Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football or CAF (French: Confédération Africaine de Football) is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.
Abbreviation | CAF |
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Formation | 10 February 1957 |
Type | Sports organisation |
Headquarters | 6th of October City, Giza, Egypt |
Region served | Africa |
Membership | 56 member associations |
Official language | English, French, Arabic |
Secretary General | Hajji Mouad |
President | Ahmad Ahmad |
Parent organization | FIFA |
Website | www |
FIFA confederations |
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AFC, CAF, CONCACAF |
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA |
CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions.
CAF is the biggest of the six continental confederations of FIFA. Since the expansion of the number of teams at the World Cup finals to 32 in 1998, CAF has been allocated five places, though this was expanded to six for the 2010 tournament in South Africa, to include the hosts.
CAF was established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel[1] in Khartoum, Sudan,[2] by Egyptian, Ethiopian, South African and Sudanese[3] FAs, following former discussions between the Egyptian, Somali, South African and Sudanese FAs earlier on 7 June 1956 at the Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. Its first headquarters was situated in Khartoum for some months until a fire outbreak in the offices of the Sudanese Football Association when the organization moved near Cairo, Egypt. Youssef Mohamad was the first general secretary and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem the president. Since 2002, the administrative center has been located in 6th of October City, Cairo, Egypt. CAF currently has 56 member associations: 54 are full members, while Zanzibar and Réunion are associate members (see the CAF Members and Zones section below).
The current CAF President is Ahmad Ahmad from Madagascar, who was elected on 16 March 2017.[4] The 1st Vice-President is Amaju Melvin Pinnick from Nigeria, the 2nd Vice-President is called Constant Omari Selemani from RD Congo and the 3rd Vice-President is Fouzi Lekjaa from Morocco.[5] Current CAF General Secretary is Moroccan Hajji Mouad since 11 April 2019.[6]
History
CAF's anthem
On 18 September 2007 the CAF launched a competition for all African composers to create its Anthem.[7] The CAF anthem is a musical composition, without lyrics, which and reflect the cultural patrimony and African music. The duration of the anthem is 74 seconds. The chosen anthem was first published to the site on 16 January 2008. The usage of the anthem and its composer are still unknown.
Current leaders
CAF members and zones
Members
- African regional federations
- Other federation
Code | Association | National teams | Founded | FIFA affiliation | CAF affiliation | Regional affiliation | IOC member |
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Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF) | |||||||
ALG |
| 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 2005 | Yes | |
EGY |
| 1921 | 1923 | 1957 | 2005 | Yes | |
LBY |
| 1962 | 1964 | 1965 | 2005 | Yes | |
MAR |
| 1955 | 1960 | 1959 | 2005 | Yes | |
TUN |
| 1957 | 1960 | 1960 | 2005 | Yes | |
West African Football Union (WAFU-UFOA) | |||||||
BEN |
| 1962 | 1962 | 1962 | 1975 | Yes | |
BFA |
| 1960 | 1964 | 1964 | 1975 | Yes | |
CPV |
| 1982 | 1986 | 2000 | 1975 | Yes | |
GAM |
| 1952 | 1968 | 1966 | 1975 | Yes | |
GHA |
| 1957 | 1958 | 1958 | 1975 | Yes | |
GUI |
| 1960 | 1962 | 1963 | 1975 | Yes | |
GNB |
| 1974 | 1986 | 1986 | 1975 | Yes | |
CIV |
| 1960 | 1964 | 1960 | 1975 | Yes | |
LBR |
| 1936 | 1964 | 1962 | 1975 | Yes | |
MLI |
| 1960 | 1963 | 1963 | 1975 | Yes | |
MTN |
| 1961 | 1970 | 1968 | 1975 | Yes | |
NIG |
| 1962 | 1967 | 1967 | 1975 | Yes | |
NGA |
| 1945 | 1960 | 1960 | 1975 | Yes | |
SEN |
| 1960 | 1964 | 1964 | 1975 | Yes | |
SLE |
| 1960 | 1960 | 1960 | 1975 | Yes | |
TOG |
| 1960 | 1962 | 1964 | 1975 | Yes | |
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) | |||||||
CMR |
| 1959 | 1962 | 1963 | 1978 | Yes | |
CTA |
| 1961 | 1964 | 1965 | 1978 | Yes | |
CHA |
| 1962 | 1964 | 1964 | 1978 | Yes | |
CGO |
| 1962 | 1964 | 1966 | 1978 | Yes | |
COD |
| 1919 | 1964 | 1964 | 1978 | Yes | |
EQG |
| 1957 | 1986 | 1986 | 1978 | Yes | |
GAB |
| 1962 | 1966 | 1967 | 1978 | Yes | |
STP |
| 1975 | 1986 | 1986 | 1978 | Yes | |
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) | |||||||
BDI |
| 1948 | 1972 | 1972 | 1994 | Yes | |
DJI |
| 1979 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | Yes | |
ERI |
| 1996 | 1998 | 1998 | 1973 | Yes | |
ETH |
| 1943 | 1952 | 1957 | 1994 | Yes | |
KEN |
| 1960 | 1960 | 1968 | 1973 | Yes | |
RWA |
| 1972 | 1978 | 1978 | 1994 | Yes | |
SOM |
| 1951 | 1962 | 1968 | 1973 | Yes | |
SSD |
| 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | Yes | |
SDN |
| 1936 | 1948 | 1957 | 1975 | Yes | |
TAN |
| 1930 | 1964 | 1964 | 1973 | Yes | |
UGA |
| 1924 | 1960 | 1960 | 1973 | Yes | |
ZAN |
| 1965 | 1980 | 1973 & 2003 | No | ||
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) | |||||||
ANG |
| 1979 | 1980 | 1980 | 1997 | Yes | |
BOT |
| 1970 | 1978 | 1976 | 1997 | Yes | |
COM |
| 1979 | 2005 | 2005 | 2007 | Yes | |
SWZ |
| 1968 | 1978 | 1978 | 1997 | Yes | |
LES |
| 1932 | 1964 | 1964 | 1997 | Yes | |
MAD |
| 1961 | 1964 | 1963 | 2000 | Yes | |
MWI |
| 1966 | 1968 | 1968 | 1997 | Yes | |
MRI |
| 1952 | 1964 | 1963 | 2000 | Yes | |
MOZ |
| 1976 | 1980 | 1980 | 1997 | Yes | |
NAM |
| 1990 | 1992 | 1992 | 1997 | Yes | |
SEY |
| 1979 | 1986 | 1986 | 2000 | Yes | |
RSA |
| 1991 | 1992 | 1992 | 1997 | Yes | |
ZAM |
| 1929 | 1964 | 1964 | 1997 | Yes | |
ZIM |
| 1965 | 1965 | 1980 | 1997 | Yes | |
Non-regional members | |||||||
REU |
| 1926 | 2004 | No |
- ^ – Excluded from CAF and from 1st African Cup of Nations in 1957 due to Apartheid
- ^ – Member of UNAF from 2005 to 2009 and from 2011 – Withdrew from UNAF on 19 November 2009 but return on 2011
- ^ – Associate members, not part of FIFA. Zanzibar held full membership for four months in 2017, when its status was changed after CAF admitted its membership was an error.[10]
Regional zones
CAF National League
CAF Zone 1 – North Zone
Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
CAF Zone 2 – Zone West A
Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone
CAF Zone 3 – Zone West B
Benin Burkina Faso Ghana Ivory Coast Niger Nigeria Togo
CAF Zone 4 – Central Zone
Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
CAF Zone 5 – Central-East Zone
Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda
CAF Zone 6 – Southern Zone
Angola Botswana Comoros Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe
Competitions
CAF competitions
National teams:
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Clubs:
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Inter Continental:
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Regional:
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International
The main competition for men's national teams Africa Cup of Nations, started in 1957. In 2009, the CAF started organising another competition for men's national teams, the African Nations Championship composed exclusively of national players playing in the national championship. CAF also runs national competitions at Under-20 and Under-17 levels. For women's national teams, CAF operates the Africa Women Cup of Nations for senior national sides and the African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification at under-20 level, since 2008 there is an African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women for under-17 sides.
Club
CAF also runs the two main club competitions in Africa: the CAF Champions League was first held in 1964, and was known as the African Cup of Champions Clubs (or just African Cup) until 1997; and the CAF Confederation Cup, for national cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by CAF in 2004 as a successor to the African Cup Winners' Cup (begun in 1975). A third competition, the CAF Cup, started in 1992 and was absorbed into the CAF Confederation Cup in 2004.[11]
The CAF Super Cup, which pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the CAF Confederation Cup (previously the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup), came into being in 1992.
The Afro-Asian Club Championship was jointly organised with AFC between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the winners of the AFC Champions League. The last Afro-Asian Club Championship took place in 1998.
Current title holders
Competition | Champion | Title | Runner-up | Next edition |
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Nations men | ||||
Africa Cup of Nations | 2nd | 2021 | ||
African Nations Championship | 1st | 2020 | ||
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations | 1st | 2023 | ||
African Games Men's Football Tournament | 1st | 2023 | ||
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations[cc 1] | 1st | 2021 | ||
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations[cc 2] | 2nd | 2021 | ||
Africa Futsal Cup of Nations | 1st | 2020 | ||
Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations | 5th | 2020 | ||
Nations women | ||||
Africa Women Cup of Nations | 11th | 2020 | ||
African Games Women's Football Tournament | 3rd | 2023 | ||
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification | 5th 9th |
2020 | ||
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women | 5th 2nd 1st |
2020 | ||
Clubs | ||||
CAF Champions League | 4th | 2019–20 | ||
CAF Confederation Cup | 1st | 2019–20 | ||
CAF Super Cup | 4th | 2020 |
- This competition has been known by four different names, most recently the African U-21 Championship from 2003 through the 2015 competition. The first tournament under the current name of "Africa U-20 Cup of Nations" will tale place in 2017.
- From 1995 through the 2015 tournament, the competition was known as the African U-17 Championship. The first tournament under the current name of "Africa U-17 Cup of Nations" will tale place in 2017.
Competition Winners
Nation | Men | Women | Total | ||||||||
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Africa Cup of Nations | CHAN | U-23's | U-20's | U-17's | Futsal | Beach Soccer | All-Africa Games | Africa Women Cup of Nations | All-Africa Games | ||
3(4) | 0(1) | 1 | 7(2) | 2(2) | – | 2(4) | 1(4) | 11 | 3 | 3O(17) | |
7(2) | – | 1 | 4(1) | 1 | 3(2) | - | 2 | - | - | 18(5) | |
5(2) | - | - | 1(4) | 2 | - | 1(1) | 4 | 0(4) | 1(2) | 14(13) | |
4(5) | 0(2) | - | 3(2) | 2(2) | 0(1) | - | 1 | 1(1) | 0(3) | 11(16) | |
0(2) | – | - | 0(3) | - | - | 5(2) | 1 | - | - | 6(7) | |
2(1) | - | 0(1) | 1 | 0(1) | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4(3) | |
1(1) | 1 | 0(1) | 1 | - | 1(1) | - | - | - | - | 4(3) | |
2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Sponsors
In October 2004, MTN has contracted a four-year deal to sponsor African football's major competitions. This agreement, which worthed US$12.5 million, was the biggest sponsorship deal in African sporting history at that time.[12]
In July 2009, Orange has signed an eight-year deal to sponsor African football's major competitions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but CAF previous year put a value of €100 million for a comprehensive and long-term package of its competitions when it opened tenders for a new sponsor. The deal included the African Nations Cup, the CAF Champions League, the CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF Super Cup, the African Nations Championship and the African Youth Championship.[13]
In July 2016, Total replaced Orange as the main sponsor and has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for a value of €950 million[14] to support ETof its principal competitions, including the CAF Champions League, renamed Total CAF Champions League.[15]
The CAF current main sponsors are:
Rankings
Top ranked men's national teams by FIFA
This graph shows the time periods each (male) national football team has been at the highest ranked CAF member on the FIFA World Rankings.
Top ranked women's national teams by FIFA
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Men's national teamsRankings are calculated by FIFA.[16]
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Women's national teamsRankings are calculated by FIFA.[17]
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CAF overall ranking of African clubs titles
The following clubs are the top 10 clubs in CAF competitions.
