Confederation of African Football explained

Confederation of African Football
Abbreviation:	CAF
Founding Location:	Khartoum, Sudan
Map:	CAF.svg
Headquarters:	6th of October City, Giza, Egypt
Region Served:	Africa
Membership:	54 member associations^[1]
Language:	English French Spanish
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Patrice Motsepe
Leader Title2:	Vice Presidents
Leader Title3:	General Secretary
Leader Name3:	Véron Mosengo-Omba
Parent Organization:	FIFA
Subsidiaries:	UNAF (North Africa) WAFU (West Africa) UNIFFAC (Central Africa) CECAFA (East Africa) COSAFA (Southern Africa)

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) (in French Confédération Africaine de Football) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel^[2] in Khartoum, Sudan^[3] by the national football associations of: Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa.^[4] following formal discussions between the aforementioned associations at the FIFA Congress held on 7 June 1956 at Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal.^[5]

Representing the African confederation of FIFA, CAF organizes 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 main headquarters of CAF was first situated within the offices of the Sudanese Football Association in Khartoum until it experienced a fire outbreak and then moved to a town near Cairo, Egypt until 2002. Youssef Mohamad was the first general secretary and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem, the first president. President Patrice Motsepe from South Africa was elected on 12 March 2021 in an unopposed elections held in Rabat, Morocco.^{[6] [7]}

History

See main article: History of CAF.

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.^[8]

Leadership

Name	Position
Patrice Motsepe	President
Augustin Senghor	1st Vice President
Ahmed Yahya	2nd Vice President
Waberi Souleiman	3rd Vice President
Seidou Mbombo Njoya	4th Vice President
Kanizat Ibrahim	5th Vice President
Véron Mosengo-Omba	General Secretary
Frederick Acheampong	General Coordinator

Sources:^{[9] [10]}

Members and zones

Members

	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CAF affiliation	Regional affiliation	IOC member
Union of North African Football (UNAF) (5)
ALG			1962	1963	1964	2005
EGY			1921	1923	1957	2005
LBY			1962	1964	1965	2005
MAR			1955	1960	1959	2005
TUN			1957	1960	1960	2005
West African Football Union (WAFU) (16)
BEN			1962	1962	1962	1975
BFA			1960	1964	1964	1975
CPV			1982	1986	2000	1975
GAM			1952	1968	1966	1975
GHA			1957	1958	1958	1975
GUI			1960	1962	1963	1975
GNB			1974	1986	1986	1975
CIV			1960	1964	1960	1975
LBR			1936	1964	1962	1975
MLI			1960	1963	1963	1975
MTN			1961	1970	1968	1975
NIG			1962	1967	1967	1975
NGA			1945	1960	1960	1975
SEN			1960	1964	1964	1975
SLE			1960	1960	1960	1975
TOG			1960	1962	1964	1975
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) (8)
CMR			1959	1962	1963	1978
CTA			1961	1964	1965	1978
CHA			1962	1964	1964	1978
CGO			1962	1964	1966	1978
COD			1919	1964	1964	1978
EQG			1957	1986	1986	1978
GAB			1962	1966	1967	1978
STP			1975	1986	1986	1978
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) (12)
BDI			1948	1972	1972	1994
DJI			1979	1994	1994	1995
ERI			1996	1998	1998	1973
ETH			1943	1952	1957	1994
KEN			1960	1960	1968	1973
RWA			1972	1978	1978	1994
SOM			1951	1962	1968	1973
SSD			2011	2012	2012	2012
SDN			1936	1948	1957	1975
TAN			1930	1964	1964	1973
UGA			1924	1960	1960	1973
ZAN			1965		1980	1973 & 2003
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) (14)
ANG			1979	1980	1980	1997
BOT			1970	1978	1976	1997
COM			1979	2005	2005	2007
SWZ			1968	1978	1978	1997
LES			1932	1964	1964	1997
MAD			1961	1964	1963	2000
MWI			1966	1968	1968	1997
MRI			1952	1964	1963	2000
MOZ			1976	1980	1980	1997
NAM			1990	1992	1992	1997
SEY			1979	1986	1986	2000
RSA			1991	1992	1992	1997
ZAM			1929	1964	1964	1997
ZIM			1965	1965	1980	1997
Non-regional members
REU			1926		2004

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

• • (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 organizations such as CONIFA.

