North American Football Union

North American Football Union (NAFU)

Members of NAFU (orange), alongside the other members of CONCACAF (caramel)
Abbreviation	NAFU

The North American Football Union (NAFU; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) 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 provides one of CONCACAF's representatives to the FIFA Executive Committee.

Member associations

The North American Football Union has three member associations:

Association	Code
Template:Flagicon Canada	CAN
Template:Flagicon Mexico	MEX
Template:Flagicon 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

North American Nations Cup

The North American Football Union organized 2 North American Nations Cups in 1990 and 1991 to contest on the North American zone before the CONCACAF Gold Cup was introduced.

• 1990 North American Nations Cup
• 1991 North American Nations Cup
• 1992 North American Nations Cup (cancelled)

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

• 1st – Champion
• 2nd – Runner-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarter-finals
• R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986)
• 2R – Second group stage (1982)
• GS – Group stage (1930 and since 1950)
• 1R – First round (1934 and 1938)

• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  •  — Did not qualify
•     — Did not enter/withdrew
•  ×  — Banned
•     — Hosts

FIFA World Cup

Team	Template:Flagicon 1930	Template:Flagicon 1934	Template:Flagicon 1938	Template:Flagicon 1950	Template:Flagicon 1954	Template:Flagicon 1958	Template:Flagicon 1962	Template:Flagicon 1966	Template:Flagicon 1970	Template:Flagicon 1974	Template:Flagicon 1978	Template:Flagicon 1982	Template:Flagicon 1986	Template:Flagicon 1990	Template:Flagicon 1994	Template:Flagicon 1998	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002	Template:Flagicon 2006	Template:Flagicon 2010	Template:Flagicon 2014	Template:Flagicon 2018	Template:Flagicon 2022	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 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

Team	Template:Flagicon 1991	Template:Flagicon 1995	Template:Flagicon 1999	Template:Flagicon 2003	Template:Flagicon 2007	Template:Flagicon 2011	Template:Flagicon 2015	Template:Flagicon 2019	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2023	Years	Inclusive WC Qual.
	•	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	QF	R16	GS	8	9
	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	3	9
	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 Template:Flagicon	1995 Template:Flagicon	1997 Template:Flagicon	1999 Template:Flagicon	2001 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon	2003 Template:Flagicon	2005 Template:Flagicon	2009 Template:Flagicon	2013 Template:Flagicon	2017 Template:Flagicon	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

• Central American Football Union
• Caribbean Football Union
• North American Football Confederation
• Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation

External links

• NAFU – North American Football Union at Football Mywapblog (archived 18 August 2016)