Brazil - Confederação Brasileira de Futebol

The Brazilian Football Confederation ( or ) is the governing body of Association football in Brazil. It was founded on August 20, 1914 as Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD), meaning Brazilian Sports Confederation. Its first president was Álvaro Zamith. It organizes the Brazilian national competitions, like Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol (all the four levels) and Copa do Brasil. The state federations, which organizes the Brazilian Football State Championship, are subordinated to CBF. The organization also administrates the Brazil national football team and the Brazil women's national football team. It is based in Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state). The confederation owns a training center, named Granja Comary.

It was announced on September 29 2007 that the CBF will launch a women's football league and Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino competition in October 2007 following pressure from FIFA president Sepp Blatter during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.

Presidents of CBF

Honors

- FIFA World Cup: 5 times (1958 FIFA World Cup, 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup, 1994 FIFA World Cup and 2002 FIFA World Cup)
- Copa América: 8 times (1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2007)
- Confederations Cup: 3 times (Confederations Cup 1997, Confederations Cup 2005 and Confederations Cup 2009)

Confederação Brasileira de Futebol related pages

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Football_Confederation