CONCACAF

Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football

Abbreviation	CONCACAF
Predecessor	NAFC CCCF
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°46′23″N 80°08′17″W / 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	Dutch English French Spanish
President	Victor Montagliani
Vice Presidents	Rodolfo Villalobos Sunil Gulati Randolph Harris Yon de Luisa
General Secretary	Philippe Moggio
Parent organization	FIFA
Subsidiaries	NAFU (North America) UNCAF (Central America) CFU (Caribbean)
Website	www.concacaf.com/en/

FIFA confederations
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA
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The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,^[1][a] 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.

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.

NOTE - according to the Coaches Across Continents (CAC) annual report for 2021,^[5] CONCACAF is a partner of CAC. CAC is a worldwide partnership of over 100 organsiations that seeks to create active citizens and achieve social impact through sport.

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