Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African FootballTemplate:Efn (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.

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.

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.

Leadership

Name	Position
Template:Flagicon Patrice Motsepe	President
Template:Flagicon Fouzi Lekjaa	1st Vice President
Template:Flagicon Kurt Okraku	2nd Vice President
Template:Flagicon Pierre-Alain Mounguengui	3rd Vice President
Template:Flagicon Bestine Ditabala	4th Vice President
Template:Flagicon Feizal Sidat	5th Vice President
Template:Flagicon Véron Mosengo-Omba	General Secretary
Template:Flagicon Frederick Acheampong	General Coordinator

Sources:

Members and zones

A total of 54 member associations are part of the Confederation of African Football.

File:Carte Afrique CAF.png

African regional federations

  UNAF (North Africa)

  WAFU (West Africa)

  UNIFFAC (Central Africa)

  CECAFA (East Africa)

  COSAFA (Southern Africa)

Members

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CAF affiliation	Regional affiliation	IOC member
Union of North African Football (UNAF) (6)
ALG	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1962	1963	1964	2005	Yes
EGY	Template:FbaTemplate:Efn	Template:Flatlist	1921	1923	1957	2005	Yes
LBY	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1962	1964	1965	2005	Yes
MTN	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1961	1970	1968	2025	Yes
MAR	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1955	1960	1959	2005	Yes
TUN	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1957	1960	1960	2005	Yes
West African Football Union (WAFU) (15)
BEN	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1962	1962	1962	1975	Yes
BFA	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1960	1964	1964	1975	Yes
CPV	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1982	1986	2000	1975	Yes
GAM	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1952	1968	1966	1975	Yes
GHA	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1957	1958	1958	1975	Yes
GUI	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1960	1962	1963	1975	Yes
GNB	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1974	1986	1986	1975	Yes
CIV	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1960	1964	1960	1975	Yes
LBR	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1936	1964	1962	1975	Yes
MLI	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1960	1963	1963	1975	Yes
NIG	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1962	1967	1967	1975	Yes
NGA	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1945	1960	1960	1975	Yes
SEN	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1960	1964	1964	1975	Yes
SLE	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1960	1960	1960	1975	Yes
TOG	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1960	1962	1964	1975	Yes
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) (8)
CMR	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1959	1962	1963	1978	Yes
CTA	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1961	1964	1965	1978	Yes
CHA	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1962	1964	1964	1978	Yes
CGO	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1962	1964	1966	1978	Yes
COD	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1919	1964	1964	1978	Yes
EQG	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1957	1986	1986	1978	Yes
GAB	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1962	1966	1967	1978	Yes
STP	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1975	1986	1986	1978	Yes
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) (11)
BDI	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1948	1972	1972	1994	Yes
DJI	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1979	1994	1994	1995	Yes
ERI	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1996	1998	1998	1973	Yes
ETH	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1943	1952	1957	1994	Yes
KEN	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1960	1960	1968	1973	Yes
RWA	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1972	1978	1978	1994	Yes
SOM	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1951	1962	1968	1973	Yes
SSD	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	2011	2012	2012	2012	Yes
SDN	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1936	1948	1957	1975	Yes
TAN	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1930	1964	1964	1973	Yes
UGA	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1924	1960	1960	1973	Yes
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) (14)
ANG	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1979	1980	1980	1997	Yes
BOT	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1970	1978	1976	1997	Yes
COM	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1979	2005	2005	2007	Yes
SWZ	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1968	1978	1978	1997	Yes
LES	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1932	1964	1964	1997	Yes
MAD	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1961	1964	1963	2000	Yes
MWI	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1966	1968	1968	1997	Yes
MRI	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1952	1964	1963	2000	Yes
MOZ	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1976	1980	1980	1997	Yes
NAM	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1990	1992	1992	1997	Yes
SEY	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1979	1986	1986	2000	Yes
RSA	Template:FbaTemplate:Efn	Template:Flatlist	1991	1992	1992	1997	Yes
ZAM	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1929	1964	1964	1997	Yes
ZIM	Template:Fba	Template:Flatlist	1965	1965	1980	1997	Yes
Non-regional members (2)
REU	Template:FbaTemplate:Efn	Template:Flatlist	1956		1992		No
ZAN	Template:FbaTemplate:Efn	Template:Flatlist	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.

