CONCACAF

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.concacaf.com/concacaf/executive-committee |title=Executive Committee |work=CONCACAF|access-date=14 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120154627/http://www.concacaf.com/concacaf/executive-committee|archive-date=20 January 2015|url-status=dead}} 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.

{{See also|List of presidents of CONCACAF}}

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The first leader of CONCACAF was Costa Rican Ramón Coll Jaumet; he had overseen the merger between the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) and the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (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.{{Cite news |date=29 May 2011 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/05/29/football.fifa.hammam.warner/index.html |title=Bin Hammam and Warner suspended after FIFA investigation |publisher=CNN |access-date=5 June 2011 |archive-date=11 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111053826/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/05/29/football.fifa.hammam.warner/index.html |url-status=dead }} Chuck Blazer was the general secretary during the same period.[https://www.espn.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/7067775/whistleblower-chuck-blazer-resigning-no-2-concacaf-post Chuck Blazer resigns CONCACAF post]  – ESPN / AP, 6 October 2011

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 Caribbean Football Union.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110623193609/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/news/newsid=1455834/index.html 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, acted as president until May 2012.{{Cite news |date=4 June 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/sports/soccer/concacaf-suspends-its-acting-president-lisle-austin.html |title=Concacaf Suspends Its Acting President on Eve of Gold Cup |work=The New York Times |access-date=26 February 2017 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112090953/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/sports/soccer/concacaf-suspends-its-acting-president-lisle-austin.html |url-status=live }}

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.

Victor Montagliani, leader of the Canadian Soccer Association, was elected as president of CONCACAF in May 2016.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/victor-montagliani-concacaf-1.3579006 |title=Canadian wins CONCACAF presidency |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-date=25 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425030942/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/victor-montagliani-concacaf-1.3579006 |url-status=live }}

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CONCACAF is a non-profit company registered in Nassau, The Bahamas.

The headquarters of the CONCACAF are located in Miami, United States. Previously it had been the Admiral Financial Center, George Town, Cayman Islands—the home city of former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb and prior to that, they were based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago under the presidency of Jack Warner. The administration office of CONCACAF was previously located in Trump Tower, New York, when Chuck Blazer was the general secretary.

In February 2017, a satellite office was opened in Kingston, Jamaica.{{cite web |title=CONCACAF opens new office in Caribbean to support growth |url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-opens-new-office-in-caribbean-to-support-growth |website=www.concacaf.com |access-date=8 March 2018 |language=en |date=28 February 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308232620/http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-opens-new-office-in-caribbean-to-support-growth |url-status=live }} In July 2017, a second satellite office was opened in Guatemala City, which is shared with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF),{{cite web |title=New CONCACAF Office Opens in Guatemala |url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/new-concacaf-office-opens-in-guatemala |website=www.concacaf.com |access-date=8 March 2018 |language=en |archive-date=28 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228225348/http://www.concacaf.com/article/new-concacaf-office-opens-in-guatemala |url-status=live }} and most recently another satellite office for the FIFA Caribbean Development Office{{cite news |last1=Lindsay |first1=Morissa |date=29 May 2018 |title=FIFA's 'home' |url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2018/05/29/fifas-home/ |work=Barbados Today |access-date=30 May 2018 |archive-date=25 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625050458/https://barbadostoday.bb/2018/05/29/fifas-home/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |author=Staff Writer |date=30 May 2018 |title=FIFA Regional Office open for business |url=https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/sports/sporting-boost |work=The Barbados Advocate Co. |access-date=30 May 2018 |archive-date=25 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625075224/https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/sports/sporting-boost |url-status=live }} was opened in the suburb of Welches, in Bridgetown, Barbados.{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Ezra |date=10 May 2018 |title=Major milestone |url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/156260/major-milestone |work=Barbados Daily Nation Newspaper |access-date=30 May 2018 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801025430/https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/156260/major-milestone |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Agard |first1=Rachelle |date=30 May 2018 |title=FIFA in B'dos |url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/162261/fifa-b-dos |work=Barbados Daily Nation Newspaper |access-date=30 May 2018 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801064359/https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/162261/fifa-b-dos |url-status=dead }}

CONCACAF has 41 member associations:{{cite web |url=http://www.concacaf.com/concacaf |title=CONCACAF |date=17 November 2020 |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107041048/https://www.concacaf.com/concacaf |url-status=live }}

M = Men's National Team. W = Women's National Team

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Bonaire were promoted from an association member to a full member at the XXIX Ordinary CONCACAF Congress in São Paulo 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.

