CAF 5-Year Ranking

The CAF 5-Year Ranking is used by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine the number of clubs that each CAF member association may enter in Africa's club football competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. At present, those associations ranked in the top twelve may enter two sides into each of the two continental tournaments, while the remaining associations are limited to a single side in each competition.

Introduction of the ranking

Prior to 2004, CAF organised three club tournaments (the CAF Champions League, the African Cup Winners' Cup, and the CAF Cup) with each association allowed to enter a single side in each tournament.

Starting from the 2004 season, the Cup Winners' Cup and CAF Cup were combined into a new tournament, the CAF Confederation Cup. Rather than limiting all associations to just two positions in CAF tournaments, CAF decided to allow the leading nations two entries into the new tournament, and also allow them a second entry in the Champions League.

As with the UEFA ranking used for their club tournaments, the CAF ranking is based on the results obtained in each of the past five completed club seasons (each weighted equally). There are some differences, notably:

• More tournaments are included (the CAF Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup also allow teams to obtain points)
• The annual results are not averaged by the number of entrants an association has (so highly ranked associations have a greater ability to obtain points)
• Points are not awarded for the results of individual matches, only the final level of advancement (such as winners, or position in a group stage) determines ranking points
• Only teams that advance to the final eight teams in each club tournament can obtain points

The initial ranking system

The initial classification (for 2004 tournaments) was made according to the performance of the associations in the previous 5 years (1998 to 2002) in club competitions held by the Confederation of African Football.

According to this system the associations selected were Tunisia (36 points), Egypt (31 points), Ivory Coast (27 points), Morocco (24 points), South Africa (17 points), Algeria (17 points), Cameroon (14 points), Ghana (12 points), Angola (12 points), Nigeria (10 points), Congo DR (8 points), and Senegal (6 points).

Season 2005 controversy

In July 2004 the Confederation of African Football informed its members that the ranking system for admission to the various cups for the 2005 season would be done according to the same 1998-2002 ranking used for the 2004 season. It is unknown why CAF did not calculate a 1999-2003 ranking (following UEFA's practice of updating its rankings each season), as there would seem to have been enough time to do this.[1] Since then, it has become CAF's policy to adopt a year older ranking for the competitions of the new season. So, for the 2012 season, rankings were based on results from 2006 to 2010.

Season 2011 change

In December 2010, the CAF altered the ranking system, removing the components from the Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup, and weighting more recent results more highly. For 2011 competitions, results from seasons 2005 to 2009 were still used, but the points from 2009 were multiplied by 5, from 2008 by 4 and so on.[2][3]

Season 2017 expansion

Starting from 2017 season, the group stage of both the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup was expanded from eight to 16 teams, divided into four groups of four, and a quarter-final stage was added after the group stage.[4][5] The CAF announced the ranking system based on the new format in March 2018.[6]

Criteria for awarding points

CAF approved its basic criteria, based on the criteria used in the election of the CAF Clubs of the 20th Century on 2000, for awarding points in 2003. Since then the only change (added in 2005) has been the addition of criteria that rewards clubs that advance to the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup.[7] This methodology has also been used to create an all-time ranking for CAF clubs (adding the points that would have been obtained by each club based on its results since 1965).

The table below shows the years during which the tournament was run (although for the CAF 5-year rankings only results since 1998 have counted). Since 2011 the Super Cup and FIFA World Cup Club have been excluded.[8]

Competition	6 Points	5 Points	4 Points	3 Points	2 Points	1 Point	0.5 Point
Competitions used in current rankings[6]
CAF Champions League	Champions	Runners-up	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist (from 2017)	3rd in Group Stage	4th in Group Stage
CAF Confederation Cup		Champions	Runners-up	Semi-finalist	Quarter-finalist (from 2017)	3rd in Group Stage	4th in Group Stage
Competitions used in previous rankings
CAF Champions League 2000–2016		Champions	Runners-up	Semi-finalist	3rd in Group Stage	4th in Group Stage
CAF Confederation Cup 2004–2016			Champions	Runners-up	Semi-finalist	3rd in Group Stage 4th in Group Stage
CAF Super Cup 1992–2010						Champions
FIFA Club World Cup 2005–2010	Champions		Runners-up 3rd Place		4th Place

Weighting factor

Since the 2011 CAF competitions, when computing the rankings, points have been weighted according to the year of the results. For example, for the ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2013–2017, the points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:[9]

• 2017 – 5
• 2016 – 4
• 2015 – 3
• 2014 – 2
• 2013 – 1

Association ranking

Ranking for 2019–20 CAF competitions

Ranking for 2019–20 CAF Champions League and 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2015 to 2018–19. This was announced by the CAF on 4 June 2019, as using the previous scheme, it would be based on results from 2014 to 2018. The only change for the top 12 associations is that Tanzania is included while Ivory Coast is excluded.[10][11]

Legend

• CL: CAF Champions League
• CC: CAF Confederation Cup
•   Associations ranked 1–12 and eligible to enter two teams in each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup)

Rank	Association	2015 (× 1)		2016 (× 2)		2017 (× 3)		2018 (× 4)		2018–19 (× 5)		Total
		CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC
1	Tunisia	0	6	0	3	7	5	9	0	8	6	154
2	Morocco	2	0	4	4	6	3	5	7	5	7	153
3	Egypt	1	6	7	0	7	0.5	5	3	4	5	120.5
4	Algeria	8	0	0	4	4	2	5	2	5	1	92
5	DR Congo	6	0	0	5	1	5	3	4	5	0	87
6	South Africa	0	4	6	0	3	4.5	2	0	6	0	76.5
7	Zambia	0	0	4	0	2	2	2	0	0	2.5	40.5
8	Sudan	8	0	0	0	3	2	0	0.5	0	2	35
9	Nigeria	0	0	2	0	0	0.5	0	3	2	1	32.5
10	Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	30
11	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.5	21.5
12	Tanzania	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0.5	3	0	18
13	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	15
14	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	14
15	Mozambique	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	13
16	Congo	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.5	11.5
17	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	11
18	Libya	0	0	0	0.5	3	0	0	0	0	0	10
19	Ghana	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.5	0	1	9
20	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8
20	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8
22	Eswatini	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7
23	Ethiopia	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6
24	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
24	Togo	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
26	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
26	Mali	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	3
28	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
29	Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	1.5

Ranking for 2020–21 CAF competitions

Ranking for 2020–21 CAF Champions League and 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2016 to 2019–20.

Legend

• CL: CAF Champions League
• CC: CAF Confederation Cup
•   Associations ranked 1–12 and eligible to enter two teams in each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup)

Updated after CAF Champions League/Confederation Cup matches on 8 March 2020, points which may increase marked by ≥.

Rank			Association	2016 (× 1)		2017 (× 2)		2018 (× 3)		2018–19 (× 4)		2019–20 (× 5)		Total
2020	2019	Mvt		CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC	CL	CC
1	2	+1	Morocco	4	4	6	3	5	7	5	7	≥8	≥7	≥185
2	3	+1	Egypt	7	0	7	0.5	5	3	4	5	≥8	≥5	≥147
3	1	–2	Tunisia	0	3	7	5	9	0	8	6	6	0	140
4	5	+1	DR Congo	0	5	1	5	3	4	5	0	4	1	83
5	4	–1	Algeria	0	4	4	2	5	2	5	1	3	1	81
6	6	—	South Africa	6	0	3	4.5	2	0	6	0	3	0.5	68.5
7	7	—	Zambia	4	0	2	2	2	0	0	2.5	1	2	43
8	9	+1	Nigeria	2	0	0	0.5	0	3	2	1	0	3	39
9	10	+1	Guinea	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	≥3	≥38
10	11	+1	Angola	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.5	4	0	36
11	8	–3	Sudan	0	0	3	2	0	0.5	0	2	2	0	29.5
12	18	+6	Libya	0	0.5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16.5
13	12	–1	Tanzania	0	0.5	0	0	0	0.5	3	0	0	0	14
14	13	–1	Ivory Coast	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.5	13.5
15	14	–1	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	11
15	20	+5	Zimbabwe	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	11
16	15	–1	Mozambique	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9
18	16	–2	Congo	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.5	0	0	8
18	17	–1	Uganda	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8
20	19	–1	Ghana	0	1	0	0	0	0.5	0	1	0	0	6.5
20	26	+6	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	1	6.5
22	20	–2	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6
23	22	–1	Eswatini	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
24	23	–1	Ethiopia	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
25	24	–1	Botswana	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
25	24	–1	Togo	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
27	-	-	Benin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
27	-	-	Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
29	28	–1	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	2
29	26	–3	Cameroon	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
31	29	–2	Gabon	0	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Historical rankings since 2011

Legend

•   Associations ranked 1–12 and eligible to enter two teams in each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup)
• — No rank (0 Points)

Association	Rank (Points)
	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2018–19	2019–20
Tunisia	1 (98)	1 (97)	1 (100)	1 (85)	1 (106)	1 (105)	1 (100)	2 (76)	1 (116)	1 (154)
Morocco	8 (20)	7 (27)	4 (62)	5 (53)	4 (44)	7 (29)	7 (24)	6 (41)	4 (84)	2 (153)
Egypt	2 (83)	2 (81)	3 (64)	2 (70)	2 (80)	2 (81)	2 (80)	1 (85)	2 (106.5)	3 (120.5)
Algeria	6 (27)	6 (45)	7 (43)	7 (40)	7 (32)	4 (44)	4 (64)	4 (62)	5 (82.5)	4 (92)
DR Congo	5 (46)	3 (60)	5 (49)	6 (48)	3 (46)	3 (63)	3 (69)	3 (70)	3 (90)	5 (87)
South Africa	14 (10)	16 (5)	17 (1)	—	11 (20)	12 (16)	6 (27)	5 (45)	6 (78.5)	6 (76.5)
Zambia	14 (10)	12 (13)	14 (10)	14 (7)	16 (4)	15 (6)	14 (4)	9 (18)	8 (38)	7 (40.5)
Sudan	4 (50)	5 (47)	6 (47)	4 (54)	6 (37)	5 (33)	5 (51)	7 (35)	7 (53)	8 (35)
Nigeria	3 (75)	4 (58)	2 (70)	3 (63)	5 (41)	11 (22)	12 (12)	12 (13)	13 (10.5)	9 (32.5)
Guinea	18 (1)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18 (5)	10 (30)
Angola	11 (18)	12 (13)	9 (18)	10 (18)	12 (17)	13 (11)	13 (7)	17 (3)	17 (6)	11 (21.5)
Tanzania	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16 (5)	24 (2)	12 (18)
Ivory Coast	7 (22)	12 (13)	12 (11)	15 (6)	13 (13)	6 (30)	9 (23)	8 (21)	10 (15)	13 (15)
Kenya	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14 (14)
Mozambique	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10 (15)	15 (13)
Congo	—	—	—	9 (20)	9 (21)	8 (26)	7 (24)	10 (16)	15 (10)	16 (11.5)
Uganda	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18 (5)	17 (11)
Libya	16 (9)	10 (16)	12 (11)	15 (6)	16 (4)	14 (7)	14 (4)	14 (8)	9 (19)	18 (10)
Ghana	13 (12)	15 (6)	16 (2)	12 (11)	14 (8)	15 (6)	14 (4)	15 (7)	22 (4)	19 (9)
Rwanda	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20 (8)
Zimbabwe	12 (17)	9 (18)	11 (13)	13 (8)	18 (3)	18 (1)	—	—	18 (5)	20 (8)
Eswatini	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18 (5)	22 (7)
Ethiopia	—	—	—	—	15 (5)	17 (4)	17 (3)	18 (2)	13 (10.5)	23 (6)
Botswana	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24 (4)
Togo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24 (4)
Cameroon	10 (19)	11 (14)	8 (19)	11 (12)	9 (21)	8 (26)	11 (19)	13 (12)	10 (15)	26 (3)
Mali	8 (20)	8 (21)	10 (16)	8 (31)	7 (32)	8 (26)	9 (23)	11 (15)	16 (8)	26 (3)
Burkina Faso	18 (1)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28 (2.5)
Gabon	18 (1)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23 (2.5)	29 (1.5)
Equatorial Guinea	17 (2)	18 (1)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Niger	—	16 (5)	15 (4)	17 (3)	19 (2)	18 (1)	—	—	—	—

Note: For associations which have the same number of points, they are listed as having the same rank as CAF did not publish any tiebreaking criteria. In two occasions there was a tie for determining the 12th ranked association:

• In 2012, Ivory Coast received two entries in each tournament, while Angola and Zambia only received one entry in each.
• In 2013, Ivory Coast received two entries in each tournament, while Libya only received one entry in each.

Club ranking

Ranking for 2019–20 CAF competitions

Club ranking is used for seeding in the CAF competitions.

Legend

•   Enter 2019–20 CAF Champions League
•   Enter 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup

Rank	Club	2015 (× 1)	2016 (× 2)	2017 (× 3)	2018 (× 4)	2018–19 (× 5)	Total
1	Espérance de Tunis	0.5	0	3	6	6	63.5
2	TP Mazembe	6	5	5	3	4	63
2	Wydad Casablanca	1	4	6	3	5	64
4	Al-Ahly	3	2	5	5	3	57
5	Étoile du Sahel	5	3	4	3	3	50
6	Mamelodi Sundowns	0	6	3	2	4	49
7	Zamalek	3	5	2	0	5	44
8	Horoya	0	0	1	3	3	30
9	RS Berkane	0	0	0	2	4	28
10	USM Alger	5	0	4	2	0	25
10	Raja Casablanca	0	0	0	5	1	25
12	ZESCO United	0	4	2	2	0.5	24.5
13	AS Vita Club	0	0	1	4	1	24
14	CS Sfaxien	0.5	0	2	0	3	21.5
15	Al-Hilal	4	0	1	0.5	2	19
15	Club Africain	0	0	3	0	2	19
17	ES Sétif	2	0	0	4	0	18
18	1º de Agosto	0	0	0	4	0	16
18	Enyimba	0	2	0	3	0	16
20	CS Constantine	0	0	0	0	3	15
20	FUS Rabat	0	3	3	0	0	15
20	Simba	0	0	0	0	3	15
23	Gor Mahia	0	0	0	1	2	14
23	Orlando Pirates	4	0	0	0	2	14
25	Al-Masry	0	0	0	3	0	12
25	SuperSport United	0	0	4	0	0	12
27	ASEC Mimosas	0	1	0	1	1	11
27	KCCA	0	0	1	2	0	11
29	JS Saoura	0	0	0	0	2	10
29	MC Alger	0	0	2	1	0	10
29	Al-Ahli Tripoli	0	0.5	3	0	0	10
29	Hassania Agadir	0	0	0	0	2	10
29	Lobi Stars	0	0	0	0	2	10
29	Al-Merrikh	4	0	2	0	0	10
29	Nkana	0	0	0	0	2	10
36	Ferroviário Beira	0	0	3	0	0	9
37	MO Béjaïa	0	4	0	0	0	8
37	CARA Brazzaville	0	0	0	2	0	8
37	Difaâ El Jadidi	0	0	0	2	0	8
37	Rayon Sports	0	0	0	2	0	8
41	Mbabane Swallows	0	0	1	1	0	7
42	Saint George	0	0	2	0	0	6
42	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	0	0	2	0	0	6
42	Zanaco	0	0	2	0	0	6
45	NA Hussein Dey	0	0	0	0	1	5
45	Ismaily	0	0	0	0	1	5
45	Asante Kotoko	0	0	0	0	1	5
45	Enugu Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	5
45	FC Platinum	0	0	0	0	1	5
50	Township Rollers	0	0	0	1	0	4
50	Williamsville AC	0	0	0	1	0	4
50	UD Songo	0	0	0	1	0	4
50	AS Togo-Port	0	0	0	1	0	4
54	Recreativo do Libolo	0	0	1	0	0	3
54	Coton Sport	0	0	1	0	0	3
54	Young Africans	0	0.5	0	0.5	0	3
54	CAPS United	0	0	1	0	0	3
58	Petro de Luanda	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
58	Salitas	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
58	AS Otôho	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
58	Smouha	1	0	0.5	0	0	2.5
62	Aduana Stars	0	0	0	0.5	0	2
62	Medeama	0	1	0	0	0	2
62	Djoliba	0	0	0	0.5	0	2
62	Moghreb Tétouan	2	0	0	0	0	2
62	Kawkab Marrakech	0	1	0	0	0	2
67	CF Mounana	0	0	0.5	0	0	1.5
67	Rivers United	0	0	0.5	0	0	1.5
67	Platinum Stars	0	0	0.5	0	0	1.5
70	MC El Eulma	1	0	0	0	0	1
70	AC Léopards	1	0	0	0	0	1
70	Stade Malien	1	0	0	0	0	1

Ranking for 2020–21 CAF competitions

Club ranking is used for seeding in the CAF competitions.

Legend

•   Enter 2020–21 CAF Champions League
•   Enter 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup

Updated after CAF Champions League/Confederation Cup matches on 8 March 2020, points which may increase marked by ≥.

Rank	Club	2016 (× 1)	2017 (× 2)	2018 (× 3)	2018–19 (× 4)	2019–20 (× 5)	Total
1	Wydad Casablanca	4	6	3	5	≥4	≥65
2	Espérance de Tunis	0	3	6	6	3	63
3	Al-Ahly	2	5	5	3	≥4	≥59
4	TP Mazembe	5	5	3	4	3	55
5	Zamalek	5	2	0	5	≥4	≥49
5	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	3	2	4	3	49
7	Étoile du Sahel	3	4	3	3	3	47
8	Raja Casablanca	0	0	5	1	≥4	≥39
9	Horoya	0	1	3	3	≥3	≥38
10	RS Berkane	0	0	2	4	≥3	≥37
11	AS Vita Club	0	1	4	1	1	23
11	Hassania Agadir	0	0	0	2	≥3	≥23
13	1º de Agosto	0	0	4	0	2	22
14	Al-Hilal	0	1	0.5	2	2	21.5
15	Enyimba	2	0	3	0	2	21
15	ZESCO United	4	2	2	0.5	1	21
17	USM Alger	0	4	2	0	1	19
17	Al-Masry	0	0	3	0	2	19
19	CS Sfaxien	0	2	0	3	0	16
20	Pyramids	0	0	0	0	≥3	≥15
21	Club Africain	0	3	0	2	0	14
21	Zanaco	0	2	0	0	2	14
23	ES Sétif	0	0	4	0	0	12
23	CS Constantine	0	0	0	3	0	12
23	Petro de Luanda	0	0	0	0.5	2	12
23	Simba	0	0	0	3	0	12
27	Gor Mahia	0	0	1	2	0	11
28	JS Kabylie	0	0	0	0	2	10
28	Al-Nasr	0	0	0	0	2	10
30	FUS Rabat	3	3	0	0	0	9
30	Enugu Rangers	0	0	0	1	1	9
30	FC Platinum	0	0	0	1	1	9
33	JS Saoura	0	0	0	2	0	8
33	ASEC Mimosas	1	0	1	1	0	8
33	Lobi Stars	0	0	0	2	0	8
33	Orlando Pirates	0	0	0	2	0	8
33	SuperSport United	0	4	0	0	0	8
33	KCCA	0	1	2	0	0	8
33	Nkana	0	0	0	2	0	8
40	MC Alger	0	2	1	0	0	7
41	Al-Ahli Tripoli	0.5	3	0	0	0	6.5
41	Djoliba	0	0	0.5	0	1	6.5
43	CARA Brazzaville	0	0	2	0	0	6
43	Difaâ El Jadidi	0	0	2	0	0	6
43	Ferroviário Beira	0	3	0	0	0	6
43	Rayon Sports	0	0	2	0	0	6
47	Paradou AC	0	0	0	0	1	5
47	DC Motema Pembe	0	0	0	0	1	5
47	Mbabane Swallows	0	1	1	0	0	5
50	MO Béjaïa	4	0	0	0	0	4
50	NA Hussein Dey	0	0	0	1	0	4
50	Ismaily	0	0	0	1	0	4
50	Saint George	0	2	0	0	0	4
50	Asante Kotoko	0	0	0	1	0	4
50	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	0	2	0	0	0	4
50	Al-Merrikh	0	2	0	0	0	4
57	Township Rollers	0	0	1	0	0	3
57	Williamsville AC	0	0	1	0	0	3
57	UD Songo	0	0	1	0	0	3
57	AS Togo-Port	0	0	1	0	0	3
61	ESAE	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
61	FC San Pédro	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
61	FC Nouadhibou	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
61	Bidvest Wits	0	0	0	0	0.5	2.5
65	Recreativo do Libolo	0	1	0	0	0	2
65	Salitas	0	0	0	0.5	0	2
65	Coton Sport	0	1	0	0	0	2
65	AS Otôho	0	0	0	0.5	1	2
65	Young Africans	0.5	0	0.5	0	0	2
65	CAPS United	0	1	0	0	0	2
71	Aduana Stars	0	0	0.5	0	0	1.5
72	Smouha	0	0.5	0	0	0	1
72	CF Mounana	0	0.5	0	0	0	1
72	Medeama	1	0	0	0	0	1
72	Kawkab Marrakech	1	0	0	0	0	1
72	Rivers United	0	0.5	0	0	0	1
72	Platinum Stars	0	0.5	0	0	0	1

Club results

Club results of the current season and previous five seasons, based on the current points system.[6]

Updated after CAF Champions League/Confederation Cup matches on 8 March 2020, points which may increase marked by ≥.

