Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African Football or CAF (French: Confédération Africaine de Football) is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.

Confederation of African Football

Abbreviation	CAF
Founded	8 February 1957 (1957-02-08)
Founded at	Khartoum, Sudan
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	6th of October City, Giza, Egypt
Region served	Africa
Membership	56 member associations
Official language	English, French, Arabic
Secretary General	Abdelmounaim Bah
President	Ahmad Ahmad
Parent organization	FIFA
Website	www.cafonline.com

CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions.

CAF is the biggest of the six continental confederations of FIFA. Since the expansion of the number of teams at the World Cup finals to 32 in 1998, CAF has been allocated five places, though this was expanded to six for the 2010 tournament in South Africa, to include the hosts.

CAF was established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel[1] in Khartoum, Sudan,[2] by Egyptian, Ethiopian, South African and Sudanese[3] FAs, following former discussions between the Egyptian, Somali, South African and Sudanese FAs earlier on 7 June 1956 at the Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. Its first headquarters was situated in Khartoum for some months until a fire outbreak in the offices of the Sudanese Football Association when the organization moved near Cairo, Egypt. Youssef Mohamad was the first general secretary and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem the president. Since 2002, the administrative center has been located in 6th of October City, Cairo, Egypt. CAF currently has 56 member associations: 54 are full members, while Zanzibar and Réunion are associate members (see the CAF Members and Zones section below).

The current CAF President is Ahmad Ahmad from Madagascar, who was elected on 16 March 2017.[4] The 1st Vice-President is Amaju Melvin Pinnick from Nigeria, the 2nd Vice-President is called Constant Omari Selemani from RD Congo and the 3rd Vice-President is Fouzi Lekjaa from Morocco.[5] Current CAF General Secretary is Moroccan Hajji Mouad since 11 April 2019.[6]

History

Main article: History of CAF

CAF's anthem

On 18 September 2007 the CAF launched a competition for all African composers to create its Anthem.[7] The CAF anthem is a musical composition, without lyrics, which and reflect the cultural patrimony and African music. The duration of the anthem is 74 seconds. The chosen anthem was first published to the site on 16 January 2008. The usage of the anthem and its composer are still unknown.

Announced 18 September 2007

Current leaders

Name	Position
Ahmad Ahmad	President
Constant Omari	Vice President
Fouzi Lekjaa	Vice President
Mouad Hajji	General Secretary
Abdul Bah	Acting General Secretary
Essameldin Agha	Acting General Secretary
Mohamed El Sherei	Treasurer
Junior Binyam	Media and Communication Manager
Tarek El Deeb	IT Director

Source:[8][9]

CAF members and zones

Members

 Sahara   Niger and Volta-Niger (Zones A and B)   Congo   Nile   Kalahari 

African regional federations

  UNAF (North Africa)

  WAFU-UFOA (West Africa)

  UNIFFAC (Central Africa)

  CECAFA (East Africa)

  COSAFA (Southern Africa)

Other federation

  UAFA (Arab World)

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CAF affiliation	Regional affiliation	IOC member
Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF) (5)
ALG	Algeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1962	1963	1964	2005	Yes
EGY	Egypt ^2	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1921	1923	1957	2005	Yes
LBY	Libya	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1962	1964	1965	2005	Yes
MAR	Morocco	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1955	1960	1959	2005	Yes
TUN	Tunisia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1957	1960	1960	2005	Yes
West African Football Union (WAFU-UFOA) (16)
BEN	Benin	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1962	1962	1962	1975	Yes
BFA	Burkina Faso	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1960	1964	1964	1975	Yes
CPV	Cape Verde	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1982	1986	2000	1975	Yes
GAM	Gambia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1952	1968	1966	1975	Yes
GHA	Ghana	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1957	1958	1958	1975	Yes
GUI	Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1960	1962	1963	1975	Yes
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1974	1986	1986	1975	Yes
CIV	Ivory Coast	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1960	1964	1960	1975	Yes
LBR	Liberia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1936	1964	1962	1975	Yes
MLI	Mali	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1960	1963	1963	1975	Yes
MTN	Mauritania	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1961	1970	1968	1975	Yes
NIG	Niger	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1962	1967	1967	1975	Yes
NGA	Nigeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1945	1960	1960	1975	Yes
SEN	Senegal	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1960	1964	1964	1975	Yes
SLE	Sierra Leone	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1960	1960	1960	1975	Yes
TOG	Togo	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1960	1962	1964	1975	Yes
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) (8)
CMR	Cameroon	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1959	1962	1963	1978	Yes
CTA	Central African Republic	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1961	1964	1965	1978	Yes
CHA	Chad	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1962	1964	1964	1978	Yes
CGO	Congo	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1962	1964	1966	1978	Yes
COD	DR Congo	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1919	1964	1964	1978	Yes
EQG	Equatorial Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1957	1986	1986	1978	Yes
GAB	Gabon	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1962	1966	1967	1978	Yes
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1975	1986	1986	1978	Yes
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) (12)
BDI	Burundi	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1948	1972	1972	1994	Yes
DJI	Djibouti	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1979	1994	1994	1995	Yes
ERI	Eritrea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1996	1998	1998	1973	Yes
ETH	Ethiopia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1943	1952	1957	1994	Yes
KEN	Kenya	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1960	1960	1968	1973	Yes
RWA	Rwanda	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1972	1978	1978	1994	Yes
SOM	Somalia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1951	1962	1968	1973	Yes
SSD	South Sudan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	2011	2012	2012	2012	Yes
SDN	Sudan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1936	1948	1957	1975	Yes
TAN	Tanzania	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1930	1964	1964	1973	Yes
UGA	Uganda	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1924	1960	1960	1973	Yes
ZAN	Zanzibar ^3	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1965		1980	1973 & 2003	No
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) (14)
ANG	Angola	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1979	1980	1980	1997	Yes
BOT	Botswana	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1970	1978	1976	1997	Yes
COM	Comoros	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1979	2005	2005	2007	Yes
SWZ	Eswatini	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1968	1978	1978	1997	Yes
LES	Lesotho	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1932	1964	1964	1997	Yes
MAD	Madagascar	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1961	1964	1963	2000	Yes
MWI	Malawi	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1966	1968	1968	1997	Yes
MRI	Mauritius	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1952	1964	1963	2000	Yes
MOZ	Mozambique	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1976	1980	1980	1997	Yes
NAM	Namibia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1990	1992	1992	1997	Yes
SEY	Seychelles	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1979	1986	1986	2000	Yes
RSA	South Africa ^1	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1991	1992	1992	1997	Yes
ZAM	Zambia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1929	1964	1964	1997	Yes
ZIM	Zimbabwe	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1965	1965	1980	1997	Yes
Non-regional members
REU	Réunion ^3	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 Women's W U20 W U17	1926		2004		No