• {{fba|Greenland}} — The Football Association of Greenland 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 UEFA, even with political links with Denmark, 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.{{Cite news |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-greenland/danish-fa-supports-greenlands-bid-to-join-uefa-fifa-idUKKCN0SN1WY20151029 |title=Danish FA supports Greenland's bid to join UEFA, FIFA |last=Homewood |first=Brian |work=U.K. |agency=Reuters |access-date=3 August 2018 |language=en-GB |archive-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194256/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-greenland/danish-fa-supports-greenlands-bid-to-join-uefa-fifa-idUKKCN0SN1WY20151029 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Nukappiaaluk |title=KAK arbejder på medlemskab af international fodboldforbund |date=29 May 2022 |url=https://sermitsiaq.ag/kak-arbejder-medlemskab-international-fodboldforbund |publisher=sermitsiaq.ag |access-date=11 June 2022 |language=Danish |archive-date=7 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607072151/https://sermitsiaq.ag/kak-arbejder-medlemskab-international-fodboldforbund |url-status=live }} On 28 May 2024, Greenland officially applied for full CONCACAF membership.{{cite magazine |last1=Andres |first1=Patrick |title=Greenland National Team Announces Application to Play Soccer in CONCACAF |url=https://www.si.com/soccer/greenland-concacaf-national-team-soccer-application |access-date=28 May 2024 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=28 May 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5525325/2024/05/28/greenland-concacaf-membership|work=The New York Times |title=Greenland applies for CONCACAF membership |last1=Abnos |first1=Alexander |last2=Cardenas |first2=Felipe }}

• {{fba|Saint Barthélemy|local}}, announced in 2019 that the Comité Territorial de Football de Saint-Barthélemy began the process of joining the Caribbean Football Union and CONCACAF for the first time.{{cite web |last1=Menary |first1=Steve |date=17 May 2019 |title=Abramovich Shows Dedication To Saint Barthélemy |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/abramovich-shows-deidcation-to-saint-barthelemy-408312 |access-date=16 August 2021 |publisher=World Soccer |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820082602/https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/abramovich-shows-deidcation-to-saint-barthelemy-408312 |url-status=live }}
• {{fba|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|local}}, announced in September 2019 that The Football Association of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is expected to build a suitable venue with the goal of becoming a member of CONCACAF in the near future.[http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/10/29/saint-pierre-and-miquelon-to-build-a-ground-with-an-artificial-pitch-and-join-concacaf/ Saint Pierre and Miquelon to build a ground with an artificial pitch and join CONCACAF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030213914/http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/10/29/saint-pierre-and-miquelon-to-build-a-ground-with-an-artificial-pitch-and-join-concacaf/ |date=30 October 2019 }} ConIFA. Retrieved 9 November 2019.{{cite web |last1=Bontron |first1=Nicolas |title=Stéphane Šuflaj a toujours l'envie de transmettre |url=http://m.lamarseillaise.fr/sports/football/80718-stephane-suflaj-a-toujours-l-envie-de-transmettre |publisher=lamarseillaise.fr |access-date=15 March 2020 |language=fr }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Although one of the three special municipalities of the Netherlands in the region is a member of CONCACAF (Bonaire), the other two are not:

• {{fba|Saba}} has played at least six recorded international matches, all of which against neighboring Sint Eustatius.
• {{fba|Sint Eustatius}} has played nine recorded international matches, three against CONCACAF members in the Caribbean Football Union and the remainder against neighboring Saba

