The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of

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's six continental governing bodies for

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. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in

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, including the

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and

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, and, for

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reasons, 3 nations from

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, and

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(an

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). The CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct the

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and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments. The CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in

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, Mexico, with the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF, which made it one of the then five, now six, continental confederations affiliated with FIFA.

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Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

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El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

, Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Aruba),

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and the

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were founding members. Mexico dominated CONCACAF men's competitions early on and has won the most Gold Cups. The Mexico national team is the only men's CONCACAF team to win an official FIFA tournament by winning the

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. Mexico and the U.S. have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In 2014, Costa Rica became the 4th CONCACAF country after the United States, Cuba, and Mexico to make the World Cup quarterfinals, while Panama became the eleventh country from the confederation to participate in the World Cup in 2018. The

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was established in 2018, with the

winning the most editions with three. The

has been the most successful team in the world in the women's game, being the only CONCACAF member to win all three major worldwide competitions in women's football—the World Cup (4), the

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(5), and the

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(10).

is the only other member to win at least two of the major competitions, winning the 2016

and the 2020 Olympics. According to the

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(CAC) annual report for 2021, CONCACAF is a partner of CAC. CAC is a worldwide partnership of over 100 organizations that seeks to create active citizens and achieve social impact through sport.

Governance

The CONCACAF is led by a general secretary, executive committee, congress, and several standing committees. The executive committee is composed of eight members — one president, three vice-presidents, three members, and one female member. Each of the three geographic zones in CONCACAF is represented by one vice-president and one member. The executive committee carries out the various statutes, regulations, and resolutions.

Leadership

The first leader of CONCACAF was Costa Rican Ramón Coll Jaumet; he had overseen the merger between the

North American Football Confederation The North American Football Confederation (), abbreviated as NAFC, was the governing body of association football in North America from 1946 to 1961, and a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF. Founded in 1946 under the president Carlos Alonso ...

(NAFC) and the

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(CCCF). In 1969, he was succeeded in the role by Mexican Joaquín Soria Terrazas, who served as president for 21 years. His successor Jack Warner was the CONCACAF president from 1990 to 2011, also for 21 years. Warner was suspended as president on 30 May 2011 due to his temporary suspension from football-related activity by FIFA following corruption allegations.

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was the general secretary during the same period. On 20 June 2011, Jack Warner resigned from the presidency of CONCACAF, and removed himself from all participation in football, in the wake of the corruption investigation resulting from 10 May 2011 meeting of the

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.FIFA announces Jack Warner resignation 20 June 2011
Fifa.com (20 June 2011). Retrieved on 14 October 2011. The vice-president of CONCACAF,

Alfredo Hawit Alfredo Hawit Banegas (born 8 October 1951) is a Honduran lawyer and former footballer. He is the head of the National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras and was made the interim head of CONCACAF on 4 June 2011. Club career As a pl ...

, acted as president until May 2012. In May 2012, Cayman Islands banker Jeffrey Webb was installed as president of CONCACAF. On 27 May 2015, Webb was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland on corruption charges in the U.S.

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, leader of the

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, was elected as president of CONCACAF in May 2016.

CONCACAF Council

Corporate structure

CONCACAF is a non-profit company registered in Nassau,

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. The headquarters of the CONCACAF are located in

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, United States. Previously it had been the Admiral Financial Center, George Town,

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—the home city of former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb and prior to that, they were based in

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under the presidency of Jack Warner. The administration office of CONCACAF was previously located in

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, New York, when

was the general secretary. In February 2017, a satellite office was opened in Kingston, Jamaica. In July 2017, a second satellite office was opened in Guatemala City, which is shared with the

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(UNCAF), and most recently another satellite office for the FIFA Caribbean Development Office was opened in the

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of Welches, in

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Members

CONCACAF has 41 member associations: M = Men's National Team. W = Women's National Team Bonaire were promoted from an association member to a full member at the XXIX Ordinary CONCACAF Congress in

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on 10 June 2014. Teams not affiliated to the IOC are not eligible to participate in the Summer Olympics football tournament, as a result, they do not participate in the CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament or the CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Prospective future member

* — The

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announced in May 2022 that they had officially begun the process of becoming a member of CONCACAF and were expected to attend the body's next congress with observer status. Greenland was not officially able to apply to join

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, even with political links with

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, due to UEFA applicants being required to apply as sovereign states. Kenneth Kleist was elected new president of the KAK in October 2023. At that time, he announced the association's intentions to apply for full CONCACAF membership in 2024. At that time, he also stated that the association had been informed that it was "quite close to admission" in the confederation. On 28 May 2024, Greenland officially applied for full CONCACAF membership. In June 2025, during its 28th Extraordinary Congress Concacaf President and FIFA Vice President Victor Montagliani announced that Greenland's membership was unanimously rejected.

