Confederation of African Football

Confederation of African Football
Abbreviation	CAF
Founded	8 February 1957
Founded at	Khartoum, Sudan
Headquarters	6th of October City, Giza, Egypt
Region served	Africa
Members	54 member associations
Official language	Arabic; English; French; Spanish;
President	Patrice Motsepe
Vice Presidents	Fouzi Lekjaa (first vice president); Kurt Okraku; Pierre-Alain Mounguengui; Bestine Ditabala; Feizal Sidat;
General Secretary	Samson Adamu
Parent organisation	FIFA
Subsidiaries	UNAF (North Africa); WAFU (West Africa); UNIFFAC (Central Africa); CECAFA (East Africa); COSAFA (Southern Africa);
Website	www.cafonline.com

The Confederation of African Football^[a] (CAF) is the governing body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was officially established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel in Khartoum, Sudan. The foundation followed a decision made at the 1954 FIFA Congress in Bern, Switzerland, where Africa was formally recognised as a football confederation.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Representing the African confederation of FIFA, CAF organises 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 headquarters of CAF were originally located within the offices of the Sudanese Football Association in Khartoum, before being relocated to a site near Cairo, Egypt, following a fire. Youssef Mohamad served as the organisation’s first general secretary, and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem was its first president. The current president, Patrice Motsepe of South Africa, was first elected unopposed on 12 March 2021 in elections held in Rabat, Morocco.^[5]^[6]

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.^[7]

Leadership

Name	Position
Patrice Motsepe	President
Fouzi Lekjaa	1st Vice President
Kurt Okraku	2nd Vice President
Pierre-Alain Mounguengui	3rd Vice President
Bestine Ditabala	4th Vice President
Feizal Sidat	5th Vice President
Samson Adamu	Acting General Secretary
Frederick Acheampong	General Coordinator

Sources:^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Members and zones

A total of 54 member associations are part of the Confederation of African Football.^[1]^[13]

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) (6)
ALG	Algeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1962	1964	1964	2005	Yes
EGY	Egypt^[b]	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1921	1923	1957	2005	Yes
LBY	Libya	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1962	1964	1965	2005	Yes
MTN	Mauritania	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1961	1970	1976	2025	Yes
MAR	Morocco	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1955	1960	1960	2005	Yes
TUN	Tunisia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1957	1960	1960	2005	Yes
West African Football Union (WAFU) (15)
BEN	Benin	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1962	1964	1963	1975	Yes
BFA	Burkina Faso	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1964	1964	1975	Yes
CPV	Cape Verde	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1982	1986	1986	1975	Yes
GAM	Gambia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1952	1968	1966	1975	Yes
GHA	Ghana	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1935	1948	1960	1975	Yes
GUI	Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1962	1962	1975	Yes
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1974	1986	1986	1975	Yes
CIV	Ivory Coast	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1964	1965	1975	Yes
LBR	Liberia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1936	1964	1962	1975	Yes
MLI	Mali	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1964	1963	1975	Yes
NIG	Niger	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1962	1964	1965	1975	Yes
NGA	Nigeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1945	1960	1959	1975	Yes
SEN	Senegal	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1964	1963	1975	Yes
SLE	Sierra Leone	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1960	1967	1975	Yes
TOG	Togo	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1964	1963	1975	Yes
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) (8)
CMR	Cameroon	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1959	1964	1963	1978	Yes
CTA	Central African Republic	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1961	1964	1968	1978	Yes
CHA	Chad	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1962	1964	1964	1978	Yes
CGO	Congo	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1962	1964	1965	1978	Yes
COD	DR Congo	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1919	1964	1964	1978	Yes
EQG	Equatorial Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1957	1986	1986	1978	Yes
GAB	Gabon	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1962	1966	1968	1978	Yes
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1975	1986	1986	1978	Yes
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) (11)
BDI	Burundi	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1948	1972	1972	1994	Yes
DJI	Djibouti	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1979	1994	1994	1994	Yes
ERI	Eritrea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1996	1998	1998	1973	Yes
ETH	Ethiopia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1943	1952	1957	1983	Yes
KEN	Kenya	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1960	1961	1973	Yes
RWA	Rwanda	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1975	1978	1976	1995	Yes
SOM	Somalia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1951	1962	1968	1973	Yes
SSD	South Sudan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	2011	2012	2012	2012	Yes
SDN	Sudan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1936	1948	1957	1975	Yes
TAN	Tanzania	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1945	1964	1965	1973	Yes
UGA	Uganda	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1924	1960	1961	1973	Yes
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) (14)
ANG	Angola	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1979	1980	1980	1997	Yes
BOT	Botswana	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1970	1978	1976	1997	Yes
COM	Comoros	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1979	2005	2003	2007	Yes
SWZ	Eswatini	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1968	1978	1976	1997	Yes
LES	Lesotho	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1932	1964	1963	1997	Yes
MAD	Madagascar	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1961	1964	1963	2000	Yes
MWI	Malawi	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1966	1968	1974	1997	Yes
MRI	Mauritius	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1952	1964	1965	2000	Yes
MOZ	Mozambique	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1975	1980	1978	1997	Yes
NAM	Namibia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1990	1992	1992	1997	Yes
SEY	Seychelles	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1979	1986	1986	2000	Yes
RSA	South Africa^[c]	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1892	1992	1992	1997	Yes
ZAM	Zambia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1929	1964	1964	1997	Yes
ZIM	Zimbabwe	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1892	1965	1980	1997	Yes
Non-regional members (2)
REU	Réunion^[d]	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1956		1992		No
ZAN	Zanzibar^[d]	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1926		2004	1973	No

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

Mayotte
Chagos Islands (British Indian Ocean Territory)

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 organisations such as CONIFA. Somaliland is not a member of CONIFA after leaving in 2010s and is a candidate to join FIFA after its recognition in the coming years.

