Confederation of African Football

Confederation of African Football


Abbreviation	CAF
Formation	10 February 1957 (1957-02-10)
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	6th of October City, Egypt
Membership	56 member associations
Official language	English, French and Arabic
Secretary General	Hicham El Amrani
President	Issa Hayatou
Website	www.cafonline.com

FIFA confederations

AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA

The Confederation of African Football (CAF, /ˈkæf/; French: Confédération Africaine de Football; Arabic: الإتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم‎‎) is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.

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 six continental confederations of FIFA. CAF has been given 5 slots out of the 32 available since the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, this increased to 6 in 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, to include the hosts. The number of places returned to 5 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

CAF was founded on 8 February 1957 in Khartoum, Sudan by the Egyptian, Ethiopian, South African and Sudanese FA`s, 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, Sudan for some months until a fire outbreak in the offices of the Sudanese Football Association when the organization moved near Cairo. Youssef Mohammad was the first General Secretary and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem the president. The administrative center since 2002 is located in 6th of October City, near Cairo. It was initially made up of 4 national associations. Currently there are 56 associations, 54 full members beside Zanzibar and Réunion Island as associates. (see the bottom of this page or List of CAF national football teams).

The current CAF President is Issa Hayatou. Suketu Patel is the 1st Vice-President, Almamy Kabele Camara is the 2nd Vice-President while Hicham El Amrani is the Secretary General.^[1]

History

Main article: History of CAF

Current Leaders

Name	Position
Issa Hayatou	President
Suketu Patel	Vice President
Almamy Kabele Camara	Vice President
Hicham El Amrani	General Secretary
Mohamed El Sherei	Treasurer

Source: FIFA (CAF)

CAF Members & Zones

CAF Members

Sahara Niger Congo Nile Kalahari

African regional federations:

UNAF (North Africa)

WAFU-UFOA (West Africa)

UNIFFAC (Central Africa)

CECAFA (East Africa)

COSAFA (Southern Africa)

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CAF affiliation	Regional affiliation	IOC member
Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF)
ALG	Algeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1963	1964	2005	Yes
EGY	Egypt ²	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1921	1923	1957	2005	Yes
LBY	Libya	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1963	1965	2005	Yes
MAR	Morocco	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1955	1960	1960	2005	Yes
TUN	Tunisia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1956	1960	1960	2005	Yes
West African Football Union (WAFU-UFOA)
BEN	Benin	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1962	1969	1975	Yes
BFA	Burkina Faso	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1964	1964	1975	Yes
CPV	Cape Verde	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1982	1986	2000	1975	Yes
GAM	Gambia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1952	1966	1966	1975	Yes
GHA	Ghana	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1957	1958	1958	1975	Yes
GUI	Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1961	1962	1975	Yes
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1974	1986	1986	1975	Yes
CIV	Ivory Coast	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1961	1960	1975	Yes
LBR	Liberia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1936	1962	1962	1975	Yes
MLI	Mali	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1962	1963	1975	Yes
MTN	Mauritania	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1961	1961	1964	1975	Yes
NIG	Niger	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1967	1967	1967	1975	Yes
NGA	Nigeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1945	1960	1959	1975	Yes
SEN	Senegal	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1962	1963	1975	Yes
SLE	Sierra Leone	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1967	1967	1967	1975	Yes
TOG	Togo	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1962	1963	1975	Yes
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC)
CMR	Cameroon	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1959	1962	1963	1978	Yes
CTA	Central African Republic	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1961	1963	1965	1978	Yes
CHA	Chad	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1988	1988	1978	Yes
CGO	Congo	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1962	1966	1978	Yes
COD	DR Congo	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1919	1964	1964	1978	Yes
EQG	Equatorial Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1986	1986	1978	Yes
GAB	Gabon	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1963	1967	1978	Yes
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1975	1986	1976	1978	Yes
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)
BDI	Burundi	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1948	1972	1972	1994	Yes
DJI	Djibouti	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1979	1994	1986	1995	Yes
ERI	Eritrea	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1996	1998	1998	1973	Yes
ETH	Ethiopia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1943	1953	1957	1994	Yes
KEN	Kenya	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	2011	2012	2012	1973	Yes
RWA	Rwanda	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1972	1976	1976	1994	Yes
SOM	Somalia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1960	1975	1973	Yes
SSD	South Sudan	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	2011	2012	2012	2012	Yes
SDN	Sudan	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1936	1948	1957	1975	Yes
TAN	Tanzania	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1930	1964	1964	1973	Yes
UGA	Uganda	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1924	1960	1960	1973	Yes
ZAN	Zanzibar ³	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1965		1980	1973 & 2003	No
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)
ANG	Angola	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1979	1980	1980	1997	Yes
BOT	Botswana	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1970	1978	1976	1997	Yes
COM	Comoros	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1979	2005	2003	2007	Yes
LES	Lesotho	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1932	1964	1964	1997	Yes
MAD	Madagascar	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1961	1962	1963	2000	Yes
MWI	Malawi	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1966	1967	1968	1997	Yes
MRI	Mauritius	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1952	1962	1963	2000	Yes
MOZ	Mozambique	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1976	1980	1978	1997	Yes
NAM	Namibia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1990	1992	1992	1997	Yes
SEY	Seychelles	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1979	1986	1986	2000	Yes
RSA	South Africa ¹	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1991	1992	1992	1997	Yes
SWZ	Swaziland	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1968	1978	1976	1997	Yes
ZAM	Zambia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1929	1964	1964	1997	Yes
ZIM	Zimbabwe	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1965	1965	1980	1997	Yes
Non-regional Members
REU	Réunion ³	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1926		2004		No