• {{fba|Jersey}}, 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 UEFA 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.
• {{fba|Quebec}}, 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 Confederation of Independent Football Associations (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.{{cite web|title=Les Québécois s'associeront à la Fédération de soccer du Québec, mais la sélection nationale n'ira pas en Suède.|url=http://lesquebecois.org/fr/contents/nouvelles/les-quebecois-sassocieront-a-la-federation-de-soccer-du-quebec-mais-la-selection-nationale-nira-pas-en-suede.html|publisher=lesquebecois.org|access-date=21 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522041616/http://lesquebecois.org/fr/contents/nouvelles/les-quebecois-sassocieront-a-la-federation-de-soccer-du-quebec-mais-la-selection-nationale-nira-pas-en-suede.html|archive-date=22 May 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Dinelle|first1=David|title=La Fédération de soccer du Québec force l'annulation du Derby du Lac Champlain|url=http://lesquebecois.org/fr/contents/nouvelles/la-federation-de-soccer-du-quebec-force-lannulation-du-derby-du-lac-champlain.html|publisher=lesquebecois.org|access-date=28 June 2015|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630200143/http://lesquebecois.org/fr/contents/nouvelles/la-federation-de-soccer-du-quebec-force-lannulation-du-derby-du-lac-champlain.html|archive-date=30 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} There has not been any further conversation and players from this Canadian province qualify for, as well as the province being formally represented by, the Canadian national soccer team.

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.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} This provoked former Acting-President Alfredo Hawit 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 party whip. It happened with such regularity that sports political commentators referred to the CFU votes as the "Caribbean bloc" vote.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} 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".{{cite news |title=Warner Rejects Idea Of Caribbean Team |url=http://www.ttfootballhistory.com/node/288 |newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner |date=4 August 1993 |access-date=26 May 2012 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312225213/http://www.ttfootballhistory.com/node/288 |url-status=dead }}

{{main|List of CONCACAF competitions}}

{{See also|List of association football competitions|FIFA International Match Calendar}}

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National teams:

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• CONCACAF Gold Cup
• CONCACAF Nations League
• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
• CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
• CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship
• CONCACAF Futsal Championship
• CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

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• CONCACAF W Gold Cup
• CONCACAF W Championship
• CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
• CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
• CONCACAF Girls' Under-15 Championship
• CONCACAF W Futsal Championship

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Clubs:

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• CONCACAF Champions Cup
• Leagues Cup
• CONCACAF Central American Cup
• CONCACAF Caribbean Cup
• CFU Club Shield (in conjunction with the CFU)
• CONCACAF Under-13 Champions League
• CONCACAF Futsal Cup

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• CONCACAF W Champions Cup
• NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

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National teams:

• CFU Championship (1978–1988)
• NAFC Championship (1947, 1949)
• CCCF Championship (1941–1961)
• CONCACAF Championship (1963–1989)
• North American Nations Cup (1990, 1991)
• CONCACAF Cup (2015)
• CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship (1964–2020)
• CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (2004–2020)

Clubs:

• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup (1991–1998)
• CONCACAF Giants Cup (2001)
• CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship (1997–2022)
• CONCACAF League (2017–2022)
• North American SuperLiga – North America regional championship (2007–2010)
• Copa Interclubes UNCAF – Central America regional championship (1971–2007)
• Interamerican Cup – intercontinental with CONMEBOL region (1969–1998)

{{Main|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/international/article.php?article_id=32905 |title=2016 COPA? Webb: CONCACAF 'exploring the possibility of hosting Copa America' |work=bigapplesoccer.com|access-date=16 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104134407/http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/international/article.php?article_id=32905|archive-date=4 January 2015|url-status=dead}}

The Gold Cup determines the regional champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, and is held every two years. Starting with the 2019 edition, 16 teams compete for the Gold Cup (up from 12).

{{Main|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.