• Template:Fba
• Template:Fba (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.

• Template:Fba FIFA code: SMD
• Template:Fba

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.

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. 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		2023 (final)	Ivory Coast	3rd	Nigeria		2025 (final)
African Nations Championship		2024 (final)	Morocco	3rd	Madagascar		2026 (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 NationsTemplate:Efn		2025	South Africa	1st	Morocco		2027
U-17 Cup of NationsTemplate:Efn		2025	Morocco	1st	Mali		2026
CAF African Schools U15 Boy's		2025	Tanzania	2nd	Senegal		2026
Futsal Cup of Nations		2024	Morocco	3rd	Angola		2028
Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament		2018	Template:Fsu	1st	Template:Fsu		2026
Beach Soccer Cup of Nations		2024	Senegal	8th	Mauritania		2025
Women's national teams
Women's Africa Cup of Nations		2024 (final)		10th			2026 (final)
Women's African Games Tournament		2023		2nd			2027
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification		2024	Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu	1st 7th 1st 10th	Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu		2026
African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification		2025	Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu	1st 3rd 8th 3rd	Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu Template:Fbwu		2026
Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations		2025	Template:Fsw	1st	Template:Fsw		2029
CAF African Schools U15 Girl's		2025	Template:Fbwu		Template:Fbwu		2026
Men's club teams
Super Cup		2025	Template:Fbaicon Pyramids FC	1st	Template:Fbaicon RS Berkane		2026
Champions League		2024–25 (final)	Template:Fbaicon Pyramids	1st	Template:Fbaicon Mamelodi Sundowns		2025–26 (final)
Confederation Cup		2024–25 (final)	Template:Fbaicon RS Berkane	3rd	Template:Fbaicon Simba		2025–26 (final)
African Football League		2023 (final)	Template:Fbaicon Mamelodi Sundowns	1st	Template:Fbaicon Wydad AC		2024–25 (final)
Women's club teams
Women's Champions League		2025 (final)	Template:Fbaicon AS FAR	2nd	Template:Fbaicon ASEC Mimosas		2025 (final)

Competition winners

Nation	Men								Women			Total
	Africa Cup of Nations	CHAN	U-23's	U-20's	U-17's	Futsal	Beach Soccer	African Games	Women's Africa Cup of Nations	African Games	Women's Futsal
Template:Flagicon Nigeria	3	-	1	7	2	–	2	1	10	3	-	29
Template:Flagicon Egypt	7	–	1	4	1	3	-	2	-	-	-	18
Template:Flagicon Cameroon	5	-	-	1	2	-	1	4	-	1	-	14
Template:Flagicon Ghana	4	-	-	4	2	-	-	2	-	2	-	14
Template:Flagicon Senegal	1	1	-	1	1	-	8	1	-	-	-	13
Template:Flagicon Morocco	1	3	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	11
Template:Flagicon Ivory Coast	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Template:Flagicon Algeria	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
Template:Flagicon 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.

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.

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 to support its competitions. Total rebranded as TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021.

The current main CAF sponsors are:

• 1xBet
• TikTok
• TotalEnergies
• Orange

FIFA World Rankings

Historical leaders

Men

Top four teams at year-end

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

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 from:15/09/2016 till:24/11/2016 shift:(20,-5) $labelIvoryCoast
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Women

Top four teams at year-end

Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

All time No. 1

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Colors =

 id:NGA         value:green

PlotData=

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Other rankings

CAF overall ranking of African clubs by titles

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

Pos	Club	Titles	Trophies won
1	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon 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
	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon 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
	Template:Flagicon JS Kabylie	6	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Cup
9	Template:Flagicon Canon Yaoundé	4	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup
	Template:Flagicon Enyimba F.C.	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Super Cup
	Template:Flagicon ES Sétif	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
	Template:Flagicon CS Sfaxien	4	3 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup
	Template:Flagicon 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.

