FVF — Federación Venezolana de Fútbol

What is the FVF?

The Federación Venezolana de Fútbol (FVF) is the national association for football in Venezuela and the country’s member of FIFA and CONMEBOL. Article 1 of its statutes describes it as “una asociación civil sin fines de lucro, sucesora de la Asociación Venezolana de Fútbol fundada el 1ro de diciembre de 1925”, using the acronym FVF, and as the body authorised to “dirigir, desarrollar y controlar la estructura del fútbol” in the country.^[1]

The same article states that the FVF “es miembro de la FIFA, CONMEBOL, COV” — FIFA, CONMEBOL and the Venezuelan Olympic Committee — and that it is “inscrita en el Registro Nacional del Deporte, la Actividad Física y la Educación Física del IND”, the national sports institute, under Venezuela’s sports law.^[1] Its site covers the eleven-a-side game for men and women, futsal and beach football.^[8] FIFA’s directory lists the federation in the CONMEBOL zone with Jorge Giménez as president and David Quintanilla as general secretary, and names coordinators for refereeing and futsal.^[4]

What does the FVF govern or do?

The FVF directs the structure of Venezuelan football under its statutes, which make it responsible for forming the national teams (“conformar los Seleccionados Nacionales”, Article 4) and set up a disciplinary commission, an ethics commission, a dispute resolution chamber and an appeals commission (Articles 71–75).^[1] Article 24 distinguishes amateur from professional clubs, and Article 25 defines “professional entities” as clubs competing in the professional categories the FVF recognises.^[1]

The federation’s site carries the Liga FUTVE competitions: the men’s Liga FUTVE, the Liga FUTVE Femenina, the Liga FUTVE Junior, the Liga FUTVE Futsal 1 and the Liga FUTVE Playa.^[9] On 24 November 2025 it reported Carabobo FC as winner of the Torneo Clausura of the Liga FUTVE 2025.^[9] Its regulations are published in a separate document repository linked from its home page.^[8] Refereeing is coordinated by a referee coordinator listed by FIFA.^[4]

When was the FVF founded and where is it based?

The FVF’s statutes present it as the successor to the Asociación Venezolana de Fútbol, “fundada el 1ro de diciembre de 1925”.^[1] CONMEBOL’s profile gives the same date, “el 1 de diciembre de 1925”.^[2]

Article 1 fixes the seat in Caracas and provides that it may move within the national territory only by a unanimous decision of the Congress of its members.^[1] The street address differs between directories: CONMEBOL gives “Av. Santos Erminy, 1° Calle Las Delicias, Torre Mega II, PH, Sabana Grande, Caracas”, while FIFA gives Av. Casanova, Centro Comercial El Recreo, Torre Norte, Piso 15, Sabana Grande, Caracas.^[2][4] The website listed by FIFA is fvf.com.ve.^[4] The registered statutes in force are dated Caracas, 11 July 2022.^[1]

How is the FVF recognised?

FIFA. FIFA’s member-association page lists the FVF as a member in the CONMEBOL zone.^[4] CONMEBOL’s profile gives 1952 for its FIFA affiliation.^[2]

CONMEBOL. CONMEBOL’s statutes, approved by its Extraordinary Congress of 4 June 2019, list the “Federación Venezolana de Fútbol desde 1953” — the last of the ten members to join (Article 5).^[3] CONMEBOL’s profile likewise gives 1953.^[2]

Normalisation, 2020–21. On 1 September 2020 the Bureau of the FIFA Council decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the FVF, stating that after the death of the federation’s president its president and first vice-president were permanently absent; the committee was to run daily affairs and organise elections, with a mandate “until 30 June 2021 at the latest”.^[5] FIFA announced its five members on 10 September 2020.^[6] On 13 October 2022 the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee sanctioned all five former committee members, with penalties from suspended one-year bans to a five-year ban and fines, for breaches of Articles 13, 15, 19, 20, 25 and 28 of the FIFA Code of Ethics.^[7]

National status. The statutes record registration with the IND and membership of the Comité Olímpico Venezolano, and state that FIFA, CONMEBOL and the COV “reconocen que la FVF es la única entidad autorizada de forma exclusiva” to direct football in Venezuela — the FVF’s own statement of its recognition.^[1]

What does the FVF organise?

The FVF fields Venezuela’s national teams; its site has sections for the men’s, women’s, futsal and beach football national teams.^[8] The men’s team plays in the Copa América and FIFA World Cup qualifying; CONMEBOL’s profile notes that Venezuela hosted the 2007 Copa América.^[2] The 2026 World Cup (11 June–19 July 2026) is past.

Domestically the federation’s site presents the Liga FUTVE family of competitions — men’s, women’s, junior, futsal and beach.^[9] The 2025 men’s season closed with the Torneo Clausura, won by Carabobo FC, as the FVF reported on 24 November 2025.^[9] For CONMEBOL’s club competitions, such as the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL’s statutes provide for a club-licensing system regulated by its Council (Article 64).^[3]

Who are its members?

Article 13 of the statutes lists the federation’s members: the state associations, clubs, athletes, referees, coaches, women’s football representatives, leagues, collectives, professional entities and professional players.^[1] The statutes provide for “veinticuatro (24) Asociaciones Estadales”, with only one state association recognised per state.^[1]

The Congress, the federation’s general assembly, is made up under Article 36 of up to five delegates per state association — its president and representatives of athletes, referees, coaches and women’s football — one delegate with one vote for each professional entity, a delegate of the professional players, and one delegate each for up to four recognised collectives (eleven-a-side, futsal, beach and women’s football).^[1] Article 1 reserves to that Congress, by unanimity, any move of the seat.^[1] At the continental level the FVF is itself the member: CONMEBOL’s statutes count the ten national associations, not clubs, as members.^[3]