The Uruguayan Football Association ( es, Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol — ) is the governing body of

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Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. It was founded in 1900, as The Uruguayan Association Football League, and affiliated to FIFA in 1923. It is a founding member of

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and is in charge of the national men's team and the national women's team, as well as the

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Presidents

Chronological list of A.U.F. presidents

Association staff

Tournaments organized

* Primera División *

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* Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino

Men's football

The AUF organizes the national football tournament, two professional divisions (First Division and Second Division), and the third category (Amateur Second Division), involving amateur teams from Montevideo metropolitan area. Amateur clubs from the rest of the country are organized by the Interior Football Organization (OFI), federation affiliated to the AUF, but independently.

Women's football

In Women's football the AUF established the Uruguayan Championship which takes place every year since 1997. In conjunction with the OFI they organized a national tournament called National Tournament of Women's Football which there were only two editions (2001 and 2003).

Futsal

AUF annually develops the Men's Campeonato de Primera Division, U-20, U-17 and the same tournaments for women. The AUF is one of the two entities that regulates futsal, the other is the Uruguayan Federation of Indoor Football.

References

External links

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Uruguayan Players Overseas
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Football in Uruguay

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Sports organizations established in 1900 1900 establishments in Uruguay