Mexican Football Federation

Mexican Football Federation
CONCACAF

Founded	August 23, 1927
Headquarters	Colima 373, Colonia Roma Norte, Mexico City, Mexico
FIFA affiliation	1929
CONCACAF affiliation	1961^[1]
President	Decio De Maria
Website	www.femexfut.org.mx

The Mexican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C., FMF,MFF or FEMEXFUT) is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the Mexican national team, the Mexican league and all affiliated amateur sectors, and is in charge of promoting, organizing, directing, spreading, and supervising competitive football in Mexico.

Headquartered in Mexico City, the Mexican Federation of Association Football has three operational centers: the Central Office, the High Performance Center (Centro de Alto Rendimiento, CAR) and the Training Center (Centro de Capacitación, CECAP).

FEMEXFUT is a member of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), therefore must comply with the statutes, objectives and ideals of world football's governing body.

The Mexican Federation of Football was established on 23 August 1927 under its first president Humberto Garza Ramos. In 1929 it became affiliated with the FIFA, and later became affiliated with CONCACAF in 1961.

Structure

Headquarters in Mexico City

The Mexican Football Federation's governing body is the General Assembly that conforms with the participation of the Primera Division with 55% of the votes; Liga De Ascenso with 5%; Segunda División, with 18%; Tercera División, with 13%, and the Amateur sector, with 9%. Its executive and administrative body is the National Council, which comprises five members, one from each of the divisions mentioned, and are elected every four years.^[2]

Competitions

The league is composed of four professional divisions: Liga MX, Ascenso MX, Segunda División, and Tercera División. The Superliga is the top level of women's football in Mexico.

Criticism

Stance on multi-team ownership

The issue of multi-team ownership has been a highly debated one within the owners of the professional football clubs and the Femexfut. Out of Mexico’s 33 clubs in the top two divisions, seven ownership groups control almost half the teams. Group Televisa (Club América, Necaxa), Grupo Salinas (Atlas, Morelia), Oceanografía (Querétaro, Delfines), the Lopez Chargoy brothers (Puebla, Chiapas), Grupo Caliente (Club Tijuana, Dorados de Sinaloa) and Grupo Pachuca-Grupo Carso (León, Pachuca, Estudiantes Tecos) wield much influence. Most of the owners that have more than one team have them split between the first and second divisions and are in place partly to promote player development.^[3]

In May 2013, the owners of the 18 Liga MX clubs voted in favor of a proposal to ban one person or company from owning more than one team. The proposal was introduced after Carlos Slim, whose telecommunications company América Móvil owns a 30% stake in Grupo Pachuca,^[4] was rumored to want to acquire Guadalajara (a move he ultimately ruled out). The ruling will not require club owners to sell one of their current Liga MX teams, but will prevent them from acquiring any more.^[5]

The issue was once again prevalent in November 2013 when TV Azteca, owner of Monarcas Morelia, paid out 124 shareholders of Club Atlas US$50 million to acquire the club which for years had been struggling financially.^[6]

2026 World Cup Bid

Main article: Mexico 2026 FIFA World Cup bid

In September 2012, former Mexican Football Federation President Justino Compeán confirmed plans for a Mexican bid.^[7] On March 4, 2016, Mexican Football Federation President Decio De Maria announced continued Mexican interest after the new FIFA president Gianni Infantino was elected in the wake of the Garcia Report corruption scandal.^[8]

References

↑ "Ramón Coll, electo Presidente de la Confederación de Futbol de América del Norte, América Central y el Caribe". La Nación (Google News Archive). 23 September 1961.
↑ "Introduccion, femexfut" [femexfut introducción] (in Spanish). Femexfut. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
↑ Marshal, Tom. "Multi-club ownership causing headaches". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
↑ Harrison, Crayton. "Billionaire Slim Buys 30% Stakes In Mexico Soccer Teams". Bloomberg. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
↑ "Mexican club owners move against multi-team ownership". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
↑ "Multi-Ownership Is Back; TV Azteca Buys Atlas". soccerly. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
↑ "Mexico to bid for 2026 World Cup". ESPN, Press Association. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
↑ "Mexico wants to host 2026 World Cup as first nation to stage three editions". ESPN, Press Association. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

External links

(Spanish) Official site
Mexico at FIFA website
Mexico at CONCACAF site

Football in Mexico

Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Liga MX Ascenso MX Segunda División Tercera División

Women	Super Liga Femenil

Domestic cups

Men	Copa MX Supercopa MX Campeón de Campeones Pre Libertadores Cup (defunct) InterLiga (defunct)

International	1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament

Awards

Lists

Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons

FIFA World Cup hosts

National association football governing bodies of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North America	Canada Mexico United States

Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire⁴ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

¹ North American member but affiliated to CFU. ² South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU. ³ Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA. ⁴ Associate CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA.

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

Coordinates: 19°25′04″N 99°10′12″W / 19.41779°N 99.169887°W / 19.41779; -99.169887

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