Aspiring future members

*, announced in 2019 that the Comité Territorial de Football de Saint-Barthélemy began the process of joining the

and CONCACAF for the first time. *, announced in September 2019 that The Football Association of

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is expected to build a suitable venue with the goal of becoming a member of CONCACAF in the near future.

Other potential future members

Although one of the three special municipalities of the

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in the region is a member of CONCACAF (

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), the other two are not: * has played at least six recorded international matches, all of which against neighboring

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. * has played nine recorded international matches, three against CONCACAF members in the

and the remainder against neighboring

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Other non-members

*, located in Europe, were rumored by Greenland Manager Morten Rutjkær, to be interested in joining CONCACAF. This follows a failed bid to join the European confederation

in 2020. Jersey would geographically be closest to the North American Football Union were they to join, although located over 2,200 miles from Canada. *, announced in May 2014 that they were working to become a member of CONCACAF and play against other national teams. The team is not a member of FIFA, but were a member of

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(ConIFA). In May 2014, the team withdrew from the ConIFA World Championship after associating with the Québec Soccer Federation. The team and association decided to take part in only "federated" soccer in hopes of one day being recognized as a CONCACAF member. There has not been any further conversation and players from this

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qualify for, as well as the province being formally represented by, the Canadian national soccer team.

Membership relation

Elections at the CONCACAF Congress are mandated with a one-member, one-vote rule. The North American Football Union is the smallest association union in the region with only three members, but its nations have strong commercial and marketing support from sponsors and they are the most populous nations in the region. The Caribbean Football Union has the ability to outvote NAFU and UNCAF with less than half of its membership. Consequently, there is a fractious relationship between members of CFU, UNCAF and NAFU. This provoked former Acting-President

to lobby for the CONCACAF Presidency to be rotated between the three unions in CONCACAF in 2011. Trinidad's Jack Warner presided over CONCACAF for 21 years, and there was little that non-Caribbean nations could do to elect an alternative. Under Warner, the CFU members voted together as a unit with Warner acting as a

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. It happened with such regularity that sports political commentators referred to the CFU votes as the "Caribbean bloc" vote. Warner rejected the idea in 1993 of merging several smaller nations' national teams into a Pan-Caribbean team. His reasoning was that the nations were more powerful politically when separate than when together. He commented that "being small is never a liability in this sport".

Competitions

CONCACAF active competitions

National teams: ;Men *

CONCACAF Gold Cup The CONCACAF Gold Cup () is an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament is held every two ...

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is the second longest running international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, CONCACAF, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Th ...

CONCACAF Under-17 Championship The CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification is an international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Results In 2009 the tournam ...

CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship is a CONCACAF football competition for players under 15 years old. The competition took place for the first time in 2013. It takes place every two years. The most recent champions are the United States, who won ...

CONCACAF Futsal Championship The CONCACAF Futsal Championship is the main national futsal competition of the CONCACAF nations. It was first held in 1996, and it is held every four years. Results Overall team records In this ranking, 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a ...

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship The CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, contested between senior men's national teams of the members of CONCACAF. It is the sport's version of the bett ...

;Women *

CONCACAF W Gold Cup The CONCACAF W Gold Cup is an international women's football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. ...

CONCACAF W Championship The CONCACAF W Championship is a women's association football competition for national teams organized by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) that often serves as the qualifying competition ...

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship is an association football competition for women's national under-20 teams in the North America, Central America and Caribbean region. It serves as the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's ...

CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship The CONCACAF Women's Under-17 tournament is a football (soccer) competition for women's national teams under 17 years of age in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean region and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 Women's ...

CONCACAF Girls' Under-15 Championship CONCACAF Girls' Under-15 Championship is a CONCACAF football competition. The competition took place for the first time in 2014, with subsequent tournaments being held every two years. Results Successful teams Awards Golden Boot Golden B ...

* CONCACAF W Futsal Championship Clubs: ;Men *

CONCACAF Champions Cup The CONCACAF Champions Cup, formerly known as CONCACAF Champions League (2008–2023), is an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for clubs from North America, Central America, a ...

