Brazilian Football Confederation

The Brazilian Football Confederation (Template:Langx, CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as Template:Ill, and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, separated from other sports associations on 24 September 1979.

The CBF has its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The confederation owns a training center, named Granja Comary, located in Teresópolis.<ref name="granjacomary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It was announced on 29 September 2007, that the CBF would launch a women's league and cup competition in October 2007 following pressure from FIFA president Sepp Blatter during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.<ref name="peoples">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="peoples2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The confederation reported a budget of $265.6 million (R$1.5 billion) for 2024, and a projection of $398.4 million (R$2.25 billion) for 2025.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Association staff

Name	Position	Ref.
Template:Flagicon Samir Xaud	President	<ref name="BRA">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":0"/>
Template:Flagicon Ednailson Rozenha	Vice-president	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Fernando Sarney	2nd Vice-president	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Flavio Zveiter	3rd Vice-president	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Gustavo Henrique	4th Vice-president	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon José Vanildo da Silva	5th Vice-president	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Michelle Ramalho	6th Vice-president	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Ricardo Lobo	7th Vice-president	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Rubens Angelotti	8th Vice-president	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Alcino Reis Rocha	General Secretary	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Valdecir de Souza	Treasurer	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Ricardo Leão	Technical Director	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Carlo Ancelotti	Team coach (men's)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagicon Arthur Elias	Team coach (women's)	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Alicio Pena Junior	Referee Chairperson	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Rodrigo Martins	Referees Department Director	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Marcel Van Gasse	Referee Coordinator	<ref name="BRA"/>
Template:Flagicon Lavoisier Freire	Futsal Coordinator	<ref name="BRA"/>

External links

• Official website Template:In lang
• CBF at YouTube
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• CBF at Facebook
• CBF at Instagram
• CBF at Flickr

Other

• Brazil at FIFA site