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Night view of Maracanã Stadium, June 2013.. Football is considered one of the greatest sports in South America. [1] [2] Football was first introduced to the continent during the nineteenth century, as part of the worldwide diffusion of British culture initiated by the British diaspora and subsequent acceptance of the sport by the region's Anglophile elite.
The Copa América, initially called South American Football Championship, was the first competition involving national football teams; since 1916, it has involved South American countries. Between its first edition until 1949, Brazil was champion only three times in 21 occasions in which the tournament was held.
The South American Football Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; [a] Portuguese: Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol), [b] known by the acronym CONMEBOL (/ ˈ k ɒ n m ɪ b ɒ l / KON-mib-ol) or CSF, is the continental governing body of football in South America [c] and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations.
The first association football team in South America, Buenos Aires Football Club was created in Argentina that same year. The first country's league was the "Association of Argentine Football" (AAF), founded in 1891 by F.L. Wooley.
The FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil for the second time, the first South American nation to host the tournament in 36 years. Julio Grondona, continuous president of AFA since 1979 dies in office. The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is held in Canada, the first nation to host the tournament twice. Germany wins both competitions above.
The first football team in South America, Lima Cricket and Football Club, was established in Peru in 1859, [7] and the Argentine Football Association was founded in 1893. By the early 20th century, football was growing in popularity, and the first international competition held among national teams of the continent occurred in 1910 [ 8 ] when ...
Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country's national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. [5]
So far four South American nations have hosted the tournament including its first edition in Uruguay . The other three were Brazil (1950, 2014), Chile , and Argentina . South America is home to the longest running international football tournament; Copa América, which has been regularly contested since 1916. Argentina have won the Copa ...