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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.
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.
CONMEBOL – acronym for the South American Football Association, the governing body of the sport in South America; pronounced "kon-me-bol". [ 20 ] Corner flag – flags are placed in each of the four corners of the pitch to help mark the boundaries of the playing area.
PFC Panamerican Football Confederation - 24 members - founded in 1946 was the not official fusion of CONMEBOL, CCCF and NAFC and represented teams from Americas. The main tournament was the Panamerican Championship , when PFC was dissolved, both CCCF and NAFC both were merged to form CONCACAF
The CONMEBOL Copa América (English: Americas Cup; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship [1]), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial football tournament contested among national teams from South America. It is the oldest still-running continental football competition. [2]
The competition is organized by the governing body for South American football, CONMEBOL, who started the league in 2017 as part of its Development Department's Evolution Program. [1] All ten members of the continental confederation take part in the league, with both senior and under 20s teams representing each nation; therefore, a total of 20 ...
Each CONMEBOL member has its own football league system. [2] Clubs playing in each top-level league compete for the title as the country's club champion. Clubs also compete in the league and national cup competitions (if applicable) for places in the following season's CONMEBOL club competitions, the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
A total of 6 direct slots in the final tournament and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot are available for CONMEBOL teams. [1] [2] CONMEBOL is the first confederation to begin its qualification process for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Paraguay–Peru being the first match of the global qualification process. [3] [4]