{{Main|CONCACAF Champions Cup}}

The CONCACAF Champions Cup, 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 FIFA Club World Cup. The knockout tournament spans February through April.{{cite web |title=CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE REGULATIONS 2013/2014, Rule 3.7 |url=http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CCL1314-Regulations060313pdf.pdf |website=concacaf.com|access-date=14 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108043304/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CCL1314-Regulations060313pdf.pdf|archive-date=8 November 2013|url-status=dead}}

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 Leagues Cup competition between American and Mexican clubs, while Central American and Caribbean clubs qualify via the CONCACAF Central American Cup and CONCACAF Caribbean Cup 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 from Mexico, with seven titles; fellow Mexico side Cruz Azul is just behind with six.

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The following CONMEBOL tournaments have had CONCACAF competitors:

• Copa América

• Copa Libertadores – (1998–2017)
• Copa Sudamericana – (2005–2008)
• Copa Merconorte – (2000–2001) (defunct)

Club América is the most titled club in the continent with a record of 7 CONCACAF Champions Cup titles, a continental record of 2 Copa Interamericana titles and a record of 1 CONCACAF Giants Cup title, 10 titles overall.

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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/CONCACAF Giants Cup (4) and Copa Interamericana (3). In second place Costa Rican clubs have 9 titles and they have the most victories in the CONCACAF League (3). In third place overall, Selvadoradian and American clubs have secured 4 titles each.

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

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The Ranking Index is calculated by CONCACAF.{{cite news |url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/concacaf-launches-new-ranking-index/ |title=CONCACAF Launches New Ranking Index |website=CONCACAFNationsLeague.com |publisher=The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football |date=2 March 2018 |access-date=2 March 2018 |archive-date=5 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605225812/https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/concacaf-launches-new-ranking-index/ |url-status=live }}

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[https://www.concacaf.com/en/rankings/womens-national-team/ Last updated 11 March 2024]

On 16 May 2023, CONCACAF launched a club ranking index which will be used to seed teams in future club competitions.{{cite web |title=Concacaf launches new ranking system for region's clubs and leagues |url=https://www.concacaf.com/news/concacaf-launches-new-ranking-system-for-region-s-clubs-and-leagues/ |website=Concacaf |access-date=19 May 2023 |date=16 May 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519032438/https://www.concacaf.com/news/concacaf-launches-new-ranking-system-for-region-s-clubs-and-leagues/ |url-status=live }} A league ranking index was also launched the same day.

In June 2025, CONCACAF released a Women's Club Ranking (CWCR) in preparation for the draw of the 2025-26 CONCACAF W Champions Cup.{{cite web |title=Concacaf Women’s Club Ranking Guidelines |url=https://mcusercontent.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/de15c677-ca78-0657-1846-861887f1a63f/Concacaf_Women_rsquo_s_Club_Ranking_Guidelines.pdf |publisher=CONCACAF |access-date=3 June 2025}}

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Rankings are calculated by CONCACAF.

Top ten, [https://www.concacaf.com/rankings/beach-soccer/ last updated 15 May 2023].

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Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).

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{{See also|Caribbean Football Union corruption scandal|2015 FIFA corruption case}}

At the CONCACAF Congress in May 2012 in Budapest, 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 under the name of two companies that Warner owned.{{cite web |title=CONCACAF finances laid bare |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/pasportsfeeds/concacaf-finances-laid-bare-7782338.html |publisher=thisislondon.co.uk |access-date=24 May 2012 |date=23 May 2012 |archive-date=2 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702175844/https://www.thisislondontickets.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}

In addition, Warner had secured a mortgage against the asset in 2007 which the CONCACAF members were also unaware of; the mortgage was co-signed by Lisle Austin, 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 Internal Revenue Service since at least 2007 and had never filed a return in the United States.{{cite web |last=Panja |first=Tariq |title=Concacaf Soccer Body Tells Members About Financial Mismanagement |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-23/concacaf-soccer-body-tells-members-about-financial-mismanagement.html |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=24 May 2012 |date=23 May 2012 |archive-date=23 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523204319/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-23/concacaf-soccer-body-tells-members-about-financial-mismanagement.html |url-status=live }} 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.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

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.{{cite web |title=Fifa Exco member Chuck Blazer accused of financial irregularities |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/may/23/chuck-blazer-concacaf-accusations-fifa?newsfeed=true |publisher=Guardian |access-date=24 May 2012 |date=22 May 2012 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112091007/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/may/23/chuck-blazer-concacaf-accusations-fifa?newsfeed=true |url-status=live }}

