Confederation of African Football

Confederation of African Football
	File:Confederation of African Football logo.svg
	File:CAF.svg
Abbreviation	CAF
Founded	8 February 1957; 67 years ago
Founded at	Khartoum, Sudan
Headquarters	6th of October City, Giza, Egypt
Region served	Africa
Membership	54 member associations
Official language	Arabic; English; French; Spanish;
President	Patrice Motsepe
Vice Presidents	Augustin Senghor; Ahmed Yahya; Waberi Souleiman; Seidou Mbombo Njoya; Kanizat Ibrahim;
General Secretary	Véron Mosengo-Omba
Parent organization	FIFA
Subsidiaries	UNAF (North Africa); WAFU (West Africa); UNIFFAC (Central Africa); CECAFA (East Africa); COSAFA (Southern Africa);

The Confederation of African Football^{[lower-alpha 1]} (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel^[2] in Khartoum, Sudan^[3] by the national football associations of: Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa.^[4] following formal discussions between the aforementioned associations at the FIFA Congress held on 7 June 1956 at Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal.^[5] Representing the African confederation of FIFA, CAF organizes runs and regulates national team and club continental competitions annually or biennially such as the Africa Cup of Nations and Women's Africa Cup of Nations, which they control the prize money and broadcast rights to. CAF will be allocated 9 spots at the FIFA World Cup starting from 2026 and could have an opportunity of 10 spots with the addition of an intercontinental play-off tournament involving 6 teams to decide the last 2 FIFA World Cup places (46+2). The main headquarters of CAF was first situated within the offices of the Sudanese Football Association in Khartoum until it experienced a fire outbreak and then moved to a town near Cairo, Egypt until 2002. Youssef Mohamad was the first general secretary and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem, the first president. President Patrice Motsepe from South Africa was elected on 12 March 2021 in an unopposed elections held in Rabat, Morocco.^[6]^[7]

History

Anthem

CAF launched a competition for all African composers to create its anthem without lyrics to reflect the cultural patrimony and the music of Africa on 18 September 2007.^[8]

Leadership

Name	Position
South Africa Patrice Motsepe	President
Senegal Augustin Senghor	1st Vice President
Mauritania Ahmed Yahya	2nd Vice President
Djibouti Waberi Souleiman	3rd Vice President
Cameroon Seidou Mbombo Njoya	4th Vice President
Comoros Kanizat Ibrahim	5th Vice President
Democratic Republic of the Congo Véron Mosengo-Omba	General Secretary
Ghana Frederick Acheampong	General Coordinator

Sources:^[9]^[10]

Members and zones

A total of 54 member associations are part of the Confederation of African Football.^[1]^[11]

File:Carte Afrique CAF.png

African regional federations

UNAF (North Africa)

WAFU (West Africa)

UNIFFAC (Central Africa)

CECAFA (East Africa)

COSAFA (Southern Africa)

Members

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CAF affiliation	Regional affiliation	IOC member
Union of North African Football (UNAF) (5)
ALG	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1962	1963	1964	2005	Yes
EGY	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1921	1923	1957	2005	Yes
LBY	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1962	1964	1965	2005	Yes
MAR	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1955	1960	1959	2005	Yes
TUN	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1957	1960	1960	2005	Yes
West African Football Union (WAFU) (16)
BEN	File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1962	1962	1962	1975	Yes
BFA	File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1960	1964	1964	1975	Yes
CPV	File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1982	1986	2000	1975	Yes
GAM	File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1952	1968	1966	1975	Yes
GHA	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1957	1958	1958	1975	Yes
GUI	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1960	1962	1963	1975	Yes
GNB	File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1974	1986	1986	1975	Yes
CIV	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1960	1964	1960	1975	Yes
LBR	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1936	1964	1962	1975	Yes
MLI	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1960	1963	1963	1975	Yes
MTN	File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1961	1970	1968	1975	Yes
NIG	File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1962	1967	1967	1975	Yes
NGA	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1945	1960	1960	1975	Yes
SEN	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1960	1964	1964	1975	Yes
SLE	File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1960	1960	1960	1975	Yes
TOG	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1960	1962	1964	1975	Yes
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) (8)
CMR	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1959	1962	1963	1978	Yes
CTA	File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1961	1964	1965	1978	Yes
CHA	File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1962	1964	1964	1978	Yes
CGO	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1962	1964	1966	1978	Yes
COD	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1919	1964	1964	1978	Yes
EQG	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1957	1986	1986	1978	Yes
GAB	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1962	1966	1967	1978	Yes
STP	File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1975	1986	1986	1978	Yes
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) (12)
BDI	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1948	1972	1972	1994	Yes
DJI	File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1979	1994	1994	1995	Yes
ERI	File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1996	1998	1998	1973	Yes
ETH	File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1943	1952	1957	1994	Yes
KEN	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1960	1960	1968	1973	Yes
RWA	File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1972	1978	1978	1994	Yes
SOM	File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1951	1962	1968	1973	Yes
SSD	File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	2011	2012	2012	2012	Yes
SDN	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1936	1948	1957	1975	Yes
TAN	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1930	1964	1964	1973	Yes
UGA	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1924	1960	1960	1973	Yes
ZAN	File:Flag of Zanzibar.svg Zanzibar^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1965		1980	1973 & 2003	No
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) (14)
ANG	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1979	1980	1980	1997	Yes
BOT	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1970	1978	1976	1997	Yes
COM	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1979	2005	2005	2007	Yes
SWZ	File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1968	1978	1978	1997	Yes
LES	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1932	1964	1964	1997	Yes
MAD	File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1961	1964	1963	2000	Yes
MWI	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1966	1968	1968	1997	Yes
MRI	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1952	1964	1963	2000	Yes
MOZ	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1976	1980	1980	1997	Yes
NAM	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1990	1992	1992	1997	Yes
SEY	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1979	1986	1986	2000	Yes
RSA	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1991	1992	1992	1997	Yes
ZAM	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1929	1964	1964	1997	Yes
ZIM	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1965	1965	1980	1997	Yes
Non-regional members
REU	File:Proposed flag of Réunion (VAR).svg Réunion^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1926		2004		No

Additionally, there are territories located in Africa which are not affiliated with CAF or any other confederation to any extent.

Some African states with limited or no international recognition have official national teams, but none have been considered for CAF membership. Instead, they are affiliated with organizations such as CONIFA.

