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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 South American Football Confederation is the administrative and controlling body for association football in most of South America. It consists of 10 member associations, each of which is responsible for governing football in their respective countries. [ 1 ]
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 following is an incomplete list of South American stadiums. They are ordered by their total capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate (all-seater). Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included.
FIFA assigns a three-letter country code (more properly termed a trigram or trigraph [1]) to each of its member and non-member countries.These are the official codes used by FIFA and its continental confederations (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA) as name abbreviations of countries and dependent areas, in official competitions.
Association football portal; South America portal; ... Association football competitions in South America by country (12 C) A. Football in Argentina (18 C, 7 P) B.
Caribbean Football Union (CFU) – represents all 27 nations in the Caribbean, plus Bermuda and three nations in South America. [note 2] North American Football Union (NAFU) – represents the three countries in North America (not including Central America). Union Centroamericana de Fútbol (UNCAF) – represents the seven countries in Central ...
The following is a list of stadiums in South America. List. Argentina ... List of association football stadiums by country; Lists of stadiums; References