Somaliland FIFA code: SMD
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Competitions

CAF competitions

National teams:

Men

Africa Cup of Nations
African Nations League
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
CAF African Schools U15 Boy's
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
CAF African Schools U15 Girl's
Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

Defunct

African Nations Championship

Clubs:

CAF Super Cup
CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
CAF Women's Champions League
CAF U-20 Women's Champions League

Defunct

African Cup Winners' Cup
CAF Cup
African Football League

Regional:

CECAFA Cup
WAFU Nations Cup
COSAFA Cup
CEMAC Cup
UNIFFAC Cup (U-17)
UNAF U-23 Tournament

Defunct

Amilcar Cabral Cup
CEMAC Cup

Inter Continental:

Defunct

International

Shortly after formation, CAF organised 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 organisation two years later, to address this issue. CAF also organises 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 organised 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-organised 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 organises 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 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.^[16]

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 organised 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.^[17]^[18] 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

Men's national teams
Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next edition
Africa Cup of Nations		2025 (final)	Morocco	2nd	Senegal		2027 (final)
U-23 Cup of Nations		2023	Morocco	1st	Egypt		2027
Men's African Games Tournament		2023	Ghana	1st	Uganda		2027
U-20 Cup of Nations^[e]		2025	South Africa	1st	Morocco		2027
U-17 Cup of Nations^[f]		2025	Morocco	1st	Mali		2026
CAF African Schools U15 Boy's		2026	Senegal	1st	Uganda		2027
Futsal Cup of Nations		2024	Morocco	3rd	Angola		2026
Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament		2018	Egypt	1st	Angola		2026
Beach Soccer Cup of Nations		2024	Senegal	8th	Mauritania		2026
Women's national teams
Women's Africa Cup of Nations			2024 (final)	Nigeria	10th		Morocco	2026 (final)
Women's African Games Tournament	2023		Ghana	2nd	Nigeria	2027
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification	2024		Cameroon Ghana Morocco Nigeria	1st 7th 1st 10th	Ethiopia Senegal Egypt Burundi	2026
African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification	2025		Ivory Coast Cameroon Nigeria Zambia	1st 3rd 8th 3rd	Guinea Kenya Algeria Benin	2026
Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations	2025		Morocco	1st	Tanzania	2029
CAF African Schools U15 Girl's	2026		Ghana	2nd	Burkina Faso	2027
Men's club teams
Super Cup			2025	Pyramids FC	1st	RS Berkane		2026
Champions League		2024–25 (final)	Pyramids	1st	Mamelodi Sundowns	2025–26 (final)
Confederation Cup		2024–25 (final)	RS Berkane	3rd	Simba	2025–26 (final)
African Football League		2023 (final)	Mamelodi Sundowns	1st	Wydad AC	2024–25 (final)
Women's club teams
Women's Champions League		2025 (final)	AS FAR	2nd	ASEC Mimosas		2025 (final)

Competition winners

Nation	Men								Women			Total
Nation	CAN	CHAN	U-23s	U-20s	U-17s	Futsal	Beach Soccer	African Games	WAFCON	African Games	Women's Futsal	Total
Nigeria	3	—	1	7	2	–	2	1	10	3	—	29
Egypt	7	–	1	4	1	3	—	2	—	—	—	18
Cameroon	5	—	—	1	2	—	1	4	—	1	—	14
Ghana	4	—	—	4	2	—	—	2	—	2	—	14
Senegal	1	1	—	1	1	—	8	1	—	—	—	13
Morocco	2	3	1	1	1	3	—	—	—	—	1	12
Ivory Coast	3	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
Algeria	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	4
DR 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.^[19]

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.^[20]

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^[21] to support its competitions.^[22] Total rebranded as TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021.^[23]

The current main CAF sponsors are:

FIFA World Rankings

Overview

FIFA Men's Rankings (as of 1 April 2026)^[24]
CAF*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	8		Morocco	1755.87
2	14	2	Senegal	1688.99
3	26		Nigeria	1585.09
4	28		Algeria	1564.26
5	29	2	Egypt	1563.24
6	34	3	Ivory Coast	1532.98
7	44	3	Tunisia	1483.05
8	45		Cameroon	1481.24
9	46	2	DR Congo	1478.35
10	52	2	Mali	1459.13
11	60		South Africa	1429.73
12	62		Burkina Faso	1412.49
13	69	2	Cape Verde	1366.13
14	74	2	Ghana	1346.31
15	80		Guinea	1300.01
16	87	1	Gabon	1272.51
17	88		Uganda	1264.09
18	89		Angola	1263.1
19	90	2	Benin	1258.98
20	92	1	Zambia	1255.82
21	101		Mozambique	1224.31
22	104		Madagascar	1203.76
23	105	2	Equatorial Guinea	1195.2
24	109	3	Comoros	1187.91
25	111	2	Kenya	1182.23
26	112		Libya	1182.08
27	113	3	Tanzania	1180.27
28	114	3	Niger	1179.66
29	115		Mauritania	1170.72
30	116		Gambia	1160.38
31	117		Sudan	1157.22
32	119	1	Sierra Leone	1148.98
33	120	2	Namibia	1148.84
34	121	3	Togo	1147.31
35	127	1	Malawi	1128.03
36	128	2	Rwanda	1126.62
37	130	2	Zimbabwe	1118.12
38	132	1	Guinea-Bissau	1108.38
39	133	1	Congo	1105.96
40	139	1	Central African Republic	1083.57
41	140		Liberia	1079.02
42	142	3	Burundi	1078.01
43	144	3	Ethiopia	1071.55
44	145	2	Lesotho	1067.13
45	146	2	Botswana	1063.63
46	165	6	Eswatini	979.01
47	170	2	South Sudan	970.94
48	178	2	Mauritius	911.49
49	183	6	Chad	896.65
50	184		Eritrea	887.06
51	196	7	São Tomé and Príncipe	855.44
52	197	1	Djibouti	853.58
53	198	2	Somalia	839.17
54	204	1	Seychelles	804.16
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