Leagues Cup The Leagues Cup is an annual soccer competition between clubs from Major League Soccer (MLS), the main soccer league in the United States, and Liga MX, the main soccer league in Mexico. It is hosted in Canada and the United States. It began in ...

CONCACAF Central American Cup The CONCACAF Central American Cup () is an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top regional tournament for clubs from Central America. It serves as a qualification method for the CONCACAF Champions Cup. ...

CONCACAF Caribbean Cup The CONCACAF Caribbean Cup is an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top regional tournament for clubs from the Caribbean. Beginning with the inaugural edition in 2023, the new competition serves as a quali ...

CFU Club Shield The CFU Club Shield, also known as the CFU Caribbean Club Shield and formerly as the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, is an annual Caribbean association football, football competition for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU ...

(in conjunction with the CFU) *

CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League The CONCACAF Champions League U13 is an annual youth continental club football invitational competition organized by CONCACAF. The goal of the competition is to develop the sport and talent of football within the CONCACAF region, which includes No ...

* CONCACAF Futsal Cup ;Women *

CONCACAF W Champions Cup The CONCACAF W Champions Cup is an annual continental women's football club competition organized by CONCACAF that determines the club champion for the region encompassing North America, Central America and the Caribbean. It is comparable to ...

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup The NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup () is a women's soccer competition between clubs from the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) of the United States and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico. The first edition took place in 2024, at venues in the Uni ...

CONCACAF defunct competitions

National teams: *

CFU Championship The CFU Championship, also known as CFU Nations Cup, was an association football competition organized by CFU as its top regional tournament for men's senior national teams from the Caribbean. The tournament was held from 1978 to 1988 and it was ...

(1978–1988) * NAFC Championship (1947, 1949) *

CCCF Championship The CCCF Championship was an association football competition organized by CCCF as its top regional tournament for men's senior national teams from Central America and the Caribbean. History The regional competition was born in 1938, in Panama ...

(1941–1961) *

CONCACAF Championship The CONCACAF Championship, also known as CONCACAF Nations Championship, was an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from North America, Central America and the C ...

(1963–1989) *

North American Nations Cup The North American Nations Cup was an association football competition organized by NAFU as its top regional tournament for men's senior national teams from North America. The tournament was held in 1990 and 1991. Canada, United States and Mexi ...

(1990, 1991) *

CONCACAF Cup The CONCACAF Cup (officially the CONCACAF Cup presented by Scotiabank for sponsorship reasons) was an international soccer play-off match to determine CONCACAF's entry into the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner Unit ...

(2015) *

CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship The CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its continental qualifying tournament for the men's olympic teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, to determin ...

(1964–2020) * CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (2004–2020) Clubs: *

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup The CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup was an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its secondary continental tournament for clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. It was held from 1991 to 1998, althou ...

(1991–1998) *

CONCACAF Giants Cup The CONCACAF Giants Cup was an international association football, football club competition held in 2001 to replace the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup. The tournament was organized by CONCACAF for the 12 teams with the highest attendance in their resp ...

(2001) * CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship (1997–2022) *

CONCACAF League The CONCACAF League was an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its secondary continental tournament for clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. It was announced on 8 May 2017. The compet ...

(2017–2022) *

North American SuperLiga The SuperLiga was an annual association football competition in North America between four clubs from the Major League Soccer (United States and Canada) and four clubs from the Primera División (Mexico), the top professional league in each count ...

– North America regional championship (2007–2010) *

Copa Interclubes UNCAF The UNCAF Interclub Cup was an annual international football competition held in the UNCAF region (Central America). The competition was open to the leading domestic club teams in the region. The winners of each national league qualified automatic ...

– Central America regional championship (1971–2007) *

Interamerican Cup The Copa Interamericana () was an international association football, football competition endorsed by CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America). Established in 1969, it was discontinued in 1998 after CONCACAF ...

– intercontinental with CONMEBOL region (1969–1998)

CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup, held since 1991, is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF. The Gold Cup is CONCACAF's flagship competition, and generates a significant part of CONCACAF's revenue. The Gold Cup determines the regional champion of

, and the

, and is held every two years. Starting with the 2019 edition, 16 teams compete for the Gold Cup (up from 12).