^ – Excluded from CAF and from 1st African Cup of Nations in 1957 due to Apartheid
^ – Member of UNAF from 2005 to 2009 and from 2011 – Withdrew from UNAF on the 19th of November 2009 but return on 2011
^ – Non-FIFA member associations holding associate membership of CAF

CAF Regional Zones

CAF Zone – North Zone

Tunisia

CAF Zone 2 – Zone West A

CAF Zone 3 – Zone West B

Nigeria
Togo

CAF Zone 4 – Central Zone

CAF Zone 5 – Central-East Zone

CAF Zone 6 – Southern Zone

World Cup Participation

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

FIFA World Cup

Main article: African nations at the FIFA World Cup

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

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)	Total
Algeria	Part of France^[2]							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th		12 → 4
Angola												×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•		8 → 1
Cameroon							×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th	•	R1 31st	R1 32nd		12 → 7
DR Congo^[3]								×	×	R1 16th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		10 → 1
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•		13 → 2
Ghana						×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	QF 7th	R1 25th		12 → 3
Ivory Coast							×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	R1 17th	R1 21st		10 → 3
Morocco							•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•		13 → 4
Nigeria							•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th	•	R1 27th	R2 16th		13 → 5
Senegal							×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•		10 → 1
South Africa					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 24th	R1 17th	•	R1 20th	•		6 → 3
Togo							×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 30th	•	•		9 → 1
Tunisia							•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•		13 → 4
Zaire	see Congo DR (1974–1994)^[3]
Total	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	6	5	5	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
1986: Algeria first African team to qualify to consecutive World Cups
1986: Morocco first African team to reach the knockout stage
1990: Cameroon first African team to reach the quarter-final
2010: South Africa first African team to host the World Cup
2014: Algeria & Nigeria first African teams to reach the knockout stage simultaneously in the World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

The following CAF members have competed in the following FIFA Women's World Cups. Teams are sorted by number of appearances.

Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	Total
Cameroon	•	×	•	•	•	•	R2 11th	7 → 1
Ivory Coast	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	7 → 1
Equatorial Guinea	×	×	×	•	•	R1 15th	•	4 → 1
Ghana	•	•	R1 13–14	R1 12th	R1 15th	•	•	7 → 3
Nigeria	R1 10th	R1 11th	QF 7th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 9th	R1 21st	7 → 7

Other international tournaments

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
GS – Group stage
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament

•• — Qualified but withdrew
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Africa Cup of Nations or withdrew from the Confederations Cup / Banned
— Hosts

FIFA Confederations Cup

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	Total
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	GS	2nd	•	•	•	2
Egypt	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	2
South Africa	×	•	GS	•	•	•	•	4th	•	2
Nigeria	•	4th	×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	2
Ivory Coast	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Tunisia	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
Total	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	10

