Editing CONMEBOL (section)

{{Short description|Governing body of association football in South America}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                = CONMEBOL
| full_name           = '''South American Football Confederation'''
| logo                = CONMEBOL logo (2017).svg
| logo_size           = 220
| image               = Hotel Bourbon-Conmebol (frente).JPG
| image_size          = 250
| caption             = CONMEBOL headquarters in [[Luque]],<br> Paraguay, as seen in 2014 
| map                 = CONMEBOL.svg
| abbreviation        = CONMEBOL<br />CSF
| formation           = {{Start date and age|1916|07|09|df=y}}
| founding_location   = [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| type                = Sports organization
| membership          = [[#Members|10 member associations]]
| headquarters        = [[Luque]], Paraguay
| coords              = {{Coord|25|15|38|S|57|30|58|W|region:CH-ZH_type:landmark}}
| region_served       = [[South America]]
| leader_title        = [[List of presidents of CONMEBOL|President]]
| leader_name         = [[Alejandro Dominguez (football executive)|Alejandro Domínguez]]
| languages           = [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] <br> [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| leader_title2       = Vice Presidents
| leader_name2        = Laureano González (1st) <br /> [[Claudio Tapia]] (2nd) <br /> Ramón Jesurún (3rd) <ref name=comite21>[https://www.conmebol.com/es/laconmebol/el-comite-ejecutivo El Comité Ejecutivo] on Conmebol (updated, 14 September 2021)</ref>
| leader_title3        = General Secretary
| leader_name3        = José Astigarraga<ref>[https://www.conmebol.com/es/conmebol-nombra-jose-manuel-astigarraga-como-nuevo-secretario-general CONMEBOL nombra a José Manuel Astigarraga como nuevo Secretario General], 1 November 2016</ref>
| leader_title4       = Treasurer
| leader_name4        = Rolando López
| parent_organization = [[FIFA]]
| website             = {{URL|https://www.conmebol.com/|conmebol.com}}
}}
{{FIFA confederations}}

'''CONMEBOL''' ({{IPAc-en|'|k|ɒ|n|m|ᵻ|b|ɒ|l}} {{respell|KON|mib|ol}}) or '''CSF''' ({{langx|es|Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol}};{{efn|{{IPA|es-419|koɱfeðeɾaˈsjon suðameɾiˈkana ðe ˈfuðβol|small=no}}.}} {{langx|pt|Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol}};{{efn|{{IPA|pt-BR|kõfedeɾaˈsɐ̃w ˌsuwɐmeɾiˈkɐnɐ dʒi futʃiˈbɔw|small=no}}.}} {{lit|South American Football Confederation}}), is the continental [[sport governing body|governing body]] of football in South America{{efn|Except [[Guyana national football team|Guyana]], [[Suriname national football team|Suriname]] and [[French Guiana national football team|French Guiana]], all of whom are members of [[CONCACAF]]}} and it is one of [[FIFA]]'s six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in [[Luque]], Paraguay. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member football associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is CONMEBOL (South America)? |url=https://analyisport.com/insights/what-is-conmebol-south-america/ |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=AnalyiSport |language=en-US}}</ref>

CONMEBOL national teams have won ten [[FIFA World Cup]]s (Brazil five, Argentina three and Uruguay two) and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cups]] and four [[FIFA Club World Cup]]s. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have won two [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] gold medals each.

The [[FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup qualifiers]] of CONMEBOL have been described as the "toughest qualifiers in the world" for their simple [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] system, entry of some of the top national teams in the world, leveling of the weaker national teams, [[climate]] and [[Altitude|geographic]] conditions, strong home stands and passionate supporters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=1395677&s=fut&type=column |title=La eliminatoria más difícil del mundo |work=ESPN Desportes |language=es |date=11 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/soccer/news/_/columnist/vickery_tim/id/7096226/south-america-world-cup-qualifying-toughest-planet-tim-vickery-soccer |title=South American WCQ toughest in world |work=ESPN |date=18 October 2011 |first=Tim |last=Vickery}}</ref>

[[Juan Ángel Napout]] (Paraguay) was the president of CONMEBOL until 3 December 2015 when he was arrested in a raid in Switzerland as part of the U.S. Justice Department's [[2015 FIFA corruption case|bribery case involving FIFA]]. [[Wilmar Valdez]] (Uruguay) was interim president until 26 January 2016 when [[Alejandro Dominguez (football executive)|Alejandro Domínguez]] (Paraguay) was elected president. The vice presidents are [[Ramón Jesurún]] (Colombia), Laureano González (Venezuela) and [[Arturo Salah]] (Chile).