CONCACAF Nations League

All men's national teams of member associations take part in the CONCACAF Nations League, a competition created in 2017. National teams are placed into tiers and play matches against teams in the same tier. At the end of each season, teams can be promoted to the tier above or relegated to the tier below depending upon their results.

CONCACAF Champions Cup

The

, originally known as the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and later the CONCACAF Champions League, is an annual continental club association football competition organized by CONCACAF since 1962 for the top football clubs in the region. It is the most prestigious international club competition in North American football. The winner of the Champions Cup qualifies for the

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. The knockout tournament spans February through April. From 2024, 27 teams compete in each Champions Cup; 18 from North America, 6 from Central America and 3 from the Caribbean. North American teams qualify via either their domestic leagues and cups or the

competition between

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and

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clubs, while Central American and Caribbean clubs qualify via the

and

respectively The title has been won by 28 clubs, 13 of which have won the title more than once. Mexican clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories, with 36 titles. The second most successful league has been Costa Rica's Primera División with six titles in total. The most successful club is

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

from Mexico, with seven titles; fellow Mexico side

Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., commonly referred to as Cruz Azul, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system, Mexican footba ...

is just behind with six.

Current title holders

Titles by nation

CONMEBOL tournaments

The following CONMEBOL tournaments have had CONCACAF competitors:

National teams

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

Clubs

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

– (1998–2017) *

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, also known as Copa Sudamericana (; ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club com ...

– (2005–2008) *

Copa Merconorte The Copa Merconorte () was an international football competition organized by CONMEBOL from 1998 to 2001 by clubs from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela and starting in 2000 clubs from the CONCACAF confederation were invited includin ...

– (2000–2001) (defunct)

CONCACAF club competition winners

Continental

By club

is the most titled club in the continent with a record of 7

titles, a continental record of 2

Copa Interamericana The Copa Interamericana () was an international association football, football competition endorsed by CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America). Established in 1969, it was discontinued in 1998 after CONCACAF ...

titles and a record of 1

title, 10 titles overall. ;Key:

By country

The following table lists all the countries whose clubs have won at least one CONCACAF competition. Mexican clubs are the most successful, with a total of 47 titles. Mexican clubs hold a record number of wins in the CONCACAF Champions Cup/CONCACAF Champions League (40), the CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup/

(4) and

(3). In second place Costa Rican clubs have 9 titles and they have the most victories in the

(3). In third place overall, Selvadoradian and American clubs have secured 4 titles each. ;Key:

By region

;Key:

Regional

The CONCACAF has also organized many regional-based competitions, which are mostly ran as qualifiers to the continental level competitions. There are three main regions that operates under the CONCACAF banner, the NAFU (North America), the

UNCAF The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football (soccer), football teams of Central America: Belize national football team, Belize, Costa Rica na ...

(Central America) and the CFU (Caribbeans). Each of which runs their own competitions.

North America

;Key:

Central America

;Key:

Caribbeans

;Key:

FIFA World Rankings

Overview

Historical leaders

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Team of the year

Other rankings

Men's CONCACAF Ranking Index

The Ranking Index is calculated by CONCACAF.
Last updated 26 March 2025

Women's CONCACAF Ranking Index

The Ranking Index is calculated by CONCACAF.
Last updated 11 March 2024

CONCACAF Men's Club Rankings

On 16 May 2023, CONCACAF launched a club ranking index which will be used to seed teams in future club competitions. A league ranking index was also launched the same day.

CONCACAF Women’s Club Ranking

In June 2025, CONCACAF released a Women's Club Ranking (CWCR) in preparation for the draw of the 2025-26 CONCACAF W Champions Cup.

Beach Soccer National Team Rankings

;Men's CONCACAF Ranking Index Rankings are calculated by CONCACAF. Top ten
last updated 15 May 2023
;Men's BSWW rankings

Rankings A ranking is a relationship between a set of items, often recorded in a list, such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than", or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak ...

are calculated by

Beach Soccer Worldwide Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) is the organisation responsible for the founding and growth of the association football-based sport of beach soccer. The founding partners of BSWW codified the rules of beach soccer in 1992, with BSWW as it is known ...