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Nation	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Years
Algeria	R1								1
Egypt			R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	QF	6
Libya						R1	R1		2
Morocco							R1	R1	2
Mozambique								R1	1
Nigeria		R1							1
Zimbabwe	R1								1
Nations	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

	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)	Total Participations
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 14th	•	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	2/18
Ivory Coast	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 11th	•	R1 16th	•	2/18
Madagascar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 14th	1/18
Nigeria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 9th	QF 6th	•	R1 12th	QF 6th	•	•	4/18
Senegal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 5th	R1 9th	QF 7th	R1 13th	R1 13th	5/18
South Africa	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2/18

Summer Olympics

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
• – Group stage

q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Qualified but withdrew
— Excluded From The Tournament
— Hosts

Men

Nation	1900	1904	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	1936	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Total
Egypt					•	QF	4th	•	•	•		•	4th					QF		•					QF		11
Morocco													•		QF			•		•		•	•		•		7
Nigeria														•			•		•		1st	QF		2nd		3rd	7
Ghana													QF	•	•					3rd	QF		•				6
Tunisia												•							•		•		•				4
Cameroon																		•				1st		QF			3
Algeria																	QF									•	2
South Africa																						•				•	2
Zambia																	•		QF								2
Ivory Coast																								QF			1
Gabon																									•		1
Guinea														•													1
Mali																							QF				1
Senegal																									QF		1
Sudan															•												1
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	50

Women

Nation	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Total
Cameroon					•		1
Nigeria		•	QF	•			3
South Africa					•	•	2
Zimbabwe						•	1
Total	0	1	1	1	2	2	7

Rankings

Men's National Teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[4]

CAF	FIFA	Country	Point	+/−	Region
1	33	Algeria	771	+4	UNAF
2	34	Ivory Coast	738	+2	WAFU
3	38	Ghana	693	+3	WAFU
4	43	Senegal	651	+5	WAFU
5	44	Egypt	648	+9	UNAF
6	47	Cape Verde	620	-16	WAFU
6	47	Tunisia	620		UNAF
8	51	DR Congo	596	+7	UNIFFAC
9	58	Guinea	570	+5	WAFU
10	59	Congo	562		UNIFFAC
11	63	Cameroon	556	-2	UNIFFAC
12	64	Morocco	555	+17	UNAF
13	65	Mali	551	+8	WAFU
14	67	Nigeria	534	-5	WAFU
15	70	South Africa	507		COSAFA
16	72	Uganda	491	-5	CECAFA
17	73	Benin	489	+4	WAFU
18	75	Burkina Faso	469	+11	WAFU
19	78	Zambia	460		COSAFA
20	83	Equatorial Guinea	416	-7	UNIFFAC
21	87	Rwanda	401	-2	CECAFA
22	88	Gabon	395	-5	UNIFFAC
23	91	Botswana	379	+1	COSAFA
24	96	Central African Republic	355	+14	UNIFFAC
25	97	Chad	348	+30	UNIFFAC
26	101	Mozambique	338	-1	COSAFA
27	102	Guinea-Bissau	336	+45	WAFU
28	103	Togo	334	-2	WAFU
29	103	Mauritania	334	+3	UNIFFAC
30	107	Malawi	326	-3	COSAFA
31	109	Liberia	322	-8	WAFU
32	112	Libya	314	-5	UNAF
33	115	Kenya	303	-12	CECAFA
34	118	Sierra Leone	298	-3	WAFU
35	120	Niger	296	-12	WAFU
36	121	Angola	291	-12	COSAFA
37	122	Burundi	290	+7	CECAFA
38	123	Ethiopia	289	-3	CECAFA
39	127	Zimbabwe	281	+4	COSAFA
40	129	Sudan	276	+6	CECAFA
41	130	Tanzania	274	-5	CECAFA
42	134	Swaziland	269	-10	COSAFA
43	136	Namibia	267	-3	COSAFA
44	138	Madagascar	257	-8	COSAFA
45	148	Lesotho	202	+5	COSAFA
46	150	São Tomé and Príncipe	197	+24	UNIFFAC
47	154	Mauritius	188	+18	COSAFA
48	155	South Sudan	182	-15	CECAFA
49	159	Comoros	166	+14	COSAFA
50	167	Gambia	145	-3	WAFU
51	178	Seychelles	83	+13	COSAFA
52	204	Somalia	0		CECAFA
		Eritrea			CECAFA
		Djibouti			CECAFA