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
	19	8	0	3	14	3	47
	7	1	2	8	5	2	25
	6	4	4	5	3	2	24
	5	1	3	1	2	1	13
	6	2	0	2	3	0	13
	2	3	2	0	2	0	9
	5	3	0	0	0	0	8
	2	2	1	0	2	0	7
	3	0	0	1	1	0	5
	2	1	0	0	2	0	5
	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	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.

Overall

Rank	Club	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Al Ahly SC	90
2	Template:Flagicon Étoile du Sahel	60
3	Template:Flagicon Espérance Tunis	59
4	Template:Flagicon Zamalek	56
5	Template:Flagicon TP Mazembe	49
6	Template:Flagicon A.S. Vita Club	44
7	Template:Flagicon ASEC Mimosas	43
8	Template:Flagicon JS Kabylie	39
9	Template:Flagicon Canon Yaoundé	36
10	Template:Flagicon Hearts of Oak	31

CAF Ranking of the 20th Century

Rank	Club	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Al-Ahly	40
2	Template:Flagicon Zamalek	37
3	Template:Flagicon Asante Kotoko	34
4	Template:Flagicon Canon Yaoundé	34
5	Template:Flagicon Espérance Tunis	27
6	Template:Flagicon ASEC Mimosas	27
7	Template:Flagicon Hearts of Oak	26
8	Template:Flagicon Africa Sports	25
9	Template:Flagicon JS Kabylie	22
10	Template:Flagicon TP Mazembe	20

Men's Futsal

Per 22 June 2023:

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

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

Women's Futsal

CAF	FIFA	Country	Points	+/-

Beach soccer national teams

Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Top ten, last updated 1 October 2025

