
 Peru 0
 Uruguay 0
 Venezuela 0
Total (5 teams) 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3–5

Olympic Games

Men's tournament

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team 1900

(3)
1904

(3)
1908

(6)
1912

(11)
1920

(14)
1924

(22)
1928

(17)
1936

(16)
1948

(18)
1952

(25)
1956

(11)
1960

(16)
1964

(14)
1968

(16)
1972

(16)
1976

(13)
1980

(16)
1984

(16)
1988

(16)
1992

(16)
1996

(16)
2000

(16)
2004

(16)
2008

(16)
2012

(16)
2016

(16)
2020

(16)
2024

(16)
Years
 Argentina 2 7 10 8 2 1 1 11 10 7 10
 Brazil 5 6 9 13 13 4 2 2 3 7 3 2 1 1 14
 Chile 17 17 7 3 4
 Colombia 10 11 11 14 6 5
 Paraguay 7 2 6 3
 Peru 5 11 2
 Uruguay 1 1 9 3
 Venezuela 12 1
Total (8 teams) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2

Women's tournament

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team 1996

(8)
2000

(8)
2004

(10)
2008

(12)
2012

(12)
2016

(12)
2020

(12)
2024

(12)
Years
 Argentina =11 1
 Brazil 4 4 2 2 6 4 6 2 8
 Chile 11 1
 Colombia 11 11 8 3
Total (4 teams) 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2

Copa América

Copa América Femenina

Copa América Femenina record
Team
(Total 10 teams)
1991

(3)
1995

(5)
1998

(10)
2003

(10)
2006

(10)
2010

(10)
2014

(10)
2018

(10)
2022

(10)
Years
 Argentina 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 8
 Bolivia 5th GS GS GS GS GS GS GS 8
 Brazil 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 9
 Chile 2nd 3rd GS GS GS 3rd GS 2nd 5th 9
 Colombia GS 3rd GS 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 7
 Ecuador 4th 4th GS GS GS 3rd GS GS 8
 Paraguay GS GS 4th GS GS GS 4th 7
 Peru 3rd 4th GS GS GS GS GS 7
 Uruguay GS GS 3rd GS GS GS GS 7
 Venezuela 3rd GS GS GS GS GS GS 6th 8

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team 1977

(16)
1979

(16)
1981

(16)
1983

(16)
1985

(16)
1987

(16)
1989

(16)
1991

(16)
1993

(16)
1995

(16)
1997

(24)
1999

(24)
2001

(24)
2003

(24)
2005

(24)
2007

(24)
2009

(24)
2011

(24)
2013

(24)
2015

(24)
2017

(24)
2019

(24)
2023

(24)
2025

(24)
Years
 Argentina 1st R1 2nd QF R1 1st 1st R2 1st 4th 1st 1st QF R1 R1 R2 QF Q 18
 Brazil 3rd QF 1st 1st QF 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd QF QF QF 1st 3rd R2 2nd 1st 2nd QF Q 20
 Chile 4th R1 R1 R2 3rd QF Q 7
 Colombia QF R1 QF R1 3rd R2 QF R2 R2 QF QF Q 12
 Ecuador R2 R2 R1 3rd R2 5
 Paraguay R1 QF R1 R1 R2 4th R2 R2 R2 Q 10
 Uruguay 4th 3rd QF QF R1 QF 2nd 4th R2 R2 R1 2nd R2 4th R2 1st 16
 Venezuela R2 2nd 2
Total (8 teams) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team 2002

(12)
2004

(12)
2006

(16)
2008

(16)
2010

(16)
2012

(16)
2014

(16)
2016

(16)
2018

(16)
2022

(16)
2024

(24)
2026

(24)
Years
 Argentina R1 R1 R1 R2 4
 Brazil 4th 4th 3rd QF R1 R1 R1 QF R1 3rd QF 11
 Chile R1 1
 Colombia 4th QF QF 3
 Paraguay R1 R1 R1 3
 Venezuela R1 R1 2
Total (6 teams) 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 28

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team 1985

(16)
1987

(16)
1989

(16)
1991

(16)
1993

(16)
1995

(16)
1997

(16)
1999

(16)
2001

(16)
2003

(16)
2005

(16)
2007

(24)
2009

(24)
2011

(24)
2013

(24)
2015

(24)
2017

(24)
2019

(24)[d]
2023

(24)
2025

(48)
Years
 Argentina R1 QF 3rd R1 3rd QF 4th 3rd QF R2 R2 4th R1 R2 4th Q 16
 Bolivia R1 R1 Q 3
 Brazil 3rd R1 QF QF 2nd 1st 1st QF 1st 2nd R2 R1 4th QF QF 3rd 1st QF Q 19
 Chile 3rd R1 R2 R1 R2 Q 6
 Colombia R1 R1 4th R2 4th R2 Q 7
 Ecuador R1 QF R2 QF R2 R2 6
 Paraguay QF R1 R1 R2 QF Q 6
 Peru R1 QF 2
 Uruguay R1 QF R1 QF 2nd QF 6
 Venezuela R1 R2 Q 3
Total (10 teams) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 7

