Mexican Football Federation facts for kids

The Mexican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C.; abbreviated as Femexfut or FMF) is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the Mexico national team, the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, directing, expanding, and supervising competitive football in Mexico.

The Federación has three operational centres: the Central Office, the High Performance Centre (Centro de Alto Rendimiento, CAR) and the Training Centre (Centro de Capacitación, CECAP).

FEMEXFUT is a member of the CONCACAF and FIFA, and is subject to policies, statutes, objectives and ideals of those international play football governing bodies.

The Federación was established on 23 August 1927 under the inaugural president Humberto Garza Ramos. In 1929, FIFA affiliation was established; CONCACAF affiliation was established in 1961.

Structure

Former headquarters in Mexico City

The governing body of the Federación is the General Assembly that conforms with the participation of the Liga MX with 55% of the votes; Liga de Expansión MX with 5%; Liga Premier, with 18%; Liga TDP, with 13%, and the Amateur sector, with 9%. The executive and administrative body is the National Council, which comprises five members, one from each of the divisions mentioned, and are elected every four years.

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Juan Carlos Rodríguez Bas	President Commissioner
Ivar Sisniega	Executive President
Iñigo Riestra	General Secretary
Luis Palma	Treasurer
Lucía Mijares	Technical Director
José Romano	Sales Manager
Duilio Davino	Sports Director of National Teams (men's)
Andrea Rodebaugh	Sports Director of National Team (women's)
Luis Maldonado	Operational Director of National Teams
Andrés Lillini	Coordinator of Youth National Teams
Jorge Christian Tello	Scouting Coordinator
Martí Matabosch	Sports Science Coordinator
Jaime Lozano	Team coach (men's)
Pedro López	Team coach (women's)
Edgar Martínez	Media/communications Manager
Enrique Osses	Head/Director of the Referees Department
Benito Armando Archundia	Chairperson of the Referees Committee and Referee coordinator

Competitions

The league is composed of four professional divisions: Liga MX, Liga de Expansión MX, Liga Premier, and Liga TDP. The Liga MX Femenil is the top-tier of women's football in Mexico.

2026 World Cup Bid

In September 2012, former Federación President Justino Compeán confirmed plans to bid. On 4 March 2016, Federación President Decio De Maria announced continued interest after the new FIFA president Gianni Infantino was elected in the wake of the Garcia Report corruption scandal. In April 2017, the Federación, with Canada and the United States, announced a joint bid to host the World Cup. It was awarded on 13 June 2018; 134 votes versus the Morocco bid by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation with 65 votes. Mexico will host 10 matches, Canada 3 matches, and the United States 60 matches in 10 cities including the final. The shortlist of match cities was selected in June 2022: Guadalajara, Mexico City, & Monterrey.

See also

In Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación para niños

• Football in Mexico
• Mexico national football team
• Mexico women's national football team
• Mexican Football League System