Confederation of African Football

Confederation of African Football

Abbreviation	CAF
Founded	8 February 1957 (1957-02-08)
Founded at	Khartoum, Sudan
Headquarters	6th of October City, Giza, Egypt
Region served	Africa
Membership	54 member associations[1]
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	Véron Mosengo-Omba
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 administrative and controlling 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
Véron Mosengo-Omba	General Secretary
Frederick Acheampong	General Coordinator

Sources:^[8][9]

Members and zones

A total of 54 member associations are part of the Confederation of African Football.^[1][10]

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	1963	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	1968	2025	Yes
MAR	Morocco	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1955	1960	1959	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	1962	1962	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	2000	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	1957	1958	1958	1975	Yes
GUI	Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1962	1963	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	1960	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	1963	1963	1975	Yes
NIG	Niger	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1962	1967	1967	1975	Yes
NGA	Nigeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1945	1960	1960	1975	Yes
SEN	Senegal	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1964	1964	1975	Yes
SLE	Sierra Leone	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1960	1960	1975	Yes
TOG	Togo	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1962	1964	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	1962	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	1965	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	1966	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	1967	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	1995	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	1994	Yes
KEN	Kenya	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1960	1968	1973	Yes
RWA	Rwanda	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1972	1978	1978	1994	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	1930	1964	1964	1973	Yes
UGA	Uganda	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1924	1960	1960	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	2005	2007	Yes
SWZ	Eswatini	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1968	1978	1978	1997	Yes
LES	Lesotho	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1932	1964	1964	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	1968	1997	Yes
MRI	Mauritius	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1952	1964	1963	2000	Yes
MOZ	Mozambique	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1976	1980	1980	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	1991	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	1965	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	1965		1980	1973 & 2003	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 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations Afro-Asian Club Championship UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup

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.^[12]

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.^[13][14] 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

Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next edition
Men's national teams
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		2025	Tanzania	2nd	Senegal		2026
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		2025	Ghana		Uganda		2026
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
	CAN	CHAN	U-23s	U-20s	U-17s	Futsal	Beach Soccer	African Games	WAFCON	African Games	Women's Futsal
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.^[15]

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.^[16]

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^[17] to support its competitions.^[18] Total rebranded as TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021.^[19]

The current main CAF sponsors are:

• 1xBet
• TikTok
• TotalEnergies
• Orange

FIFA World Rankings

Overview

FIFA Men's Rankings (as of 19 January 2026)[20] CAF* FIFA +/- National Team Points 1 8 3  Morocco 1736.57 2 12 7  Senegal 1706.83 3 26 12  Nigeria 1581.55 4 28 6  Algeria 1560.91 5 31 4  Egypt 1556.71 6 37 5  Ivory Coast 1522.48 7 45 12  Cameroon 1482.39 8 47 6  Tunisia 1479.04 9 48 8  DR Congo 1468.22 10 54 1  Mali 1458.48 11 60 1  South Africa 1432.76 12 62  Burkina Faso 1404.81 13 67  Cape Verde 1370.49 14 72  Ghana 1351.09 15 80 1  Guinea 1307.05 16 86 8  Gabon 1276.28 17 88 3  Uganda 1264.09 18 89  Angola 1271.54 19 91  Zambia 1258.4 20 92  Benin 1255.72 21 101 1  Mozambique 1224.31 22 104 1  Madagascar 1198.87 23 106 3  Comoros 1193.49 24 107 10  Equatorial Guinea 1190.01 25 110 2  Tanzania 1186.14 26 111 1  Niger 1185.09 27 112 1  Libya 1183.06 28 113  Kenya 1179.54 29 115  Mauritania 1171.35 30 116  Gambia 1161.55 31 117  Sudan 1157.22 32 118  Namibia 1153.22 33 120  Sierra Leone 1149.1 34 124  Togo 1140.35 35 126  Malawi 1133.75 36 130 1  Rwanda 1117.78 37 132 3  Zimbabwe 1113.61 38 133  Guinea-Bissau 1108.09 39 134  Congo 1105.96 40 138 1  Central African Republic 1083.57 41 140 1  Liberia 1081.46 42 143 1  Lesotho 1065.97 43 144 6  Botswana 1062.42 44 145  Burundi 1060.22 45 147  Ethiopia 1055.36 46 159  Eswatini 1010.52 47 168  South Sudan 977.5 48 176  Mauritius 915.51 49 177  Chad 914.65 50 189  São Tomé and Príncipe 871.63 51 196  Djibouti 847.03 52 200  Somalia 828.9 53 203  Seychelles 805.33 *Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