Competitions

See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar.

CAF competitions

National teams:

Men

• Africa Cup of Nations
• African Nations Championship
• U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
• U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
• U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
• African Schools Football Championship
• 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
• African Schools Girls' Football Championship
• Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

Clubs:

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

Defunct

• African Cup Winners' Cup
• CAF Cup

Inter Continental:

Defunct

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
• Afro-Asian Club Championship
• UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup

Regional:

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

International

Shortly after formation, CAF organized 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 organization two years later, to address this issue. CAF also organizes 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 organized 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-organized 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 organizes 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 "prestigious" 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.^[11]

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 organized 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.^{[12] [13]} 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

See also: FIFA International Match Calendar.

Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next edition
National teams
Africa Cup of Nations		2023 (final)		3rd			2025 (final)
African Nations Championship	2022 (final)		1st		2024 (final)
U-23 Cup of Nations	2023		1st		2027
Men's African Games Tournament	2023		1st		2027
U-20 Cup of Nations	2023		1st		2025
U-17 Cup of Nations	2023		1st		2025
CAF African Schools U15 Boy's	2024				2025
Futsal Cup of Nations	2024		3rd		2028
Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament	2018		1st		2026
Beach Soccer Cup of Nations	2022		7th		2024
National teams (women)
Women's Africa Cup of Nations		2022 (final)		1st			2024 (final)
Women's African Games Tournament	2019		3rd		2023
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification	2024		1st 7th 1st 10th		2026
African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification	2024		1st 2nd 7th		2025
CAF African Schools U15 Girl's	2024				2025
Club teams
Super Cup		2023	USM Alger	1st	Al Ahly		2024
Champions League		Al Ahly	12th	ES Tunis
Confederation Cup	2023–24 (final)	Zamalek	2nd	RS Berkane
African Football League	2023 (final)	Mamelodi Sundowns	1st	Wydad AC
Club teams (Women)
Women's Champions League		2023 (final)	Mamelodi Sundowns	2nd	SC Casablanca		2024 (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
Nigeria	3	-	1	7	2	–	2	1	11	3	30
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	-	7	1	-	-	12
Morocco	1	2	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	8
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.^[14]

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.^[15]

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^[16] to support its competitions.^[17] Total rebranded as TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021.^[18]

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
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

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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

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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.

width=2%	Pos	width=17%	Club	width=3%	Titles	width=65%	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	14	5 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 4 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	align=center	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	JS Kabylie	7	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Cup, 1 African Super Cup
8	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
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
		4	3 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup

Update as of 5 June 2024 in chronological order.

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 (18), 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
C	CAF Cup
CC	CAF Confederation Cup
SC	CAF Super Cup
AAC	Afro-Asian Club Championship

List of CAF club competition winners by country

scope=col width=20%	Nationality	scope=col width=10%	CL	scope=col width=10%	CWC	scope=col width=10%	C	scope=col width=10%	CC	scope=col width=10%	SC	scope=col width=10%	AAC	scope=col width=10%	Total
scope=row		18	8	0	3	12	3	44
scope=row		7	1	2	7	5	2	24
scope=row		6	4	4	5	3	2	24
scope=row		5	1	3	1	3	1	14
scope=row		6	2	0	2	3	0	13
scope=row		2	3	2	0	2	0	9
scope=row		5	3	0	0	0	0	8
scope=row		2	2	1	0	2	0	7
scope=row		3	0	0	1	1	0	5
scope=row		2	1	0	0	2	0	5
scope=row		3	1	0	0	0	0	4
scope=row		1	0	0	1	0	0	2
scope=row		0	1	0	0	0	0	1
scope=row		0	1	0	0	0	0	1
scope=row		0	1	0	0	0	0	1
scope=row		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 organized by either CAF themselves or FIFA since the establishment of the first African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964.^[19]

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 22 June 2023:^[20]