Competitions

CAF competitions

National teams:

Men

Africa Cup of Nations
African Nations Championship
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
CAF African Schools Football Championship
Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament
Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

Women

Women's Africa Cup of Nations
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
African Schools Girls' Football Championship
Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

Clubs:

Defunct

African Cup Winners' Cup
CAF Cup

Inter Continental:

Defunct

Regional:

International

Shortly after formation, CAF organized the Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated AFCON) in 1957 and it has since become its flagship competition. Faced with undisclosed decline in popularity of local competitions and the mass exodus of homegrown footballers to Europe, Asia and the Americas in the 1990s and early 2000s, CAF launched the African Nations Championship (alternatively, though not widely used, the Championship of African Nations (CHAN)) on 11 September 2007 and began organization two years later, to address this issue. CAF also organizes qualification tournaments/competitions for the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the FIFA U-17 World Cup for its member associations; both of which initially began on a home-and-away two-legged basis but has since 1995 been organized in appointed host countries as respectively the Under-20 and U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. For women's football operates competitions which currently serve as qualification tournaments for the related FIFA-organized tournaments which launched at the exact same year they began formation. The flagship African women's football competition/tournament is the Women's Africa Cup of Nations, which launched in 1991 as the African Women's Championship and was known in the mass media between 2015 and 2021 as the Africa/African Women/Women's Cup of Nations, which currently qualifies 4 teams to the FIFA Women's World Cup. CAF also organizes qualification matches for "promising future female footballers" at both the Under-20 and Under-17 levels, launched in 2002 and 2008 respectively, both of which crowns no champions but instead qualifies 2 teams to compete at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup respectively.

Club

For African clubs, CAF runs the CAF Men's and Women's Champions League, the CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF Super Cup and the African Schools Football Championship for both males and females. First held in 1964 as the African Cup of Champions Clubs (simply known sometimes as the African Cup) and rebranded in 1997 as the CAF Champions League, this "prestigious" football club competition currently features the champions of top-division leagues of CAF member associations and the runners-up teams of the league classifications of member associations the top 12 ranked national associations as documented by the CAF 5-year ranking system. A currently-former competition, the African Cup Winners' Cup, commenced in 1975 for national cup winners of member associations and a third currently-former competition, the CAF Cup, launched in 1992 for African teams who finished below the top 2 positions of the league classifications of member associations and haven't met any criteria for qualification to any CAF competition. CAF decided to merge these two competitions together to form the current second-tier CAF Confederation Cup in 2004, and it currently incorporates the participation of national cup winners from the Cup Winners' Cup, whiles maintaining the format of the participation of teams who finished 3rd in the top-division league classifications of the 12 highest-ranked member associations as documented by the CAF 5-Year Ranking system from the CAF Cup. It is also ranked below the CAF Champions League.^[13] The winners of the CAF Champions League play the winners of the African Cup Winners' Cup until 2004 and the CAF Confederation Cup thereafter in the CAF Super Cup which was launched in 1993. The Afro-Asian Club Championship was an annual football match jointly organized between CAF and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the winners of the AFC Champions League between 1987 and 1999. The CAF Women's Champions League was announced and approved on 30 June 2020, launched on 12 September that year and began contesting the following year, i.e. 2021.^[14]^[15] It features women's national league and cup winners nvolving the champions of CAF's sub-confederation qualification tournaments for women's club teams.

Current title holders

National teams
Competition	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
Africa Cup of Nations	2023 (final)	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	3rd	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	2025 (final)
African Nations Championship	2022 (final)	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	1st	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	2024 (final)
U-23 Cup of Nations	2023	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	1st	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	2027
Men's African Games Tournament	2023	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	1st	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	2027
U-20 Cup of Nations^{[lower-alpha 5]}	2023	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	1st	File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia	2025
U-17 Cup of Nations^{[lower-alpha 6]}	2023	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	1st	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	2025
CAF African Schools U15 Boy's	2024	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania		File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	2025
Futsal Cup of Nations	2024	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	3rd	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	2028
Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament	2018	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	1st	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	2026
Beach Soccer Cup of Nations	2024	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	8th	File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania	2025
National teams (women)
Women's Africa Cup of Nations	2022 (final)	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	1st	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	2024 (final)
Women's African Games Tournament	2023	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	2nd	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	2027
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification	2024	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	1st 7th 1st 10th	File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	2026
African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification	2024	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	1st 2nd 7th	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia	2025
CAF African Schools U15 Girl's	2024	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa		File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	2025
Club teams
Super Cup	2024	Egypt Zamalek	5th	Egypt Al Ahly	2025
Champions League	2023–24 (final)	Egypt Al Ahly	12th	Tunisia ES Tunis	2024–25 (final)
Confederation Cup	2023–24 (final)	Egypt Zamalek	2nd	Morocco RS Berkane	2024–25 (final)
African Football League	2023 (final)	South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns	1st	Morocco Wydad AC	2024–25 (final)
Club teams (Women)
Women's Champions League	2024 (final)	Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe	1st	Morocco AS FAR	2025 (final)

Competition winners

Nation	Men								Women		Total
Nation	Africa Cup of Nations	CHAN	U-23's	U-20's	U-17's	Futsal	Beach Soccer	African Games	Women's Africa Cup of Nations	African Games	Total
NigeriaNigeria	3	-	1	7	2	–	2	1	11	3	30
EgyptEgypt	7	–	1	4	1	3	-	2	-	-	18
CameroonCameroon	5	-	-	1	2	-	1	4	-	1	14
GhanaGhana	4	-	-	4	2	-	-	2	-	2	14
SenegalSenegal	1	1	-	1	1	-	8	1	-	-	13
MoroccoMorocco	1	2	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	8
Ivory CoastIvory Coast	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4
AlgeriaAlgeria	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	4
Democratic Republic of the CongoDR Congo	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

Sponsorship

In October 2004, South African telecommunications giant, MTN, contracted a 4-year deal to sponsor CAF competitions worth US$12.5 million, which was the biggest sponsorship deal in African sporting history at that time.^[16] CAF opened new sponsorship callouts when MTN's contract expired and French telecommunications giant Orange scooped it up in July 2009, signing an 8-year comprehensive long-term undisclosed deal to sponsor CAF competitions with a value of €100 million.^[17] On 21 July 2016, French energy and petroleum giant, Total S.A., replaced Orange as the main sponsor with an 8-year sponsorship package from CAF for a value of €950 million^[18] to support its competitions.^[19] Total rebranded as TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021.^[20] The current main CAF sponsors are:

