CONCACAF

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 (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.

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. 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

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 in 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:

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 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. On 28 May 2024, Greenland officially applied for full CONCACAF membership. In June 2025, during its 28th Extraordinary Congress CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani announced that Greenland's membership application was unanimously rejected.

• , 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.

• , 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.

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 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 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

Main article: List of CONCACAF 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 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
• NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer 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)

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: 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 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).

CONCACAF Nations League

Main article: 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

Main article: 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.

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 clubs are Club América and Cruz Azul from Mexico, with seven titles each.

Current title holders

Titles by nation

CONMEBOL tournaments

The following CONMEBOL tournaments have had CONCACAF competitors:

National teams

• Copa América

Clubs

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

CONCACAF club competition winners

Continental

By club

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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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/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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By region

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

North America

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Central America

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Caribbeans

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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.

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Women's CONCACAF Ranking Index

The Ranking Index is calculated by CONCACAF.

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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.

Clubs

Top ten, last updated 20 October 2025.

Leagues

Top ten, last updated 20 October 2025.

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 17 March 2025.

;Men's BSWW rankings Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).

Top ten, last updated 1 October 2025.

;Women's BSWW rankings Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).

Last updated 1 October 2025.

Corruption

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. 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. 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 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". 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 Caribbean Football Union. The vice-president of CONCACAF, Alfredo Hawit, acted as president until May 2012.

Indicted CONCACAF individuals

Several CONCACAF officials have been indicted.

Hall of fame

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

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)

President's award

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• GUA Carlos Ruiz for speaking out against match-fixing in Guatemala
• BLZ Ian Gaynair for reporting an offer of a bribe

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• for winning the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's football tournament
• for winning the 2012 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament

Major tournament records

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• **** – 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

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

Only twelve CONCACAF members have ever reached the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930, four 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: