The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,"The organization shall be called 'The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football' or 'Concacaf' and shall be composed of national associations belonging to Northern America, Central America (including Mexico) and the Caribbean." STATUTES OF THE CONFEDERATION OF NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. Edition 2015. Article 1, Section 1 . Retrieved January 18, 2016. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America, including the Caribbean and Central America, and, for cultural and historical reasons, three nations from the Guianas subregion of South America: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (an overseas region of France).Concacaf Main | CONCACAF Home | About Us | National Associations . Concacaf.com. Retrieved on October 14, 2011. CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct the World Cup and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments.
CONCACAF was founded in its current form on September 18, 1961, in Mexico City, 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. Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Aruba), Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname and the United States 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 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. Mexico and the U.S. have won all but one of the editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. As of 2026, twelve CONCACAF countries have participated in the World Cup and four have advanced to at least the quarterfinals. The CONCACAF Nations League was established in 2018, with the United States winning the most editions with three.
The United States 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 Olympics (5), and the Algarve Cup (10). Canada is the only other member to win at least two of the major competitions, winning the 2016 Algarve Cup and the 2020 Olympics.
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.Curacao is an associate member of Concacaf sponsored the Kingdom of the Netherlands Football Federation.
Leadership
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. Chuck Blazer was the general secretary during the same period.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.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.
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.
CONCACAF Council NameNationPositionVictor MontaglianiPresidentPhilippe MoggioGeneral secretaryRandolph HarrisVice President (Caribbean)Nick BontisVice President (North America)Sergio Chuc BelizeVice President (Central America)Maurice VictoireMember (Caribbean)Mikel Arriola MexicoMember (North America)Jorge SalomonMember (Central America)
Corporate structure
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 on the 17th floor at Trump Tower, New York, when Chuck Blazer 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 Central American Football Union (UNCAF), and most recently another satellite office for the FIFA Caribbean Development Office was opened in the suburb of Welches, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Members CONCACAF has 41 member associations:
Association National teams Founded FIFA affiliation CONCACAF affiliation IOC memberNorth American Zone (NAFU) (3)CAN (M, W)191219131961MEX (M, W)192219291961USA (M, W)191319141961Central American Zone (UNCAF) (7)BLZ (M, W)198019861986CRC (M, W)192119271961SLV (M, W)193519381961GUA (M, W)191919461961HON (M, W)193519461961NCA (M, W)193119501961PAN (M, W)193719381961Caribbean Zone (CFU) (31)AIA (M, W)199019961996ATG (M, W)192819721972ARU (M, W)193219881986BAH (M, W)196719681981BRB (M, W)191019681967BER (M, W)192819621967BOE Full CONCACAF member, but not a FIFA member. (M, W)19602014VGB (M, W)197419961996CAY (M, W)196619921990CUB (M, W)192419321961CUW (M, W)192119321961DMA (M, W)197019941994DOM (M, W)195319581964GUF (M, W)19622013GRN (M, W)192419781978GLP (M, W)19582013GUY (M, W)190219701961HAI (M, W)190419341961JAM (M, W)191019621963MTQ (M, W)19532013MSR (M, W)199419961996PUR (M, W)194019601964SKN (M, W)193219921992LCA (M, W)197919881986SMN (M, W)19992013VIN (M, W)197919881986SMA (M, W)19862013SUR (M, W)192019291961TRI (M, W)190819641964TCA (M, W)199619981996VIR (M, W)199219981987 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 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.
Aspiring future members — The Football Association of Greenland (KAK) 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 ineligible to apply to join UEFA, even with its political links with Denmark, due to UEFA applicants being required to apply as sovereign states. Kenneth Kleist was elected president of the KAK in October 2023. At that time, he announced the association's intentions to apply for full CONCACAF membership in 2024. He also stated that the association had been informed that it was "quite close to admission" to the confederation. On 28 May 2024, Greenland officially applied for full CONCACAF membership. However in June 2025, during its 28th Extraordinary Congress, CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani announced that Greenland's membership application had been unanimously rejected. announced in 2019 that the Comité Territorial de Football de Saint-Barthélemy had begun the process of joining the Caribbean Football Union and CONCACAF for the first time. announced in September 2019 that The Football Association of Saint Pierre and Miquelon was expected to build a suitable venue with the aim of becoming a member of CONCACAF in the near future.Saint Pierre and Miquelon to build a ground with an artificial pitch and join CONCACAF ConIFA. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
Other potential future members Although one of the three special municipalities of the Netherlands in the region is a member of CONCACAF (Bonaire), the other two are not: has played at least six recorded international matches, all of which against neighboring Sint Eustatius. has played nine recorded international matches, three against CONCACAF members in the Caribbean Football Union and the remainder against neighboring Saba.
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 power 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 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. 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 CONCACAF Nations League CONCACAF Under-20 Championship CONCACAF Under-17 Championship CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship CONCACAF Futsal Championship CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Women CONCACAF W Gold Cup CONCACAF W Championship CONCACAF W Nations League (upcoming) CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship CONCACAF Girls' Under-15 Championship CONCACAF W Futsal Championship
Clubs: Men 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 Women CONCACAF W Champions Cup
Defunct
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)