CAF overall ranking of African clubs
Rankings are calculated by the CAF based on points gathered by African teams throughout their participation in international club tournaments organized by either the FIFA, Harrison Campbell, or the CAF since the establishment of the first African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964.[18]
Men's Futsal
CAF | FIFA | Country | Points | +/- |
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Women's Futsal
CAF | FIFA | Country | Points | +/- |
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Beach soccer national teams
Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Top ten, last updated 12 March 2018
CAF | BSWW | Country | Points |
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1 | 12 | 1084 | |
2 | 17 | 782 | |
3 | 20 | 720 | |
4 | 24 | 609 | |
5 | 34 | 339 | |
6 | 41 | 330 | |
7 | 57 | 177 | |
8 | 66 | 125 | |
9 | 68 | 117 | |
10 | 69 | 115 |
Major Tournaments
FIFA World Cup
- Legend
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For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Team | 1930 (13) |
1934 (16) |
1938 (15) |
1950 (13) |
1954 (16) |
1958 (16) |
1962 (16) |
1966 (16) |
1970 (16) |
1974 (16) |
1978 (16) |
1982 (24) |
1986 (24) |
1990 (24) |
1994 (24) |
1998 (32) |
2002 (32) |
2006 (32) |
2010 (32) |
2014 (32) |
2018 (32) |
2022 (32) |
2026 (48) |
Total |
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Part of France[19] | × | • | • | • | R1 13th | R1 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | R1 28th | R2 14th | • | 4/13 | |||||||||
Part of Portugal[20] | × | • | • | • | • | • | R1 23rd | • | • | • | 1/9 | |||||||||||||
Part of France | × | × | • | • | • | R1 17th | • | QF 7th | R1 22nd | R1 25th | R1 20th | • | R1 31st | R1 32nd | • | 7/13 | ||||||||
Part of Belgium[22] | × | × | R1 16th | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1/11 | |||||||||
× | R1 13th | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | R1 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 31st | 3/14 | |||
Part of the United Kingdom | × | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | R2 13th | QF 7th | R1 25th | • | 3/13 | |||||||
Part of France | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | R1 19th | R1 17th | R1 21st | • | 3/11 | ||||||||
Part of France | • | × | R1 14th | • | • | • | R2 11th | • | R1 23rd | R1 18th | • | • | • | • | R1 27th | 5/14 | ||||||||
Part of the United Kingdom | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 9th | R2 12th | R1 27th | • | R1 27th | R2 16th | R1 21st | 6/14 | ||||||||
Part of France | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | QF 7th | • | • | • | R1 17th | 2/11 | ||||||||
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | R1 24th | R1 17th | • | R1 20th | • | • | 3/7 | |||||||
Part of France | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | R1 30th | • | • | • | 1/10 | ||||||||
Part of France | • | × | • | • | R1 9th | • | • | • | • | R1 26th | R1 29th | R1 24th | • | • | R1 24th | 5/14 | ||||||||
Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 44 |
- Firsts
- 1934:
Egypt first African team to qualify for the World Cup - 1970:
Morocco first African team to draw a match in the World Cup - 1978:
Tunisia first African team to win a match in the World Cup - 1982:
Algeria first African team to win two matches in the World Cup - 1986:
Algeria first African team to qualify two consecutive World Cups - 1986:
Morocco first African team to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) - 1990:
Cameroon first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals) - 1994 and 1998:
Nigeria first African team to win and reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) in two consecutive World Cups - 2002:
Senegal first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals) further on the World Cup debut - 2010:
South Africa first African team to host the World Cup - 2014:
Algeria & Nigeria first African teams to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) simultaneously in the World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup
The following CAF members have competed in the following FIFA Women's World Cups. Teams are sorted by number of appearances.
Team | 1991 (12) |
1995 (12) |
1999 (16) |
2003 (16) |
2007 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2015 (24) |
2019 (24) |
2023 (32) |
Total |
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• | × | • | • | • | • | R2 11th | R2 15th | 2/7 | ||
× | × | × | • | • | • | R1 23rd | • | 1/5 | ||
× | × | × | • | • | R1 15th | • | × | 1/4 | ||
• | • | R1 13–14 | R1 12th | R1 15th | • | • | • | 3/8 | ||
R1 10th | R1 11th | QF 7th | R1 15th | R1 13th | R1 9th | R1 21st | R2 16th | 8/8 | ||
× | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 22nd | 1/7 | ||
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Summer Olympics for men
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) | Total | |
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Part of France | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Part of France | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||
– | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | – | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | 8 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | q | 12 | ||||||
Part of France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | q | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Part of France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Part of the United Kingdom | – | – | 7 | 12 | 16 | – | – | 3 | 8 | – | 9 | – | – | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Part of France | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Part of France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Part of France | – | 13 | – | 8 | – | 12 | – | 15 | – | 16 | =10 | – | 11 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Part of the United Kingdom | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | 13 | – | 15 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Part of France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | - | 1 | ||||||||||||||