1. ^ – Excluded from CAF and from 1st African Cup of Nations in 1957 due to Apartheid
2. ^ – Member of UNAF from 2005 to 2009 and from 2011 – Withdrew from UNAF on 19 November 2009 but return on 2011
3. ^ – Associate members, not part of FIFA. Zanzibar held full membership for four months in 2017, when its status was changed after CAF admitted its membership was an error.[10]

Regional zones

CAF National League

CAF Zone 1 – North Zone

•  Algeria
•  Egypt
•  Libya
•  Morocco
•  Tunisia

CAF Zone 2 – Zone West A

•  Cape Verde
•  Gambia
•  Guinea
•  Guinea-Bissau
•  Liberia
•  Mali
•  Mauritania
•  Senegal
•  Sierra Leone

CAF Zone 3 – Zone West B

•  Benin
•  Burkina Faso
•  Ghana
•  Ivory Coast
•  Niger
•  Nigeria
•  Togo

CAF Zone 4 – Central Zone

•  Cameroon
•  Central African Republic
•  Chad
•  Congo
•  DR Congo
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Gabon
•  São Tomé and Príncipe

CAF Zone 5 – Central-East Zone

•  Burundi
•  Djibouti
•  Eritrea
•  Ethiopia
•  Kenya
•  Rwanda
•  Somalia
•  South Sudan
•  Sudan
•  Tanzania
•  Uganda

CAF Zone 6 – Southern Zone

•  Angola
•  Botswana
•  Comoros
•  Eswatini
•  Lesotho
•  Madagascar
•  Malawi
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
•  Namibia
•  Seychelles
•  South Africa
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

Competitions

CAF competitions

National teams: Africa Cup of Nations African Nations Championship Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Africa Women Cup of Nations African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women Africa Futsal Cup of Nations Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

Clubs: CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup CAF Super Cup CAF Women's Champions League Defunct African Cup Winners' Cup

Inter Continental: Arab Nations Cup Arab Club Championship Defunct Afro-Asian Cup of Nations Afro-Asian Club Championship UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup

Regional: CECAFA Cup WAFU Nations Cup Amilcar Cabral Cup COSAFA Cup CEMAC Cup UNIFFAC Cup (U-17) UNAF U-23 Tournament

International

The main competition for men's national teams Africa Cup of Nations, started in 1957. In 2009, the CAF started organising another competition for men's national teams, the African Nations Championship composed exclusively of national players playing in the national championship. CAF also runs national competitions at Under-20 and Under-17 levels. For women's national teams, CAF operates the Africa Women Cup of Nations for senior national sides and the African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification at under-20 level, since 2008 there is an African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women for under-17 sides.

Club

CAF also runs the two main club competitions in Africa: the CAF Champions League was first held in 1964, and was known as the African Cup of Champions Clubs (or just African Cup) until 1997; and the CAF Confederation Cup, for national cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by CAF in 2004 as a successor to the African Cup Winners' Cup (begun in 1975). A third competition, the CAF Cup, started in 1992 and was absorbed into the CAF Confederation Cup in 2004.[11]

The CAF Super Cup, which pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the CAF Confederation Cup (previously the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup), came into being in 1992.

