CONMEBOL was founded 9 July 1916 in Buenos Aires by Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay and is the oldest of FIFA's six continental confederations. It has ten member associations, the only fully continental confederation with no island or extra-continental members. Its national teams have won ten FIFA World Cups between them. Longtime president Nicolas Leoz, who led the confederation from 1986 to 2013, was indicted by United States prosecutors in the 2015 FIFA corruption case on charges of taking bribes tied to broadcast and sponsorship rights, including for the Copa Libertadores, and died in 2019 while still contesting extradition.
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Body TypeContinental confederation 1 FoundedFounded 9 July 1916 in Buenos Aires by Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, making it the oldest of FIFA's six continental confederations. Headquarters FoundersFounded by the football associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, who met in Buenos Aires to create a governing body for the first Copa America. 1 Body Type
Body Type (category)Continental Confederation 1 FAQs
Was CONMEBOL official as soon as it was founded in 1916?
It was founded on 9 July 1916 and ratified on 15 December 1916 in Montevideo.
CONMEBOL was founded on 9 July 1916 in Buenos Aires, when the football associations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay met to create a governing body. Its creation was ratified later the same year, on 15 December, at its first constitutional congress in Montevideo.
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The four participating football associations-Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay-met in Buenos Aires to create a governing body for the tournament. CONMEBOL was founded on 9 July 1916.
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10 member associations
- Governs: Association Football
Associated With: FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), Lead, sentence 2
It is the oldest of the six continental confederations of FIFA
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Asociacion del Futbol Argentino, Wikipedia (Spanish)
Associated With: Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), IntroductionQuote, Associated With: Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), Introduction
Está afiliada a la FIFA desde 1912 y a la Conmebol, de la que es miembro fundador, desde 1916.
Intercontinental Cup (1960-2004) (Wikipedia)
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Created in 1960 at the initiative of the European confederation (UEFA), with CONMEBOL's support
Copa Libertadores (Wikipedia)
Governed By: Copa Libertadores, Lead, organiserQuote, Governed By: Copa Libertadores, Lead, organiser
is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960
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One Tier, Built Fifty Years Apart for Different Reasons
CONMEBOL Predates the Tier It Belongs To by Decades
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