The Bermuda FA asked members of CONCACAF to lobby FIFA to remove Blazer from his position on the FIFA Executive Committee. 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 by Chuck Blazer, the secretary general of CONCACAF. The acting president of CONCACAF, Lisle Austin, sent Blazer a letter saying he was "terminated as general secretary with immediate effect".{{Cite news |date=1 June 2011 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13608081.stm |title=Chuck Blazer 'survives sacking attempt', says Concacaf |publisher=BBC News Online |access-date=5 June 2011 |archive-date=2 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702175919/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/13608081 |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite news |date=4 June 2011 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13653437.stm |title=Concacaf bans president Austin after Blazer 'sacking' |publisher=BBC News Online |access-date=5 June 2011 |archive-date=8 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608113642/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13653437.stm |url-status=live }} 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 Caribbean Football Union. The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit, acted as president until May 2012.

Several CONCACAF officials have been indicted.{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nine-fifa-officials-and-five-corporate-executives-indicted-racketeering-conspiracy-and |title=Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption |date=27 May 2015 |access-date=27 May 2015 |publisher=United States Department of Justice |archive-date=27 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527093831/http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nine-fifa-officials-and-five-corporate-executives-indicted-racketeering-conspiracy-and |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Fifa corruption: arrests made following hotel raid |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11631966/fifa-executives-arrested-live.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150529042032/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11631966/fifa-executives-arrested-live.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2015 |access-date=27 May 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 May 2015}}

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• {{flagicon|ARU}} Hubert Tromp
• {{flagicon|BER}} Gerard Bean
• {{flagicon|BER}} Matthew Hogan
• {{flagicon|BRA}} João Havelange
• {{flagicon|CAN}} Jim Fleming
• {{flagicon|CAN}} Rudy Gittens
• {{flagicon|CRC}} Hiram Sosa López
• {{flagicon|CRC}} Isaac Sasso
• {{flagicon|CRC}} Julio Moya
• {{flagicon|CRC}} Ramón Coll Jaumet
• {{flagicon|CUW}} Andres Avelino ConstansiaInducted in 2015
• {{flagicon|DMA}} Patrick John
• {{flagicon|GBR}} Mavis Derflinger
• {{flagicon|GBR}} Clive Toye
• {{flagicon|GUA}} Guillermo Cañedo
• {{flagicon|GUA}} Oscar Thamar
• {{flagicon|GUA}} Carlos Carrera
• {{flagicon|Guadeloupe}} Jacques Rugard
• {{flagicon|HON}} Federico Fortín
• {{flagicon|HON}} Rafael L. Callejas Romero
• {{flagicon|JAM}} Anthony James
• {{flagicon|JAM}} George Abrahams
• {{flagicon|JAM}} Ricardo Gardener
• {{flagicon|JAM}} Lincoln "Happy" SutherlandInducted in 2013
• {{flagicon|MEX}} Aaron Padilla Gutiérrez
• {{flagicon|MEX}} Arturo Yamasaki
• {{flagicon|MEX}} Javier Arriaga
• {{flagicon|MEX}} Jesús Martínez
• {{flagicon|MEX}} Joaquín Soria Terrazas
• {{flagicon|MTQ}} Joseph Ursulet
• {{flagicon|NIC}} Júlio Rocha
• {{flagicon|Netherlands Antilles}} Mordy Maduro
• {{flagicon|PAN}} Ariel Alvarado
• {{flagicon|SUI}} Sepp Blatter
• {{flagicon|SUR}} André Kamperveen
• {{flagicon|USA}} Gene Edwards
• {{flagicon|USA}} Kurt Lamm
• {{flagicon|USA}} Werner Fricker

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Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.concacaf.com/page/HallOfFame/0,,12813,00.html |title=CONCACAF hall of fame |publisher=CONCACAF.com|access-date=11 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715234558/http://www.concacaf.com/page/HallOfFame/0,,12813,00.html|archive-date=15 July 2012|url-status=dead}}

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The CONCACAF Team of the Century was announced as part of the festivities associated with the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.[http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18669/balboa-ramos-named-to-concacaf-team-of-the-centu.html "Balboa, Ramos named to CONCACAF "Team of the Century""] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005115509/http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18669/balboa-ramos-named-to-concacaf-team-of-the-centu.html |date=5 October 2016 }}, Soccer America, 14 May 1998.

