Brazilian Football Confederation
Also known as Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, CBF
governing body of association football in Brazil
Key facts
- Short name
- CBF
- Founded
- 8 June 1914 ; 111 years ago ( 1914-06-08 )
- Headquarters
- Rio de Janeiro
- President
- Samir Xaud
- Website
- cbf.com.br
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.cbf.com.br
- Image
- CBF Fachada 2.jpg
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- inception
- 1914-08-20
- native label
- Confederação Brasileira de Futebol
- Commons category
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The Brazilian Football Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [kõfedeɾaˈsɐ̃w bɾaziˈlejɾɐ dʒi futʃiˈbɔw], abbreviated as CBF, pronounced Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [se.beˈɛfi]) is the governing body of football in Brazil.
It was founded on 8 June 1914 as Federação Brasileira de Sports [pt], and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The CBD, in addition to governing football, also governed other sports practiced in Brazil. The football confederation, as known today, separated from other sports associations on 24 September 1979.