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Banned because of apartheid | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 13 | q | 3 | |||||||||
Part of the United Kingdom | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Part of France | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 14 | – | 12 | – | – | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Part of the United Kingdom | RHO | – | – | – | 15 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Total | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Summer Olympics for women
Team | 1996 (8) | 2000 (8) | 2004 (10) | 2008 (12) | 2012 (12) | 2016 (12) | 2020 (12) | Total |
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– | – | – | – | 12 | – | 1 | ||
– | 8 | 6 | 11 | – | – | 3 | ||
– | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | 2 | ||
– | – | – | – | – | – | q | 1 | |
– | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||
Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
FIFA U-20 World Cup
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Team | 1977 (16) |
1979 (16) |
1981 (16) |
1983 (16) |
1985 (16) |
1987 (16) |
1989 (16) |
1991 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (16) |
1997 (24) |
1999 (24) |
2001 (24) |
2003 (24) |
2005 (24) |
2007 (24) |
2009 (24) |
2011 (24) |
2013 (24) |
2015 (24) |
2017 (24) |
2019 (24) |
2021 (24) |
Total |
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× | QF | • | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | 1 | ||
× | × | × | • | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | R2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | × | × | × | R1 | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | 1 | ||
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | R2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | 1 | ||
× | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | QF | • | R2 | • | • | • | • | R1 | R2 | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | × | × | × | R2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
• | • | QF | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | 3rd | R2 | R1 | • | R2 | R2 | R1 | • | • | • | 8 | ||
× | • | • | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | • | 1 | ||
× | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | R2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
× | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | 4th | QF | 2nd | • | • | • | 1st | • | 3rd | R2 | • | • | 7 | ||
• | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | 2 | ||
R1 | × | × | R1 | • | • | • | R1 | × | • | R1 | • | • | R2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | ||
× | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | R1 | • | • | • | R1 | R1 | 3rd | • | QF | 7 | ||
R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | ||
× | • | • | R1 | 3rd | R1 | 2nd | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | 2nd | QF | R2 | QF | R2 | R2 | • | R2 | 12 | ||
× | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | R2 | QF | 3 | ||
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | R2 | • | • | • | R1 | R1 | 4 | ||
× | × | • | • | × | R1 | × | × | • | • | × | • | × | • | × | • | × | • | × | • | × | • | 1 | ||
R1 | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
× | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | R2 | • | • | • | • | QF | • | 3 | ||
Total | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Team | 2002 (12) |
2004 (12) |
2006 (16) |
2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2020 (16) |
Total |
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• | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
• | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | ||
GS | QF | QF | QF | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | GS | QF | 9 | ||
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
FIFA U-17 World Cup
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Team | 1985 (16) |
1987 (16) |
1989 (16) |
1991 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (16) |
1997 (16) |
1999 (16) |
2001 (16) |
2003 (16) |
2005 (16) |
2007 (24) |
2009 (24) |
2011 (24) |
2013 (24) |
2015 (24) |
2017 (24) |
2019 (24) |
2021 (24) |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | 3rd | • | • | • | R2 | R1 | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | 2 | ||
R1 | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 | • | • | • | • | 3 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
• | • | R1 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | • | • | R1 | 4th | • | • | • | • | QF | • | 9 | ||
4th | • | R1 | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | R1 | X | 6 | ||
• | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | R2 | QF | • | • | • | 4 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | QF | R1 | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 4th | • | 5 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 | • | • | • | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 | • | 1 | ||
1st | 2nd | QF | • | 1st | QF | • | • | 2nd | R1 | • | 1st | 2nd | • | 1st | 1st | • | R2 | 12 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | 1 | ||
• | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 | • | • | R2 | • | • | • | 3 | ||
Total | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
- Note 1: Original hosts Peru were stripped of the right to host the 2019 event in February 2019.[24]