The Afro-Asian Club Championship was jointly organised with AFC between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the winners of the AFC Champions League. The last Afro-Asian Club Championship took place in 1998.

Current title holders

Competition	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
National teams (Men's)
Africa Cup	2019	Algeria	2nd	Senegal	2022 (January 2022)
Nations Championship	2018	Morocco	1st	Nigeria	2020 Postponed
U-23 Cup	2019	Egypt	1st	Ivory Coast	2023
African Games Men's tournament	2019	Burkina Faso	1st	Nigeria	2023
U-20 Cup[cc 1]	2019	Mali	1st	Senegal	2021
U-17 Cup[cc 2]	2019	Cameroon	2nd	Vacant	2021
Futsal Cup	2020	Morocco	1st	Egypt	2024
Beach Soccer Cup	2018	Senegal	5th	Nigeria	2020
National teams (Women's)
Women Cup	2018	Nigeria	11th	South Africa	2020 Cancelled
African Games Women's tournament	2019	Nigeria	3rd	Cameroon	2023
U-20 Cup for Women	2018	Ghana  Nigeria	5th 9th	Cameroon  South Africa	2020
U-17 Cup for Women	2018	Ghana  South Africa  Cameroon	5th 2nd 1st	Djibouti  Morocco  Nigeria	2020
Clubs (Men's)
Champions League	2018	Espérance de Tunis	4th	Wydad AC	2019
Confederation Cup	2018–19	Zamalek	1st	RS Berkane	2019–20
Super Cup	2020	Zamalek	4th	Espérance de Tunis	2020
Clubs (Women's)
Women's Champions League	2021				2022

1. This competition has been known by four different names, most recently the African U-21 Championship from 2003 through the 2015 competition. The first tournament under the current name of "Africa U-20 Cup of Nations" will tale place in 2017.
2. From 1995 through the 2015 tournament, the competition was known as the African U-17 Championship. The first tournament under the current name of "Africa U-17 Cup of Nations" will tale place in 2017.

Competition Winners

Nation	Men								Women		Total
	Africa Cup of Nations	CHAN	U-23's	U-20's	U-17's	Futsal	Beach Soccer	All-Africa Games	Africa Women Cup of Nations	All-Africa Games
Nigeria	3(4)	0(1)	1	7(2)	2(2)	–	2(4)	1(4)	11	3	30(17)
Egypt	7(2)	–	1	4(1)	1	3(2)	-	2	-	-	18(5)
Cameroon	5(2)	-	-	1(4)	2	-	1(1)	4	0(4)	1(2)	14(13)
Ghana	4(5)	0(2)	-	3(2)	2(2)	0(1)	-	1	1(1)	0(3)	11(16)
Senegal	0(2)	–	-	0(3)	-	-	5(2)	1	-	-	6(7)
Algeria	2(1)	-	0(1)	1	0(1)	-	-	1	-	-	4(3)
Morocco	1(1)	1	0(1)	1	-	1(1)	-	-	-	-	4(3)
DR Congo	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

Sponsors

In October 2004, MTN has contracted a four-year deal to sponsor African football's major competitions. This agreement, which worthed US$12.5 million, was the biggest sponsorship deal in African sporting history at that time.[12]

In July 2009, Orange has signed an eight-year deal to sponsor African football's major competitions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but CAF previous year put a value of €100 million for a comprehensive and long-term package of its competitions when it opened tenders for a new sponsor. The deal included the African Nations Cup, the CAF Champions League, the CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF Super Cup, the African Nations Championship and the African Youth Championship.[13]

In July 2016, Total replaced Orange as the main sponsor and has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for a value of €950 million[14] to support ETof its principal competitions, including the CAF Champions League, renamed Total CAF Champions League.[15]

The CAF current main sponsors are:

• 1XBET
• Total
• Visa
• Gilead
• Temmy's Cereal
• Orange
• Continental
• Yamaha

Rankings

Top ranked men's national teams by FIFA

This graph shows the time periods each (male) national football team has been at the highest ranked CAF member on the FIFA World Rankings.

