North American Football Union

Members of NAFU (orange), members of CONCACAF (orange and caramel)
Abbreviation	NAFU
Type	Sports organization
Membership	3 member associations

The North American Football Union (NAFU; French: Union Nord-Américaine de Football; Spanish: Unión Norteamericana de Fútbol) is a regional grouping under CONCACAF of national football organizations in the North American Zone.^[1] The NAFU has no organizational structure. The statutes say "CONCACAF shall recognize ... The North American Football Union (NAFU)" (emphasis added). The NAFU provide one of CONCACAF's representatives to the FIFA Executive Committee.

History

Member associations

The North American Football Union has three member associations:^[2]

Code	Association
CAN	Canada
MEX	Mexico
USA	United States

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

National teams

Until 2017, Canada, Mexico, and the United States automatically qualified to the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Now the CONCACAF Nations League serves as qualification to the Gold Cup.

• 1990 North American Nations Cup^[3]
• 1991 North American Nations Cup^[4]

Clubs

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.^[5] 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 match established in 2018, held between the winners of the previous Major League Soccer season and the winners of the Campeón de Campeones of Liga MX.^[6]

The Leagues Cup is a single-elimination club tournament between teams from Major League Soccer and Liga MX that was established in 2019.^[7]

Major tournament records

Legend

FIFA World Cup

Team	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	2026	Years	Inclusive WC Qual.
Canada						•			•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1	14
Mexico	GS	•		GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	•	GS	•	QF	×	R16	R16	R16	R16	R16	R16	R16			16	19
United States	3rd	1R		GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	GS	QF	GS	R16	R16	•			10	20
Total	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	TBD	TBD	27	–

FIFA Women's World Cup

Team	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	Years	Inclusive WC Qual.
Canada	•	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	QF	R16	6	7
Mexico	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	•	3	7
United States	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	7	7
Total	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	16

FIFA Confederations Cup

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	2017	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