CAF	FIFA	Country	Points	Rank dec 22
1	8		1502	1
2	37		1112	2
3	42		1080	3
4	47		1031	4
5	74		876	5
6	85		830	6
7	92		803	7
8	93		800	8
9	96		790	11
10	98		774	9
11	105		729	10
12	114		661
13	126		547	12
14	127		544
–	–		852
–	–		785
–	–		785
–	–		684
–	–		730
–	–		708
–	–		685
–	–		684
–	–		659
–	–		637
–	–		626
–	–		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 12 March 2018

CAF	BSWW	Country	Points
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 tournament records

Legend

• – Champions
• – Runners-up
• – Third place
• – Fourth place
• QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–2022: knockout round of 8)
• R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
• 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

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FIFA World Cup

See main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup.

See also: African nations at the 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.
	Part of France							×	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•				4/14
	Part of Portugal											×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•				1/9
	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	•	R1				8/14
	Part of Belgium							×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				1/12
	×	R1	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•				3/15
	Part of the United Kingdom					×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2	QF	R1	•	R1				4/14
	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•				3/11
	Part of France/Spain						•	×	R1	•	•	•	R2	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	4th		Q		6/15
	Part of the United Kingdom						•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R2	R1	•	R1	R2	R1	•				6/15
	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF	•	•	•	R1	R2				3/12
					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1	R1	•	R1	•	•	•				3/8
	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•				1/11
	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1				6/15
Total (13 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	49

Firsts

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

FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: FIFA Women's World Cup records and statistics. 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.
	•	×	•	•	•	•	R2	R2	•		2/8
	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	×	•		1/5
	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•	•	•		3/9
	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•		1/6
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2		1/9
	R1	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2		9/9
	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2		2/8
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1		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)	Apps.
														–	–	–		8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	2
														–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1	–	8	–	–	–	–	3
					–	8	8	4	9	11	9	–	12	4	–	–	–		8	–	12	–	–	–	–	8	–	8	4	13
														–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–		7	–	2
																–			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	1
											–		–	7	12	16			–	–	3	8	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	6
															11			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	2
														–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	14	2
													–	13	–	8	–	– style="background:#efefef;"		12	–	15	–	16	=10	–	11	–	–	3	8
											–	–	–	–	14	–		13	–	15	–	bgcolor=gold	1	8	–	2	–	3	–	–	7
														–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	1
		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–								–	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	13	16	–	3
													–		–	15			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
													15	–	–	–	–		–	13	–	14	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	4
														–	–	–		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)	Apps.
	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	1
	–	8	6	11	–	–	–	11	4
	–	–	–	–	10	10	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	12	2
	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	1
Total (5 teams)	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	10

Africa Cup of Nations

See main article: Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics.