FIFA World Rankings

Overview

FIFA Men's Rankings (as of 28 November 2024)^[21]
CAF*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	14	Decrease 1	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	1688.18
2	17	Increase 3	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	1637.25
3	33	Decrease 3	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	1513.48
4	37	Steady	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	1495.85
5	44	Decrease 8	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	1482.23
6	46	Decrease 6	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	1478.47
7	49	Steady	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	1471.49
8	51	Increase 3	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	1466.1
9	52	Decrease 5	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	1464.42
10	57	Increase 3	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	1428.87
11	61	Decrease 4	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	1395.77
12	66	Decrease 4	File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	1373.76
13	72	Steady	File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde	1328.51
14	77	Decrease 4	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	1320.52
15	78	Steady	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	1311.88
16	84	Increase 1	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	1297.87
17	85	Decrease 3	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	1296.48
18	87	Increase 7	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	1279.24
19	88	Decrease 1	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	1270.42
20	93	Decrease 5	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea	1256.2
21	94	Increase 1	File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin	1250.99
22	96	Increase 2	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	1232.7
23	103	Increase 5	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros	1208.99
24	106	Increase 6	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	1199.33
25	108	Decrease 2	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	1189.65
26	109	Increase 5	File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania	1183.16
27	111	Increase 2	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	1179.26
28	113	Decrease 3	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan	1165.41
29	115	Decrease 6	File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar	1162.02
30	118	Increase 4	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	1158.03
31	119	Increase 4	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	1152.18
32	120	Decrease 4	File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau	1151.72
33	121	Decrease 4	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	1151.06
34	122	Increase 9	File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger	1145.96
35	124	Increase 2	File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda	1136.06
36	126	Increase 2	File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia	1134.69
37	128	Decrease 8	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	1132.65
38	129	Decrease 8	File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone	1132.06
39	131	Increase 3	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	1129.31
40	135	Decrease 6	File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic	1102.23
41	136	Increase 4	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	1098.85
42	139	Steady	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	1087.26
43	145	Increase 4	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia	1063.04
44	146	Increase 2	File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia	1059.94
45	150	Increase 2	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho	1046.76
46	159	Increase 1	File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini	1015.25
47	170	Increase 2	File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan	973.55
48	176	Increase 1	File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad	935.41
49	179	Decrease 1	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius	923.46
50	189	Increase 1	File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe	878.09
51	191	Increase 1	File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti	877.37
52	201	Steady	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles	831.19
53	202	Steady	File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia	829.81
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

FIFA Women's Rankings (as of 16 August 2024)^[22]
CAF*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	36	Steady	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	1621.29
2	50	Increase 1	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	1494.31
3	59	Steady	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	1426.09
4	62	Increase 2	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	1411.48
5	66	Decrease 1	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	1394.15
6	69	Decrease 1	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	1388.9
7	71	Steady	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	1355.45
8	78	Steady	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	1280.87
9	81	Steady	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	1272.76
10	82	Steady	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea	1272.15
11	83	Steady	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	1266.07
12	84	Steady	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	1264.25
13	93	Increase 1	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	1217.29
14	102	Steady	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	1201.45
15	112	Decrease 2	File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	1161.03
16	120	Steady	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	1130.06
17	123	Increase 1	File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia	1109.59
18	124	Increase 1	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	1107.95
19	125	Increase 1	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	1107.94
20	127	Increase 3	File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia	1102.66
21	130	Increase 3	File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde	1099.55
22	136	Steady	File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	1085.78
23	141	Steady	File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone	1059.98
24	142	Steady	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	1057.39
25	143	Increase 2	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	1045.97
26	144	Increase 2	File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic	1045.87
27	145	Increase 2	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	1045.79
28	148	Steady	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	1021.87
29	150	Steady	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda	1007.21
30	151	Steady	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	1004.74
31	152	Steady	File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin	1003.88
32	153	Steady	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	1002.21
33	156	Steady	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	972.78
34	165	Steady	File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia	882.37
35	166	Steady	File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger	876.5
36	167	Steady	File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda	874.81
37	170	Steady	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles	866.26
38	171	Steady	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	864.61
39	176	Steady	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho	841.19
40	177	Steady	File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau	838.58
41	178	Steady	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	829.84
42	182	Steady	File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini	791.04
43	188	Decrease 1	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros	717.41
44	190	Decrease 1	File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar	687.98
45	192	Decrease 1	File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan	650.32
46	194	Decrease 1	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius	394.19
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

Historical leaders

Men

Top four teams at year-end^[21]
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
1993	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia
1994	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
1995	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia
1996	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
1997	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
1998	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
1999	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
2000	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
2001	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
2002	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2003	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
2004	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
2005	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
2006	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
2007	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
2008	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
2009	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
2010	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
2011	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
2012	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
2013	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
2014	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
2015	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde
2016	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
2017	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo
2018	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
2019	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2020	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
2021	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2022	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
2023	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria

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Women

Top four teams at year-end^[22]
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2003	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2004	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2005	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2006	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2007	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2008	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
2009	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2010	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
2011	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
2012	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
2013	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2014	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
2015	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
2016	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
2017	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
2018	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
2019	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
2020	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
2021	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
2022	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana

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Other rankings

CAF overall ranking of African clubs by titles

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

Pos	Club	Titles	Trophies won
1	Egypt Al Ahly SC	26	12 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, 4 African Cup Winners' Cup, 8 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
2	Egypt Zamalek SC	15	5 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 5 CAF Super Cup, 2 Afro-Asian Club Championship
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo 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	Morocco Raja CA	9	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup, 2 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
4	Tunisia Étoile Sportive 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
6	Tunisia 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
7	Algeria JS Kabylie	7	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Cup, 1 African Super Cup
8	Morocco Wydad AC	6	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
9	Cameroon Canon Yaoundé	4	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup
	Nigeria Enyimba F.C.	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Super Cup
	Algeria ES Sétif	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
	Tunisia CS Sfaxien	4	3 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup

Update as of 5 June 2024 in chronological order.

By country

The following table lists all the countries whose clubs have won at least one CAF competition. Egyptian clubs are the most successful, with a total of 44 titles. Egyptian clubs hold a record number of wins in the African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League (18), the now-defunct African Cup Winners' Cup (8), the CAF Super Cup (12) and the now-defunct Afro-Asian Club Championship (3), followed by Tunisian clubs with 24 titles and they have the most victories in the now-defunct CAF Cup (4) and Moroccan clubs have secured also 24 titles with the most victories in the CAF Confederation Cup (7).