FIFA Women's Rankings (as of 21 April 2026)^[25]
CAF*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	36	1	Nigeria	1602.04
2	58	3	South Africa	1438.71
3	59	3	Ghana	1429.23
4	62	4	Morocco	1402.88
5	64		Zambia	1393.73
6	70		Cameroon	1358.15
7	72		Ivory Coast	1338.92
8	73		Algeria	1318.95
9	80	1	Senegal	1285.85
10	85		Mali	1260.36
11	90		Equatorial Guinea	1231.03
12	99	2	Egypt	1199.25
13	100	2	Tunisia	1197.5
14	105	4	DR Congo	1179.6
15	114	1	Congo	1161.03
16	118		Burkina Faso	1139.92
17	119		Cape Verde	1131.67
18	121		Tanzania	1129.13
19	124		Namibia	1124.29
20	127	2	Zimbabwe	1114.48
21	128	5	Kenya	1104.82
22	134		Togo	1092.99
23	135	1	Gambia	1082.47
24	137	1	Ethiopia	1068.12
25	138	1	Benin	1066.23
26	142	2	Guinea	1048.64
27	144	1	Central African Republic	1045.87
28	145	3	Uganda	1036.27
29	147		Botswana	1029.2
30	148	2	Gabon	1028.74
31	151		Sierra Leone	1021.39
32	153		Malawi	1018.89
33	155		Angola	989.68
34	156		Chad	985.55
35	169		Rwanda	892.39
36	171	1	Liberia	882.37
37	173	1	Mozambique	874.79
38	174		Niger	863.94
39	175	1	Seychelles	849.52
40	177		Lesotho	840.12
41	178		Guinea-Bissau	838.58
42	180	1	Burundi	822.1
43	184		Eswatini	797.06
44	187		Libya	739.94
45	189	1	Comoros	728.71
46	191	1	Madagascar	703.03
47	194	1	South Sudan	650.08
48	196	1	Djibouti	598.38
49	197	1	Mauritius	391.92
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

Historical leaders

Men

Top four teams at year-end^[24]
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
1993	Nigeria	Cameroon	Egypt	Zambia
1994	Nigeria	Zambia	Egypt	Ivory Coast
1995	Ivory Coast	Tunisia	Egypt	Zambia
1996	South Africa	Zambia	Tunisia	Ghana
1997	Morocco	Zambia	Tunisia	South Africa
1998	Morocco	Tunisia	South Africa	Egypt
1999	Morocco	South Africa	Tunisia	Zambia
2000	South Africa	Tunisia	Morocco	Egypt
2001	Tunisia	South Africa	Morocco	Cameroon
2002	Cameroon	Senegal	Nigeria	South Africa
2003	Cameroon	Egypt	Senegal	Nigeria
2004	Nigeria	Cameroon	Senegal	Morocco
2005	Cameroon	Nigeria	Tunisia	Senegal
2006	Nigeria	Cameroon	Ivory Coast	Guinea
2007	Nigeria	Cameroon	Guinea	Ivory Coast
2008	Cameroon	Egypt	Nigeria	Ghana
2009	Cameroon	Ivory Coast	Nigeria	Egypt
2010	Egypt	Ghana	Ivory Coast	Nigeria
2011	Ivory Coast	Ghana	Algeria	Egypt
2012	Ivory Coast	Algeria	Mali	Ghana
2013	Ivory Coast	Ghana	Algeria	Nigeria
2014	Algeria	Tunisia	Ivory Coast	Senegal
2015	Ivory Coast	Algeria	Ghana	Cape Verde
2016	Senegal	Ivory Coast	Tunisia	Egypt
2017	Senegal	Tunisia	Egypt	DR Congo
2018	Senegal	Tunisia	Morocco	Nigeria
2019	Senegal	Tunisia	Nigeria	Algeria
2020	Senegal	Tunisia	Algeria	Morocco
2021	Senegal	Morocco	Tunisia	Algeria
2022	Morocco	Senegal	Tunisia	Cameroon
2023	Morocco	Senegal	Tunisia	Algeria
2024	Morocco	Senegal	Egypt	Algeria
2025	Morocco	Senegal	Algeria	Egypt