Last updated August 6, 2015

Women's National Teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.^[5]

As of 10 July 2015

CAF	FIFA	Country	Points	+/−	Region
1	33	Nigeria	1659	+4	WAFU
2	43	Cameroon	1542	+10	UNIFFAC
3	52	Ghana	1456		WAFU
4	55	Equatorial Guinea	1445		UNIFFAC
5	59	South Africa	1415	+1	COSAFA
6	67	Ivory Coast	1372		WAFU
7	79	Algeria	1321		UNAF
8	81	Morocco	1316	-1	UNAF
9	82	Tunisia	1314	-1	UNAF
10	89	Egypt	1278	-1	UNAF
11	92	Senegal	1252	-1	WAFU
12	95	Congo	1218	+43	UNIFFAC
13	99	Mali	1196	-2	WAFU
14	104	Zimbabwe	1179	-6	COSAFA
15	106	Ethiopia	1154	-2	CECAFA
16	118	Gabon	1052	+20	UNIFFAC
17	119	Namibia	1039	-4	COSAFA
18	120	Zambia	1015	-2	COSAFA
19	129	Tanzania	934	-5	CECAFA
20	135	Swaziland	836	-4	COSAFA
21	137	Kenya	781	+1	CECAFA
22	137	Botswana	730	-4	COSAFA
23	142	DR Congo**	1132	-4	COSAFA
23	142	Angola**	1134	-4	COSAFA
23	142	Guinea**	1063	-2	WAFU
23	142	Malawi**	840	-2	COSAFA
23	142	Eritrea**	1060	-4	UNIFFAC
23	142	Uganda**	965	-4	CECAFA
23	142	Liberia*	877	-4	WAFU
23	142	Sierra Leone*	1132	-4	WAFU
23	142	Burkina Faso*	1038	-4	WAFU
23	142	Rwanda*	996	-4	CECAFA
23	142	Benin**	187	-4	WAFU
23	142	Guinea-Bissau**	927	-4	WAFU
23	142	Comoros*	996	-4	COSAFA
23	142	Madagascar*	761	-4	COSAFA
23	142	Mozambique**	873	-4	COSAFA
23	142	Lesotho**	836	-11	COSAFA

* Provisionally listed due to not having played more than five matches against officially ranked teams

** 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
2	Zamalek SC	11	5 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Super Cup, 2 Afro-Asian Club Championship
3	TP Mazembe	10	5 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Super Cup
4	ES 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	JS Kabylie	6	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Cup
	Raja CA Casablanca	6	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
	ES Tunis	6	2 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
8	Canon Yaoundé	4	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup
	ES Sétif	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
	Enyimba International 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.^[6]

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	Asante Kotoko	34
3	Canon Yaoundé	34
5	Espérance Tunis	27
5	ASEC Mimosas	27
7	Hearts of Oak	26
8	Africa Sports	25
9	JS Kabylie	20
10	TP Mazembe	19

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

CAF Best Footballers of the Century

The voting to select the best of the century refers to three categories: male player,^[7] goalkeeper^[8] and female player,^[9] and is obtained from five different steps. The resulting best players and goalkeepers were honored during the "World Football Gala 1999". Voting process as explained by the IFFHS.

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 Nkono	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
Fikhile Sitole	9
Vivian Mensah	8
Mercy Akide	7
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 CAF's 50th anniversary, ordered according to an online poll.^[10]

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Nasr El-Deen "Jaxa" Abbas

CAF's Anthem

On September 18, 2007 the CAF launched a competition for all African composers to create its Anthem.^[11] 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 January 16, 2008. The usage of the anthem and its composer are still unknown.