(BSWW). Top ten
last updated 8 May 2023
;Women's BSWW rankings

are calculated by

(BSWW).
Last updated 8 May 2023

Corruption

At the CONCACAF Congress in May 2012 in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, Hungary, legal counsel John P. Collins informed the members of CONCACAF of several financial irregularities. Collins revealed that Jack Warner, the former CONCACAF President, had registered the $22 million 'Dr. João Havelange Centre of Excellence' development in

Port-of-Spain Port of Spain ( ; Trinidadian and Tobagonian English, Trinidadian English: ''Port ah Spain'' ) is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient dail ...

under the name of two companies that Warner owned. In addition, Warner had secured a

mortgage A mortgage loan or simply mortgage (), in civil law (legal system), civil law jurisdictions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners t ...

against the asset in 2007 which the CONCACAF members were also unaware of; the mortgage was co-signed by

Lisle Austin Lisle Austin (26 April 1936 – 5 December 2021) was the President of the Barbados Football Association. Austin was also the President of CONCACAF for a few days in 2011 before being suspended. Career Austin was appointed temporary President of ...

, a former vice-president of CONCACAF. The loan defaulted. Collins also revealed that CONCACAF, despite most of its income coming from the United States, had not paid any tax to the

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since at least 2007 and had never filed a return in the United States. Although CONCACAF is a registered non-profit organization in the Bahamas and headquartered in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, they have an administration office in New York, and BDO and CONCACAF invited the IRS to investigate potential liabilities. It is thought that CONCACAF may have to pay up to $2 million plus penalties. Chuck Blazer stated that a full financial audit into CONCACAF by New-York based consultancy BDO was delayed due to the actions of Jack Warner and his personal accountant, and the accounts could not be "signed off" as a consequence. In addition, Blazer is to sue CONCACAF for unpaid commission of sponsorship and marketing deals which he had made in 2010 during his time as general secretary. Blazer received a 10% commission on any deal that he made on behalf of CONCACAF. The Bermuda FA asked members of CONCACAF to lobby FIFA to remove Blazer from his position on the

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. Blazer suggested that it was less to do with financial irregularities and more for his role in the removal of Jack Warner in the Caribbean Football Union corruption scandal: "I spent 21 years building the confederation and its competitions and its revenues and I'm the one responsible for its good levels of income . . . I think this is a reflection of those who were angry at me having caused the action against Warner. This is also a reaction by people who have their own agenda." Jack Warner presided over CONCACAF for 21 years. Warner was one of the most controversial figures in world football. Warner was suspended as president on 30 May 2011 due to his temporary suspension from football-related activity by FIFA following corruption allegations. A power struggle developed at CONCACAF following the allegations against Warner. The allegations against Warner were reported to the

FIFA Ethics Committee The FIFA Ethics Committee is one of FIFA's three judicial bodies. It is organized in two chambers, the ''Investigatory Chamber'' and the ''Adjudicatory Chamber''. Its duties are regulated by several official documents, most importantly the ''FIFA ...

, the secretary general of CONCACAF. The acting president of CONCACAF,

, sent Blazer a letter saying he was "terminated as general secretary with immediate effect". Austin described Blazer's actions as "inexcusable and a gross misconduct of duty and judgement" and said the American was no longer fit to hold the post. The executive committee of CONCACAF later issued a statement saying that Austin did not have the authority to fire Blazer, and the decision was unauthorized. On 20 June 2011, Jack Warner resigned from the presidency of CONCACAF, all posts with FIFA, and removed himself from all participation in football, in the wake of the corruption investigation resulting from 10 May 2011 meeting of the

. The vice-president of CONCACAF,

, acted as president until May 2012.

Indicted CONCACAF individuals

Several CONCACAF officials have been indicted.

Hall of fame

* Hubert Tromp * Gerard Bean * Matthew Hogan *

João Havelange Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange (, ; 8 May 1916 – 16 August 2016) was a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, and athlete who was the seventh president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. His tenure as president is the second longest in ...

* Jim Fleming * Rudy Gittens * Hiram Sosa López * Isaac Sasso * Julio Moya * Ramón Coll Jaumet * Andres Avelino ConstansiaInducted in 2015 *

Patrick John Patrick Roland John (7 January 1938 – 6 July 2021) was the first Prime Minister of Dominica as well as its last Premier. He led Dominica to independence from the United Kingdom. He was leader of the Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union and may ...

* Mavis Derflinger *

Clive Toye Clive Roy Toye (born 23 November 1932) was inducted to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in the United States in 2003. Toye was born in Plymouth, United Kingdom, to Thomas Roy Toye (1906–65) and Irene Turner. He was a sports writer for the '' ...

