CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL
South American Football Confederation
	CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque,; Paraguay, as seen in 2014
Abbreviation	CONMEBOL; CSF
Formation	9 July 1916; 108 years ago
Founded at	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Luque, Paraguay
Coordinates	25°15′38″S 57°30′58″W / 25.26056°S 57.51611°W
Region served	South America
Membership	10 member associations
Official languages	Portuguese ; Spanish
President	Alejandro Domínguez
Vice Presidents	Laureano González (1st) ; Claudio Tapia (2nd) ; Ramón Jesurún (3rd)
General Secretary	José Astigarraga
Treasurer	Rolando López
Parent organization	FIFA
Website	conmebol.com

The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, /ˈkɒnmɪbɒl/, or CSF; Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol;^[a] Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol^[b]) 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^[update]

Name	Nationality	Position
Alejandro Dominguez	PAR	President ^[1]^[6]^[7]
Laureano González	VEN	1st. Vice President ^[1]
Claudio Tapia	ARG	2nd. Vice President ^[1]
Ramón Jesurún	COL	3rd Vice President ^[1]
José Astigarraga	PAR	General Secretary ^[6]

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

^ Interim – two months.

Members

Code	Association	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CONMEBOL affiliation	IOC member	National teams
ARG	Argentina	1893	1912	1916	Yes	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
BOL	Bolivia	1925	1926	1926	Yes	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
BRA	Brazil	1914	1923	1916	Yes	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
CHI	Chile	1895	1913	1916	Yes	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
COL	Colombia	1924	1936	1936	Yes	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
ECU	Ecuador	1925	1926	1927	Yes	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
PAR	Paraguay	1906	1925	1921	Yes	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
PER	Peru	1922	1924	1925	Yes	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
URU	Uruguay	1900	1923	1916	Yes	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17
VEN	Venezuela	1925	1952	1953	Yes	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17

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.

Aruba (CONCACAF)
Bonaire (CONCACAF)
Curaçao (CONCACAF)
Falkland Islands
French Guiana (CONCACAF)
Guyana (CONCACAF)
Suriname (CONCACAF)
Trinidad and Tobago (CONCACAF)
As Falkland Islanders are British citizens born overseas, they are entitled to declare for any of the four Home nations. They may choose to represent Argentina as well.

Competitions

CONMEBOL competitions

National teams

Clubs

Defunct

Intercontinental

Defunct

J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship
Intercontinental Champions' Supercup
Copa Interamericana
Copa Iberoamericana^[9] (set to return in 2024)
Intercontinental Cup

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 totally 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

Intercontinental (CONMEBOL–UEFA)
Competition	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
Cup of Champions	2022	Argentina	2nd	Italy	2025
UEFA–CONMEBOL 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	2023	Brazil	12th	Uruguay	2025
U-17 Championship	2023	Brazil	13th	Ecuador	2025
U-15 Championship	2019	Brazil	5th	Argentina	2023
Copa América de Futsal	2024	Brazil	11th	Argentina	2028
U-20 Futsal Championship	2022	Brazil	8th	Argentina	2024
U-17 Futsal Championship	2022	Argentina	1st	Brazil	2024
Copa América de Beach Soccer	2023	Brazil	3rd	Argentina	2025
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	2022	Brazil	9th	Colombia	2024
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	2022	Brazil	3rd	Colombia	2024
Club teams
Recopa Sudamericana	2024 (FL), (SL)	Fluminense	1st	LDU Quito	2025 (FL), (SL)
Copa Libertadores	2023 (final)	Fluminense	1st	Boca Juniors	2024 (final)
Copa Sudamericana	2023 (final)	LDU Quito	2nd	Fortaleza	2024 (final)
U-20 Copa Libertadores	2024 (final)	Flamengo	1st	Boca Juniors	2025 (final)
Copa Libertadores de Futsal	2024 (final)	Magnus Futsal	2nd	Barracas Central	2025 (final)
Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa	2023 (final)	San Antonio	1st	Presidente Hayes	2024 (final)
Club teams (women)
Copa Libertadores Femenina	2023 (final)	Corinthians	4th	Palmeiras	2024 (final)
Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal	2023 (final)	Stein Cascavel	1st	Always Ready	2024 (final)