		6 points	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point	0.5 point
2015	CL	TP Mazembe	USM Alger	Al-Hilal Al-Merrikh		ES Sétif Moghreb Tétouan	MC El Eulma Smouha
	CC		Étoile du Sahel	Orlando Pirates	Al-Ahly Zamalek		AC Léopards Stade Malien	CS Sfaxien Espérance de Tunis
2016	CL	Mamelodi Sundowns	Zamalek	Wydad Casablanca ZESCO United		Al-Ahly Enyimba	ES Sétif^[A] ASEC Mimosas
	CC		TP Mazembe	MO Béjaïa	FUS Rabat Étoile du Sahel		Medeama Kawkab Marrakech	Al-Ahli Tripoli Young Africans
2017	CL	Wydad Casablanca	Al-Ahly	USM Alger Étoile du Sahel	Al-Ahli Tripoli Ferroviário Beira Mamelodi Sundowns Espérance de Tunis	Zamalek Saint George Al-Merrikh Zanaco	Coton Sport AS Vita Club Al-Hilal CAPS United
	CC		TP Mazembe	SuperSport United	FUS Rabat Club Africain	MC Alger Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid CS Sfaxien ZESCO United	Recreativo do Libolo Horoya Mbabane Swallows KCCA	Smouha CF Mounana Rivers United Platinum Stars
2018	CL	Espérance de Tunis	Al-Ahly	1º de Agosto ES Sétif	TP Mazembe Horoya Wydad Casablanca Étoile du Sahel	Difaâ El Jadidi Mamelodi Sundowns KCCA ZESCO United	MC Alger Township Rollers AS Togo-Port Mbabane Swallows
	CC		Raja Casablanca	AS Vita Club	Al-Masry Enyimba	USM Alger CARA Brazzaville RS Berkane Rayon Sports	ASEC Mimosas Williamsville AC Gor Mahia UD Songo	Aduana Stars Djoliba Al-Hilal Young Africans
2018–19	CL	Espérance de Tunis	Wydad Casablanca	TP Mazembe Mamelodi Sundowns	CS Constantine Al-Ahly Horoya Simba	JS Saoura Lobi Stars Orlando Pirates Club Africain	AS Vita Club ASEC Mimosas Ismaily FC Platinum
	CC		Zamalek	RS Berkane	CS Sfaxien Étoile du Sahel	Gor Mahia Hassania Agadir Al-Hilal Nkana	NA Hussein Dey Asante Kotoko Raja Casablanca Enugu Rangers	Petro de Luanda Salitas AS Otôho ZESCO United
2019–20	CL			≥ Al-Ahly ≥ Zamalek ≥ Raja Casablanca ≥ Wydad Casablanca	TP Mazembe Mamelodi Sundowns Espérance de Tunis Étoile du Sahel	JS Kabylie 1º de Agosto Petro de Luanda Al-Hilal	USM Alger AS Vita Club ZESCO United FC Platinum
	CC				≥ Pyramids ≥ Horoya ≥ Hassania Agadir ≥ RS Berkane	Al-Masry Al-Nasr Enyimba Zanaco	Paradou AC DC Motema Pembe Djoliba Enugu Rangers	ESAE FC San Pédro FC Nouadhibou Bidvest Wits

1. ^
   ES Sétif were disqualified from the 2016 CAF Champions League during the group stage.[12] As a result, they did not obtain a position for that tournament and thus were not counted when computing the ranking of Algeria.

See also

• CAF Clubs of the 20th Century
• UEFA coefficient, a similar system used by UEFA
• AFC Club Competitions Ranking, a similar system used by the Asian Football Confederation
• CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores, a similar system used by CONMEBOL (clubs only)

References

1. "CAF 5-Year Ranking". RSSSF. 11 September 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
2. CAF Club Competitions entry procedures for 2011 released
3. "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
4. "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
5. "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
6. "Draw Procedures for Interclubs Group Phase". CAF. 20 March 2018.
7. "African clubs ranking". CAF. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
8. "Two South African clubs for each Interclub Competition". CAF. 29 November 2014.
9. "Ranking of clubs for 2nd 1/8th Final Draw of CC 2014" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 31 March 2014.
10. "Timu 4 za Tanzania kushiriki Mashindano ya CAF 2019/2020". tff.or.tz. 4 June 2019.
11. "Sport: Pour la saison 2019-2020, le FC San Pedro ne jouera plus la ligue des champions Africaines (Caf), voici les raisons". akody.com. 5 June 2019.
12. "Disqualification of ES Sétif". CAF. 23 June 2016.

External links

• CAF 5-Year ranking on RSSSF
• African clubs ranking on CAF official website