Key

CL	African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League
CWC	African Cup Winners' Cup
C	CAF Cup
CC	CAF Confederation Cup
SC	CAF Super Cup
AAC	Afro-Asian Club Championship

List of CAF club competition winners by country
Nationality	CL	CWC	C	CC	SC	AAC	Total
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	18	8	0	3	12	3	44
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	7	1	2	7	5	2	24
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	6	4	4	5	3	2	24
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	5	1	3	1	3	1	14
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo	6	2	0	2	3	0	13
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	2	3	2	0	2	0	9
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	5	3	0	0	0	0	8
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	2	2	1	0	2	0	7
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	3	0	0	1	1	0	5
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	2	1	0	0	2	0	5
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

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 CAF themselves or FIFA since the establishment of the first African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964.^[23]

Overall
Rank	Club	Points
1	Egypt Al Ahly SC	90
2	Tunisia Étoile du Sahel	60
3	Tunisia Espérance Tunis	59
4	Egypt Zamalek	56
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe	49
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo A.S. Vita Club	44
7	Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas	43
8	Algeria JS Kabylie	39
9	Cameroon Canon Yaoundé	36
10	Ghana Hearts of Oak	31

CAF Ranking of the 20th Century
Rank	Club	Points
1	Egypt Al-Ahly	40
2	Egypt Zamalek	37
3	Ghana Asante Kotoko	34
4	Cameroon Canon Yaoundé	34
5	Tunisia Espérance Tunis	27
6	Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas	27
7	Ghana Hearts of Oak	26
8	Ivory Coast Africa Sports	25
9	Algeria JS Kabylie	22
10	Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe	20

Men's Futsal

Per 22 June 2023:^[24]

CAF	FIFA	Country	Points	Rank dec 22
1	8	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	1502	1
2	37	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	1112	2
3	42	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	1080	3
4	47	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	1031	4
5	74	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	876	5
6	85	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	830	6
7	92	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	803	7
8	93	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	800	8
9	96	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	790	11
10	98	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	774	9
11	105	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	729	10
12	114	File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania	661
13	126	File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia	547	12
14	127	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros	544
–	–	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana*	852
–	–	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast*	785
–	–	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria*	785
–	–	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan*	684
–	–	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea*	730
–	–	File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau*	708
–	–	File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar*	685
–	–	File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan*	684
–	–	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo*	659
–	–	File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea*	637
–	–	File:Proposed flag of Réunion (VAR).svg Réunion*	626
–	–	File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe*	583

(*)= Provisional ranking (played at least 10 matches) (**)= Inactive for more than 24 months

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 Archived 23 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine

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

Major tournament records

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–2022: knockout round of 8)
R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage)
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

FIFA World Cup record
Team	1930 Uruguay (13)	1934 Italy (16)	1938 France (15)	1950 Brazil (13)	1954 Switzerland (16)	1958 Sweden (16)	1962 Chile (16)	1966 England (16)	1970 Mexico (16)	1974 West Germany (16)	1978 Argentina (16)	1982 Spain (24)	1986 Mexico (24)	1990 Italy (24)	1994 United States (24)	1998 France (32)	2002 Japan South Korea (32)	2006 Germany (32)	2010 South Africa (32)	2014 Brazil (32)	2018 Russia (32)	2022 Qatar (32)	2026 Canada Mexico United States (48)	2030 Morocco Portugal Spain (48)	2034 Saudi Arabia (48)	Apps.
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	Part of France^{[lower-alpha 7]}							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•	•				4/14
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	Part of Portugal^{[lower-alpha 8]}											×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•				1/9
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th	•	R1 31st	R1 32nd	•	R1 19th				8/14
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo^{[lower-alpha 9]}	Part of Belgium^{[lower-alpha 10]}							×	×	R1 16th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				1/12
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	•				3/15
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	Part of the United Kingdom					×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	QF 7th	R1 25th	•	R1 24th				4/14
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	R1 17th	R1 21st	•	•				3/11
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Part of France/Spain						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	R1 27th	4th		Q		6/15
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	Part of the United Kingdom						•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th	•	R1 27th	R2 16th	R1 21st	•				6/15
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•	R1 17th	R2 10th				3/12
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 24th	R1 17th	•	R1 20th	•	•	•				3/8
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 30th	•	•	•	•				1/11
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th	R1 21st				6/15
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	9/10	TBD	TBD	49

Firsts

1934: File:Flag of Egypt (1922–1958).svg Egypt first African team to qualify for the World Cup
1970: File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco first African team to draw a match in the World Cup
1978: File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia first African team to win a match in the World Cup
1982: File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria first African team to win two matches in the World Cup
1986: File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria first African team to qualify for two consecutive World Cups
1986: File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco first African team to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen)
1990: File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals)
1994 and 1998: File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria first African team to top a group stage and reach the knockout stage (round of 16) in two consecutive World Cups
2002: File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals) further on World Cup debut
2010: File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa first African team to host the World Cup
2014: File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria & File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria first African teams to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) simultaneously in the World Cup
2022: File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco first African team to reach the knockout stage (semi-finals), taking the fourth place

FIFA Women's World Cup

Teams are sorted by number of appearances.

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team	1991 China (12)	1995 Sweden (12)	1999 United States (16)	2003 United States (16)	2007 China (16)	2011 Germany (16)	2015 Canada (24)	2019 France (24)	2023 Australia New Zealand (32)	2027 File:Flag placeholder.svg (32)	Apps.
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	•	×	•	•	•	•	R2 11th	R2 15th	•		2/8
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea	×	×	×	•	•	R1 15th	•	×	•		1/5
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	•	•	R1 T-13th	R1 12th	R1 15th	•	•	•	•		3/9
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•		1/6
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 12th		1/9
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	R1 10th	R1 11th	QF 7th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 9th	R1 21st	R2 16th	R2 10th		9/9
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 22nd	R2 16th		2/8
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 25th		1/9
Total (8 teams)	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4		16

Olympic Games

Men's tournament

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team	1900 France (3)	1904 United States (3)	1908 United Kingdom (6)	1912 Sweden (11)	1920 Belgium (14)	1924 France (22)	1928 Netherlands (17)	1936 Germany (16)	1948 United Kingdom (18)	1952 Finland (25)	1956 Australia (11)	1960 Italy (16)	1964 Japan (14)	1968 Mexico (16)	1972 West Germany (16)	1976 Canada (13)	1980 Soviet Union (16)	1984 United States (16)	1988 South Korea (16)	1992 Spain (16)	1996 United States (16)	2000 Australia (16)	2004 Greece (16)	2008 China (16)	2012 United Kingdom (16)	2016 Brazil (16)	2020 Japan (16)	2024 France (16)	Apps.
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	Part of France												–	–	–		8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	2
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon					Part of France								–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	1	–	8	–	–	–	–	3
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt^{[lower-alpha 11]}				–	8	8	4	9	11	9	–	12	4	–	–	–		8	–	12	–	–	–	–	8	–	8	4	13
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	Part of France												–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–		7	–	2
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	Part of France														–			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	1
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	Part of the United Kingdom									–		–	7	12	16			–	–	3	8	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	6
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	Part of France													11			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	2
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	Part of France												–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	14	2
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco				Part of France/Spain								–	13	–	8	–		12	–	15	–	16	=10	–	11	–	–	3	8
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria					Part of the United Kingdom					–	–	–	–	14	–		13	–	15	–	1	8	–	2	–	3	–	–	7
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	Part of France												–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	1
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Banned because of apartheid							–	–	11	–	–	–	13	16	–	3
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan	Part of the United Kingdom											–		–	15			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	Part of France											15	–	–	–	–		–	13	–	14	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	4
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia						Part of the United Kingdom						RHO	–	–	–		15	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Total (15 teams)		0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4