All time No. 1

Women

Top four teams at year-end^[25]
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2003	Nigeria	Ghana	Morocco	South Africa
2004	Nigeria	Ghana	Morocco	South Africa
2005	Nigeria	Ghana	Egypt	South Africa
2006	Nigeria	Ghana	Morocco	South Africa
2007	Nigeria	Ghana	Eritrea	Algeria
2008	Nigeria	Ghana	South Africa	Morocco
2009	Nigeria	Ghana	South Africa	Algeria
2010	Nigeria	Ghana	South Africa	Equatorial Guinea
2011	Nigeria	Ghana	Equatorial Guinea	Cameroon
2012	Nigeria	Cameroon	Ghana	Equatorial Guinea
2013	Nigeria	Cameroon	Ghana	South Africa
2014	Nigeria	Ghana	Cameroon	Equatorial Guinea
2015	Nigeria	Cameroon	Ghana	Equatorial Guinea
2016	Nigeria	Ghana	Cameroon	Equatorial Guinea
2017	Nigeria	Ghana	Cameroon	Equatorial Guinea
2018	Nigeria	Cameroon	South Africa	Ghana
2019	Nigeria	Cameroon	South Africa	Ghana
2020	Nigeria	Cameroon	South Africa	Ghana
2021	Nigeria	Cameroon	South Africa	Ghana
2022	Nigeria	South Africa	Cameroon	Ghana
2023	Nigeria	South Africa	Morocco	Ghana
2024	Nigeria	South Africa	Morocco	Zambia
2025	Nigeria	South Africa	Ghana	Zambia

All time No. 1

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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
7	JS Kabylie	6	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Cup
9	Canon Yaoundé	4	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup
	Enyimba F.C.	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Super Cup
	ES Sétif	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
	CS Sfaxien	4	3 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup
	RS Berkane	4	3 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup

Non-CAF competition

The 1982 African Super Cup is a match which took place on 25 January 1982 during the Tournament of Fraternity in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The Kabyles of JS Kabylie won this trophy against the Cameroonians of Union Douala.^[26]

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 (19), 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
Egypt	19	8	0	3	14	3	47
Morocco	7	1	2	8	5	2	25
Tunisia	6	4	4	5	3	2	24
Algeria	5	1	3	1	2	1	13
Democratic Republic of the Congo	6	2	0	2	3	0	13
Nigeria	2	3	2	0	2	0	9
Cameroon	5	3	0	0	0	0	8
Ivory Coast	2	2	1	0	2	0	7
Ghana	3	0	0	1	1	0	5
South Africa	2	1	0	0	2	0	5
Guinea	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Republic of the Congo	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Kenya	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Sudan	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Zambia	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mali	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

Men's Futsal

Per 12 December 2025:^[27]

CAF	FIFA	Country	Points
1	6	Morocco	1481
2	39	Egypt	1098
3	50	Libya	1053
4	58	South Africa	1022
5	59	Angola	1021
6	66	Equatorial Guinea	999
7	98	Zambia	939
8	100	Algeria	916
9	105	Cameroon	729
10	114	Mauritania	661
11	126	Somalia	547
12	127	Comoros	544

(*)= 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 19 January 2026 Archived 23 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine

CAF	BSWW	Country	Points
1	8	Senegal	1636.25
2	20	Morocco	755
3	24	Mauritania	561.75
4	24	Egypt	541.25
5	44	Seychelles	252.25
6	50	Tanzania	210
7	59	Mozambique	168.25
8	62	Ghana	151
9	67	Malawi	124.25
10	75	Libya	82.75

Major tournament records

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
R3 — Round 3 (2026–present: knockout round of 16)
R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978: second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16; 2026–present: knockout round of 32)
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 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	2030 (48)	2034 (48)	Apps.
Algeria	Part of France^[g]							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•	•	Q			5/15
Angola	Part of Portugal^[h]											×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•	•	•			1/9
Cameroon	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th	•	R1 31st	R1 32nd	•	R1 19th	•			8/15
Cape Verde	Part of Portugal												×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q			1/7
DR Congo^[i]	Part of Belgium^[j]							×	×	R1 16th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q			2/13
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st	•	Q			4/16
Ghana	Part of the United Kingdom					×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	QF 7th	R1 25th	•	R1 24th	Q			5/15
Ivory Coast	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	R1 17th	R1 21st	•	•	Q			4/12
Morocco	Protectorate of France/Spain						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	R1 27th	4th	Q	Q		7/16
Nigeria	Part of the United Kingdom						•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th	•	R1 27th	R2 16th	R1 21st	•	•			6/16
Senegal	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•	R1 17th	R2 10th	Q			4/13
South Africa					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 24th	R1 17th	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	Q			4/9
Togo	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 30th	•	•	•	•	•			1/11
Tunisia	Protectorate of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th	R1 21st	Q			7/16
Total (14 teams)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	10	TBD	TBD	59

Firsts

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

FIFA Women's World Cup

Teams are sorted by number of appearances.