* Guillermo Cañedo * Oscar Thamar * Carlos Carrera * Jacques Rugard * Federico Fortín * Rafael L. Callejas Romero * Anthony James * George Abrahams * Ricardo Gardener * Lincoln "Happy" SutherlandInducted in 2013 * Aaron Padilla Gutiérrez * Arturo Yamasaki * Javier Arriaga * Jesús Martínez * Joaquín Soria Terrazas * Joseph Ursulet * Júlio Rocha * Mordy Maduro * Ariel Alvarado *

Sepp Blatter Joseph Sepp Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former association football, football administrator who served as the list of Presidents of FIFA, eighth president of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participatin ...

André Kamperveen Rudi André Kamperveen (27 September 1924 – 8 December 1982) was a Surinamese football player, sports administrator, politician and businessman. During his playing career, the centre forward represented and captained the Suriname national foo ...

Gene Edwards Earl Eugene Edwards (July 18, 1932 – December 9, 2022) was an American house church planter, a Christian author, and a Southern Baptist pastor and evangelist. A graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he was an outspoken prop ...

Kurt Lamm Kurt Lamm (March 10, 1919 – July 1, 1987) was a German-born American soccer player, coach, manager, and administrator. Early and family life Lamm was Jewish, and was born in Salmünster, Germany. He came to the United States in 1936, at the a ...

Werner Fricker Werner Fricker (January 24, 1936 – May 30, 2001) was a German-American soccer midfielder, halfback who later became president of the United States Soccer Federation. He is a member of both the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the USASA Hall o ...

Source:

Team of the Century

The CONCACAF Team of the Century was announced as part of the festivities associated with the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. # GK —

Antonio Carbajal Antonio Félix "Tota" Carbajal Rodríguez (; 7 June 1929 – 9 May 2023) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was also called ''"El Cinco Copas"'', in reference to his record of having played five World Cups. C ...

(Mexico) # DF —

Marcelo Balboa Marcelo Balboa (born August 8, 1967) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender in the 1990s for the United States national team, becoming its captain. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. After r ...

(United States) # DF —

Gilberto Yearwood Gilberto Jerónimo Yearwood (born 15 March 1956) is a Honduran former football player who currently is an Assistant coach of the El Salvador national football team. He is by many regarded as one of Honduras' best players of all time. Club care ...

(Honduras) # DF — Bruce Wilson (Canada) # DF —

Gustavo Peña Gustavo Peña Velasco (22 November 1942 – 19 January 2021) was a Mexican professional footballer and manager. Life Born in Talpa de Allende, Peña moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, with his parents when he was young. Gustavo Peña die ...

(Mexico) # MF — Ramón Ramírez (Mexico) # MF —

Mágico González Jorge Alberto González Barillas (born 13 March 1958), popularly known as ''El Mágico'' ("The Magical One" or "The Wizard"), is a Salvadoran former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward. At the club level, he played mainly fo ...

(El Salvador) # MF —

Tab Ramos Tabaré "Tab" Ramos Ricciardi (born September 21, 1966) is an American former soccer player and coach. Over his thirteen-year professional career, Ramos played as a midfielder in Spain, Mexico, and the United States. The first player to sign wi ...

(United States) # FW —

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(Panama) # FW —

Hugo Sánchez Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 11 July 1958) is a Mexican former professional Association football, footballer and Manager (association football), manager, who played as a Forward (association football), forward. A prolific goalscorer known for ...

(Mexico) # FW —

Hernán Medford Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan ( , ; born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican former football player and current coach of Deportivo Marquense. Highly regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Central American football, Medford ...

(Costa Rica)

President's award

;2013 * Carlos Ruiz for speaking out against match-fixing in Guatemala *

Ian Gaynair Ian Gaynair (born February 26, 1986) is a Belizean professional Defender (association football), defender currently playing for Belmopan Bandits. In July 2013 he, and fellow international Woodrow West, were praised by CONCACAF for reporting an at ...

for reporting an offer of a bribe ;2015 * for winning the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's football tournament * for winning the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament

Major tournament records

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8) *R3 – Round 3 (2026–present: knockout round of 16) *R2 – Round 2 (1974–1978: second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16; 2026–present: knockout round of 32) *R1 – Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage) * — Qualified but withdrew * — Did not qualify * — Did not enter / withdrew / banned * — Hosts For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

Only eleven CONCACAF members have ever reached the

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...

