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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Uruguayan football league system
The Uruguayan football (soccer), football league system is a series of interconnected football leagues for clubs in Uruguay, and is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association at the national level. The Uruguayan Primera División, Uruguayan Le ...
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History
In 1900,
Albion F.C.
Albion Football Club is a Uruguayan football club located in Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Segunda División, the second highest division of the Uruguayan football league system.
Founded in 1891, it is the oldest football club ...
sent invitations to
Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club
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,
Uruguay Athletic Club
Uruguay Athletic Club, also known as Uruguay Athletic, was an Uruguayan football club based in the district of Punta Carretas in Montevideo. The club was one of the founding members of Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) along with CURCC, Albion ...
, and
Deutscher Fussball Klub
Deutscher Fussball Klub was an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The club was one of the founding members of Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) along with CURCC, Albion and Uruguay A.C., in 1900.Primera División
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Copa Uruguay
The Copa Uruguay (officially Copa AUF Uruguay) is a knockout football competition in men's domestic Uruguayan football, starting in 2022.
The competition starts in August, with the winner of the cup qualifying for the following year's Copa Libert ...
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Segunda División
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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
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. 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 ...
Uruguay national under-23 football team
The Uruguay national under-23 football team (also known as Uruguay Olympic football team) represents Uruguay in under-23 international football competitions such as the Olympic Games, CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament and Pan American Games. The se ...
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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.
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Uruguay national under-17 football team
The Uruguay national U-17 football team is the representative of Uruguay within all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level. Uruguay has participated in six of 17 FIFA U-17 World Cup events.
Results and fixtures
The following i ...
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Uruguay women's national football team
The Uruguay women's national football team represents Uruguay in international women's football.
The women's football section of the Uruguayan Football Association started in 1996 and the first official competition of the national team took pl ...
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Uruguay women's national under-20 football team
The Uruguay women's national under-20 football team representing Uruguay in international women's football at the age of under-20. The team competes South American U-20 Women's Championship. Uruguay has never qualified for a FIFA U-20 Women's Wor ...
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Uruguay women's national under-17 football team
The Uruguay women's national under-17 football team represents Uruguay in international competitions.
The women's U-17 team have competed in all four South American Under-17 Women's Championships. As a result of their second place achievement i ...
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 ...
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