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team 2008

(16)
2010

(16)
2012

(16)
2014

(16)
2016

(16)
2018

(16)
2022

(16)
2024

(16)
2025

(24)
Years
 Brazil R1 QF QF R1 R1 QF R1 Q 8
 Chile R1 R1 2
 Colombia R1 R1 R1 R1 2nd R1 Q 7
 Ecuador QF Q 2
 Paraguay R1 R1 R1 Q 4
 Uruguay R1 R1 2
 Venezuela R1 4th 4th 3
Total (7 teams) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 28

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team 1989

(16)
1992

(16)
1996

(16)
2000

(16)
2004

(16)
2008

(20)
2012

(24)
2016

(24)
2021

(24)
2024

(24)
Years
 Argentina R2 R2 R1 R2 4th R2 QF 1st 2nd 2nd 10
 Brazil 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st R2 3rd 1st 10
 Colombia 4th R2 2
 Paraguay R2 R1 R1 R2 R2 QF R2 QF 8
 Uruguay R2 R1 R1 3
 Venezuela R2 QF 2
Total (6 teams) 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Team 1995

(8)
1996

(8)
1997

(8)
1998

(10)
1999

(12)
2000

(12)
2001

(12)
2002

(8)
2003

(8)
2004

(12)
2005

(12)
2006

(12)
2007

(16)
2008

(16)
2009

(16)
2011

(16)
2013

(16)
2015

(16)
2017

(16)
2019

(16)
2021

(16)
2024

(16)
2025

(16)
Years
 Argentina R1
7th
R1
8th
4th R1
8th
R1
10th
3rd R1
8th
QF
7th
QF
8th
QF
5th
R1
11th
QF
5th
R1
9th
R1
11th
QF
8th
R1
12th
R1
11th
17/23
 Brazil 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd QF
5th
1st QF
5th
QF
5th
1st 1st 23/23
 Chile R1
9th
R1 1/23
 Colombia × × × × × × × × × × R1
15th
1/23
 Ecuador R1
16th
1/23
 Paraguay R1
9th
R1
11th
QF
7th
R1
10th
R1
9th
R1 6/23
 Peru 4th 4th 2nd QF
7th
R1
9th
5/23
 Uruguay R1
6th
2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd R1
9th
R1
11th
3rd R1
5th
QF
6th
QF
5th
2nd 3rd QF
7th
4th QF
7th
QF
8th
17/23
 Venezuela QF
5th
R1
9th
R1
16th
3/23
Total (9 teams) 3 3 3 5 3 5 5 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team 1992

(4)
1995

(6)
1997

(8)
1999

(8)
2001


(8)
2003

(8)
2005

(8)
2009

(8)
2013

(8)
2017

(8)
Years
 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 (6 teams) 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1

Corruption

On 27 May 2015, several CONMEBOL leaders were arrested in Zürich, Switzerland by Swiss police and indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of corruption, money laundering, and racketeering.[19] Those swept up in the operation include former CONMEBOL presidents Eugenio Figueredo and Nicolás Léoz and several football federations presidents such as Carlos Chávez and Sergio Jadue. On 3 December 2015, the CONMEBOL President Juan Ángel Napout was also arrested.[20]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [koɱfeðeɾaˈsjon suðameɾiˈkana ðe ˈfuðβol].
  2. ^ Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [kõfedeɾaˈsɐ̃w ˌsuwɐmeɾiˈkɐnɐ dʒi futʃiˈbɔw].
  3. ^ Except French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname, all of whom are members of CONCACAF
  4. ^ Original hosts Peru were stripped of the right to host the 2019 event in February 2019.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b El Comité Ejecutivo on Conmebol (updated, 14 September 2021)
  2. ^ CONMEBOL nombra a José Manuel Astigarraga como nuevo Secretario General, 1 November 2016
  3. ^ "What is CONMEBOL (South America)?". AnalyiSport. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  4. ^ "La eliminatoria más difícil del mundo". ESPN Desportes (in Spanish). 11 October 2011.
  5. ^ Vickery, Tim (18 October 2011). "South American WCQ toughest in world". ESPN.
  6. ^ "CONMEBOL". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016.
  7. ^ "The Executive Committee". CONMEBOL.
  8. ^ "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020 | CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Las competiciones oficiales de la Conmebol Las competiciones". 19 August 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  10. ^ "The AFC". the-AFC.
  11. ^ "Concacaf". Concacaf. 17 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Copa América Brasil 2019 | CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com.
  13. ^ a b c "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  14. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  15. ^ "World Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". FootballDatabase.
  16. ^ Rankings – Men's National Teams, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
  17. ^ There was no Third Place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. 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.
  18. ^ "Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019". 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  19. ^ Apuzzo, Matt; Clifford, Stephanie; Rashbaum, William K. (27 May 2015). "FIFA Officials Face Corruption Charges in US". The New York Times.
  20. ^ "Arrest of soccer bosses creates power vacuum at CONMEBOL". Associated Press. 4 December 2015.