Women's tournament

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team	1996 United States (8)	2000 Australia (8)	2004 Greece (10)	2008 China (12)	2012 United Kingdom (12)	2016 Brazil (12)	2020 Japan (12)	2024 France (12)	Apps.
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	1
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	–	8	6	11	–	–	–	11	4
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	–	–	–	–	10	10	–	–	2
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	12	2
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	1
Total (5 teams)	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	10

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record
Team (Total 44 teams)	1957 Sudan (3)	1959 United Arab Republic (3)	1962 Ethiopia (4)	1963 Ghana (6)	1965 Tunisia (6)	1968 Ethiopia (8)	1970 Sudan (8)	1972 Cameroon (8)	1974 Egypt (8)	1976 Ethiopia (8)	1978 Ghana (8)	1980 Nigeria (8)	1982 Libya (8)	1984 Ivory Coast (8)	1986 Egypt (8)	1988 Morocco (8)	1990 Algeria (8)	1992 Senegal (12)	1994 Tunisia (12)	1996 South Africa (15)	1998 Burkina Faso (16)	2000 Ghana Nigeria (16)	2002 Mali (16)	2004 Tunisia (16)	2006 Egypt (16)	2008 Ghana (16)	2010 Angola (15)	2012 Equatorial Guinea Gabon (16)	2013 South Africa (16)	2015 Equatorial Guinea (16)	2017 Gabon (16)	2019 Egypt (24)	2021 Cameroon (24)	2023 Ivory Coast (24)	2025 Morocco (24)	2027 Kenya Tanzania Uganda (24)	Apps.
North Africa Members
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	Part of France				×	R1	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	4th	3rd	R1	3rd	1st	R1	••	QF	R1	QF	R1	QF	•	•	4th	•	R1	QF	R1	1st	R1	R1	Q		21
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	×	×	3rd	•	3rd	4th	•	4th	×	4th	1st	R1	R1	R1	QF	QF	1st	QF	QF	R1	1st	1st	1st	•	•	•	2nd	R2	2nd	R2	Q		27
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya						•	×	•	×	×	×	×	2nd	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco			×	•	×	×	•	R1	×	1st	R1	3rd	•	•	4th	4th	•	R1	•	•	QF	R1	R1	2nd	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	••	QF	R2	QF	R2	Q		20
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia			3rd	R1	2nd	•	×	×	×	•	4th	×	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	2nd	QF	4th	R1	1st	QF	QF	R1	QF	R1	QF	QF	4th	QF	R1	Q		22
West Africa Members
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin	Part of France				×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	Q		5
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	Part of France				×	•	×	×	•	×	R1	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	R1	4th	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1	2nd	R1	3rd	•	4th	R2	Q		14
File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde	Part of Portugal																		•	×		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	•	R2	QF	•		4
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia	Part of the United Kingdom					×	×	×	×	•	x	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	x	x	x	x	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	x	•	•	QF	R1	•		2
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	UK		•	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	•	•	•	1st	R1	1st	R1	•	•	•	2nd	QF	4th	R1	QF	QF	•	R1	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	4th	R2	R1	R1	•		24
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	FRA			••	•	•	R1	•	R1	2nd	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	×	QF	QF	QF	•	R1	•	QF	•	R2	R2	QF	•		14
File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau	Part of Portugal															×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	•		4
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	Part of France				3rd	3rd	4th	•	R1	•	••	R1	×	R1	3rd	R1	R1	1st	3rd	R1	QF	R1	R1	•	2nd	4th	QF	2nd	QF	1st	R1	QF	R2	1st	Q		26
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia				×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	Part of France				•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	4th	4th	•	R1	R1	3rd	3rd	R1	R1	R2	R2	QF	Q		14
File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania	Part of France									×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	R1	R1	R2	•		3
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger	Part of France					×	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria			×	R1	×	•	×	•	•	3rd	3rd	1st	R1	2nd	•	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	×	×	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	QF	3rd	•	1st	•	•	3rd	R2	2nd	Q		21
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	Part of France				4th	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	R1	•	4th	QF	QF	•	•	QF	2nd	QF	4th	R1	•	R1	•	R1	QF	2nd	1st	R2	Q		18
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone	Part of the UK					×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	R1	R1	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	x	R1	•	×		3
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	Part of France				×	•	•	R1	×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	×	•	×	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	••	•	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•		8
Central Africa Members
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	Part of France				×	•	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	R1	1st	2nd	1st	R1	4th	•	R1	QF	1st	1st	QF	QF	2nd	QF	•	•	R1	1st	R2	3rd	R2	Q		22
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	Part of France					R1	×	1st	4th	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×	QF	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•		7
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	Part of Belgium				R1	1st	R1	4th	1st	R1	×	•	•	×	•	R1	•	QF	QF	QF	3rd	R1	QF	R1	QF	•	•	•	R1	3rd	QF	R2	•	4th	Q		21
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea	Part of Spain															×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	4th	•	•	QF	R2	Q		5
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	Part of France						×	•	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R1	R1	•	R2	•	Q		9
East Africa Members
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	Part of Belgium								×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia	2nd	3rd	1st	4th	R1	4th	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•		11
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya			•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	R1	R1	R1	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	×	•	Q	7
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda	Part of Belgium										×	×	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan	3rd	2nd	•	2nd	•	•	1st	R1	•	R1	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	QF	•	•	•	•	R1	•	Q		10
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania						×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	Q	Q	5
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda			4th	×	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	2nd	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	Q	Q	9
Southern Africa Members
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	Part of Portugal												•	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	R1	QF	QF	R1	R1	•	•	R1	•	QF	Q		10
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	Part of the United Kingdom										×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q		2
File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros	Part of France																							×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	Q		2
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar	Part of France				×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	Part of the United Kingdom								×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•		3
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius						•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	Part of Portugal											×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	Q		6
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	Part of South Africa																	×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R2	•		4
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	••	Banned because of apartheid																	•	1st	2nd	3rd	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	•	QF	R1	•	QF	•	3rd	Q		12
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia					×	×	•	•	2nd	•	R1	•	3rd	•	R1	×	3rd	QF	2nd	3rd	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	QF	1st	R1	R1	•	•	•	R1	Q		19
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe													•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	×	Q		6

Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Women's Africa Cup of Nations record
Team (Total 26 teams)	1991 File:Flag placeholder.svg (4)	1995 File:Flag placeholder.svg (6)	1998 Nigeria (7)	2000 South Africa (8)	2002 Nigeria (8)	2004 South Africa (8)	2006 Nigeria (8)	2008 Equatorial Guinea (8)	2010 South Africa (8)	2012 Equatorial Guinea (8)	2014 Namibia (8)	2016 Cameroon (8)	2018 Ghana (8)	2020 ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (12)	2022 Morocco (12)	2024 Morocco (12)	Apps.
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria				•		R1	R1	•	R1		R1	•	R1		•	Q	6
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola		SF			R1		•		•						•	•	2
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	×														QF	Q	2
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	×														GS	•	1
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	×														GS	•	1
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	2nd	×	4th	R1	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd		QF	•	13
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	×					•	•	R1					•		•	•	1
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo			3rd	×	•	×	R1	•	•	R1		×			x	Q	4
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt			R1	•			•	×	×	•	•	R1			•	•	2
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea					•	•	R1	1st	2nd	1st	•	•	R1		•	•	5
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia					R1	4th	×		•	R1	•	•	•		•	•	3
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	QF	SF	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	R1	R1	•	R1	3rd	R1		•	Q	13
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	SF	×	•			•	•	•	•	•		•			•	•	1
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast					•		•	•	•	R1	3rd	•	•		•	•	2
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya			x	x			•		x	x	•	R1	•		x	•	1
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali					R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	4th		•	Q	8
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco			R1	R1	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2nd	Q	4
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia			×				•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		•	•	1
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st		4th	Q	15
File:Proposed flag of Réunion (VAR).svg Réunion				R1		1
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	×				•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		QF	Q	3
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone		QF	×	×					•		×		×		•	×	1
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa		2nd	R1	2nd	4th	R1	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd		1st	Q	14
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania					•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•		•	Q	2
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia								R1	•	•	•	•			QF	Q	3
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda			•	R1	•	×	×			•					GS	•	2
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	×	QF			•		•	•		•	R1	•	R1		3rd	Q	5
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	×			4th	R1	R1	×	•		•	•	R1	•		•	×	4

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team	1977 Tunisia (16)	1979 Japan (16)	1981 Australia (16)	1983 Mexico (16)	1985 Soviet Union (16)	1987 Chile (16)	1989 Saudi Arabia (16)	1991 Portugal (16)	1993 Australia (16)	1995 Qatar (16)	1997 Malaysia (24)	1999 Nigeria (24)	2001 Argentina (24)	2003 United Arab Emirates (24)	2005 Netherlands (24)	2007 Canada (24)	2009 Egypt (24)	2011 Colombia (24)	2013 Turkey (24)	2015 New Zealand (24)	2017 South Korea (24)	2019 Poland (24)	2023 Argentina (24)	2025 Chile (24)	Apps.
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	×	QF	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•		1
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•	•		6
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	R1	•	R2	R2	R1	•	•	•	•		8
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia	×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2		2
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	4th	QF	2nd	•	•	•	1st	•	3rd	R2	•	•	•		7
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		2
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	R1	×	×	R1	•	•	•	R1	×	•	R1	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		5
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	R1	3rd	•	QF	•		7
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	×	•	•	R1	3rd	R1	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	2nd	QF	R2	QF	R2	R2	•	R2	QF		13
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	R2	QF	R1		4
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R1	R1	•		4
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	×	×	•	•	×	R1	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	•		1
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2		3
File:Flag of Zambia.svg 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	4	26

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team	2002 Canada (12)	2004 Thailand (12)	2006 Russia (16)	2008 Chile (16)	2010 Germany (16)	2012 Japan (16)	2014 Canada (16)	2016 Papua New Guinea (16)	2018 France (16)	2022 Costa Rica (16)^{[lower-alpha 13]}	2024 Colombia (24)	2026 Poland (24)	Apps.
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	R2		1
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo	×	•	R1	R1	•	•	×	•	×	•	•		2
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	×	×	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		7
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1		1
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	R1	QF	QF	QF	2nd	4th	2nd	R1	QF	QF	R2		11
Total (5 teams)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	22

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team	1985 China (16)	1987 Canada (16)	1989 Scotland (16)	1991 Italy (16)	1993 Japan (16)	1995 Ecuador (16)	1997 Egypt (16)	1999 New Zealand (16)	2001 Trinidad and Tobago (16)	2003 Finland (16)	2005 Peru (16)	2007 South Korea (24)	2009 Nigeria (24)	2011 Mexico (24)	2013 United Arab Emirates (24)	2015 Chile (24)	2017 India (24)	2019 Brazil (24)	2023 Indonesia (24)^{[lower-alpha 14]}	2025 Qatar (48)	Apps.
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	×		1
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	3rd	•	•	•	R2	R1	•	•	•	•	R1		5
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		2
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•		3
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×		2
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	•	•	R1	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	•	•	R1	4th	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•		9
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	×	×		6
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	QF	•	•	•	•		4
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	4th	•	3rd		6
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	QF		2
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•		1
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	1st	2nd	QF	•	1st	QF	•	•	2nd	R1	•	1st	2nd	•	1st	1st	•	R2	•		12
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	×		1
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R2		2
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		0
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×		1
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg 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 rights to host the 2019 edition in February that year.^[25]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team	2008 New Zealand (16)	2010 Trinidad and Tobago (16)	2012 Azerbaijan (16)	2014 Costa Rica (16)	2016 Jordan (16)	2018 Uruguay (16)	2022 India (16)^{[lower-alpha 15]}	2024 Dominican Republic (16)	2025 Morocco (24)	Apps.
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	•	×	•	×	R1	R1	•	•		2
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia	×	×	R1	×	×	•	×	×		1
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	R1	R1	3rd	QF	QF	QF	•	×		6
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	GS		1
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	R1	QF	QF	QF	R1	•	3rd	QF		7
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•		2
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	Q	2
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	•		1
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	•	×	•	R1	×	•	•	GS		2
Total (9 teams)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	28

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team	1989 Netherlands (16)	1992 Hong Kong (16)	1996 Spain (16)	2000 Guatemala (16)	2004 Taiwan (16)	2008 Brazil (20)	2012 Thailand (24)	2016 Colombia (24)	2021 Lithuania (24)	2024 Uzbekistan (24)	Apps.
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	1
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R1	R1	2
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	×	×	R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	QF	R1	•	7
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	×	×	×	•	×	R1	R1	•	•	R1	3
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	R1	QF	QF	4
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	1
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	×	R1	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	1
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	R1	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	1
Total (8 teams)	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	20