since its inception in

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, six of them accomplishing the feat only once. No team from the region has ever reached the

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which d ...

at the World Cup, but the United States reached the semi-finals in the inaugural edition, for which they were awarded third place. CONCACAF members have reached the quarter-finals five times: Cuba in

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

, Mexico as hosts in

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

and

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

, the United States in

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, and most recently, Costa Rica in

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

. Jamaica is the smallest country to ever win a World Cup match, by virtue of their 2–1 victory over Japan in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

. The following table shows the CONCACAF representatives at each edition of the World Cup, sorted by number of appearances:

FIFA World Cup hosting

CONCACAF nations have hosted the FIFA World Cup three times. The

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to ...

took place in Mexico, the first World Cup tournament to be staged in North America, and the first held outside Europe and South America. Mexico was chosen as the host nation in 1964 by FIFA's congress ahead of the only other submitted bid from Argentina. The tournament was won by

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. The victorious team led by Carlos Alberto, and featuring players such as

Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...

Gérson Gérson de Oliveira Nunes (; born 11 January 1941), generally known as Gérson, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous national trophies with the club sides of Flamengo, Botafogo, São Paulo and ...

, Jairzinho, Rivellino, and Tostão, is often cited as the greatest-ever World Cup team. They achieved a perfect record of wins in all six games in the finals. Despite the issues of altitude and high temperature, the finals produced attacking football which created an average goals per game record not since bettered by any subsequent World Cup Finals. The 1970 Finals attracted a new record television audience for the FIFA World Cup and, for the first time, in color. In 1986, Mexico became the first country to host the FIFA World Cup twice when it stepped in to stage the 1986 FIFA World Cup after the original host selection, Colombia, suffered financial problems. Colombia was originally chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#1986 FIFA World Cup, hosts by

in June 1974. However, the Colombian authorities eventually declared in November 1982 that they could not afford to host the World Cup because of economic concerns. Mexico was selected on 20 May 1983 as the replacement hosts, beating the bids of Canada and the United States, and thereby became the first nation to host two World Cups. This second World Cup in Mexico came 16 years after the first one in

. The United States won the right to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating bids from Brazil and Morocco. The vote was held in Zurich on 4 July 1988, and only took one round with the United States bid receiving a little over half of the votes by the Exco members. FIFA hoped that by staging the world's most prestigious football tournament there, it would lead to a growth of interest in the sport; one condition FIFA imposed was the creation of a professional football league, Major League Soccer, starting in 1996. The U.S. staged a hugely successful tournament, with average attendance of nearly 69,000 breaking a record that surpassed the 1966 FIFA World Cup average attendance of 51,000 thanks to the large seating capacities the American stadiums provided for the spectators in comparison to the smaller venues of Europe and Latin America. To this day, the total attendance for the final tournament of nearly 3.6 million remains the highest in World Cup history, despite the expansion of the competition to 32 teams at the 1998 World Cup."Previous World Cups"
FIFA.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013 Canada, Mexico, and the United States have won the bidding to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, competing against a Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid, Moroccan bid.

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa América

Mexico have finished runners-up twice and third place three times at the

, making ''El Tri'' the most successful non-CONMEBOL nation. The United States have reached the semi-final stage in the South American tournament twice, followed by Canada and Honduras, who have each reached it once. Costa Rica has reached the quarter-finals twice, while Panama has done so once.

CONCACAF W Championship

CONCACAF W Gold Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

*
CONCACAF Statutes

Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football
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Governance

Leadership

CONCACAF Council

Corporate structure

Members

Prospective future member

Aspiring future members

Other potential future members

Other non-members

Membership relation

Competitions

CONCACAF active competitions

CONCACAF defunct competitions

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Current title holders

Titles by nation

CONMEBOL tournaments

National teams

Clubs

CONCACAF club competition winners

Continental

By club

By country

By region

Regional

North America

Central America

Caribbeans

FIFA World Rankings

Overview

Historical leaders

Team of the year

Other rankings

Men's CONCACAF Ranking Index

Women's CONCACAF Ranking Index

CONCACAF Men's Club Rankings

CONCACAF Women’s Club Ranking

Beach Soccer National Team Rankings

Corruption

Indicted CONCACAF individuals

Hall of fame

Team of the Century

President's award

Major tournament records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup hosting

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa América

CONCACAF W Championship

CONCACAF W Gold Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

See also

CONCACAF

Related links

Notes

References

External links