Top ranked women's national teams by FIFA

Men's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[16] CAF FIFA Country Point +/− Region 1 20  Senegal 1546 WAFU 2 29  Tunisia 1495 UNAF 3 35  Nigeria 1481 −1 WAFU 4 38  Algeria 1469 UNAF 5 42  Morocco 1457 −3 UNAF 6 49  Egypt 1433 UNAF 7 51  Ghana 1426 −1 WAFU 8 52  Cameroon 1409 UNIFFAC 9 54  DR Congo 1399 +1 UNIFFAC 10 56  Ivory Coast 1392 WAFU 11 59  Mali 1386 −2 WAFU 12 60  Burkina Faso 1378 +1 WAFU 13 72  South Africa 1337 −1 COSAFA 14 77  Cape Verde 1319 +1 WAFU 15 78  Guinea 1317 −4 WAFU 16 79  Uganda 1311 +1 CECAFA 17 81  Zambia 1299 COSAFA 18 82  Benin 1293 +1 WAFU 19 87  Gabon 1285 +1 UNIFFAC 20 92  Congo 1265 −2 UNIFFAC 21 95  Madagascar 1249 COSAFA 22 103  Libya 1211 −1 UNAF 23 105  Mauritania 1205 WAFU 23 105  Mozambique 1205 COSAFA 25 107  Niger 1198 WAFU 26 108  Kenya 1195 −1 CECAFA 27 112  Central African Republic 1186 −1 UNIFFAC 28 117  Sierra Leone 1167 WAFU 28 117  Zimbabwe 1167 COSAFA 30 119  Namibia 1163 +1 COSAFA 31 120  Angola 1161 +1 COSAFA 32 123  Guinea-Bissau 1155 WAFU 33 124  Malawi 1140 COSAFA 33 124  Togo 1140 WAFU 35 128  Sudan 1111 CECAFA 36 129  Rwanda 1106 +1 CECAFA 37 133  Tanzania 1084 +2 CECAFA 38 135  Equatorial Guinea 1083 −1 UNIFFAC 39 138  Lesotho 1076 −1 COSAFA 40 142  Comoros 1067 +5 COSAFA 41 143  Burundi 1063 +1 CECAFA 42 146  Botswana 1057 +2 COSAFA 43 147  Eswatini 1055 +3 COSAFA 44 151  Ethiopia 1049 CECAFA 45 152  Liberia 1047 WAFU 46 162  South Sudan 997 +11 CECAFA 47 166  Gambia 990 WAFU 48 173  Mauritius 970 −12 COSAFA 49 176  Chad 955 +1 UNIFFAC 50 180  São Tomé and Príncipe 934 +10 UNIFFAC 51 185  Djibouti 916 +1 CECAFA 52 198  Somalia 879 +1 CECAFA 53 200  Seychelles 868 −2 COSAFA 54 206  Eritrea 856 +1 CECAFA Last updated 24 October 2019

Women's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[17] As of 12 July 2019 CAF FIFA Country Point +/− 1 36  Nigeria 1643 2 2 41  Cameroon 1552 5 3 49  South Africa 1486 4 53  Ghana 1452 2 5 69  Ivory Coast 1363 6 71  Equatorial Guinea 1356 1 7 80  Mali 1288 5 8 83  Morocco 1280 4 9 86  Algeria 1271 2 10 88  Senegal 1232 11 102  Zimbabwe 1192 12 105  Congo 1178 5 13 116  DR Congo 1128 14 118  Ethiopia 1122 1 15 119  Zambia 1119 3 16 124  Gabon 1070 17 125  Burkina Faso 1062 3 18 135  Tanzania 978 2 19 138  Namibia 966 10 20 141  Kenya 921 3 21 143  Rwanda 899 3 22 146  Malawi 881 1 23 148  Uganda 868 4 24 149  Lesotho 850 3 25 150  Mozambique 823 5 26 151  Eswatini 804 3 27 152  Botswana 796 1 28 158  Madagascar 693 3 29 **  Tunisia 1313 7 30 **  Egypt 1256 7 31 *  Gambia 1183 7 32 *  Angola 1134 7 33 **  Sierra Leone 1132 7 34 **  Guinea 1077 7 35 **  Eritrea 1060 7 36 *  Central African Republic 1056 7 37 *  Togo 962 7 38 **  Guinea-Bissau 927 7 39 *  Niger 891 7 40 **  Liberia 877 7 41 *  Comoros 837 7 42 *  Libya 761 7 43 **  Burundi 519 7 44 *  Mauritius 358 7 * Provisionally listed due to not having played more than five matches against officially ranked teams. ** Unranked teams are inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked.

CAF overall ranking of African clubs titles

The following clubs are the top 10 clubs in CAF competitions.

Pos	Club	Titles	Trophies won
1	Al Ahly SC	20	8 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, 4 African Cup Winners' Cup, 6 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship , The Club of the 20th Century
2	Zamalek SC	13	5 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 4 CAF Super Cup, 2 Afro-Asian Club Championship
3	TP Mazembe	11	5 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Super Cup
4	Étoile du Sahel	9	1 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 African Cup Winners' Cup, 2 CAF Confederation Cup, 2 CAF Cup, 2 CAF Super Cup
5	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	8	4 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 1 CAF Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
6	Raja Casablanca	8	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup, 2 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
7	JS Kabylie	6	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Cup
8	Wydad Casablanca	5	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
9	ES Sétif	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
	Canon Yaoundé	4	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup
	Enyimba F.C.	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Super Cup
	CS Sfaxien	4	3 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup

Update as of 21 February 2015 in chronological order.

