Uruguayan Football Association

Uruguayan Football Association
CONMEBOL
Founded	March 30, 1900; 124 years ago
Headquarters	Montevideo
FIFA affiliation	1923
CONMEBOL affiliation	1916
President	Ignacio Alonso
Website	www.auf.org.uy

The Uruguayan Football Association (Spanish: Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol — AUF) is the governing body of football in Uruguay. It was founded in 1900, as The Uruguayan Association Football League,^[2] and affiliated to FIFA in 1923. It is a founding member of CONMEBOL and is in charge of the national men's team and the national women's team, as well as the Uruguayan football league system.

History

In 1900, Albion F.C. sent invitations to Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club, Uruguay Athletic Club, and Deutscher Fussball Klub; the four teams were founding members.

Presidents

Chronological list of A.U.F. presidents^[3]

Period	Name
1900	Pedro Charter
1901	William Poole
1902	Carlos Rowland
1903 - 1904	Jorge Clulow
1905	Félix Ortiz de Taranco
1906	Jorge Clulow
1907 - 1912	Héctor Rivadavia Gómez
1913 - 1914	Dr. Abelardo Véscovi
1915 - 1918	Dr. Juan Blengio Rocca
1919	Dr. Ángel Colombo
1920 - 1921	León Peyrou
1922 - 1923	Dr. José M. Reyes Lerena
1924 - 1925	Atilio Narancio
1926	Héctor Rivadavia Gómez
1927 - 1930	Dr. Raúl Jude
1931	César Batlle Pacheco
1932 - 1933	Dr. Mario Ponce De León
1934 - 1937	Dr. Raúl Jude
1938 - 1939	Aníbal Garderes
1940 - 1941	Esc. Héctor Gerona
1942	Dr. Cyro Geanbruno
1943 - 1952	César Batlle Pacheco
1953 - 1956	Arq. Miguel Ángel Cattaneo
1957 - 1960	Fermín Sorhueta
1961 - 1963	Gral. Omar Porcincula
1964	Américo Gil
1965 - 1966	Brigadier Conrado Sáez
1967 - 1969	Julio Lacarte Muro
1970 - 1972	Américo Gil
1973	Fermín Sorhueta
1974 - 1976	Ing. Héctor Del Campo
1976	Dr. Carlos Keralto
1977 - 1978	Cr. Mario Garbarino
1978 - 1980	Yamandu Flangini
1981 - 1982	Cnel (R.) Matías Vázquez
1983 - 1986	Cnel (R.) Héctor Joanicó
1986	Miguel Volonterio
1987	Dr. Donato Griecco
1988 - 1989	Ing. Julio C. Franzini
1989 - 1990	Dr. Julio César Maglione
1991 - 1993	Dr. Hugo Batalla
1994 - 1996	Carlos Maresca
1997 - 2006	Eugenio Figueredo
2006 - 2008	Dr. José Luis Corbo
2008 - 2009	Washington Rivero
2009 - 2014	Dr. Sebastián Bauzá
2014 - 2018	Wilmar Valdez
2018 - 2019	Normalisation committee: Bordaberry-Castaingdebat-Scotti^[4]
2019 -	Ignacio Alonso

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Ignacio Alonso	President	^[5]
n/a	Vice President
Maria Diaz	General Secretary	^[6]
Ignacio Alonso	Treasurer	^[7]
Gustavo Banales	Technical Director	^[8]
Marcelo Bielsa	Senior Team Manager (Men's)	^[9]
Ariel Longo	Senior Team Manager (Women's)	^[10]
Matias Faral	Media/Communications Manager	^[11]
Kevork Kouyoumdyan	Futsal Coordinator	^[12]
Dario Ubracio	Referee Coordinator	^[13]

Tournaments organized

Men's football

The AUF organizes the national football tournament, two professional divisions (First Division and Second Division), and the third category (Amateur Second Division), involving amateur teams from Montevideo metropolitan area. Amateur clubs from the rest of the country are organized by the Interior Football Organization (OFI), federation affiliated to the AUF, but independently.

Women's football

In Women's football the AUF established the Uruguayan Championship which takes place every year since 1997. In conjunction with the OFI they organized a national tournament called National Tournament of Women's Football which there were only two editions (2001 and 2003).

Futsal

AUF annually develops the Men's Campeonato de Primera Division, U-20, U-17 and the same tournaments for women.^[14]^[15] The AUF is one of the two entities that regulates futsal, the other is the Uruguayan Federation of Indoor Football.

References

^ "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). AUF. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
^ "The Uruguayan Association Football League- Amateur Era". Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
^ "Lista histórica de Presidentes" (in Spanish). AUF Official Website. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^ "FIFA appoints normalisation committee for the AUF". FIFA.com. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uruguay". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uruguay". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uruguay". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uruguay". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
^ AUF (17 May 2023). "Marcelo Bielsa es el nuevo director técnico de la selección uruguaya". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish).
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uruguay". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uruguay". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uruguay". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Uruguay". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
^ "Campeonato Sala Masculino Mayores - AUF".
^ "Campeonato Sala Femenino Mayores - AUF".