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{{Short description|Governing body of football in Colombia}}
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{{National football association 
| Logo               = FCF-Logo-2023.svg
| Badge_size         = 190px
| Founded            = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1924|10|12}}
| FIFA affiliation   = 1936
| Region             = [[CONMEBOL]]
| Region affiliation = 1936
| Headquarters       = [[Barranquilla]]
| President          = [[Ramón Jesurún]]
| Coach              = [[Eduardo Lara]]
| Website            = {{official URL}}
}}
[[File:Federacion Colombiana de Futbol logo.svg|thumb|Logo until 2023]]
The '''Colombian Football Federation''' ({{langx|es|Federación Colombiana de Fútbol}}) is the governing body of [[association football|football]] in [[Colombia]]. The organization was founded in 1924, and has been affiliated with [[FIFA]] since 1936. It is a member of [[CONMEBOL]] and in charge of the [[Colombia national football team]] and the [[Colombia women's national football team]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9j1wbp2t1usC&q=colombian+football+federation+history&pg=PA56|title=Historical Dictionary of Soccer|first=Tom|last=Dunmore|date=16 September 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810871885|access-date=4 March 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HA4_BAAAQBAJ&q=colombian+football+federation+history&pg=PA70|title=The Global Journey of Football: From the Origins of the Beautiful Game to Its Recent Use as a Social Catalyst|first=Alexander|last=Cárdenas|date=4 March 2017|publisher=Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)|isbn=9783954892358|access-date=4 March 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref>

== History ==
The Colombian soccer league was first formed in 1948{{Contradictory inline|reason=Date of founding mentioned(1948) differs from one cited in infobox (1924)|date=July 2024}}, though some teams existed independently before that. The Colombian Football League and Federation had a dispute with FIFA{{When|date=July 2024|reason=When did the dispute occur?}} that led to the league and federation spending its early years outside of the FIFA organization. Because of the dispute, its national teams were suspended from international play.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

The Colombian football league in the '50s and '60s was dominated by Colombian domestic football, and in the 90s was dominated by solid international performances from the national team. The national team under the federation achieved great success, reaching all three World Cups in the '90s.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

In January 2024, the Colombian Football Federation met with the leaders of the CONMEBOL Evolution program, which focuses on the development of South American Football. The FCF chose to partner with CONMEBOL to strengthen and further develop grassroots football, women's football, [[Futsal]], and [[Beach soccer]] in the communities of Colombia and all of South America.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

In January,{{When|date=July 2024|reason=January of what year?}} the Colombian Football Federation started the Master in High-Performance Football program which aimed to expand the knowledge and training of their coaching staff in their youth boys and girls national programs. The program was developed in alliance with MBP School of Coaches based in [[Barcelona]], consisting of content on individual and collective tactics, training methodology, and both the physical and psychological aspects of football. The education program was set to last 8 months.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

== 2024 Copa América final ==
On July 16, 2024, the Colombian Football Federation issued a statement of regret and apology following [[CONMEBOL]]'s [[2024 Copa América final]] between Colombia and Argentina. The statement apologized to tournament organizers, the host country of the United States, and all people affected for the chaos that occurred during the overcrowding of [[Hard Rock Stadium]] in [[Miami Gardens, Florida]] on July 14, 2024 during the match, where [[Colombia national football team|Colombia's national men's football team]] was defeated by [[Argentina national football team|Argentina's national men's football team]].<ref name=arrestedinmiamiarea /> The statement also claimed that [[Ramón Jesurún]], the Colombian Football Federation's head and CONMEBOL's vice-president, deeply regretted what happened.<ref name=arrestedinmiamiarea>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/07/15/copa-america-crowd-chaos-colombia-soccer-chief-arrested/|title=Amid Copa América crowd chaos, Colombia soccer chief arrested|first=Des|last=Bieler|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 16, 2024|accessdate=July 16, 2024}}</ref> Despite 800 law enforcement officers representing 8 different agencies provided security for the event, fans in attendance still overcrowded and became unruly.<ref name=thosearrested /><ref name=eventfans /><ref name=arrestedinmiamiarea /> 27 people, including Jesurún and his son Ramon Jamil Jesurún, where arrested, while 55 others were ejected.<ref name=thosearrested>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40569659/colombia-federation-president-arrested-copa-america-final |title=Colombia federation president, son arrested at Copa América final |first=Lizzy |last=Becherano |work=[[ESPN]] |date=July 15, 2024 |access-date=July 16, 2024}}</ref><ref name=arrestedinmiamiarea /><ref name=eventfans>{{cite web |last1=Thames |first1=Alanis |title=Columbia's soccer federation president and son among 27 arrested in chaos at Copa America final |url=https://apnews.com/article/copa-america-fans-arrests-jesurun-6f45ab26a4aef6a64034215ac12604a7 |website=The Associated Press |access-date=July 16, 2024 |date=July 15, 2024}}</ref> Jesurún and his son were each individually charged in [[Miami-Dade County|Miami-Dade]] with three counts of felony battery.<ref name=arrestedinmiamiarea /><ref name=thosearrested /><ref name=eventfans />

==Past presidents==
* 1936: Carlos Lafourie Roncallo
* 1948: Bernardo Jaramillo García
* 1951: Eduardo Carbonell Insignares
* 1957: Efraín Borrero
* 1957: Rafael Fernández
* 1958: Efraín Borrero
* 1961: Pedro Nery López
* 1962: Luis Benedetti Gómez
* 1964: Eduardo Carbonell Insignares
* 1964: Alfonso Senior Quevedo
* 1971: Eduardo Carbonell Insignares
* 1975: Alfonso Senior Quevedo
* 1982: León Londoño Tamayo
* 1992: Juan José Bellini
* 1995: Hernán Mejía Campuzano (interim)
* 1996: Álvaro Fina Domínguez
* 2002: Óscar Astudillo Palomino
* 2006: Luis Bedoya Giraldo
* 2015–present: [[Ramón Jesurún|Ramón Jesurún Franco]]

== Executive committee ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Position
!Source
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Ramón Jesurún]]
|President
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia">https://inside.fifa.com/associations/COL</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Álvaro González (sports executive)|Álvaro González]]
|Vice President
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Carlos Zuguarla]]
|2nd Vice President
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Andres Tamayo]]
|General Secretary
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|n/a
|Treasurer
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Iván Novella]] 
|Technical Director
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Argentina}} [[Néstor Lorenzo]]
|Team Coach (Men's)
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Angelo Marsiglia]]
|Team Coach (Women's)
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Saula Murad]]
|Media/Communications Manager
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Jorge Correa Pastrana]]
|Futsal Coordinator
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Armando Farfan Peña]]
|Chairperson of the Referees Committee
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Imer Machado]]
|Head/Director of the Referees Department
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Restrepo
|Referee Coordinator
|<ref name="Member Association - Colombia"/>
|-
|}
{{See also|Football in Colombia|Colombia national football team}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191016205956/https://fcf.com.co/ FCF website]                   
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070603190612/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=col/index.html Colombia FIFA profile]

{{Sports governing bodies in Colombia}}
{{Colombia national football team}}
{{Football in Colombia}}
{{South American Football}}
{{International Football}}
{{National Members of the South American Football Confederation}}

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