Africa Cup of Nations record
Team (Total 44 teams)	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
					×	R1	•	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	4th	3rd	R1	3rd	1st	R1	••	QF	R1	QF	R1	QF	•	•	4th	•	R1	QF	R1	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R1	R1			20
	bgcolor=Gold	1st	1st	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	×	×	3rd	•	3rd	4th	•	4th	×	4th	1st	R1	R1	R1	QF	QF	bgcolor=Gold	1st	QF	QF	R1	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	•	•	•	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	R2	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	R2			26
		•	×	•	×	×	×	×	2nd	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•			3
		×	•	×	×	•	R1	×	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R1	3rd	•	•	4th	4th	•	R1	•	•	QF	R1	R1	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	••	QF	R2	QF	R2	Q		20
		3rd	R1	2nd	•	×	×	×	•	4th	×	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	QF	4th	R1	1st	QF	QF	R1	QF	R1	QF	QF	4th	QF	R1			21
West Africa Members
				×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•			4
				×	•	×	×	•	×	R1	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	R1	4th	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	R1	3rd	•	4th	R2			13
											•	×		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	•	•	R2	QF			4
						×	×	×	×	•	x	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	x	x	x	x	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	x	•	•	QF	R1			2
			•	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	•	•	•	1st	R1	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R1	•	•	•	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	QF	4th	R1	QF	QF	•	R1	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	4th	4th	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	4th	R2	R1	R1			24
			••	•	•	R1	•	R1	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	×	QF	QF	QF	•	R1	•	QF	•	R2	R2	QF			14
											×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1			4
				3rd	3rd	4th	•	R1	•	••	R1	×	R1	3rd	R1	R1	bgcolor=Gold	1st	3rd	R1	QF	R1	R1	•	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	4th	QF	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	QF	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R1	QF	R2	1st			25
		×	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			2
				•	•	•	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	4th	4th	•	R1	R1	3rd	3rd	R1	R1	R2	R2	QF			13
				×	×	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	R1	R1	R2			3
				×	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•			2
		×	R1	×	•	×	•	•	3rd	3rd	1st	R1	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	•	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=Gold	1st	×	×	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	QF	3rd	•	bgcolor=Gold	1st	•	•	3rd	R2	bgcolor=Silver	2nd			20
				4th	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	R1	•	4th	QF	QF	•	•	QF	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	QF	4th	R1	•	R1	•	R1	QF	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R2			17
				×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	R1	R1	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	x	R1	•			3
				×	•	•	R1	×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	×	•	×	•	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	•	••	•	QF	•	R1	•	•	•			8
Central Africa Members
				×	•	R1	3rd	•	•	•	•	R1	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R1	4th	•	R1	QF	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	QF	QF	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	QF	•	•	R1	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R2	3rd	R2			21
				R1	×	bgcolor=Gold	1st	4th	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×	QF	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•			7
				R1	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R1	4th	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R1	×	•	•	×	•	R1	•	QF	QF	QF	3rd	R1	QF	R1	QF	•	•	•	R1	3rd	QF	R2	•	4th			20
								×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	4th	•	•	QF	R2			4
				×	•	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	•	R1	R1	•	R2	•			8
East Africa Members
					×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•			1
	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	1st	4th	R1	4th	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•			11
		•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	R1	R1	R1	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	×		Q	7
					×	×	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•			1
	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	•	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	•	•	1st	R1	•	R1	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	QF	•	•	•	•	R1	•			9
		×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1		Q	4
		4th	×	•	R1	•	•	R1	R1	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	•	•		Q	8
Southern Africa Members
											•	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	R1	QF	QF	R1	R1	•	•	R1	•	QF			9
							×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
											×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•			1
				×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•			1
						×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•			3
		•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
											×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1			5
																		×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R2			4
	••																		•	1st	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	•	QF	R1	•	QF	•	3rd			11
		×	×	•	•	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	•	R1	•	3rd	•	R1	×	3rd	QF	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	QF	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R1	R1	•	•	•	R1			18
		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	×			5

Women's Africa Cup of Nations

See also: Women's Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics.

Women's Africa Cup of Nations record
width=150	Team (Total 26 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)	2020 (12)	2022 (12)	2024 (12)	Apps.
		•		R1	R1	•	R1		R1	•	R1		•	Q	6
		SF		R1		•		•		•	•	2
<	--Botswana-->	×														QF	Q	2
<	--Burkina Faso-->	×														GS	•	1
<	--Burundi-->	×														GS	•	1
	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	×	4th	R1	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	2nd	3rd		QF	•	13
	×		•	•	R1		•		•	•	1
		3rd	×	•	×	R1	•	•	R1		×			x	Q	4
		R1	•		•	×	×	•	•	R1			•	•	2
		•	•	R1	1st	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	1st	•	•	R1		•	•	5
		R1	4th	×		•	R1	•	•	•		•	•	3
	QF	SF	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	R1	R1	•	R1	3rd	R1		•	Q	13
	SF	×	•		•	•	•	•	•		•			•	•	1
		•		•	•	•	R1	3rd	•	•		•	•	2
		x	x		•		x	x	•	R1	•		x	•	1
		R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	4th		•	Q	8
		R1	R1	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2nd	Q	4
		×		•	•	•	•	R1	•	•		•	•	1
	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	1st	3rd	bgcolor=Gold	1st	4th	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st	bgcolor=Gold	1st		4th	Q	15
		R1		1
	×		•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		QF	Q	3
		QF	×	×		•		×		×		•	×	1
		bgcolor=Silver	2nd	R1	2nd	4th	R1	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=Silver	2nd	4th	4th	bgcolor=Silver	2nd		bgcolor=Gold	1st	Q	14
		•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•		•	Q	2
		R1	•	•	•	•			QF	Q	3
		•	R1	•	×	×		•				GS	•	2
	×	QF		•		•	•		•	R1	•	R1		3rd	Q	5
	×		4th	R1	R1	×	•		•	•	R1	•		•	×	4

FIFA U-20 World Cup

See main article: FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics.

