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Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol

Uruguayan Football Association
CONMEBOL
Uruguayan Football Association logo.png
Founded March 30, 1900; 117 years ago (1900-03-30)
Headquarters Montevideo
FIFA affiliation 1923
CONMEBOL affiliation 1916
President Wilmar Valdez
Website auf.org.uy

The Uruguayan Football Association (Spanish: Asociación Uruguaya de FútbolAUF) is the governing body of football in Uruguay. It was founded in 1900 and affiliated to FIFA in 1923. It is a founding member of CONMEBOL and is in charge of the Uruguay national football team and the Campeonato Uruguayo de Fútbol, including the Uruguayan Primera División.

Chronological list of A.U.F. presidents

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

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

Also annually develops the Uruguayan League of First Division, U-20 and other futsal tournaments. The AUF is one of the two entities that regulates futsal, the other is the Uruguayan Federation of Indoor Football.

There is a beach soccer league played in the summer. In the 2010 edition participated 10 teams.



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