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Team	1995 Brazil (8)	1996 Brazil (8)	1997 Brazil (8)	1998 Brazil (10)	1999 Brazil (12)	2000 Brazil (12)	2001 Brazil (12)	2002 Brazil (8)	2003 Brazil (8)	2004 Brazil (12)	2005 Brazil (12)	2006 Brazil (12)	2007 Brazil (16)	2008 France (16)	2009 United Arab Emirates (16)	2011 Italy (16)	2013 French Polynesia (16)	2015 Portugal (16)	2017 The Bahamas (16)	2019 Paraguay (16)	2021 Russia (16)	2024 United Arab Emirates (16)	2025 Seychelles (16)	Apps.
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	R1 14th	•	R1 16th	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•		2/22
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th		1/22
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1 11th	•	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•		2/22
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•		1/22
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 11th	•		1/22
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	R1 9th	QF 6th	•	R1 12th	QF 6th	•	•	R1 12th	R1 16th	×	•		6/22
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	QF 5th	R1 9th	•	QF 7th	R1 13th	R1 13th	QF 6th	QF 6th	4th	R1 10th		9/22
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	Q	1/22
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	×		1/22
Total (9 teams)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team	1992 Saudi Arabia (4)	1995 Saudi Arabia (6)	1997 Saudi Arabia (8)	1999 Mexico (8)	2001 South Korea Japan (8)	2003 France (8)	2005 Germany (8)	2009 South Africa (8)	2013 Brazil (8)	2017 Russia (8)	Apps.
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	•	•	•	•	R1	2nd	•	•	•	R1	3
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	2
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	•	4th	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	2
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	2
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	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".^[26]

CAF Best Player of the Century

Player	Points
Liberia George Weah	95
Cameroon Roger Milla	77
Ghana Abédi Pelé	72
Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi	56
Algeria Rabah Madjer	51
Cameroon Théophile Abega	39
Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou	38
Zambia Kalusha Bwalya	37
Morocco Ahmed Faras	35
Nigeria Finidi George	32

CAF Best Goalkeeper of the Century

Player	Points
Cameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell	39
Cameroon Thomas N'Kono	30
Tunisia Sadok Sassi "Attouga"	26
Morocco Badou Zaki	24
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazadi Mwamba	19
Cameroon Jacques Songo'o	13
Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar	11
Egypt Ahmed Shobair	10
Ivory Coast Alain Gouaméné	9
Nigeria Peter Rufai	6

CAF Best Women's Footballer of the Century

Player	Points
Nigeria Uche Eucharia Ngozi	21
Ghana Nana Ama Gyamfuah	18
Nigeria Doris Nkiru Okosieme	17
Nigeria Florence Omagbemi	15
Nigeria Ann Chiejine	14
Nigeria Rita Nwadike	13
South Africa Fikile Sithole	9
Ghana Vivian Mensah	8
Nigeria Mercy Akide	7
Nigeria Ann Agumanu	7

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 the golden jubilee or 50th anniversary of the foundation of CAF, ordered according to an online poll.^[27]

01. Cameroon Roger Milla

02. Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib

03. Egypt Hossam Hassan

04. Cameroon Samuel Eto'o

05. Ghana Abedi Pele

06. Liberia George Weah

07. Ivory Coast Didier Drogba

08. Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu

09. Algeria Rabah Madjer

10. Zambia Kalusha Bwalya

11. Ghana Michael Essien

12. Nigeria Augustine Okocha

13. Egypt Saleh Selim

14. Algeria Hacène Lalmas

15. South Africa Benni McCarthy

16. Senegal El Hadji Diouf

17. Morocco Noureddine Naybet

18. Nigeria Rashidi Yekini

19. Egypt Hany Ramzy

20. Egypt Hassan Shehata

21. South Africa Lucas Radebe

22. Tunisia Tarak Dhiab

23. Morocco Mohammed Timoumi

24. Ghana Tony Yeboah

25. Mali Salif Keita

26. Ghana Karim Abdul Razak

27. Ghana Samuel Kuffour

28. Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi

29. Cameroon Rigobert Song

30. Sudan Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas

CAF resolutions

Awards:

Qualifications:

CAF 5-year ranking

International top goalscorers

As of 19 November 2024

This table is for players with 30 or more goals for a CAF national team. Players in bold are still active at international level.

	Indicates the CAF top scorer.
	Indicates the top scorer of the respective nation.

Rank	Player	Nation	Goals	Matches	Goals per match	Career span
1	Godfrey Chitalu	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	79	111	0.71	1968–1980
2	Kinnah Phiri	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	71	117	0.61	1973–1981
3	Hossam Hassan	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	68	176	0.39	1985–2006
4	Didier Drogba	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	65	105	0.62	2002–2014
5	Mohamed Salah	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	59	103	0.57	2011–present
6	Samuel Eto'o	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	56	118	0.47	1997–2014
7	Asamoah Gyan	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	51	109	0.47	2003–2021
8	Abdoulaye Traoré	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	49	88	0.56	1984–1996
9	Sadio Mané	File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	46	113	0.41	2012–present
10	Islam Slimani	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	45	101	0.45	2012–present
11	Ali Al-Biski	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	44	35	1.26	1961–1970
12	Roger Milla	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	43	77	0.56	1973–1994
13	Alex Chola	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	43	102	0.42	1975–1985
14	Hassan El-Shazly	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	42	62	0.68	1961–1975
15	Vincent Aboubakar	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	42	108	0.39	2010–present
16	Fawzi Al-Issawi	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya	40	90	0.44	1977–1985
17	Akwá	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	39	78	0.5	1995–2006
18	Kalusha Bwalya	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	39	87	0.45	1983–2006
19	Mohamed Aboutrika	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	38	100	0.38	2001–2013
20	Rashidi Yekini	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	37	62	0.6	1984–1998
21	Peter Ndlovu	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	37	81	0.46	1991–2007
22	Abdelhafid Tasfaout	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	36	80	0.45	1990–2002
23	Issam Jemâa	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	36	84	0.43	2005–2014
24	Ahmed Faras	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	36	94	0.38	1966–1979
25	William Ouma	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	35	66	0.53	1965–1977
26	Moumouni Dagano	File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso	34	83	0.41	1998–2014
27	Dennis Oliech	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	34	76	0.45	2002–2016
28	Patrick M'Boma	File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	33	55	0.6	1995–2004
29	Ibrahima Kandia Diallo	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea	33	56	0.59	1960–1973
30	Getaneh Kebede	File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia	33	66	0.5	2010–present
31	Abedi Pele	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	33	67	0.49	1982–1998
32	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon	33	80	0.41	2009–present
33	Ahmed Hassan	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	33	184	0.18	1995–2004
34	Baghdad Bounedjah	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	32	76	0.42	2013–present
35	Emmanuel Adebayor	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo	32	87	0.37	2000–2019
36	Riyad Mahrez	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	32	98	0.33	2014–present
37	Benni McCarthy	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	31	79	0.39	1997–2011
38	Amr Zaki	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	30	63	0.48	2004–2013
39	Tico-Tico	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	30	94	0.32	1995–2010