FIFA Women's Rankings (as of 11 December 2025)[21] CAF* FIFA +/- National Team Points 1 37 1  Nigeria 1607.06 2 55 1  South Africa 1458.73 3 62 5  Ghana 1412.74 4 64 1  Zambia 1403.42 5 66 2  Morocco 1399.54 6 70 4  Cameroon 1353.12 7 72 1  Ivory Coast 1339.05 8 73 7  Algeria 1322.27 9 81  Senegal 1289.67 10 85 6  Mali 1260.36 11 90 1  Equatorial Guinea 1231.03 12 98 2  Tunisia 1197.5 13 101 6  Egypt 1193.88 14 109 7  DR Congo 1172.41 15 115 1  Congo 1161.03 16 118 16  Burkina Faso 1136.85 17 119 7  Cape Verde 1132.67 18 121 10  Tanzania 1129.9 19 124 1  Namibia 1113.66 20 129 1  Zimbabwe 1101.44 21 133 7  Kenya 1094.06 22 134 14  Togo 1092.99 23 136 12  Gambia 1082.47 24 138 10  Ethiopia 1068.12 25 139 5  Benin 1066.23 26 144 3  Guinea 1048.64 27 145 3  Central African Republic 1045.87 28 147 1  Botswana 1038.05 29 148 1  Uganda 1036.27 30 150  Gabon 1028.74 31 151  Sierra Leone 1021.4 32 153 2  Malawi 1008.67 33 155 3  Angola 990.8 34 156  Chad 985.55 35 169 1  Rwanda 892.39 36 170 1  Liberia 882.37 37 172 2  Mozambique 873.64 38 174 1  Niger 863.94 39 176 2  Seychelles 849.52 40 177 1  Lesotho 839.77 41 178 1  Guinea-Bissau 838.58 42 179 1  Burundi 822.1 43 184 1  Eswatini 791.49 44 187  Libya 739.94 45 190 2  Comoros 728.71 46 192 2  Madagascar 694.47 47 195 2  South Sudan 650.08 48 197 2  Djibouti 598.38 49 198 2  Mauritius 391.92 *Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

Historical leaders

Men

Top four teams at year-end[20] 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[21] 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

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
	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
	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.^[22]

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

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

Overall Rank Club Points 1 Al Ahly SC 90 2 Étoile du Sahel 60 3 Espérance Tunis 59 4 Zamalek 56 5 TP Mazembe 49 6 A.S. 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 Zamalek 37 3 Asante Kotoko 34 4 Canon Yaoundé 34 5 Espérance Tunis 27 6 ASEC Mimosas 27 7 Hearts of Oak 26 8 Africa Sports 25 9 JS Kabylie 22 10 TP Mazembe 20

Men's Futsal

Per 12 December 2025:^[24]

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 1 October 2025 Archived 23 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine

CAF	BSWW	Country	Points
1	7	Senegal	1951
2	18	Morocco	903
3	23	Egypt	690
4	24	Mauritania	661
5	36	Mozambique	364
6	46	Seychelles	268
7	48	Tanzania	253
8	54	Ghana	212
9	59	Malawi	191
10	71	Libya	98

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	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				1/12
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		7/15
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	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th	R1 21st	Q			7/15
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	9/10	TBD	TBD	58

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)	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

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)	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	2
Tanzania	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	•	•	1
Zambia	•	×	•	R1	×	•	•	R1	R2	3
Total (10 teams)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	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)	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)	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".^[26]

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

CAF Golden Jubilee Best Players poll

In 2007, CAF published the list of top 30 African players who played in the period from 1957 to 2007, as part of the celebration of the golden jubilee or 50th anniversary of the foundation of CAF, ordered according to an online poll.^[27]

01. Roger Milla

02. Mahmoud El Khatib

03. Hossam Hassan

04. Samuel Eto'o

05. Abedi Pele

06. George Weah

07. Didier Drogba

08. Nwankwo Kanu

09. Rabah Madjer

10. Kalusha Bwalya

11. Michael Essien

12. Augustine Okocha

13. Saleh Selim

14. Hacène Lalmas

15. Benni McCarthy

16. El Hadji Diouf

17. Noureddine Naybet

18. Rashidi Yekini

19. Hany Ramzy

20. Hassan Shehata

21. Lucas Radebe

22. Tarak Dhiab

23. Mohammed Timoumi

24. Tony Yeboah

25. Salif Keita

26. Karim Abdul Razak

27. Samuel Kuffour

28. Lakhdar Belloumi

29. Rigobert Song

30. Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas

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 18 January 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	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	37	62	0.6	1984–1998
23	Peter Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	37	81	0.46	1991–2007
24	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	37	111	0.33	2014–present
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	86	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

See also

• African nations at the FIFA World Cup
• Football in Africa
• History of CAF
• Oceania association football club records and statistics
• International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)
• Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
• Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
• Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
• Confederation of South American Football (CONMEBOL)
• Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
• List of association football competitions
• List of association football sub-confederations
• List of presidents of CAF
• List of first international of African national teams
• List of CAF club competition winners
• List of CAF club competition winning coaches
• List of African national football team managers
• Women's football in Africa
• List of top international men's football goal scorers by country
• List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

Notes

1. 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.
2. Member of UNAF. Withdrew on 19 November 2009 and rejoined in 2011.
3. Excluded from CAF and from the 1957 African Cup of Nations due to apartheid.
4. 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.^[11] However, Zanzibar is a full-member of CECAFA.
5. 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.
6. From 1995 to 2015, the tournament was known as the African U-17 Championship. The current name was adopted in 2017.
7. 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.
8. Angola gained independence in 1975. Thus the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
9. The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
10. 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.
11. Egypt team represented the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1960 finishing the 12th and alone in 1964 finishing the 4th.
12. 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.
13. Original hosts Peru were stripped of the rights to host the 2019 edition in February that year.^[25]
14. 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.
15. India were originally due to host the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, but it was postponed to the following year, i.e. 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic by FIFA, who eventually cancelled it on 17 November 2020 and rather automatically awarded them the 2022 edition.

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External links

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