The Uruguayan Football Association ( — ) is the governing body of
football
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in
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of 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 the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
. It was founded in 1900, as The Uruguayan Association Football League,
and affiliated to FIFA in 1923. It is a founding member of
CONMEBOL
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and is in charge of the
national men's team and the
national women's team, as well as the
Uruguayan football league system.
History
In 1900,
Albion F.C. sent invitations to
Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club
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,
Uruguay Athletic Club, and
Deutscher Fussball Klub; the four teams were founding members.
Presidents
Chronological list of A.U.F. presidents
Association staff
Tournaments organized
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Primera División
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Copa Uruguay
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Segunda 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.
See also
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Uruguayan Football Federation
The Uruguayan Football Federation ( or ) was a federation of association football, football clubs founded in Uruguay in 1923 which existed alongside the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) during the Amateur sports, amateur era of Uruguayan people ...
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Uruguay national football team
The Uruguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Celeste'' ("The Sky Blue") and ''Los Charrúas'' ("The Charrúa, Charrúas"), have represented Uruguay in international men's Association football, football since their first international m ...
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Uruguay A' national football team
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Uruguay national under-23 football team
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Uruguay national under-20 football team
Uruguay national under-20 football team represents Uruguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-20 World Cup and the South American Youth Football Championship. They are the current reigning FIFA U-20 World Champions.
Results ...
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Uruguay national under-17 football team
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Uruguay women's national football team
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Uruguay women's national under-20 football team
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Uruguay women's national under-17 football team
References
External links
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Uruguayat FIFA site (archived 23 June 2007)
Uruguayan Players Overseas(archived 19 July 2009)
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Uruguay
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Football in Uruguay
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Sports organizations established in 1900
1900 establishments in Uruguay