North American Football Union

The North American Football Union (NAFU; French: Union Nord-Américaine de Football; Spanish: Unión Norteamericana de Fútbol) is a regional grouping under CONCACAF of national football organizations in the North American Zone.[1] The NAFU has no organizational structure. The statutes say "CONCACAF shall recognize ... The North American Football Union (NAFU)" (emphasis added). The NAFU provide one of CONCACAF's representatives to the FIFA Executive Committee.

North American Football Union
AbbreviationNAFU
TypeSports organization
Membership
3 member associations

History

Member associations

The North American Football Union has three member associations:[2]

AssociationCode
CanadaCAN
United StatesUSA
MexicoMEX

The 2015 edition of the CONCACAF Statutes notes that "Notwithstanding their affiliation to (the) NAFU, (The) Bahamas and Bermuda will participate in the competitions of (the) CFU."

Future members

  •  Greenland, who could join UEFA due to political links with Denmark or CONCACAF due to geographical proximity,[3] announced in May 2022 that the association had officially begun the process of becoming a member of CONCACAF and were expected to attend the body’s next congress with observer status. It was anticipated that the association would submit its formal application by 2024 or 2025.[4]
  •  Jersey, were rumored by Greenland Manager Morten Rutjkær, to be interested in joining CONCACAF.[5] This follows a failed bid to join the European confederation UEFA in 2020.[6] Jersey would geographically be closest to the North American Football Union were they to join, although located over 2,200 miles from Canada.

Competitions

National teams

Until 2017, Canada, Mexico, and the United States automatically qualified to the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Now the CONCACAF Nations League serves as qualification to the Gold Cup.

Clubs

The Leagues Cup is a club tournament between teams from Major League Soccer and Liga MX that was established in 2019.[11] It is the North American Zone's regional qualification tournament for the CONCACAF Champions League.

The North American SuperLiga was a club tournament between two North American zone leagues that ran from 2007 to 2010. It was an official tournament sanctioned by CONCACAF, but not organized by the federation.[12] When zone qualifiers were used for the CONCACAF Champions Cup, Bermudian clubs played against Mexican and/or American clubs.

The Campeones Cup is an annual super cup match established in 2018. It is held between the winners of the previous Major League Soccer season and the winners of the Campeón de Campeones of Liga MX.[13]

Major tournament records

Legend

FIFA World Cup

Team
1930

1934

1938

1950

1954

1958

1962

1966

1970

1974

1978

1982

1986

1990

1994

1998


2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022



2026
YearsInclusive
WC qual.
 CanadaGSGSq316
 MexicoGSGSGSGSGSGSQFGSQF×R16R16R16R16R16R16R16GSq1821
 United States3rd1RGSGSR16GSQFGSR16R16R16q1222
Total2102111110102122222213333

FIFA Women's World Cup

Team
1991

1995

1999

2003

2007

2011

2015

2019


2023
YearsInclusive
WC Qual.
 CanadaGSGS4thGSGSQFR16GS89
 MexicoGSGSGS39
 United States1st3rd1st3rd3rd2nd1st1stR1699
Total12323332216

FIFA Confederations Cup

Team1992
1995
1997
1999
2001

2003
2005
2009
2013
2017
Years
 Canada×GS1
 Mexico3rdGS1stGS4thGS4th7
 United States3rd3rdGS2nd4
Total111221111112

See also

References

External links