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

• Template:Bg – Champions
• Template:Bg – Runners-up
• Template:Bg – Third place
• Template:Bg – 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 Template:Flagicon (13)	1934 Template:Flagicon (16)	1938 Template:Flagicon (15)	1950 Template:Flagicon (13)	1954 Template:Flagicon (16)	1958 Template:Flagicon (16)	1962 Template:Flagicon (16)	1966 Template:Flagicon (16)	1970 Template:Flagicon (16)	1974 Template:Flagicon (16)	1978 Template:Flagicon (16)	1982 Template:Flagicon (24)	1986 Template:Flagicon (24)	1990 Template:Flagicon (24)	1994 Template:Flagicon (24)	1998 Template:Flagicon (32)	2002 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon (32)	2006 Template:Flagicon (32)	2010 Template:Flagicon (32)	2014 Template:Flagicon (32)	2018 Template:Flagicon (32)	2022 Template:Flagicon (32)	2026 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon (48)	2030 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon (48)	2034 Template:Flagicon (48)	Apps.
Algeria	Part of FranceTemplate:Efn							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•	•	Q			5/15
Angola	Part of PortugalTemplate:Efn											×	•	•	•	•	•	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 CongoTemplate:Efn	Part of BelgiumTemplate:Efn							×	×	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 Template:Flagicon (12)	1995 Template:Flagicon (12)	1999 Template:Flagicon (16)	2003 Template:Flagicon (16)	2007 Template:Flagicon (16)	2011 Template:Flagicon (16)	2015 Template:Flagicon (24)	2019 Template:Flagicon (24)	2023 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon (32)	2027 Template:Flagicon (32)	Apps.
	•	×	•	•	•	•	R2 11th	R2 15th	•		2/8
	×	×	×	•	•	R1 15th	•	×	•		1/5
	•	•	R1 T-13th	R1 12th	R1 15th	•	•	•	•		3/9
	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•		1/6
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 12th		1/9
	R1 10th	R1 11th	QF 7th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 9th	R1 21st	R2 16th	R2 10th		9/9
	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 22nd	R2 16th		2/8
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	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 Template:Flagicon (3)	1904 Template:Flagicon (3)		1908 Template:Flagicon (6)	1912 Template:Flagicon (11)	1920 Template:Flagicon (14)	1924 Template:Flagicon (22)	1928 Template:Flagicon (17)	1936 Template:Flagicon (16)	1948 Template:Flagicon (18)	1952 Template:Flagicon (25)	1956 Template:Flagicon (11)	1960 Template:Flagicon (16)	1964 Template:Flagicon (14)	1968 Template:Flagicon (16)	1972 Template:Flagicon (16)	1976 Template:Flagicon (13)	1980 Template:Flagicon (16)	1984 Template:Flagicon (16)	1988 Template:Flagicon (16)	1992 Template:Flagicon (16)	1996 Template:Flagicon (16)	2000 Template:Flagicon (16)	2004 Template:Flagicon (16)	2008 Template:Flagicon (16)	2012 Template:Flagicon (16)	2016 Template:Flagicon (16)	2020 Template:Flagicon (16)	2024 Template:Flagicon (16)	2028 Template:Flagicon (12)	Apps.
Template:FlagIOC	Part of France													–	–	–		8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–		2
Template:FlagIOC						Part of France								–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	1	–	8	–	–	–	–		3
Template:FlagIOCTemplate:Efn					–	8	8	4	9	11	9	–	12	4	–	–	–		8	–	12	–	–	–	–	8	–	8	4		13
Template:FlagIOC	Part of France													–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–		7	–		2
Template:FlagIOC	Part of France															–			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–		1
Template:FlagIOC	Part of the United Kingdom										–		–	7	12	16			–	–	3	8	–	9	–	–	–	–	–		6
Template:FlagIOC	Part of France														11			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16		2
Template:FlagIOC	Part of France													–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	14		2
Template:FlagIOC					Protectorate of France/Spain								–	13	–	8	–		12	–	15	–	16	=10	–	11	–	–	3		8
Template:FlagIOC						Part of the United Kingdom					–	–	–	–	14	–		13	–	15	–	1	8	–	2	–	3	–	–		7
Template:FlagIOC	Part of France													–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–		1
Template:FlagIOC		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Banned because of apartheid							–	–	11	–	–	–	13	16	–		3
Template:FlagIOC	Part of the United Kingdom												–		–	15			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Template:FlagIOC	Part of France												15	–	–	–	–		–	13	–	14	–	12	–	–	–	–	–		4
Template:FlagIOC							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 Template:Flagicon (8)	2000 Template:Flagicon (8)	2004 Template:Flagicon (10)	2008 Template:Flagicon (12)	2012 Template:Flagicon (12)	2016 Template:Flagicon (12)	2020 Template:Flagicon (12)	2024 Template:Flagicon (12)	2028 Template:Flagicon (16)	Apps.
Template:FlagIOC	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–		1
Template:FlagIOC	–	8	6	11	–	–	–	11		4
Template:FlagIOC	–	–	–	–	10	10	–	–		2
Template:FlagIOC	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	12		2
Template:FlagIOC	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–		1
Total (5 teams)	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	2		10

Africa Cup of Nations

Team	Template:Flagicon 1957 (3)	Template:Flagicon 1959 (3)	Template:Flagicon 1962 (4)	Template:Flagicon 1963 (6)	Template:Flagicon 1965 (6)	Template:Flagicon 1968 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1970 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1972 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1974 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1976 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1978 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1980 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1982 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1984 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1986 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1988 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1990 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1992 (12)	Template:Flagicon 1994 (12)	Template:Flagicon 1996 (15)	Template:Flagicon 1998 (16)	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2002 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2004 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2006 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2008 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2010 (15)	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2013 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2015 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2017 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2019 (24)	Template:Flagicon 2021 (24)	Template:Flagicon 2023 (24)	Template:Flagicon 2025 (24)	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 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	Q		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	Q		27
Libya						•	×	•	×	×	×	×	2nd	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		3
Morocco	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	GS	×	1st	GS	3rd	•	•	4th	4th	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	GS	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	••	QF	R16	QF	R16	Q		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	Q		22
West Africa Members
Benin	Part of France				×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	Q		5
Burkina Faso	Part of France				×	•	×	×	•	×	GS	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	2nd	GS	3rd	•	4th	R16	Q		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	Q		26
Liberia				×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Mali	Part of France				•	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	4th	4th	•	GS	GS	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	R16	R16	QF	Q		14
Mauritania	Part of France									×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	GS	GS	R16	•		3
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	Q		21
Senegal	Part of France				4th	GS	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	GS	•	4th	QF	QF	•	•	QF	2nd	QF	4th	GS	•	GS	•	GS	QF	2nd	1st	R16	Q		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	Q		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	Q		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	•	Q		10
Tanzania						×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	Q	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	Q		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	Q		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	Template:Flagicon 1957 (3)	Template:Flagicon 1959 (3)	Template:Flagicon 1962 (4)	Template:Flagicon 1963 (6)	Template:Flagicon 1965 (6)	Template:Flagicon 1968 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1970 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1972 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1974 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1976 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1978 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1980 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1982 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1984 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1986 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1988 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1990 (8)	Template:Flagicon 1992 (12)	Template:Flagicon 1994 (12)	Template:Flagicon 1996 (15)	Template:Flagicon 1998 (16)	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2002 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2004 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2006 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2008 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2010 (15)	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2013 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2015 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2017 (16)	Template:Flagicon 2019 (24)	Template:Flagicon 2021 (24)	Template:Flagicon 2023 (24)	Template:Flagicon 2025 (24)	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2027 (24)	Apps.

Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Women's Africa Cup of Nations record
Team (Total 31 teams)	1991 Template:Flagicon (4)	1995 Template:Flagicon (6)	1998 Template:Flagicon (7)	2000 Template:Flagicon (8)	2002 Template:Flagicon (8)	2004 Template:Flagicon (8)	2006 Template:Flagicon (8)	2008 Template:Flagicon (8)	2010 Template:Flagicon (8)	2012 Template:Flagicon (8)	2014 Template:Flagicon (8)	2016 Template:Flagicon (8)	2018 Template:Flagicon (8)	2022 Template:Flagicon (12)	2024 Template:Flagicon (12)	2026 Template:Flagicon (16)	Apps.
				•	×	R1	R1	•	R1	×	R1	•	R1	•	QF	Q	7
		SF	×	×	R1	×	•	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	2
					×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	QF	R1	•	2
								×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	Q	2
												×	×	R1	•	•	1
	2nd	×	4th	R1	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	QF	•	Q	14
														×	•	Q	1
	••					•	•	R1	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	1
			3rd	×	•	×	R1	•	•	R1	×	×	×	×	R1	•	4
			R1	•	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	R1	×	•	•	Q	3
					•	•	R1	1st	2nd	1st	•	•	R1	•	•	•	5
					R1	4th	×		•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
	QF	SF	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	R1	R1	•	R1	3rd	R1	•	3rd	Q	14
	SF	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	1
	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	Q	3
							•	×	×	×	•	R1	•	×	•	Q	2
						•	•	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	Q	1
					R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	4th	•	QF	Q	9
			R1	R1	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2nd	2nd	Q	5
							•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	1
	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st	4th	1st	Q	16
				R1													1
	••	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	QF	QF	Q	4
	×	QF	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	1
		2nd	R1	2nd	4th	R1	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	1st	4th	Q	15
					•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	Q	3
							•	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	•	1
								R1	•	•	•	•	×	QF	R1	•	3
			•	R1	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	R1	•	•	2
	••	QF	×	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	R1	•	R1	3rd	QF	Q	6
	••			4th	R1	R1	×	•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	×	•	4

