CONMEBOL or CSF (lit. 'South American Football Confederation') is the governing body of football in South America, and is responsible for organizing the continent's major international tournaments. It is the oldest of the six continental confederations of FIFA, and with 10 member associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations. It is the only fully continental, land-based confederation, with no island members or members from other continents. CONMEBOL's headquarters are in Luque, Paraguay.
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.
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History
In 1916, the first edition of the "Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol" (South-American Football Championship), later known as the "Copa América", was held in Argentina to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence. The four participating football associations—Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay—met in Buenos Aires to create a governing body for the tournament. CONMEBOL was founded on 9 July 1916. Its creation was ratified on 15 December of the same year, at the first Constitutional Congress in Montevideo. Over the years, six additional South American football associations joined CONMEBOL, the last of which was Venezuela in 1952.
Leadership
Executive committee
Alejandro Domínguez of Paraguay has been the president of CONMEBOL since January 2016. The vice president is Francisco Egas of Ecuador, and the general secretary is José Astigarraga of Paraguay.
Past presidents
Notes
Members
Regional non-members
The following sovereign states and dependent territories in South America are not members of CONMEBOL. They are members of other confederations or are not affiliated with any confederation.
Aruba (CONCACAF)
Bonaire (CONCACAF)
Curaçao (CONCACAF)
Falkland Islands
French Guiana (CONCACAF)
Guyana (CONCACAF)
Suriname (CONCACAF)
Trinidad and Tobago (CONCACAF)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
List of CONMEBOL competitions
The most prestigious CONMEBOL competition for men's national teams is the Copa América, which was first held in 1916. It is the only continental tournament which can include teams from other continents and confederations. CONMEBOL usually invites several teams from the AFC or CONCACAF to participate.
CONMEBOL organises the two top competitions for men's club teams in South America: the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. The Copa Sudamericana was launched in 2002 as a successor to the Supercopa Libertadores. A third competition, the Copa CONMEBOL, was founded in 1992 and was abolished in 1999. CONMEBOL runs the Copa Libertadores Femenina for women's club teams.
The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual match between the past year's winners of the Copa Libertadores and the winners of the Copa Sudamericana. The Intercontinental Cup was jointly organized with UEFA between the Copa Libertadores and the UEFA Champions League winners, and was discontinued in 2004.
FIFA World Rankings
Other rankings
Clubs
Last updated: 11 January 2026
Last updated on: 13 December 2025 – [1]
Beach soccer national teams
Men's update: 19 January 2026.
Major tournament records
Legend
1st – Champion
2nd – Runner-up
3rd – Third place
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.
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. Those swept up in the operation include former CONMEBOL presidents Eugenio Figueredo and Nicolás Léoz, as well as the football administrators Carlos Chávez and Sergio Jadue. On 3 December 2015, CONMEBOL President Juan Ángel Napout was also arrested.