The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) is one FIFA’s six continental governing bodies.
It was founded September 18, 1961, in Mexico City, Mexico, through the merger of the the two existing continental bodies at the time which were the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) and the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF).
Concacaf now boasts 41 member nations at the time of this article.
The founding members of Concacaf:
As previously mentioned Concacaf was created after a merger between the NAFC and the CCCF.
See the founding members of Concacaf below:
From NAFC:
- Canada
- Mexico
- United States
From CCCF:
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Netherlands Antilles (now dissolved; included Curaçao and other islands)
- Suriname
- Guyana
- Trinidad and Tobago
The purpose of creating Concacaf was to promote football and increase the quality of the sport as well as unify the sport across these diverse regions.
Two of the founding members Guyana and Suriname are in Concacaf despite being geographically in South America.
These two nations although not North American or Caribbean align more with Caribbean nations due to their unique histories.
The inclusion of these two nations are based strictly on their strong cultural and historical ties to the Caribbean, including being members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in which Guyana was one of the founding members.
The table:
Because Canada, the USA and Mexico are hosting The FIFA World Cup 2026 they have automatically qualified for the World Cup.
It looks so far but we will see who will make it through.
We think Suriname, Jamaica and Haiti could make it through but we will see.
