North & Central America
+ Caribbean
Introduction
This page covers football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean and reference should be made to the 40 members of CONCACAF below.
North American Zone (NAFU)
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
Caribbean Zone (CFU)
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With time it is hoped to expand coverage for each country to cover:
1. A short football summary with map.
2. Main soccer databases and stats sources. 3. Current league tables and results. 4. Historic league tables and results. 5. National football cup results and scores. 6. Football club statistics records and information. 7. Players statistics records and soccer base stats. 8. Other footy sources and interesting links. 9. Betting and relevant statistics. The RSSSF ArchiveRSSSF provides a tremendous archive containing CONCACAF Cup results as well as domestic league results and tables for the main levels in most countries in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Sections that may be of particular interest include:
1. RSSSF Archive - Domestic Results (America) 2. CONCACAF Cup 3. CCCF and CONCACAF Championships |
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) is the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Three South American entities, the independent nations of Guyana and Suriname and the French department of French Guiana, are also members.
CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico by the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF, and it became one of the six continental confederations affiliated with FIFA. The headquarters of the confederation is located in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad CONCACAF currently runs the following competitions: 1. CONCACAF Gold Cup – Official CONCACAF tournament. 2. CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup – Official women's tournament. 3. CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament |
4. CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
5. CONCACAF U-20 Championship 6. CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship 7. CONCACAF U-17 Championship 8. CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship Men's football in the region has been dominated by Mexico, and in recent years United States has improved rapidly. Both have won all but one of the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments. The United States has been very successful in the women's game, being the only CONCACAF member to win any of the three major worldwide competitions in women's football, namely the World Cup, the Olympics and the Algarve Cup. Only ten CONCACAF members have ever reached the FIFA World Cup since its inception in 1930, five 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 has reached the semifinal in a FIFA World Cup in the first edition in 1930, where they were awarded third place, and they also reached the quarterfinal round in 2002. |