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
width=200	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)	Apps.
	×	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	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2		2
	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	4th	QF	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	•	•	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=silver	2nd	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	R2	QF	R2	R2	•	R2	QF		13
	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	R2	QF	R1		4
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	R1	R1	•		4
	×	×	•	•	×	R1	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	×	•	•		1
	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2		3
	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	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	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)	2024 (24)	2026 (24)	Apps.
	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	Q		1
	×	•	R1	R1	•	•	×	•	×	•	•		2
	×	×	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	Q		7
	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	Q		1
	R1	QF	QF	QF	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R1	QF	QF	Q		11
Total (5 teams)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	22

FIFA U-17 World Cup

See main article: FIFA U-17 World Cup records and statistics.

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)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	Apps.
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	×		1
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	3rd	•	•	•	R2	R1	•	•	•	•	R1		5
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•		2
	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•	•		3
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×		2
	•	•	R1	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	•	•	R1	4th	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•		9
	4th	•	R1	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	×	×		6
	•	3rd	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	QF	•	•	•	•		4
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R1	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	•	3rd		6
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	•	QF		2
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•		1
	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	QF	•	•	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R1	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	2nd	•	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	•	R2	•		12
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	×		1
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	R2		2
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•		1
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		0
	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×		1
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2	•	•	R2	•	•	•	•		3
Total (21 teams)	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

• Note 1: Original hosts Peru were stripped of the rights to host the 2019 edition in February that year.^[21]

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)	2024 (16)	2025 (24)	Apps.
	•	×	•	×	R1	R1	•	•		2
	×	×	R1	×	×	•	×	×		1
	R1	R1	bgcolor=#cc′9966	3rd	QF	QF	QF	•	×		6
	R1	QF	QF	QF	R1	•	bgcolor=#cc′9966	3rd			6
	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•		2
	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1		Q	1
	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	•		1
	•	×	•	R1	×	•	•			1
Total (8 teams)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		20

FIFA Futsal World Cup

See main article: 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.
	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	1
	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	GS	Q	2
	×	×	R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	QF	GS	•	7
	×	×	×	•	×	R1	R1	•	•	Q	3
	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	R1	QF	Q	4
	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•	•	1
	×	R1	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	1
	R1	×	•	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	1
Total (8 teams)	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	20

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

See main article: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics.

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.
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	R1	•	R1	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•		2/22
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1		1/22
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•		2/22
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•		1/22
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•		1/22
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	R1	QF	•	R1	QF	•	•	R1	R1	×	•		6/22
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	QF	R1	•	QF	R1	R1	QF	QF	4th	R1		9/22
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	Q	1/22
	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	×	•	×	×		1/22
align=centre	Total (9 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

See main article: article and FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics.

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.
	•	•	•	•	R1	2nd	•	•	•	R1	3
	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	R1	•	•	2
	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
	•	4th	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	2
	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	2
	•	•	•	•	•	•	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 honored during the "World Football Gala 1999".^[22]

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.^[23]

