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.

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:

Association Code
North American Football Union  Canada CAN
North American Football Union  United States USA
North American Football Union  Mexico MEX

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

  • North American Football Union  Greenland, who could join UEFA due to political links with Denmark or CONCACAF due to geographical proximity, 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.
  • North American Football Union  Jersey, were rumored by Greenland Manager Morten Rutjkær, to be interested in joining CONCACAF. This follows a failed bid to join the European confederation UEFA in 2020. 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. 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. 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.

Major tournament records

    Legend

FIFA World Cup

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1930
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1934
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1938
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1950
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1954
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1958
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1962
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1966
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1970
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1974
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1978
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1982
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1986
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1990
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1994
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1998
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2002
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2006
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2010
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2014
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2018
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2022
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2026
Years Inclusive
WC qual.
North American Football Union  Canada GS GS q 3 16
North American Football Union  Mexico GS GS GS GS GS GS QF GS QF × R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 GS q 18 21
North American Football Union  United States 3rd 1R GS GS R16 GS QF GS R16 R16 R16 q 12 22
Total 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 33

FIFA Women's World Cup

Team North American Football Union 
1991
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1995
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1999
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2003
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2007
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2011
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2015
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2019
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2023
Years Inclusive
WC Qual.
North American Football Union  Canada GS GS 4th GS GS QF R16 GS 8 9
North American Football Union  Mexico GS GS GS 3 9
North American Football Union  United States 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st R16 9 9
Total 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 16

FIFA Confederations Cup

Team 1992
North American Football Union 
1995
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1997
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1999
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2001
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2003
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2005
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2009
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2013
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2017
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Years
North American Football Union  Canada × GS 1
North American Football Union  Mexico 3rd GS 1st GS 4th GS 4th 7
North American Football Union  United States 3rd 3rd GS 2nd 4
Total 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 12

See also

References

Tags:

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