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	2027 (32)	Apps.
Cameroon	•	×	•	•	•	•	R2 11th	R2 15th	•		2/8
Equatorial Guinea	×	×	×	•	•	R1 15th	•	×	•		1/5
Ghana	•	•	R1 T-13th	R1 12th	R1 15th	•	•	•	•		3/9
Ivory Coast	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•		1/6
Morocco	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 12th		1/9
Nigeria	R1 10th	R1 11th	QF 7th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 9th	R1 21st	R2 16th	R2 10th		9/9
South Africa	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 22nd	R2 16th		2/8
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 (3)	1904 (3)	1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2020 (16)	2024 (16)	2028 (12)	Apps.
Algeria	Part of France												–	–	–		8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–		2
Cameroon					Part of France								–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	1	–	8	–	–	–	–		3
Egypt^[k]				–	8	8	4	9	11	9	–	12	4	–	–	–		8	–	12	–	–	–	–	8	–	8	4		13
Ivory Coast	Part of France												–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–		7	–		2
Gabon	Part of France														–			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–		1
Ghana	Part of the United Kingdom									–		–	7	12	16			–	–	3	8	–	9	–	–	–	–	–		6
Guinea	Part of France													11			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16		2
Mali	Part of France												–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	14		2
Morocco				Protectorate of France/Spain								–	13	–	8	–		12	–	15	–	16	=10	–	11	–	–	3		8
Nigeria					Part of the United Kingdom					–	–	–	–	14	–		13	–	15	–	1	8	–	2	–	3	–	–		7
Senegal	Part of France												–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–		1
South Africa		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Banned because of apartheid							–	–	11	–	–	–	13	16	–		3
Sudan	Part of the United Kingdom											–		–	15			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Tunisia	Part of France											15	–	–	–	–		–	13	–	14	–	12	–	–	–	–	–		4
Zambia						Part of the United Kingdom						RHO	–	–	–		15	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2
Total (15 teams)		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 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2020 (12)	2024 (12)	2028 (16)	Apps.
Cameroon	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–		1
Nigeria	–	8	6	11	–	–	–	11		4
South Africa	–	–	–	–	10	10	–	–		2
Zambia	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	12		2
Zimbabwe	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–		1
Total (5 teams)	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	2		10

Africa Cup of Nations

Team	1957 (3)	1959 (3)	1962 (4)	1963 (6)	1965 (6)	1968 (8)	1970 (8)	1972 (8)	1974 (8)	1976 (8)	1978 (8)	1980 (8)	1982 (8)	1984 (8)	1986 (8)	1988 (8)	1990 (8)	1992 (12)	1994 (12)	1996 (15)	1998 (16)	2000 (16)	2002 (16)	2004 (16)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (15)	2012 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (24)	2021 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	2027 (24)	Apps.
North Africa members
Algeria	Part of France				×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	4th	3rd	GS	3rd	1st	GS	••	QF	GS	QF	GS	QF	•	•	4th	•	GS	QF	GS	1st	GS	GS	QF		21
Egypt	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	×	×	3rd	•	3rd	4th	•	4th	×	4th	1st	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	1st	QF	QF	GS	1st	1st	1st	•	•	•	2nd	R16	2nd	R16	4th		27
Libya						•	×	•	×	×	×	×	2nd	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
Mauritania	Part of France									×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	GS	GS	R16	•		3
Morocco	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	GS	×	1st	GS	3rd	•	•	4th	4th	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	••	QF	R16	QF	R16	1st		20
Tunisia	Prot. of France		3rd	GS	2nd	•	×	×	×	•	4th	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	2nd	QF	4th	GS	1st	QF	QF	GS	QF	GS	QF	QF	4th	QF	GS	R16		22
West Africa members
Benin	Part of France				×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	R16		5
Burkina Faso	Part of France				×	•	×	×	•	×	GS	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	2nd	GS	3rd	•	4th	R16	R16		14
Cape Verde	Part of Portugal																		•	×		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	GS	•	•	R16	QF	•		4
Gambia	Part of the United Kingdom					×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF	GS	•		2
Ghana	UK		•	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	•	•	•	1st	GS	1st	GS	•	•	•	2nd	QF	4th	GS	QF	QF	•	GS	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	4th	R16	GS	GS	•		24
Guinea	FRA			••	•	•	GS	•	GS	2nd	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	×	QF	QF	QF	•	GS	•	QF	•	R16	R16	QF	•		14
Guinea-Bissau	Part of Portugal															×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	•		4
Ivory Coast	Part of France				3rd	3rd	4th	•	GS	•	••	GS	×	GS	3rd	GS	GS	1st	3rd	GS	QF	GS	GS	•	2nd	4th	QF	2nd	QF	1st	GS	QF	R16	1st	QF		26
Liberia				×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Mali	Part of France				•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	4th	4th	•	GS	GS	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	R16	R16	QF	QF		14
Niger	Part of France					×	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Nigeria			×	GS	×	•	×	•	•	3rd	3rd	1st	GS	2nd	•	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	••	×	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	QF	3rd	•	1st	•	•	3rd	R16	2nd	3rd		21
Senegal	Part of France				4th	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	GS	•	4th	QF	QF	•	•	QF	2nd	QF	4th	GS	•	GS	•	GS	QF	2nd	1st	R16	2nd		18
Sierra Leone	Part of the UK					×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	GS	GS	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	GS	•	•		3
Togo	Part of France				×	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	×	•	×	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	••	•	QF	•	GS	•	•	•	•		8
Central Africa members
Cameroon	Part of France				×	•	GS	3rd	•	•	•	•	GS	1st	2nd	1st	GS	4th	•	GS	QF	1st	1st	QF	QF	2nd	QF	•	•	GS	1st	R16	3rd	R16	QF		22
Congo	Part of France					GS	×	1st	4th	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	QF	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•		7
DR Congo	Part of Belgium				GS	1st	GS	4th	1st	GS	×	•	•	×	•	GS	•	QF	QF	QF	3rd	GS	QF	GS	QF	•	•	•	GS	3rd	QF	R16	•	4th	R16		21
Equatorial Guinea	Part of Spain															×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	4th	•	•	QF	R16	GS		5
Gabon	Part of France						×	•	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	GS	GS	•	R16	•	GS		9
East Africa members
Burundi	Part of Belgium								×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Ethiopia	2nd	3rd	1st	4th	GS	4th	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•		11
Kenya			•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	GS	GS	GS	•	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	×	•	Q	7
Rwanda	Part of Belgium										×	×	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•		1
Sudan	3rd	2nd	•	2nd	•	•	1st	GS	•	GS	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	QF	•	•	•	•	GS	•	R16		10
Tanzania						×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	R16	Q	5
Uganda			4th	×	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	2nd	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	•	•	GS	Q	9
Southern Africa members
Angola	Part of Portugal												•	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	GS	QF	QF	GS	GS	•	•	GS	•	QF	GS		10
Botswana	Part of the United Kingdom										×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		2
Comoros	Part of France																							×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	GS		2
Madagascar	Part of France				×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•		1
Malawi	Part of the United Kingdom								×	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•		3
Mauritius						•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Mozambique	Part of Portugal											×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16		6
Namibia	Part of South Africa																	×	×	•	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	R16	•		4
South Africa	••	Banned because of apartheid																	•	1st	2nd	3rd	QF	GS	GS	GS	•	•	QF	GS	•	QF	•	3rd	R16		12
Zambia					×	×	•	•	2nd	•	GS	•	3rd	•	GS	×	3rd	QF	2nd	3rd	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	QF	1st	GS	GS	•	•	•	GS	GS		19
Zimbabwe													•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	×	GS		6
Team	1957 (3)	1959 (3)	1962 (4)	1963 (6)	1965 (6)	1968 (8)	1970 (8)	1972 (8)	1974 (8)	1976 (8)	1978 (8)	1980 (8)	1982 (8)	1984 (8)	1986 (8)	1988 (8)	1990 (8)	1992 (12)	1994 (12)	1996 (15)	1998 (16)	2000 (16)	2002 (16)	2004 (16)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (15)	2012 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (24)	2021 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	2027 (24)	Apps.

Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Women's Africa Cup of Nations record
Team (Total 31 teams)	1991 (4)	1995 (6)	1998 (7)	2000 (8)	2002 (8)	2004 (8)	2006 (8)	2008 (8)	2010 (8)	2012 (8)	2014 (8)	2016 (8)	2018 (8)	2022 (12)	2024 (12)	2026 (16)	Apps.
Algeria				•	×	R1	R1	•	R1	×	R1	•	R1	•	QF	Q	7
Angola		SF	×	×	R1	×	•	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	2
Botswana					×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	QF	R1	•	2
Burkina Faso								×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	Q	2
Burundi												×	×	R1	•	•	1
Cameroon	2nd	×	4th	R1	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	QF	•	Q	14
Cape Verde														×	•	Q	1
Congo	••					•	•	R1	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	1
DR Congo			3rd	×	•	×	R1	•	•	R1	×	×	×	×	R1	•	4
Egypt			R1	•	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	R1	×	•	•	Q	3
Equatorial Guinea					•	•	R1	1st	2nd	1st	•	•	R1	•	•	•	5
Ethiopia					R1	4th	×		•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Ghana	QF	SF	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	R1	R1	•	R1	3rd	R1	•	3rd	Q	14
Guinea	SF	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	1
Ivory Coast	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	Q	3
Kenya							•	×	×	×	•	R1	•	×	•	Q	2
Malawi						•	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	Q	1
Mali					R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	4th	•	QF	Q	9
Morocco			R1	R1	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	2nd	Q	5
Namibia							•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	1
Nigeria	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st	4th	1st	Q	16
Réunion				R1													1
Senegal	••	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	QF	QF	Q	4
Sierra Leone	×	QF	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	1
South Africa		2nd	R1	2nd	4th	R1	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	1st	4th	Q	15
Tanzania					•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	Q	3
Togo							•	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	•	1
Tunisia								R1	•	•	•	•	×	QF	R1	•	3
Uganda			•	R1	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	R1	•	•	2
Zambia	••	QF	×	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	R1	•	R1	3rd	QF	Q	6
Zimbabwe	••			4th	R1	R1	×	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	×	•	4

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (24)	2027 (24)	Apps.
Algeria	×	QF	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•		1
Angola	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Benin	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•		1
Burkina Faso	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Burundi	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•		1
Cameroon	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•		6
Congo	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×		1
Egypt	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	R2	R1	•	R2	R2	R1	•	•	•	•	R1		9
Ethiopia	×	•	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•		1
Gambia	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•		2
Ghana	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	2nd	•	4th	QF	2nd	•	•	•	1st	•	3rd	R2	•	•	•	•		7
Guinea	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		2
Ivory Coast	R1	×	×	R1	•	•	•	R1	×	•	R1	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		5
Mali	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	•	•	•	3rd	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	R1	3rd	•	QF	•	•		7
Morocco	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1st		4
Nigeria	×	•	•	R1	3rd	R1	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	2nd	QF	R2	QF	R2	R2	•	R2	QF	R2		14
Senegal	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	R2	QF	R1	•		4
South Africa	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	R2		5
Togo	×	×	•	•	×	R1	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•		1
Tunisia	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•		3
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	4	26

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team	2002 (12)	2004 (12)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)^[l]	2024 (24)	2026 (24)	Apps.
Cameroon	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	R2		1
DR Congo	×	•	R1	R1	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	2
Ghana	×	×	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		7
Morocco	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1		1
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	26