1. GK — Antonio Carbajal (Mexico)
2. DF — Marcelo Balboa (United States)
3. DF — Gilberto Yearwood (Honduras)
4. DF — Bruce Wilson (Canada)
5. DF — Gustavo Peña (Mexico)
6. MF — Ramón Ramírez (Mexico)
7. MF — Mágico González (El Salvador)
8. MF — Tab Ramos (United States)
9. FW — Julio César Dely Valdés (Panama)
10. FW — Hugo Sánchez (Mexico)
11. FW — Hernán Medford (Costa Rica)

;2013

• {{flagicon|GUA}} Carlos Ruiz for speaking out against match-fixing in Guatemala{{cite web |title=CONCACAF to honor D.C. United forward Carlos Ruiz with first-ever President's Award |url=http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/04/concacaf-to-honor-dc-united-forward-carlos-ruiz-with-first-ever-president%E2%80%99s-award |publisher=DCUnited.com |access-date=16 April 2015 |date=17 April 2013 |archive-date=16 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416150638/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/04/concacaf-to-honor-dc-united-forward-carlos-ruiz-with-first-ever-president%E2%80%99s-award |url-status=dead }}
• {{flagicon|BLZ}} Ian Gaynair for reporting an offer of a bribe

;2015

• {{fbw|USA}} for winning the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's football tournament{{cite web |title=CONCACAF Announces 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees and President's Award Recipients |url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-announces-2015-hall-of-fame-inductees-and-presidents-award-recipients |publisher=CONCACAF |access-date=16 April 2015 |date=15 April 2015 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214935/https://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-announces-2015-hall-of-fame-inductees-and-presidents-award-recipients |url-status=live }}
• {{fbu|23|MEX}} for winning the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament

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• {{bg|gold| 1st }} – Champions
• {{bg|silver| 2nd }} – Runners-up
• {{bg|#CC9966| 3rd }} – Third place{{efn|name="1930 World Cup"|There was no third place match in 1930; The United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals. FIFA recognizes the United States as the third-placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth-placed team using the overall records of the teams in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.}}
• {{bg|#9ACDFF| 4th }} – 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)
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• {{border|width=1px|color=gray| • }} — Did not qualify
• {{border|width=1px|color=gray|   }} — Did not enter / withdrew / banned
• {{border|width=3px|color=red|   }} — Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

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{{See also|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|North, Central American and Caribbean nations at the FIFA World Cup}}

Only eleven CONCACAF members have ever reached the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930, six of them accomplishing the feat only once. No team from the region has ever reached the final 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, Mexico as hosts in 1970 and 1986, the United States in 2002, and most recently, Costa Rica in 2014. Jamaica is the smallest country to ever win a World Cup match, by virtue of their 2–1 victory over Japan in 1998.

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

CONCACAF nations have hosted the FIFA World Cup three times.