CAF overall ranking of African clubs

Rankings are calculated by the CAF based on points gathered by African teams throughout their participation in international club tournaments organized by either the FIFA, Harrison Campbell, or the CAF since the establishment of the first African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964.[18]

Overall Rank Club Points 1 Al Ahly SC 90 2 Étoile du Sahel 60 3 Espérance Tunis 59 4 Zamalek 56 5 TP Mazembe 49 6 Vita Club 44 7 ASEC Mimosas 43 8 JS Kabylie 39 9 Canon Yaoundé 36 10 Hearts of Oak 31

CAF Ranking of the 20th Century Rank Club Points 1 Al-Ahly 40 2 El-Zamalek 37 3 Raja Casablanca 35 4 Asante Kotoko 34 4 Canon Yaoundé 34 6 Espérance Tunis 27 6 ASEC Mimosas 27 8 Hearts of Oak 26 9 Africa Sports 25 10 JS Kabylie 20

IFFHS Ranking of the 20th Century Rank club Points 1 Asante Kotoko 149,00 2 Al Ahly SC 131,50 3 Zamalek 126,75 4 Canon Yaoundé 125,50 5 ASEC Mimosas 111,50 6 Hearts of Oak 104,00 7 Espérance Tunis 98,00 8 Hafia FC 96,00 9 Africa Sports 88,25 10 TP Mazembe 77,50

Men's Futsal

CAF	FIFA	Country	Points	+/-

Women's Futsal

CAF	FIFA	Country	Points	+/-

Beach soccer national teams

Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Top ten, last updated 12 March 2018

CAF	BSWW	Country	Points
1	12	Senegal	1084
2	17	Egypt	782
3	20	Nigeria	720
4	24	Morocco	609
5	34	Madagascar	339
6	41	Ivory Coast	330
7	57	Ghana	177
8	66	Libya	125
9	68	Mozambique	117
10	69	Cape Verde	115

Major tournament records

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
• R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–present: knockout round of 16)
• R1 — Round 1
• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  – Qualified but withdrew
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•    – Hosts
•     – Not affiliated in FIFA

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

Main article: African nations at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	Years
Algeria	Part of France[19]							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•			4/13
Angola	Part of Portugal[20]											×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•			1/9
Cameroon	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th	•	R1 31st	R1 32nd	•			7/13
DR Congo[21]	Part of Belgium[22]							×	×	R1 16th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1/11
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st			3/14
Ghana	Part of the United Kingdom					×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	QF 7th	R1 25th	•			3/13
Ivory Coast	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	R1 17th	R1 21st	•			3/11
Morocco	Part of France						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	R1 27th			5/14
Nigeria	Part of the United Kingdom						•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th	•	R1 27th	R2 16th	R1 21st			6/14
Senegal	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•	R1 17th			2/11
South Africa					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 24th	R1 17th	•	R1 20th	•	•			3/7
Togo	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 30th	•	•	•			1/10
Tunisia	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th			5/14
Total (13 teams)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	TBD	44

Firsts

• 1934:  Egypt first African team to qualify for the World Cup
• 1970:  Morocco first African team to draw a match in the World Cup
• 1978:  Tunisia first African team to win a match in the World Cup
• 1982:  Algeria first African team to win two matches in the World Cup
• 1986:  Algeria first African team to qualify two consecutive World Cups
• 1986:  Morocco first African team to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen)
• 1990:  Cameroon first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals)
• 1994 and 1998:  Nigeria first African team to win and reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) in two consecutive World Cups
• 2002:  Senegal first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals) further on the World Cup debut
• 2010:  South Africa first African team to host the World Cup
• 2014:  Algeria &  Nigeria first African teams to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) simultaneously in the World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

Teams are sorted by number of appearances.

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Years
Cameroon	•	×	•	•	•	•	R2 11th	R2 15th		2/7
Ivory Coast	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•		1/5
Equatorial Guinea	×	×	×	•	•	R1 15th	•	×		1/4
Ghana	•	•	R1 13–14	R1 12th	R1 15th	•	•	•		3/8
Nigeria	R1 10th	R1 11th	QF 7th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 9th	R1 21st	R2 16th		8/8
South Africa	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 22nd		1/7
Total (6 teams)	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	TBD	16

Olympic Games For Men

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team	1900 (3)	1904 (3)		1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2021 (16)	Years
Algeria	Part of France													–	–	–		8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14		2
Cameroon						Part of France								–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	1	–	8	–	–		3
Egypt[23]					–	8	8	4	9	11	9	–	12	4	–	–	–		8	–	12	–	–	–	–	8	–	q	12
Ivory Coast	Part of France													–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–		q	2
Gabon	Part of France															–			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–		1
Ghana	Part of the United Kingdom										–		–	7	12	16			–	–	3	8	–	9	–	–	–		6
Guinea	Part of France														11			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Mali	Part of France													–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–		1
Morocco					Part of France								–	13	–	8	–		12	–	15	–	16	=10	–	11	–		7
Nigeria						Part of the United Kingdom					–	–	–	–	14	–		13	–	15	–	1	8	–	2	–	3		7
Senegal	Part of France													–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	-		1
South Africa		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Banned because of apartheid							–	–	11	–	–	–	13	q	3
Sudan	Part of the United Kingdom												–		–	15			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Tunisia	Part of France												15	–	–	–	–		–	13	–	14	–	12	–	–	–		4
Zambia							Part of the United Kingdom						RHO	–	–	–		15	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2
Total (15 teams)	3	2		5	11	14	22	17	16	18	25	11	16	14	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Olympic Games For Women