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)^[m]	2023 (24)^[n]	2025 (48)	2026 (48)	Apps.
Algeria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Angola	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	×	•		1
Burkina Faso	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	3rd	•	•	•	R2	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	6
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		2
Congo	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	3
Egypt	•	R1	•	×	•	•	QF	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	R2		3
Gambia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	2
Ghana	•	•	R1	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	•	•	R1	4th	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•		9
Guinea	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	×	×	×	•	6
Ivory Coast	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	QF	•	•	•	•	R1		5
Malawi	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Mali	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	4th	•	3rd	R3		7
Morocco	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	QF	QF		3
Niger	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	1
Nigeria	1st	2nd	QF	•	1st	QF	•	•	2nd	R1	•	1st	2nd	•	1st	1st	•	R2	•	•	•	12
Rwanda	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	1
Senegal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R2	R2		3
Sierra Leone	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
South Africa	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R2		2
Sudan	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	1
Togo	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Tunisia	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	R2	•	4
Uganda	•	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R3		1
Zambia	•	×	•	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	1
Total (24 teams)	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	10

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)^[o]	2024 (16)	2025 (24)	2026 (24)	Apps.
Cameroon	•	×	•	×	R1	R1	•	•	R1		3
Gambia	×	×	R1	×	×	•	×	×	×		1
Ghana	R1	R1	3rd	QF	QF	QF	•	×	×		6
Ivory Coast	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1		1
Kenya	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	R1	•		1
Nigeria	R1	QF	QF	QF	R1	•	3rd	QF	R2		8
South Africa	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		2
Morocco	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	R2	Q	3
Tanzania	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	•	•		1
Zambia	•	×	•	R1	×	•	•	R1	R2		3
Total (10 teams)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	28

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	2028 (24)	Apps.
Algeria	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•		1
Angola	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R1	R1		2
Egypt	×	×	R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	QF	R1	•		7
Libya	×	×	×	•	×	R1	R1	•	•	R1		3
Morocco	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	R1	QF	QF		4
Mozambique	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1
Nigeria	×	R1	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×		1
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 (8)	1996 (8)	1997 (8)	1998 (10)	1999 (12)	2000 (12)	2001 (12)	2002 (8)	2003 (8)	2004 (12)	2005 (12)	2006 (12)	2007 (16)	2008 (16)	2009 (16)	2011 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (16)	2021 (16)	2024 (16)	2025 (16)	2027 (??)	Apps.
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	R1 14th	•	R1 16th	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•		2/23
Egypt	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•		1/23
Ivory Coast	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1 11th	•	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•		2/23
Madagascar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1 14th	•	•	•	•	×		1/23
Mauritania	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1		1/23
Mozambique	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 11th	•	•		1/23
Nigeria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	R1 9th	QF 6th	•	R1 12th	QF 6th	•	•	R1 12th	R1 16th	×	•	•		6/23
Senegal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	QF 5th	R1 9th	•	QF 7th	R1 13th	R1 13th	QF 6th	QF 6th	4th	R1 10th	4th		10/23
Seychelles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	R1		1/23
South Africa	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	×	×		1/23
Total (10 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 (4)	1995 (6)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	Apps.
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	R1	2nd	•	•	•	R1	3
Egypt	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	2
Ivory Coast	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Nigeria	•	4th	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	2
South Africa	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	2
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 honoured during the "World Football Gala 1999".^[29]

CAF Best Player of the Century

Player	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	Points
Joseph-Antoine Bell	39
Thomas N'Kono	30
Sadok Sassi "Attouga"	26
Badou Zaki	24
Kazadi Mwamba	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	Points
Uche Eucharia Ngozi	21
Nana Ama Gyamfuah	18
Doris Nkiru Okosieme	17
Florence Omagbemi	15
Ann Chiejine	14
Rita Nwadike	13
Fikile Sithole	9
Vivian Mensah	8
Mercy Akide	7
Ann Agumanu	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.^[30]

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CAF resolutions

Awards:

CAF Awards
African Footballer of the Year
African Women's Footballer of the Year
CAF Clubs of the 20th Century

Qualifications:

CAF 5-year ranking

International top goalscorers

As of 31 March 2026

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	Zambia	79	111	0.71	1968–1980
2	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	71	117	0.61	1973–1981
3	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	69	177	0.39	1985–2006
4	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	67	115	0.58	2011–present
5	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	65	105	0.62	2002–2014
6	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	56	118	0.47	1997–2014
7	Sadio Mané	Senegal	53	126	0.42	2012–present
8	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	51	109	0.47	2003–2021
9	Hassan El-Shazly	Egypt	49	64	0.77	1961–1975
10	Abdoulaye Traoré	Ivory Coast	49	90	0.54	1984–1996
11	Islam Slimani	Algeria	45	104	0.43	2012–present
12	Vincent Aboubakar	Cameroon	45	117	0.38	2010–present
13	Ali Al-Biski	Libya	44	35	1.26	1961–1970
14	Roger Milla	Cameroon	43	77	0.56	1973–1994
15	Alex Chola	Zambia	43	102	0.42	1975–1985
16	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	Egypt	41	50	0.82	1948–1960
17	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	40	86	0.47	2009–present
18	Fawzi Al-Issawi	Libya	40	90	0.44	1977–1985
19	Akwá	Angola	39	78	0.5	1995–2006
20	Kalusha Bwalya	Zambia	39	87	0.45	1983–2006
21	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	38	100	0.38	2001–2013
22	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	38	113	0.34	2014–present
23	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	37	62	0.6	1984–1998
24	Peter Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	37	81	0.46	1991–2007
25	Abdelhafid Tasfaout	Algeria	36	80	0.45	1990–2002
26	Issam Jemâa	Tunisia	36	84	0.43	2005–2014
27	Ahmed Faras	Morocco	36	94	0.38	1966–1979
28	Victor Osimhen	Nigeria	35	51	0.69	2017–present
29	William Ouma	Kenya	35	66	0.53	1965–1977
30	Baghdad Bounedjah	Algeria	35	85	0.41	2013–present
31	Michael Olunga	Kenya	34	69	0.49	2012–present
32	Dennis Oliech	Kenya	34	76	0.45	2002–2016
33	Moumouni Dagano	Burkina Faso	34	83	0.41	1998–2014
34	Flávio	Angola	34	91	0.37	2000–2012
34	Patrick M'Boma	Cameroon	33	55	0.6	1995–2004
35	Ibrahima Kandia Diallo	Guinea	33	56	0.59	1960–1973
36	Getaneh Kebede	Ethiopia	33	66	0.5	2010–2022
37	Abedi Pele	Ghana	33	67	0.49	1982–1998
38	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	33	184	0.18	1995–2004
40	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	32	87	0.37	2000–2019
41	Benni McCarthy	South Africa	31	79	0.39	1997–2011
42	Amr Zaki	Egypt	30	63	0.48	2004–2013
43	Tico-Tico	Mozambique	30	94	0.32	1995–2010

Notes

^ French: Confédération Africaine de Football; Arabic: الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم, romanised: al-Ittiḥād al-Ifrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam; Portuguese: Confederação Africana de Futebol; Spanish: Confederación Africana de Fútbol; Swahili: Shirikisho la Soka Afrika.
^ Member of UNAF. Withdrew on 19 November 2009 and rejoined in 2011.
^ Excluded from CAF and from the 1957 African Cup of Nations due to apartheid.
^ ^a ^b 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.^[14] However, Zanzibar is a full-member of CECAFA. Réunion is an associate member of COSAFA^[15].
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Original hosts Peru were stripped of the rights to host the 2019 edition in February that year.^[28]
^ 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.

References

^ ^a ^b "Member Associations". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ Alegi, Peter (2010). African Soccerscapes. Ohio University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-89680-278-0.
^ Dunmore, Tom (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 21. ISBN 9780810873957.
^ "History of CAF". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "CAF president". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "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.
^ "Competition for the CAF's anthem". CAFOnline.com. 18 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
^ FIFA
^ CAF
^ Eludini, Tunde (29 March 2026). "CAF appoints Nigeria’s Samson Adamu as Acting Secretary General". Premium Times. ISSN 2360-7688. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
^ "Nigeria's Samson Adamu Steps in As Acting General Secretary of CAF – THISDAYLIVE". Retrieved 14 April 2026.
^ Nlebem, Anthony (29 March 2026). "CAF appoints Nigeria's Samson Adamu as acting secretary general". Businessday NG. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
^ 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.
^ Gleeson, Mark (21 July 2017). "Zanzibar loses Caf membership in embarrassing U-turn". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
^ https://cosafa.com/aboutus/
^ "Confederation Cup". CAFOnline.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
^ "African women's football primed for new chapter". FIFA.com. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
^ "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.
^ "CAF signs sponsorship deal". BBC Sport. 21 October 2004. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
^ "Orange signs deal to sponsor African soccer competitions". Reuters. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "CAF reviews prize money, AFCON 2017 winner to pocket $4 million". Africanews. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
^ "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". africanews. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ "Total is Transforming and Becoming TotalEnergies" (Press release). TotalEnergies. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". 1 April 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
^ ^a ^b "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". 21 April 2026. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
^ "African Super Cup". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
^ "Futsal World Ranking". Retrieved 12 December 2025.
^ "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, romanised: al-Ittiḥād al-Ifrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam; Portuguese: Confederação Africana de Futebol; Spanish: Confederación Africana de Fútbol; Swahili: Shirikisho la Soka Afrika.

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

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

[AM-17] 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.^[14] However, Zanzibar is a full-member of CECAFA. Réunion is an associate member of COSAFA^[15].

[23] 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.

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

[34] 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.

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

[Zaire-36] The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.

[37] 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.

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

[39] 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.

[41] Original hosts Peru were stripped of the rights to host the 2019 edition in February that year.^[28]

[42] 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.

[43] 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] "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. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 21. ISBN 9780810873957.

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

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

[CAFEC-7] "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.

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

[9] FIFA

[10] CAF

[11] Eludini, Tunde (29 March 2026). "CAF appoints Nigeria’s Samson Adamu as Acting Secretary General". Premium Times. ISSN 2360-7688. Retrieved 14 April 2026.

[12] "Nigeria's Samson Adamu Steps in As Acting General Secretary of CAF – THISDAYLIVE". Retrieved 14 April 2026.

[13] Nlebem, Anthony (29 March 2026). "CAF appoints Nigeria's Samson Adamu as acting secretary general". Businessday NG. Retrieved 14 April 2026.

[14] 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.

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

[19] ttps://cosafa.com/aboutus/

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

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

[22] "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.

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

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

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

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

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

[FIFA_World_Rankings-30] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". 1 April 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-31] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". 21 April 2026. Retrieved 21 April 2026.

[32] "African Super Cup". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

[33] "Futsal World Ranking". Retrieved 12 December 2025.

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

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

[45] "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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