The 1970 FIFA World Cup 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/81/fs-201_13a_fwc-bidding.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722021820/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/81/fs-201%5f13a%5ffwc-bidding.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2012 |publisher=FIFA |title=Host Announcement Decision |date=2 December 2010}} The tournament was won by Brazil. The victorious team led by Carlos Alberto, and featuring players such as Pelé, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivellino, and Tostão, is often cited as the greatest-ever World Cup team.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jonathanstevenson/2010/05/the_story_of_the_1970_world_cu.html |publisher=BBC |title=The Story of the 1970 World Cup |date=12 May 2010 |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017155256/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jonathanstevenson/2010/05/the_story_of_the_1970_world_cu.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-world-best-idUSL0988846220070709 |publisher=Reuters |title=Brazil's 1970 winning team voted best of all time |date=9 July 2007 |access-date=30 June 2017 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121245/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/07/09/us-soccer-world-best-idUSL0988846220070709 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/the-boys-from-brazil-on-the-trail-of-footballs-dream-team-806939.html |work=The Independent |title=The Boys from Brazil: On the trail of football's dream team |date=10 April 2010 |access-date=19 September 2017 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402182149/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/the-boys-from-brazil-on-the-trail-of-footballs-dream-team-806939.html |url-status=live }} They achieved a perfect record of wins in all six games in the finals.{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/67/world-cup/2010/07/07/2013961/world-cup-2010-netherlands-perfect-winning-streak-can-match |publisher=Goal.com |title=Netherlands' perfect winning streak can match historic feat of Brazil 1970 |date=7 July 2010 |access-date=7 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309024534/http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/67/world-cup/2010/07/07/2013961/world-cup-2010-netherlands-perfect-winning-streak-can-match |archive-date=9 March 2014 |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.castrolfootball.com/legends/tournament/index.php?year=1970 |publisher=Castrol Performance Index |title=Castrol index tournament legends |access-date=7 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617010759/http://www.castrolfootball.com/legends/tournament/index.php?year=1970 |archive-date=17 June 2013 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.copa2014.gov.br/en/torcedor/historia-das-copas/1970 |publisher=Brasil 2014: World Cup Portal |title=Perfect farewell to Pelé's last appearance in a World Cup |access-date=7 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114193817/http://www.copa2014.gov.br/en/torcedor/historia-das-copas/1970 |archive-date=14 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/67/wc_70_tr_313.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106062034/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/67/wc%5f70%5ftr%5f313.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 January 2010 |publisher=FIFA |title=World Championship – Jules Rimet 1970 Cup Technical study}} The 1970 Finals attracted a new record television audience for the FIFA World Cup{{cite book |last=Dunmore |first=Tom |title=Historical Dictionary of Soccer |page=13 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2011}} and, for the first time, in color.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/overview.html |publisher=FIFA |title=1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913232659/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D32/overview.html |archive-date=13 September 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/about/media-centre/news/40-years-since-first-world-cup-in-colour-NEWS27/ |publisher=TVlicensing.co.uk |title=40 years since first World Cup in colour |access-date=16 March 2014 |archive-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113085013/http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/about/media-centre/news/40-years-since-first-world-cup-in-colour-NEWS27/ |url-status=live }}

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 hosts by FIFA 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 1970.

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/81/fs-201_13a_fwc-bidding.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722021820/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/81/fs-201%5f13a%5ffwc-bidding.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2012 |title=FIFA World Cup host announcement decision |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |page=2 |access-date=30 January 2013}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/30/fs-301_01a_fwc-stats.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215131121/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/30/fs-301_01a_fwc-stats.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 February 2010 |title=FIFA World Cup competition records |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |page=2 |access-date=30 January 2013}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20070619075253/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/ "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 Moroccan bid.{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-0708-concacaf-world-cup-20130708,0,7446934.story#axzz2w5cPWu69 |title=CONCACAF president is pushing hard to land 2026 World Cup |author=Los Angeles Times |date=7 July 2013 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=16 March 2014 |archive-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424184754/http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-0708-concacaf-world-cup-20130708%2C0%2C7446934.story#axzz2w5cPWu69 |url-status=live }}

{{main|FIFA Women's World Cup records and statistics}}

{{See also|Football at the Summer Olympics#Participating nations}}

{{See also|Football at the Summer Olympics#Participating nations 2}}

{{main|CONCACAF Gold Cup records and statistics}}

{{See also|Copa América#Invitees}}

Mexico have finished runners-up twice and third place three times at the Copa América, 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.

{{See also|CONCACAF W Championship#Participating nations}}

{{See also|CONCACAF W Gold Cup#Comprehensive team results by tournament}}

{{main|FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics}}

{{See also|FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup#Comprehensive team results in each World Cup}}

{{main|FIFA U-17 World Cup records and statistics}}