FIFA World Rankings

Overview

FIFA Men's Rankings (as of 24 October 2024) ^[13]
CONMEBOL*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	1		Argentina	1883.5
2	5		Brazil	1784.37
3	10	1	Colombia	1724.37
4	14	3	Uruguay	1680.36
5	27		Ecuador	1536.32
6	38	5	Peru	1494.24
7	44	4	Venezuela	1482.47
8	53	4	Chile	1455.22
9	55	2	Paraguay	1440.78
10	79	4	Bolivia	1312.36
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

FIFA Women's Rankings (as of 16 August 2024) ^[14]
CONMEBOL*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	8	1	Brazil	1970.36
2	21	1	Colombia	1779.42
3	33		Argentina	1648.91
4	38		Chile	1574.23
5	49		Paraguay	1510.14
6	52		Venezuela	1489.21
7	65	4	Ecuador	1397.71
8	67	1	Uruguay	1393.01
9	76		Peru	1295.56
10	108		Bolivia	1188.1
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

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
19	Atlético Mineiro	1806
25	Flamengo	1768
28	River Plate	1758
34	Palmeiras	1744
49	Defensa y Justicia	1701
65	Boca Juniors	1668
78	Fluminense	1643
80	Red Bull Bragantino	1636
87	Corinthians	1630
91	São Paulo	1625

Last updated: 9 January 2022^[15]

IFFHS

Zonal Ranking	IFFHS Ranking	Club	Points
1	6	Palmeiras	264
2	7	Junior	262
3	8	River Plate	261
4	10	Santa Fe	237
5	11	Grêmio	234
6	13	Atlético Nacional	229
7	22	Boca Juniors	200
8	23	Cruzeiro	197
9	36	Nacional	184
10	41	Athletico Paranaense	178

Last updated on: 12 March 2019 – [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)
R2 – Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
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
• – 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		18
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		22
Chile	R1			R1	•	•	3rd	R1	•	R1	•	R1	•	•		R2	•	•	R2	R2	•	•		9
Colombia						•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R1	R1	•	•	•	QF	R2	•		6
Ecuador							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	R1	•	R1		4
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	89

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)	Years
Argentina	•	1st	R1	2nd	•	•	QF	R1	•	1st	1st	R2	1st	4th	1st	1st	•	QF	•	R1	R1	R2	QF	17
Brazil	3rd	•	QF	1st	1st	QF	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	QF	QF	QF	1st	3rd	R2	2nd	1st	•	2nd	•	•	QF	19
Chile	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	R2	3rd	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	6
Colombia	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	•	•	QF	R2	R2	•	QF	QF	11
Ecuador	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R1	3rd	R2	5
Paraguay	R1	QF	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	4th	R2	•	•	R2	•	R2	•	•	•	•	9
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

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

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)	2023 (24)	Years
Argentina	R1	•	QF	3rd	R1	3rd	QF	•	4th	3rd	•	QF	R2	R2	4th	R1	•	R2	4th	15
Bolivia	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Brazil	3rd	R1	QF	QF	•	2nd	1st	1st	QF	1st	2nd	R2	R1	4th	QF	QF	3rd	1st	QF	18
Chile	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R1	R2	•	5
Colombia	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	4th	•	R2	4th	•	•	•	R2	•	•	6
Ecuador	•	R1	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	QF	•	R2	R2	6
Paraguay	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	QF	•	5
Peru	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Uruguay	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	QF	•	•	R1	•	QF	2nd	QF	•	•	•	•	6
Venezuela	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	2
Total (10 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4

- Note 1: Original hosts Peru were stripped of the right to host the 2019 event in February 2019.^[18]

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)	Years
Brazil	R1	QF	QF	•	GS	GS	QF	6
Chile	•	R1	•	•	•	•	GS	2
Colombia	R1	•	R1	GS	•	GS	2nd	5
Paraguay	R1	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	3
Uruguay	•	•	R1	•	•	GS	•	2
Venezuela	•	R1	•	4th	4th	•	•	3
Total (6 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	21