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team	1977 Template:Flagicon (16)	1979 Template:Flagicon (16)	1981 Template:Flagicon (16)	1983 Template:Flagicon (16)	1985 Template:Flagicon (16)	1987 Template:Flagicon (16)	1989 Template:Flagicon (16)	1991 Template:Flagicon (16)	1993 Template:Flagicon (16)	1995 Template:Flagicon (16)	1997 Template:Flagicon (24)	1999 Template:Flagicon (24)	2001 Template:Flagicon (24)	2003 Template:Flagicon (24)	2005 Template:Flagicon (24)	2007 Template:Flagicon (24)	2009 Template:Flagicon (24)	2011 Template:Flagicon (24)	2013 Template:Flagicon (24)	2015 Template:Flagicon (24)	2017 Template:Flagicon (24)	2019 Template:Flagicon (24)	2023 Template:Flagicon (24)	2025 Template:Flagicon (24)	2027 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon (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 Template:Flagicon (12)	2004 Template:Flagicon (12)	2006 Template:Flagicon (16)	2008 Template:Flagicon (16)	2010 Template:Flagicon (16)	2012 Template:Flagicon (16)	2014 Template:Flagicon (16)	2016 Template:Flagicon (16)	2018 Template:Flagicon (16)	2022 Template:Flagicon (16)Template:Efn	2024 Template:Flagicon (24)	2026 Template:Flagicon (24)	Apps.
Template:Fbwu	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	R2		1
Template:Fbwu	×	•	R1	R1	•	•	×	•	×	•	•		2
Template:Fbwu	×	×	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		7
Template:Fbwu	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	R1		1
Template:Fbwu	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 Template:Flagicon (16)	1987 Template:Flagicon (16)	1989 Template:Flagicon (16)	1991 Template:Flagicon (16)	1993 Template:Flagicon (16)	1995 Template:Flagicon (16)	1997 Template:Flagicon (16)	1999 Template:Flagicon (16)	2001 Template:Flagicon (16)	2003 Template:Flagicon (16)	2005 Template:Flagicon (16)	2007 Template:Flagicon (24)	2009 Template:Flagicon (24)	2011 Template:Flagicon (24)	2013 Template:Flagicon (24)	2015 Template:Flagicon (24)	2017 Template:Flagicon (24)	2019 Template:Flagicon (24)Template:Efn	2023 Template:Flagicon (24)Template:Efn	2025 Template:Flagicon (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 Template:Flagicon (16)	2010 Template:Flagicon (16)	2012 Template:Flagicon (16)	2014 Template:Flagicon (16)	2016 Template:Flagicon (16)	2018 Template:Flagicon (16)	2022 Template:Flagicon (16)Template:Efn	2024 Template:Flagicon (16)	2025 Template:Flagicon (24)	Apps.
Template:Fbwu	•	×	•	×	R1	R1	•	•	R1	3
Template:Fbwu	×	×	R1	×	×	•	×	×	×	1
Template:Fbwu	R1	R1	3rd	QF	QF	QF	•	×	×	6
Template:Fbwu	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	1
Template:Fbwu	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	R1	•	1
Template:Fbwu	R1	QF	QF	QF	R1	•	3rd	QF	R2	8
Template:Fbwu	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	2
Template:Fbwu	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	R2	2
Template:Fbwu	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	•	•	1
Template:Fbwu	•	×	•	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 Template:Flagicon (16)	1992 Template:Flagicon (16)	1996 Template:Flagicon (16)	2000 Template:Flagicon (16)	2004 Template:Flagicon (16)	2008 Template:Flagicon (20)	2012 Template:Flagicon (24)	2016 Template:Flagicon (24)	2021 Template:Flagicon (24)	2024 Template:Flagicon (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 Template:Flagicon (8)	1996 Template:Flagicon (8)	1997 Template:Flagicon (8)	1998 Template:Flagicon (10)	1999 Template:Flagicon (12)	2000 Template:Flagicon (12)	2001 Template:Flagicon (12)	2002 Template:Flagicon (8)	2003 Template:Flagicon (8)	2004 Template:Flagicon (12)	2005 Template:Flagicon (12)	2006 Template:Flagicon (12)	2007 Template:Flagicon (16)	2008 Template:Flagicon (16)	2009 Template:Flagicon (16)	2011 Template:Flagicon (16)	2013 Template:Flagicon (16)	2015 Template:Flagicon (16)	2017 Template:Flagicon (16)	2019 Template:Flagicon (16)	2021 Template:Flagicon (16)	2024 Template:Flagicon (16)	2025 Template:Flagicon (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 Template:Flagicon (4)	1995 Template:Flagicon (6)	1997 Template:Flagicon (8)	1999 Template:Flagicon (8)	2001 Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon (8)	2003 Template:Flagicon (8)	2005 Template:Flagicon (8)	2009 Template:Flagicon (8)	2013 Template:Flagicon (8)	2017 Template:Flagicon (8)	Apps.
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	R1	2nd	•	•	•	R1	3
Egypt	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	2
Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire	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".