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Team | 2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2020 (16) |
Total |
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• | × | • | × | GS | GS | 2 | ||
× | × | R1 | × | × | • | 1 | ||
R1 | R1 | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | 6 | ||
R1 | QF | QF | QF | GS | • | 5 | ||
• | R1 | • | • | • | GS | 2 | ||
• | × | • | GS | × | • | 1 | ||
Total | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
FIFA Futsal World Cup
Team | 1989 (16) | 1992 (16) | 1996 (16) | 2000 (16) | 2004 (16) | 2008 (20) | 2012 (24) | 2016 (24) | 2020 (24) | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | 1 | |||||||||
q | 1 | |||||||||
R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | R2 | QF | q | 7 | |||
R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||||||
R1 | R1 | q | 3 | |||||||
R1 | 1 | |||||||||
R1 | 1 | |||||||||
R1 | 1 | |||||||||
Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
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) |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 14th | • | R1 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2/20 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 11th | • | R1 16th | • | • | • | 2/20 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 14th | • | • | 1/20 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 9th | QF 6th | • | R1 12th | QF 6th | • | • | R1 12th | R1 16th |
6/20 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF 5th | R1 9th | QF 7th | R1 13th | R1 13th | QF 6th | QF 6th |
7/20 | |
• | • | • | • | R1 12th | • | • | • | • | • | R1 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2/20 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
FIFA Confederations Cup
Team | 1992 (4) |
1995 (6) |
1997 (8) |
1999 (8) |
2001 (8) |
2003 (8) |
2005 (8) |
2009 (8) |
2013 (8) |
2017 (8) |
Total |
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• | • | • | • | GS | 2nd | • | • | • | GS | 3 | |
• | • | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 2 | |
4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
• | 4th | × | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 2 | |
× | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 2 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 1 | |
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
CAF Best Footballers of the Century
The voting to select the best of the century refers to three categories: male player, goalkeeper and female player and is obtained from five different steps. The resulting best players and goalkeepers were honored during the "World Football Gala 1999".[25]
CAF Best Player of the Century
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CAF Best Goalkeeper of the Century
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CAF Best Women's Footballer of the Century
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CAF Golden Jubilee Best Players poll
In 2007 CAF published the list of top 30 African players who played in the period from 1957 to 2007, as part of the celebration of CAF's 50th anniversary, ordered according to an online poll.[26]
Roger Milla
1. Mahmoud El Khatib
2. Hossam Hassan
3. Samuel Eto'o
4. Abedi Pele
5. George Weah
6. Didier Drogba
7. Nwankwo Kanu
8. Rabah Madjer
9. - 10.
Kalusha Bwalya - 11.
Michael Essien - 12.
Augustine Okocha - 13.
Saleh Selim - 14.
Hacène Lalmas - 15.
Benni McCarthy - 16.
El Hadji Diouf - 17.
Noureddine Naybet - 18.
Rashidi Yekini - 19.
Hany Ramzy - 20.
Hassan Shehata - 21.
Lucas Radebe - 22.
Tarak Dhiab - 23.
Mohammed Timoumi - 24.
Anthony Yeboah - 25.
Salif Keita - 26.
Karim Abdul Razak - 27.
Samuel Kuffour - 28.
Lakhdar Belloumi - 29.
Rigobert Song - 30.
Nasr El-Deen "Jaxa" Abbas
CAF resolutions
Awards:
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Qualifications:
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International Top Goal Scorers
- As of 21 November 2019
Players in bold are still active at international level
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- This table is for players with more than 30 goals
Rank | Player | Goals | Matches | Ratios | Span |
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1 | 79 | 111 | 0.71 | 1968–1980 | |
2 | 71 | 115 | 0.62 | 1973–1981 | |
3 | 69 | 169 | 0.41 | 1985–2006 | |
4 | 65 | 105 | 0.62 | 2002–2014 | |
5 | 56 | 118 | 0.47 | 1997–2014 | |
6 | 51 | 109 | 0.47 | 2003–present | |
7 | 50 | 88 | 0.57 | 1984–1996 | |
8 | 43 | 77 | 0.56 | 1973–1994 | |
9 | 43 | 102 | 0.42 | 1975–1985 | |
10 | 42 | 62 | 0.68 | 1961–1975 | |
11 | 41 | 67 | 0.61 | 2011–present | |
12 | 40 | 90 | 0.44 | 1977–1985 | |
13 | 39 | 78 | 0.5 | 1995–2006 | |
14 | 39 | 87 | 0.45 | 1983–2006 | |
15 | 38 | 74 | 0.51 | 1991–2007 | |
16 | 38 | 100 | 0.38 | 2001–2013 | |
17 | 37 | 58 | 0.64 | 1984–1998 | |
18 | 36 | 84 | 0.43 | 2005–2014 | |
19 | 34 | 79 | 0.43 | 1990–2002 | |
20 | 34 | 83 | 0.41 | 1998–2014 | |
21 | 34 | 72 | 0.47 | 2002–2016 | |
22 | 33 | 55 | 0.6 | 1995–2004 | |
23 | 33 | 67 | 0.49 | 1982–98 | |
24 | 33 | 184 | 0.18 | 1995–2004 | |
25 | 32 | 80 | 0.4 | 1997–2011 | |
26 | 32 | 87 | 0.37 | 2000–present | |
27 | 30 | 63 | 0.48 | 2004–2013 | |
See also
- History of CAF
- List of association football sub-confederations
- List of presidents of CAF
- List of first international of African national teams
- List of CAF club competition winners
- List of CAF club competition winning coaches
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- Official website ((in English, French, and Arabic))
- Confederation of African Football, Soccerlens.com. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- CAF video highlights
- Listen to CAF Anthem CAF Anthem
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