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
Members of NAFU (orange), members of CONCACAF (orange and camel)
AbbreviationNAFU
TypeSports organization
Membership
3 member associations

Member associations

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

CodeAssociation
CAN Canada
MEX Mexico
USA United States

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.".

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 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.[5] 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 match established in 2018, held between the winners of the previous Major League Soccer season and the winners of the Campeón de Campeones of Liga MX.[6]

The Leagues Cup is a single-elimination club tournament between teams from Major League Soccer and Liga MX that was established in 2019.[7]

Major tournament records
Legend

FIFA World Cup
Main article: 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		 Years Inclusive
WC Qual.
 Canada•••••GS•••••••• 1 14
 MexicoGS•GSGSGSGSGSQF•GS•QF×R16R16R16R16R16R16R16 16 19
 United States3rd1RGS•••••••••GSR16GSQFGSR16R16• 10 20
Total210211111010212222221TBDTBD 27 –

FIFA Women's World Cup
Main article: FIFA Women's World Cup
Team
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019		 Years Inclusive
WC Qual.
 Canada•GSGS4thGSGSQFR16 6 7
 Mexico••GS••GSGS• 3 7
 United States1st3rd1st3rd3rd2nd1st1st 7 7
Total12323332 16

FIFA Confederations Cup
Main article: FIFA Confederations Cup
Team 1992
 1995
 1997
 1999
 2001

 2003
 2005
 2009
 2013
 2017
 Years
 Canada • • • × GS • • • • • 1
 Mexico • 3rd GS 1st GS • 4th • GS 4th 7
 United States 3rd • • 3rd • GS • 2nd • • 4
Total111221111112

See also

References
  1. "CONCACAF Statutes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. "Member Associations". concacaf.com. Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. 1990 North American Championship
  4. 1991 North American Championship
  5. "SuperLiga Regulations" (PDF). mlsnet.com. Major League Soccer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2008.
  6. "Major League Soccer and Liga MX Fuel Rivalry with New Partnership". mlssoccer.com (Press release). Major League Soccer. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. Marshall, Tom (29 May 2019). "MLS and Liga MX announce Leagues Cup". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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