CAF Best Player of the Century

Player	Points
Template:Flagicon George Weah	95
Template:Flagicon Roger Milla	77
Template:Flagicon Abédi Pelé	72
Template:Flagicon Lakhdar Belloumi	56
Template:Flagicon Rabah Madjer	51
Template:Flagicon Théophile Abega	39
Template:Flagicon Laurent Pokou	38
Template:Flagicon Kalusha Bwalya	37
Template:Flagicon Ahmed Faras	35
Template:Flagicon Finidi George	32

CAF Best Goalkeeper of the Century

Player	Points
Template:Flagicon Joseph-Antoine Bell	39
Template:Flagicon Thomas N'Kono	30
Template:Flagicon Sadok Sassi "Attouga"	26
Template:Flagicon Badou Zaki	24
Template:Flagicon Kazadi Mwamba	19
Template:Flagicon Jacques Songo'o	13
Template:Flagicon Bruce Grobbelaar	11
Template:Flagicon Ahmed Shobair	10
Template:Flagicon Alain Gouaméné	9
Template:Flagicon Peter Rufai	6

CAF Best Women's Footballer of the Century

Player	Points
Template:Flagicon Uche Eucharia Ngozi	21
Template:Flagicon Nana Ama Gyamfuah	18
Template:Flagicon Doris Nkiru Okosieme	17
Template:Flagicon Florence Omagbemi	15
Template:Flagicon Ann Chiejine	14
Template:Flagicon Rita Nwadike	13
Template:Flagicon Fikile Sithole	9
Template:Flagicon Vivian Mensah	8
Template:Flagicon Mercy Akide	7
Template:Flagicon 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.

01. Template:Flagicon Roger Milla

02. Template:Flagicon Mahmoud El Khatib

03. Template:Flagicon Hossam Hassan

04. Template:Flagicon Samuel Eto'o

05. Template:Flagicon Abedi Pele

06. Template:Flagicon George Weah

07. Template:Flagicon Didier Drogba

08. Template:Flagicon Nwankwo Kanu

09. Template:Flagicon Rabah Madjer

10. Template:Flagicon Kalusha Bwalya

11. Template:Flagicon Michael Essien

12. Template:Flagicon Augustine Okocha

13. Template:Flagicon Saleh Selim

14. Template:Flagicon Hacène Lalmas

15. Template:Flagicon Benni McCarthy

16. Template:Flagicon El Hadji Diouf

17. Template:Flagicon Noureddine Naybet

18. Template:Flagicon Rashidi Yekini

19. Template:Flagicon Hany Ramzy

20. Template:Flagicon Hassan Shehata

21. Template:Flagicon Lucas Radebe

22. Template:Flagicon Tarak Dhiab

23. Template:Flagicon Mohammed Timoumi

24. Template:Flagicon Tony Yeboah

25. Template:Flagicon Salif Keita

26. Template:Flagicon Karim Abdul Razak

27. Template:Flagicon Samuel Kuffour

28. Template:Flagicon Lakhdar Belloumi

29. Template:Flagicon Rigobert Song

30. Template:Flagicon 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 30 December 2025

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	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	65	105	0.62	2002–2014
5	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	65	111	0.59	2011–present
6	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	56	118	0.47	1997–2014
7	Sadio Mané	Senegal	52	122	0.43	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	109	0.34	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	William Ouma	Kenya	35	66	0.53	1965–1977
29	Baghdad Bounedjah	Algeria	35	84	0.42	2013–present
30	Michael Olunga	Kenya	34	69	0.49	2012–present
31	Dennis Oliech	Kenya	34	76	0.45	2002–2016
32	Moumouni Dagano	Burkina Faso	34	83	0.41	1998–2014
33	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
39	Victor Osimhen	Nigeria	32	48	0.67	2017–present
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

External links

• Template:In lang
• Overview of CAF and its competitions via Soccerlens.com
• The CAF Anthem since 2007