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	Q	10
Brazil	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	R2	3rd	Q	10
Colombia							4th	R2			2
Paraguay	R2	R1			R1	R2	R2	QF	R2	Q	8
Uruguay			R2	R1		R1					3
Venezuela									R2	Q	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		22/23
Chile	•	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1/23
Colombia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 15th		1/23
Ecuador	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 16th	•	•	•		1/23
Paraguay	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 9th	R1 11th	QF 7th	R1 10th	R1 9th	•		5/23
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]

Notes

^ Spanish pronunciation: [koɱfeðeɾaˈsjon suðameɾiˈkana ðe ˈfuðβol].
^ Portuguese pronunciation: [kõfedeɾaˈsɐ̃w ˌsuwɐmeɾiˈkɐnɐ dʒi futʃiˈbɔw].
^ Except Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, all of whom are members of CONCACAF

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e El Comité Ejecutivo on Conmebol (updated, 14 September 2021)
^ CONMEBOL nombra a José Manuel Astigarraga como nuevo Secretario General, 1 November 2016
^ "What is CONMEBOL (South America)?". AnalyiSport. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
^ "La eliminatoria más difícil del mundo". ESPN Desportes (in Spanish). 11 October 2011.
^ Vickery, Tim (18 October 2011). "South American WCQ toughest in world". ESPN.
^ ^a ^b "CONMEBOL". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016.
^ "The Executive Committee". CONMEBOL.
^ "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020 | CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
^ "Las competiciones oficiales de la Conmebol Las competiciones". 19 August 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
^ "The AFC". the-AFC.
^ "Concacaf". Concacaf. 17 November 2020.
^ "Copa América Brasil 2019 | CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "World Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". FootballDatabase.
^ Rankings – Men's National Teams, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
^ 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.
^ "Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019". 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
^ Apuzzo, Matt; Clifford, Stephanie; Rashbaum, William K. (27 May 2015). "FIFA Officials Face Corruption Charges in US". The New York Times.
^ "Arrest of soccer bosses creates power vacuum at CONMEBOL". Associated Press. 4 December 2015.

External links

Official website (in Spanish and Portuguese)

[inter-11] Interim – two months.

[3] Spanish pronunciation: [koɱfeðeɾaˈsjon suðameɾiˈkana ðe ˈfuðβol].

[4] Portuguese pronunciation: [kõfedeɾaˈsɐ̃w ˌsuwɐmeɾiˈkɐnɐ dʒi futʃiˈbɔw].

[5] Except Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, all of whom are members of CONCACAF

[comite21-1] El Comité Ejecutivo on Conmebol (updated, 14 September 2021)

[2] CONMEBOL nombra a José Manuel Astigarraga como nuevo Secretario General, 1 November 2016

[6] "What is CONMEBOL (South America)?". AnalyiSport. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[7] "La eliminatoria más difícil del mundo". ESPN Desportes (in Spanish). 11 October 2011.

[8] Vickery, Tim (18 October 2011). "South American WCQ toughest in world". ESPN.

[CONMEBOL-9] "CONMEBOL". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016.

[10] "The Executive Committee". CONMEBOL.

[12] "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020 | CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[13] "Las competiciones oficiales de la Conmebol Las competiciones". 19 August 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[14] "The AFC". the-AFC.

[15] "Concacaf". Concacaf. 17 November 2020.

[16] "Copa América Brasil 2019 | CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-17] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-18] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[19] "World Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". FootballDatabase.

[20] Rankings – Men's National Teams, at Beach Soccer Worldwide

[1930_World_Cup-21] 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.

[22] "Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019". 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[23] Apuzzo, Matt; Clifford, Stephanie; Rashbaum, William K. (27 May 2015). "FIFA Officials Face Corruption Charges in US". The New York Times.

[24] "Arrest of soccer bosses creates power vacuum at CONMEBOL". Associated Press. 4 December 2015.

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