Colombian Football Federation

The Colombian Football Federation (in Spanish: Federación Colombiana de Fútbol) is the governing body of association football in Colombia. The organization was founded in 1924 and has been affiliated with FIFA since 1936. It is a member of CONMEBOL and in charge of the Colombia national football team and the Colombia women's national football team.^[1][2]

Colombian Football Federation

CONMEBOL
Founded	12 October 1924; 99 years ago (1924-10-12)
Headquarters	Barranquilla
FIFA affiliation	1936
CONMEBOL affiliation	1936
President	Ramón Jesurún
Website	www.fcf.com.co

Logo until 2023

History

The Colombian soccer league was first formed in 1948^{[contradictory]}, though some teams existed independently before that. The Colombian Football League and Federation had a dispute with FIFA^[when?] that led to the league and federation spending its early years outside of the FIFA organization. Because of the dispute, its national teams were suspended from international play.^{[citation needed]}

The Colombian football league in the '50s and '60s was dominated by Colombian domestic football, and in the 90s was dominated by solid international performances from the national team. The national team under the federation achieved great success, reaching all three World Cups in the '90s.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2024, the Colombian Football Federation met with the leaders of the CONMEBOL Evolution program, which focuses on the development of South American Football. The FCF chose to partner with CONMEBOL to strengthen and further develop grassroots football, women's football, Futsal, and Beach soccer in the communities of Colombia and all of South America.^{[citation needed]}

In January,^[when?] the Colombian Football Federation started the Master in High-Performance Football program which aimed to expand the knowledge and training of their coaching staff in their youth boys and girls national programs. The program was developed in alliance with MBP School of Coaches based in Barcelona, consisting of content on individual and collective tactics, training methodology, and both the physical and psychological aspects of football. The education program was set to last 8 months.^{[citation needed]}

2024 Copa América final

On July 16, 2024, the Colombian Football Federation issued a statement of regret and apology following CONMEBOL's 2024 Copa América final between Colombia and Argentina. The statement apologized to tournament organizers, the host country of the United States, and all people affected for the chaos that occurred during the overcrowding of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on July 14, 2024 during the match, where Colombia's national men's football team was defeated by Argentina's national men's football team.^[3] The statement also claimed that Ramón Jesurún, the Colombian Football Federation's head and CONMEBOL's vice-president, deeply regretted what happened.^[3] Despite 800 law enforcement officers representing 8 different agencies provided security for the event, fans in attendance still overcrowded and became unruly.^[4][5][3] 27 people, including Jesurún and his son Ramon Jamil Jesurún, where arrested, while 55 others were ejected.^[4][3][5] Jesurún and his son were each individually charged in Miami-Dade with three counts of felony battery.^[3][4][5]

Past presidents

• 1936: Carlos Lafourie Roncallo
• 1948: Bernardo Jaramillo García
• 1951: Eduardo Carbonell Insignares
• 1957: Efraín Borrero
• 1957: Rafael Fernández
• 1958: Efraín Borrero
• 1961: Pedro Nery López
• 1962: Luis Benedetti Gómez
• 1964: Eduardo Carbonell Insignares
• 1964: Alfonso Senior Quevedo
• 1971: Eduardo Carbonell Insignares
• 1975: Alfonso Senior Quevedo
• 1982: León Londoño Tamayo
• 1992: Juan José Bellini
• 1995: Hernán Mejía Campuzano (interim)
• 1996: Álvaro Fina Domínguez
• 2002: Óscar Astudillo Palomino
• 2006: Luis Bedoya Giraldo
• 2015–present: Ramón Jesurún Franco

Executive committee

Name	Position	Source
Ramón Jesurún	President	[6]
Álvaro González	Vice President	[7]
Fernando Jaramillo	2nd Vice President	[8]
Andres Tamayo	General Secretary	[9]
n/a	Treasurer
Iván Novella	Technical Director	[10]
Néstor Lorenzo	Team Coach (Men's)	[11]
Nelson Aradia	Team Coach (Women's)	[12]
Juan Mejía	Media/Communications Manager	[13]
Jorge Correa Pastrana	Futsal Coordinator	[14]
Ricardo Hoyos	2nd Futsal Coordinator	[15]
Carlos Camargo	Referee Coordinator	[16]
Emmerson González	2nd Referee Coordinator	[17]

See also: Football in Colombia and Colombia national football team

References

1. Dunmore, Tom (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810871885. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via Google Books.
2. Cárdenas, Alexander (4 March 2017). The Global Journey of Football: From the Origins of the Beautiful Game to Its Recent Use as a Social Catalyst. Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag). ISBN 9783954892358. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via Google Books.
3. Bieler, Des (July 16, 2024). "Amid Copa América crowd chaos, Colombia soccer chief arrested". Washington Post. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
4. Becherano, Lizzy (July 15, 2024). "Colombia federation president, son arrested at Copa América final". ESPN. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
5. Thames, Alanis (July 15, 2024). "Columbia's soccer federation president and son among 27 arrested in chaos at Copa America final". The Associated Press. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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External links

• FCF website
• Colombia FIFA profile