Notes

↑ French: Confédération Africaine de Football; Arabic: الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم, romanized: al-Ittiḥād al-Ifrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam.
↑ Member of UNAF. Withdrew on 19 November 2009 and rejoined in 2011.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Associate member, 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.^[12]
↑ Excluded from CAF and from the 1957 African Cup of Nations due to apartheid.
↑ This tournament was initially formed as a home-and-away qualification tournament for U-21 African nations in 1977. Since 1979, a proper tournament was launched as the African Youth Championship and used these branded titles until 2015: African U-21 Cup of Nations until 1989, African U-21 Championship until 2003 and African U-20 Championship until 2015. The current name was adopted in 2017.
↑ From 1995 to 2015, the tournament was known as the African U-17 Championship. The current name was adopted in 2017.
↑ Algeria gained independence in 1962, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
↑ Angola gained independence in 1975. Thus the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
↑ The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
↑ Democratic Republic of the Congo gained independence in 1960, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
↑ Egypt team represented the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1960 finishing the 12th and alone in 1964 finishing the 4th.
↑ The 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
↑ Costa Rica and Panama were originally due to host the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, but the latter withdrew citing the COVID-19 pandemic and left Costa Rica as the sole hosts. FIFA postponed the 2020 edition to the following year, i.e. 2021, pending improvement in pandemic management, but cancelled it altogether on 17 November 2020 due to the escalation of the pandemic caused by the discovery of the COVID-19 Omicron variant a month earlier and automatically awarded them the 2022 edition.
↑ Peru was originally due to host the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup but FIFA cancelled it on 24 December 2020 citing the COVID-19 pandemic and its escalation of the pandemic caused by the discovery of the COVID-19 Omicron variant a month earlier as the reasons and automatically awarded them the 2023 edition. Peru later withrew as hosts on 2 May 2023 due to infrastructural defects and FIFA awarded the hosting eights to Indonesia, whom FIFA earlier stripped the hosting rights for the year's FIFA U-20 World Cup.
↑ India were originally due to host the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, but it was postponed to the following year, i.e. 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic by FIFA, who eventually cancelled it on 17 November 2020 and rather automatically awarded them the 2022 edition.

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↑ "Total is Transforming and Becoming TotalEnergies" (Press release). TotalEnergies. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
↑ "African Club Ranking: Old-Time records from 1965 to 2007". CAFOnline.com. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "Futsal World Ranking". Retrieved 22 June 2023.
↑ "Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019". FIFA.com. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
↑ "IFFHS History : Africa – Player of the Century (1900–1999)". IFFHS. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
↑ "CAF release 30 best African players in the last 50 years". CAFOnline.com. 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

External links

Official website (in English, French, and Arabic)
Overview of CAF and its competitions via Soccerlens.com
The CAF Anthem since 2007

[2] French: Confédération Africaine de Football; Arabic: الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم, romanized: al-Ittiḥād al-Ifrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam.

[13] Member of UNAF. Withdrew on 19 November 2009 and rejoined in 2011.

[AM-15] 3.0 ^3.1 Associate member, 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.^[12]

[16] Excluded from CAF and from the 1957 African Cup of Nations due to apartheid.

[20] This tournament was initially formed as a home-and-away qualification tournament for U-21 African nations in 1977. Since 1979, a proper tournament was launched as the African Youth Championship and used these branded titles until 2015: African U-21 Cup of Nations until 1989, African U-21 Championship until 2003 and African U-20 Championship until 2015. The current name was adopted in 2017.

[21] From 1995 to 2015, the tournament was known as the African U-17 Championship. The current name was adopted in 2017.

[31] Algeria gained independence in 1962, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.

[32] Angola gained independence in 1975. Thus the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.

[Zaire-33] The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.

[34] Democratic Republic of the Congo gained independence in 1960, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.

[35] Egypt team represented the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1960 finishing the 12th and alone in 1964 finishing the 4th.

[36] The 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.

[37] Costa Rica and Panama were originally due to host the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, but the latter withdrew citing the COVID-19 pandemic and left Costa Rica as the sole hosts. FIFA postponed the 2020 edition to the following year, i.e. 2021, pending improvement in pandemic management, but cancelled it altogether on 17 November 2020 due to the escalation of the pandemic caused by the discovery of the COVID-19 Omicron variant a month earlier and automatically awarded them the 2022 edition.

[38] Peru was originally due to host the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup but FIFA cancelled it on 24 December 2020 citing the COVID-19 pandemic and its escalation of the pandemic caused by the discovery of the COVID-19 Omicron variant a month earlier as the reasons and automatically awarded them the 2023 edition. Peru later withrew as hosts on 2 May 2023 due to infrastructural defects and FIFA awarded the hosting eights to Indonesia, whom FIFA earlier stripped the hosting rights for the year's FIFA U-20 World Cup.

[40] India were originally due to host the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, but it was postponed to the following year, i.e. 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic by FIFA, who eventually cancelled it on 17 November 2020 and rather automatically awarded them the 2022 edition.

[Mem-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Member Associations". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[3] Alegi, Peter (2010). African Soccerscapes. Ohio University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-89680-278-0.

[4] Dunmore, Tom (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. p. 21. ISBN 9780810873957.

[5] International Sport Management. Human Kinetics. 2020. ISBN 9781450422413.

[6] "History of CAF". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[7] "CAF president". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[CAFEC-8] "Dr. Patrice Motsepe elected 7th CAF President unopposed in Rabat". CAFOnline.com (Press release). Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

[9] "Competition for the CAF's anthem". CAFOnline.com. 18 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2008.

[10] FIFA

[11] CAF

[12] Nicholson, Paul (22 October 2024). "Motsepe rubberstamps pay rises for member association presidents as CAF reports $9m loss". Inside World Football. Retrieved 19 November 2024.

[14] Gleeson, Mark (21 July 2017). "Zanzibar loses Caf membership in embarrassing U-turn". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[17] "Confederation Cup". CAFOnline.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2008.

[18] "African women's football primed for new chapter". FIFA.com. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

[19] "CAF Women's Champions League takes one giant leap towards realization". CAFOnline.com. 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

[22] "CAF signs sponsorship deal". BBC Sport. 21 October 2004. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

[23] "Orange signs deal to sponsor African soccer competitions". Reuters. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[24] "CAF reviews prize money, AFCON 2017 winner to pocket $4 million". Africanews. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

[25] "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". africanews. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[26] "Total is Transforming and Becoming TotalEnergies" (Press release). TotalEnergies. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-27] 21.0 ^21.1 "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-28] 22.0 ^22.1 "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[29] "African Club Ranking: Old-Time records from 1965 to 2007". CAFOnline.com. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[30] "Futsal World Ranking". Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[39] "Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019". FIFA.com. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[41] "IFFHS History : Africa – Player of the Century (1900–1999)". IFFHS. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

[42] "CAF release 30 best African players in the last 50 years". CAFOnline.com. 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

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