1. Roger Milla

2. Mahmoud El Khatib

3. Hossam Hassan

4. Samuel Eto'o

5. Abedi Pele

6. George Weah

7. Didier Drogba

8. Nwankwo Kanu

9. 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

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		79	111		1968–1980
2	Kinnah Phiri		71	117		1973–1981
3	Hossam Hassan		68	176		1985–2006
4	Didier Drogba		65	105		2002–2014
5	Mohamed Salah		57	100
6	Samuel Eto'o		56	118		1997–2014
7	Asamoah Gyan		51	109
8	Abdoulaye Traoré		49	88		1984–1996
9	Islam Slimani		45	101		2012–present
10	Ali Al-Biski		44	35		1961–1970
11	Roger Milla		43	77		1973–1994
12	Alex Chola		43	102		1975–1985
13	Sadio Mané			107		2012–present
14	Hassan El-Shazly		42	62		1961–1975
15	Fawzi Al-Issawi		40	90		1977–1985
16	Akwá		39	78		1995–2006
17	Kalusha Bwalya		39	87		1983–2006
18	Vincent Aboubakar		39	102		2010–present
19	Mohamed Aboutrika		38	100		2001–2013
20	Rashidi Yekini		37	62		1984–1998
21	Peter Ndlovu		37	81		1991–2007
22	Abdelhafid Tasfaout		36	80		1990–2002
23	Issam Jemâa		36	84		2005–2014
24	Ahmed Faras		36	94		1966–1979
25	William Ouma		35	66		1965–1977
26	Moumouni Dagano		34	83		1998–2014
27	Dennis Oliech		34	76		2002–2016
28	Patrick M'Boma		33	55		1995–2004
29	Ibrahima Kandia Diallo		33	56		1960–1973
30	Getaneh Kebede		33	66		2010–present
31	Abedi Pele		33	67		1982–1998
32	Ahmed Hassan		33	184		1995–2004
33	Emmanuel Adebayor		32	87		2000–2019
34	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang			77		2009–present
35	Benni McCarthy		31	79		1997–2011
36	Riyad Mahrez		31	93		2014–present
37	Amr Zaki		30	63		2004–2013
38	Baghdad Bounedjah		30	71		2013–present
39	Tico-Tico			94		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

• • Overview of CAF and its competitions via Soccerlens.com
• The CAF Anthem since 2007

Notes and References

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4. Book: International Sport Management. Human Kinetics. 2020. 9781450422413. en.
5. Web site: History of CAF. CAFOnline.com. 27 July 2022.
6. Web site: CAF president. CAFOnline.com. 12 March 2021.
7. Dr. Patrice Motsepe elected 7th CAF President unopposed in Rabat. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210312125807/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/dr-patrice-motsepe-elected-7th-caf-president-unopposed-in-rabat. 12 March 2021. CAFOnline.com. 13 March 2021.
8. Web site: Competition for the CAF's anthem. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090116020542/http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&module=media&idrub=94637&idnews=82041. 16 January 2009. CAFOnline.com. 18 September 2007. 13 November 2008.
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12. Web site: 3 November 2021. African women's football primed for new chapter. FIFA.com. 6 November 2021.
13. Web site: 5 July 2021. CAF Women's Champions League takes one giant leap towards realization. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106181522/https://www.cafonline.com/caf-women-champions-league/news/caf-women-s-champions-league-takes-one-giant-leap-towards-realization. 6 November 2021. CAFOnline.com. 6 July 2021.
14. Web site: 21 October 2004. CAF signs sponsorship deal. BBC Sport. 14 February 2018.
15. Web site: 28 July 2009. Orange signs deal to sponsor African soccer competitions. Reuters. 12 February 2018.
16. News: 9 November 2016. CAF reviews prize money, AFCON 2017 winner to pocket $4 million. Africanews. 14 February 2018.
17. Web site: 21 July 2016. Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years. africanews. 21 July 2016.
18. 28 May 2021. Total is Transforming and Becoming TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies. 29 May 2021.
19. Web site: 1 May 2014. African Club Ranking: Old-Time records from 1965 to 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080608130701/http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&cmpt=0&module=media&ANC=actualite&TNews=&idrub=97076&idnews=83214. 8 June 2008. CAFOnline.com. 1 November 2014.
20. Web site: Futsal World Ranking. 22 June 2023.
21. Web site: 22 February 2019. Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019. FIFA.com. 23 February 2019.
22. Web site: 9 October 2017. IFFHS History : Africa – Player of the Century (1900–1999). IFFHS. 9 November 2017.
23. Web site: 11 August 2007. CAF release 30 best African players in the last 50 years. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090309085146/http://cafonline.com:80/caf/media-services/facts/77-caf-release-30-best-african-players-in-the-last-50-years.html. 9 March 2009. CAFOnline.com. 15 January 2010.