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2021 (12)	Years
Cameroon	–	–	–	–	12	–		1
Nigeria	–	8	6	11	–	–		3
South Africa	–	–	–	–	10	10		2
Zambia	–	–	–	–	–	–	q	1
Zimbabwe	–	–	–	–	–	12		1
Total (5 teams)	0	1	1	1	2	2	1 or 2

Africa Cup of Nations

Main article: National team appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record
Team	1957	1959	1962	1963	1965	1968	1970	1972	1974	1976	1978	1980	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	Years
North Africa Members
Algeria	Part of France				×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	4th	3rd	GS	3rd	1st	GS	••	QF	GS	QF	GS	QF	•	•	4th	•	GS	QF	GS	1st		18
Egypt	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	×	×	3rd	•	3rd	4th	•	4th	×	4th	1st	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	1st	QF	QF	GS	1st	1st	1st	•	•	•	2nd	R16		24
Libya						•	×	•	×	×	×	×	2nd	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•		3
Morocco			×	•	×	×	•	GS	×	1st	GS	3rd	•	•	4th	4th	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	••	QF	R16		17
Tunisia			3rd	GS	2nd	•	×	×	×	•	4th	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	2nd	QF	4th	GS	1st	QF	QF	GS	QF	GS	QF	QF	4th		19
West Africa Members
Benin	Part of France				×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	QF		4
Burkina Faso	Part of France				×	•	×	×	•	×	GS	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	2nd	GS	3rd	•		11
Cape Verde	Part of Portugal																		•	×		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	GS	•	•		2
Ivory Coast	Part of France				3rd	3rd	4th	•	GS	•	••	GS	×	GS	3rd	GS	GS	1st	3rd	GS	QF	GS	GS	•	2nd	4th	QF	2nd	QF	1st	GS	QF		23
Ghana	UK		•	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	•	•	•	1st	GS	1st	GS	•	•	•	2nd	QF	4th	GS	QF	QF	•	GS	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	4th	R16		22
Guinea	FRA			••	•	•	GS	•	GS	2nd	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	×	QF	QF	QF	•	GS	•	QF	•	R16		12
Guinea-Bissau	Part of Portugal															×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	GS		2
Liberia				×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Mali	Part of France				•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	4th	4th	•	GS	GS	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	R16		11
Mauritania	Part of France									×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	GS		1
Niger	Part of France					×	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•		2
Nigeria			×	GS	×	•	×	•	•	3rd	3rd	1st	GS	2nd	•	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	×	×	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	QF	3rd	•	1st	•	•	3rd		18
Senegal	Part of France				4th	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	GS	•	4th	QF	QF	•	•	QF	2nd	QF	4th	GS	•	GS	•	GS	QF	2nd		15
Sierra Leone	Part of the UK					×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	GS	GS	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	x		2
Togo	Part of France				×	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	×	•	×	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	••	•	QF	•	GS	•		8
Central Africa Members
Cameroon	Part of France				×	•	GS	3rd	•	•	•	•	GS	1st	2nd	1st	GS	4th	•	GS	QF	1st	1st	QF	QF	2nd	QF	•	•	GS	1st	R16	q	20
Congo	Part of France					GS	×	1st	4th	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	QF	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•		7
DR Congo	Part of Belgium				GS	1st	GS	4th	1st	GS	×	•	•	×	•	GS	•	QF	QF	QF	3rd	GS	QF	GS	QF	•	•	•	GS	3rd	QF	R16		19
Equatorial Guinea	Part of Spain															×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	4th	•	•		2
Gabon	Part of France						×	•	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	GS	GS	•		7
East Africa Members
Burundi	Part of Belgium								×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		1
Ethiopia	2nd	3rd	1st	4th	GS	4th	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	GS	•	•	•		10
Kenya			•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	GS	GS	GS	•	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		6
Rwanda	Part of Belgium										×	×	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•		1
Sudan	3rd	2nd	•	2nd	•	•	1st	GS	•	GS	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	QF	•	•	•	•		8
Tanzania						×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		2
Uganda			4th	×	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	2nd	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16		7
Southern Africa Members
Angola	Part of Portugal												•	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	GS	QF	QF	GS	GS	•	•	GS		8
Botswana	Part of the United Kingdom										×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•		1
Madagascar	Part of France				×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF		1
Malawi	Part of the United Kingdom								×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•		2
Mauritius						•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•		1
Mozambique	Part of Portugal											×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•		4
Namibia	Part of South Africa																	×	×	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS		3
South Africa	••	Banned because of apartheid																	•	1st	2nd	3rd	QF	GS	GS	GS	•	•	QF	GS	•	QF		10
Zambia					×	×	•	•	2nd	•	GS	•	3rd	•	GS	×	3rd	QF	2nd	3rd	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	QF	1st	GS	GS	•	•		17
Zimbabwe													•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS		4
Total (42 teams)	3	3	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	24	24