Announced September 18, 2007

Competitions

International

The main competition for men's national teams is the Africa Cup of Nations, started in 1957. In 2009, CAF will be 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 Cup of Nations for Women 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.^[12]

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 Champions

Competitions	Champion	Title	Runner-Up	Next Edition
Clubs
CAF Champions League	Mamelodi Sundowns	1st	Zamalek	2017
CAF Confederation Cup	TP Mazembe	1st	MO Béjaïa	2017
CAF Super Cup	TP Mazembe	3rd	Étoile du Sahel	2017
Nations Men
Africa Cup of Nations	Ivory Coast	2nd	Ghana	2017
African Nations Championship	DR Congo	2nd	Mali	2018
CAF U-23 Championship	Nigeria	1st	Algeria	2019
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations^{[cc 1]}	Nigeria	7th	Senegal	2017
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations^{[cc 2]}	Mali	1st	South Africa	2017
Africa Futsal Cup of Nations	Morocco	1st	Egypt	2020
Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations	Madagascar	1st	Senegal	2016
Nations Women
Africa Women Cup of Nations	Nigeria	9th	Cameroon	2016
African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women	Ghana	4th	Ethiopia	2017
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women	Cameroon	1st	Egypt	2018

↑ 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.
↑ 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.

CAF competitions

Clubs:

CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
CAF Super Cup
CAF Cup (1992–2003)
African Cup Winners' Cup (1975–2003)
Afro-Asian Club Championship* (1986–1998)

National:

Inter Continental:

Regional:

* jointly organised with AFC

CAF resolutions

Awards:

Qualifications:

CAF 5-Year Ranking

References

↑ CAF Executive Committee
↑ 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.
1 2 The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) – CAF Region". FIFA. 4 June 2015.
↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) – CAF Region". FIFA. 2011-12-23.
↑ "African Club Ranking: Old-Time records from 2000 to 2010". CAF. 2014-05-01. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
↑ "Africa's Best Player of the Century". IFFHS. 1999-12-20. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
↑ "Africa's Best Goalkeeper of the Century". IFFHS. 1999-12-20. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
↑ "Africa's Best Women's Footballer of the Century". IFFHS. 1999-12-10. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
↑ "CAF release 30 best African players in the last 50 years". CAF. 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
↑ "Competition for the CAF's anthem". CAF. 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
↑ "Confederation Cup". CAF. Retrieved 2008-12-17.

External links

Official website (English) (French) (Arabic)
Confederation of African Football, Soccerlens.com. Retrieved: 09/10/2010.
CAF video highlights
The history of the Confederation Of African Football
Listen to CAF Anthem CAF Anthem

CAF

Presidents of CAF

Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem (1957–1958) Abdel Aziz Moustafa (1958–1968) Abdel Halim Muhammad (1968–1972) Yidnekatchew Tessema (1972–1987) Abdel Halim Muhammad (1987–1988) Issa Hayatou (1988–present)

Presidents of FIFA AFC CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Football in Africa (CAF)

National competitions

Men	Africa Cup of Nations African Nations Championship Africa Futsal Cup of Nations Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

Women	Africa Women Cup of Nations Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament African Games

Youth competitions

Men	U-23 Cup of Nations U-20 Cup of Nations U-17 Cup of Nations African Games

Women	U-20 Cup for Women U-17 Cup for Women

Club competitions

Current	Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup

Defunct	CAF Cup Cup Winners' Cup Afro-Asian Championship

Lists and awards

Sub-regions

Northern Africa	UNAF

Western Africa	WAFU

Central Africa	UNIFFAC

Eastern Africa	CECAFA

Southern Africa	COSAFA

Arab League	UAFA

CAFOnline.com

National football associations of Africa (CAF)

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion^† Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan South Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zanzibar^† Zimbabwe

^†Associate member of CAF.

National football teams of Africa (CAF)

North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia

West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹

Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

Non-regional Members	Réunion¹

¹ Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

Sub-regions of the Confederation of African Football

National teams

UNAF	Algeria (women) Egypt (women) Libya (women) Morocco (women) Tunisia (women)

WAFU	Benin (women) Burkina Faso (women) Cape Verde (women) Ivory Coast (women) Gambia (women) Ghana (women) Guinea (women) Guinea-Bissau (women) Liberia (women) Mali (women) Mauritania (women) Niger (women) Nigeria (women) Senegal (women) Sierra Leone (women) Togo (women)

UNIFFAC	Cameroon (women) Central African Republic (women) Chad (women) Democratic Republic of the Congo (women) Equatorial Guinea (women) Gabon (women) Republic of the Congo (women) São Tomé and Príncipe (women)

CECAFA	Burundi (women) Djibouti (women) Eritrea (women) Ethiopia (women) Kenya (women) Rwanda (women) Somalia (women) South Sudan (women) Sudan (women) Tanzania (women) Uganda (women) Zanzibar (women)

