North American Football Union

North American Football Union (NAFU)
AbbreviationNAFU
TypeSports governing body
Membership3 member associations

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.

History

Member associations

The North American Football Union has three member associations:

Association Code
Canada CAN
Mexico MEX
United States USA

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

Main article: List of association football competitions
See also: 2025 in association football, 2025 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

North American Nations Cup

The North American Football Union organized 2 North American Nations Cups on 1990 and 1991 to contest on Northern America and Mexico before the CONCACAF Gold Cup was introduced

The 1992 edition was cancelled because Mexico and United States decided to enter the Amistad Cup instead.

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

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 • • • • • • • • GS q 3 16
 Mexico GS • GS GS GS GS GS QF • GS • QF × R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 GS q 18 21
 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

Main article: FIFA Women's World Cup
Team
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019

2023 		Years Inclusive
WC Qual.
 Canada • GS GS 4th GS GS QF R16 GS 8 9
 Mexico • • GS • • GS GS • • 3 9
 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

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
Total 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 12

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[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ 1991 North American Championship[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "CCCF and Concacaf Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  6. ^ Marshall, Tom (29 May 2019). "MLS and Liga MX announce Leagues Cup". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  7. ^ "SuperLiga Regulations" (PDF). mlsnet.com. Major League Soccer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2008.
  8. ^ "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.