CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL - South American Football Confederation) was founded July 9, 1916, thanks to Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez who materialized his project of uniting football around the continent. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Chile were the founder nations after a successful South American football tournament played in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Later on Paraguay (1921), Peru (1925), Bolivia (1926), Ecuador (1927), Colombia (1936) and Venezuela (1952) also became members of the South American confederation. Nowadays CONMEBOL is part of FIFA and is in charge of all professional football activities in the mentioned countries. The permanent headquarters are located in Asunción, Paraguay; and the actual president (until 2006) of the Executive Committee is Dr. Nicolás Leoz.

Guyana, Suriname and the French département of French Guiana are not members of CONMEBOL - their national associations are members of CONCACAF.

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External link

Conmebol Official Website (http://www.conmebol.com/)

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National Football Associations of South America (CONMEBOL)

National football teams of South America (CONMEBOL)

International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year
Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup
South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup
Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship

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