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Team	1991	1995	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	Years
Algeria				•		GS	GS	•	GS		GS	•	GS		5
Angola		SF			GS		•		•						2
Cameroon	2nd	×	4th	GS	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd		12
Congo	×					•	•	GS					•	q	2
DR Congo			3rd	×	•	×	GS	•	•	GS		×			3
Egypt			GS	•			•	×	×	•	•	GS			2
Equatorial Guinea					•	•	GS	1st	2nd	1st	•	•	GS		5
Ethiopia					GS	4th	×		•	GS	•	•	•		3
Ghana	QF	SF	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	3rd	GS		12
Guinea	SF	×	•			•	•	•	•	•		•			1
Ivory Coast					•		•	•	•	GS	3rd	•	•		2
Kenya			x	x			•		x	x	•	GS	•		1
Mali					GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	GS	4th		7
Morocco			GS	GS	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Mozambique			×				•			•	×				1
Namibia			×				•	•	•	•	GS	•	•		1
Nigeria	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st		13
Réunion				GS											1
Senegal	×				•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Sierra Leone		QF	×	×					•		×		×		1
South Africa		2nd	GS	2nd	4th	GS	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd		12
Tanzania					•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•		1
Tunisia								GS	•	•	•	•			1
Uganda			•	GS	•	×	×			•					1
Zambia	×	QF			•		•	•		•	GS	•	GS		3
Zimbabwe	×			4th	GS	GS	×	•		•	•	GS	•		4
Total (26 teams)	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2021 (24)	Years
Algeria	×	QF	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•		1
Angola	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Benin	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	×	•		1
Burkina Faso	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Burundi	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•		1
Cameroon	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•		6
Congo	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Egypt	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	R1	•	R2	R2	R1	•	•	•		8
Ethiopia	×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•		1
Gambia	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Ghana	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	4th	QF	2nd	•	•	•	1st	•	3rd	R2	•	•		7
Guinea	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		2
Ivory Coast	R1	×	×	R1	•	•	•	R1	×	•	R1	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		5
Mali	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	R1	3rd	•	QF		7
Morocco	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
Nigeria	×	•	•	R1	3rd	R1	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	2nd	QF	R2	QF	R2	R2	•	R2		12
Senegal	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	R2	QF		3
South Africa	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R1	R1		4
Togo	×	×	•	•	×	R1	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•		1
Tunisia	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Zambia	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	QF	•		3
Total (21 teams)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	26

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team	2002 (12)	2004 (12)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2021 (16)	Years
DR Congo	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•		2
Ghana	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		5
Nigeria	GS	QF	QF	QF	2nd	4th	2nd	GS	QF		9
Total (3 teams)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	18

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2021 (24)	Years
Algeria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•		1
Angola	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2		1
Burkina Faso	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	3rd	•	•	•	R2	R1	•	•	•	•		4
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1		2
Congo	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•		3
Gambia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•		2
Ghana	•	•	R1	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	•	•	R1	4th	•	•	•	•	QF	•		9
Guinea	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	X		6
Ivory Coast	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	QF	•	•	•		4
Malawi	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•		1
Mali	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	4th	•		5
Morocco	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•		1
Niger	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•		1
Nigeria	1st	2nd	QF	•	1st	QF	•	•	2nd	R1	•	1st	2nd	•	1st	1st	•	R2		12
Rwanda	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•		1
Senegal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2		1
Sierra Leone	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
South Africa	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1
Sudan	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Togo	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Tunisia	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R2	•	•	•		3
Total (21 teams)	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

• • Note 1: Original hosts Peru were stripped of the right to host the 2019 event in February 2019.[24]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2021 (16)	Years
Cameroon	•	×	•	×	GS	GS		2
Gambia	×	×	R1	×	×	•		1
Ghana	R1	R1	3rd	QF	QF	QF		6
Nigeria	R1	QF	QF	QF	GS	•		5
South Africa	•	R1	•	•	•	GS		2
Zambia	•	×	•	GS	×	•		1
Total (6 teams)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	20

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	Years
Algeria	R1									1
Angola									q	1
Egypt			R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	QF	q	7
Libya						R1	R1			2
Morocco							R1	R1	q	3
Mozambique								R1		1
Nigeria		R1								1
Zimbabwe	R1									1
Total (8 teams)	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	17

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Team	1995 (8)	1996 (8)	1997 (8)	1998 (10)	1999 (12)	2000 (12)	2001 (12)	2002 (8)	2003 (8)	2004 (12)	2005 (12)	2006 (12)	2007 (16)	2008 (16)	2009 (16)	2011 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (16)	2021 (16)	Years
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 14th	•	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•		2/20
Ivory Coast	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 11th	•	R1 16th	•	•	•		2/20
Madagascar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 14th	•	•		1/20
Nigeria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 9th	QF 6th	•	R1 12th	QF 6th	•	•	R1 12th	R1 16th		6/20
Senegal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 5th	R1 9th	QF 7th	R1 13th	R1 13th	QF 6th	QF 6th		7/20
South Africa	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2/20
Total (6 teams)	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	TBD