COSAFA	Angola (women) Botswana (women) Comoros (women) Lesotho (women) Madagascar (women) Malawi (women) Mauritius (women) Mozambique (women) Namibia (women) Seychelles (women) South Africa (women) Swaziland (women) Zambia (women) Zimbabwe (women)

UAFA	Algeria (women) Bahrain (women) Comoros (women) Djibouti (women) Egypt (women) Iraq (women) Jordan (women) Kuwait (women) Lebanon (women) Libya (women) Mauritania (women) Morocco (women) Oman (women) Palestine (women) Qatar (women) Saudi Arabia (women) Somalia (women) Sudan (women) Syria (women) Tunisia (women) United Arab Emirates (women) Yemen (women)

Associations

UNAF	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia

WAFU	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Ivory Coast Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

UNIFFAC	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Republic of the Congo São Tomé and Príncipe

CECAFA	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar

COSAFA	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

UAFA	Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen

National women's football teams of Africa (CAF)

North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia

West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar^†

Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe

Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

Non-regional Members	Réunion^†

^†Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

Top level football leagues of Africa (CAF)

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Congo DR Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion Island^† Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zanzibar^† Zimbabwe

^† Associated members

Top level women's football leagues of Africa (CAF)

Algeria Ghana Kenya Namibia Nigeria Rwanda

FIFA

History of FIFA FIFA Anthem FIFA Congress FIFA Council FIFA Ethics Committee FIFA headquarters Football at the Summer Olympics List of football federations International Football Association Board Timeline of association football

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Women's tournaments	FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup FIFA Women's Club World Cup

Other tournaments	FIFA Interactive World Cup

Presidents	Robert Guérin (1904–1906) Daniel Burley Woolfall (1906–1918) Jules Rimet (1921–1954) Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1954–1955) Arthur Drewry (1955–1961) Stanley Rous (1961–1974) João Havelange (1974–1998) Sepp Blatter (1998–2015) Issa Hayatou (2015–2016, acting) Gianni Infantino (2016–present)

General Secretaries	Louis Muhlinghaus (1904–1906) Wilhelm Hirschman (1906–1931) Ivo Schricker (1932–1951) Kurt Gassmann (1951–1960) Helmut Käser (1961–1981) Sepp Blatter (1981–1998) Michel Zen-Ruffinen (1998–2002) Urs Linsi (2002–2007) Jérôme Valcke (2007–2015) Markus Kattner (2015–2016, acting) Fatma Samoura (2016–present)

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Congresses	51st (Paris 1998) 53rd (Seoul 2002) 61st (Zürich 2011) 65th (Zürich 2015) Extraordinary (Zürich 2016)

Corruption	"FIFA's Dirty Secrets" Garcia Report 2015 FIFA corruption case List of banned football officials

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International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, COSAFA)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

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FIFA FIFA Club World Cup List of association football clubs

Africa	CAF – Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Top-division clubs

Asia	AFC – Champions League AFC Cup Top-division clubs

Europe	UEFA – Champions League Europa League Super Cup Top-division clubs

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Champions League Top-division clubs

Oceania	OFC – Champions League Top-division clubs

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Top-division clubs

See also: International women's club football

International futsal

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Asia	AFC – Futsal Championship – Women's Futsal Championship

Africa	CAF – Futsal Cup of Nations

North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Futsal Championship

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América – Copa América Femenina

Oceania	OFC – Futsal Championship

Europe	UEFS – UEFS Futsal Men's Championship – UEFS Futsal Women's Championship; UEFA – Futsal Championship

International beach soccer

FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide World Cup Mundialito (clubs) Pro Beach Soccer Tour Intercontinental Cup Copa Latina Rankings Asian Beach Games European Games

Asia	AFC – Championship AFF Championship

Africa	CAF – Cup of Nations

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Confederation of African Football

History

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CAF Members & Zones

CAF Members

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CAF Zone – North Zone

CAF Zone 2 – Zone West A

CAF Zone 3 – Zone West B

CAF Zone 4 – Central Zone

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CAF Best Footballers of the Century

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CAF Best Women's Footballer of the Century

CAF Golden Jubilee Best Players Poll

CAF's Anthem

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See also

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