Venezuelan Football Federation

Venezuelan Football Federation
CONMEBOL
Founded	1925; 101 years ago
Headquarters	Caracas
FIFA affiliation	1937
CONMEBOL affiliation	1953
President	Jorge Giménez
Website	https://www.fvf.com.ve/

The Venezuelan Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Venezolana de Fútbol or FVF) is the governing body of football in Venezuela. It was founded in 1925 and affiliated in 1937.^[1] It is a member of CONMEBOL as well as FIFA, and is in charge of the Venezuela national football team.^[2]^[3]

Copa America 2007

Venezuela was selected as the host of the Copa América 2007. The FVF and CONMEBOL were responsible of many aspects of the organisation and logistics of the tournament.

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Jorge Giménez	President	^[4]
n/a	Vice President
David Quintanilla	General Secretary	^[4]
n/a	Treasurer
Luis Gimenez	Technical Director	^[4]
Fernando Batista	Team Coach (Men's)	^[4]
Ricardo Belli	Team Coach (Women's)	^[4]
Diego Cristaldo	Media/Communications Manager	^[4]
Rafael Almarza	Futsal Coordinator	^[4]
Leonardo Taricani	Referee Coordinator	^[4]

Executive Board

President: Jorge Giménez Ochoa
1st Vice-President: Pedro Infante Aparicio
2nd Vice-President: Jose Antonio Quintero
3rd Vice-President: Akram Almatni
Secretary: David Quintanilla
Director: Suying Olivares
Director: Oscar Linares
Director: Juan Carlos Copa
Director: Reina Suarez
Director: Miguel Mea Vitali
Director: Oscar Cunto
Director: Adrian Aguirre
Referee Board: Miguel Buitriago
Honor Council: Consuelo Vasquez
Electoral Commission: Edgar Morales
Press Officer: Salomón Rondón

References

↑ "Au Comité exécutif de la F.I.F.A." Le Courrier (in French). 8 November 1937.
↑ "Venezuela conflicts FIFA with sports law". Namibian Sun. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.
↑ "Country trying to avoid FIFA sanctions". ESPN. 11 March 2005. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Inside FIFA". Inside.fifa.com. Retrieved 15 July 2026.

External links

Venezuelan Football Federation on Facebook
Venezuelan Football Federation on X
FVF at FIFA.com

[1] "Au Comité exécutif de la F.I.F.A." Le Courrier (in French). 8 November 1937.

[2] "Venezuela conflicts FIFA with sports law". Namibian Sun. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014.

[3] "Country trying to avoid FIFA sanctions". ESPN. 11 March 2005. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

[auto-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Inside FIFA". Inside.fifa.com. Retrieved 15 July 2026.

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