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team	1992 (4)	1995 (6)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	Years
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	GS	2nd	•	•	•	GS	3
Egypt	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•	2
Ivory Coast	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Nigeria	•	4th	×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	2
South Africa	×	•	GS	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	2
Tunisia	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Total (6 teams)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	11

CAF Best Footballers of the Century

The voting to select the best of the century refers to three categories: male player, goalkeeper and female player and is obtained from five different steps. The resulting best players and goalkeepers were honored during the "World Football Gala 1999".[25]

CAF Best Player of the Century Player Name Points George Weah 95 Roger Milla 77 Abédi Pelé 72 Lakhdar Belloumi 56 Rabah Madjer 51 Théophile Abega 39 Laurent Pokou 38 Kalusha Bwalya 37 Ahmed Faras 35 Finidi George 32

CAF Best Goalkeeper of the Century Player Name Points Joseph-Antoine Bell 39 Thomas N'Kono 30 Sadok Sassi "Attouga" 26 Badou Zaki 24 Mwamba Kazadi 19 Jacques Songo'o 13 Bruce Grobbelaar 11 Ahmed Shobair 10 Alain Gouaméné 9 Peter Rufai 6

CAF Best Women's Footballer of the Century Player Name Points Uche Eucharia Ngozi 21 Nana Ama Gyamfuah 18 Doris Nkiru Okosieme 17 Florence Omagbemi 15 Ann Chiejine 14 Rita Nwadike 13 Fikile Sithole 9 Vivian Mensah 8 Mercy Akide 7 Ann Agumanu

CAF Golden Jubilee Best Players poll

In 2007 CAF published the list of top 30 African players who played in the period from 1957 to 2007, as part of the celebration of CAF's 50th anniversary, ordered according to an online poll.[26]

01. Roger Milla

02. Mahmoud El Khatib

03. Hossam Hassan

04. Samuel Eto'o

05. Abedi Pele

06. George Weah

07. Didier Drogba

08. Nwankwo Kanu

09. Rabah Madjer

10. Kalusha Bwalya

11. Michael Essien

12. Augustine Okocha

13. Saleh Selim

14. Hacène Lalmas

15. Benni McCarthy

16. El Hadji Diouf

17. Noureddine Naybet

18. Rashidi Yekini

19. Hany Ramzy

20. Hassan Shehata

21. Lucas Radebe

22. Tarak Dhiab

23. Mohammed Timoumi

24. Anthony Yeboah

25. Salif Keita

26. Karim Abdul Razak

27. Samuel Kuffour

28. Lakhdar Belloumi

29. Rigobert Song

30. Nasr El-Deen "Jaxa" Abbas

CAF resolutions

Awards: CAF Awards African Footballer of the Year CAF Clubs of the 20th Century

Qualifications: CAF 5-Year Ranking

International Top Goal Scorers

As of 21 November 2019

This table is for players with more than 30 goals. Players in bold are still active at international level

Rank	Player	Nation	Goals	Matches	Ratios	Span
1	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	79	111	0.71	1968–1980
2	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	71	115	0.62	1973–1981
3	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	70	169	0.41	1985–2006
4	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	65	105	0.62	2002–2014
5	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	56	118	0.47	1997–2014
6	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	51	109	0.47	2003–present
7	Abdoulaye Traore	Ivory Coast	49	88	0.57	1984–1996
8	Roger Milla	Cameroon	43	77	0.56	1973–1994
9	Alex Chola	Zambia	43	102	0.42	1975–1985
10	Hassan El-Shazly	Egypt	42	62	0.68	1961–1975
11	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	41	67	0.61	2011–present
12	Fawzi Al-Issawi	Libya	40	90	0.44	1977–1985
13	Akwa	Angola	39	78	0.5	1995–2006
14	Kalusha Bwalya	Zambia	39	87	0.45	1983–2006
15	Peter Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	38	74	0.51	1991–2007
16	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	38	100	0.38	2001–2013
17	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	37	58	0.64	1984–1998
18	Abdelhafid Tasfaout	Algeria	36	79	0.46	1990–2002
19	Issam Jemâa	Tunisia	36	84	0.43	2005–2014
20	Moumouni Dagano	Burkina Faso	34	83	0.41	1998–2014
21	Dennis Oliech	Kenya	34	72	0.47	2002–2016
22	Patrick M'Boma	Cameroon	33	55	0.6	1995–2004
23	Abedi Pele	Ghana	33	67	0.49	1982–98
24	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	33	184	0.18	1995–2004
25	Benni McCarthy	South Africa	32	80	0.4	1997–2011
26	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	32	87	0.37	2000–present
27	Amr Zaki	Egypt	30	63	0.48	2004–2013

See also

• African nations at the FIFA World Cup
• Football in Africa
• History of CAF
• List of association football sub-confederations
• List of presidents of CAF
• List of first international of African national teams
• List of CAF club competition winners
• List of CAF club competition winning coaches
• Women's football in Africa

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• Official website (in English, Arabic, and French)
• Confederation of African Football, Soccerlens.com. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
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