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Confederation of African Football

Abbreviation	CAF
Formation	10 February 1957; 61 years ago (1957-02-10)
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	6th of October City, Cairo, Egypt
Membership	56 member associations
Official language	English, French and Arabic
Secretary General	Amr Fahmy
President	Ahmad Ahmad
Parent organization	FIFA
Website	cafonline.com

FIFA confederations
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA
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The Confederation of African Football or CAF (French: Confédération Africaine de Football) is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.

CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions.

CAF is the biggest of the six continental confederations of FIFA. Since the expansion of the number of teams at the World Cup finals to 32 in 1998, CAF has been allocated five places, though this was expanded to six for the 2010 tournament in South Africa, to include the hosts.

CAF was established on 8 February 1957 in Khartoum, Sudan,^[1] by Egyptian, Ethiopian, South African and Sudanese^[2] FAs, following former discussions between the Egyptian, Somali, South African and Sudanese FAs earlier on 7 June 1956 at the Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. Its first headquarters was situated in Khartoum for some months until a fire outbreak in the offices of the Sudanese Football Association when the organization moved near Cairo, Egypt. Youssef Mohammad was the first general secretary and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem the president. Since 2002, the administrative center has been located in 6th of October City, Cairo, Egypt. CAF currently has 56 member associations: 55 are full members, including former associate Zanzibar (admitted in March 2017),^[3] while Réunion remains an associate member (see the CAF Members and Zones section below).

The current CAF President is Ahmad Ahmad from Madagascar, who was elected on 16 March 2017.^[4] The 1st Vice-President is Amaju Melvin Pinnick from Nigeria, the 2nd Vice-President is called Constant Omari Selemani from RD Congo and the 3rd Vice-President is Fouzi Lekjaa from Morocco.^[5] Current CAF General Secretary is Egyptian Amr Fahmy since 16 November 2017.^[6]

History

Current leaders

Name	Position
Ahmad Ahmad	President
Amaju Pinnick	Vice President
Constant Omari	Vice President
Fouzi Lekjaa	Vice President
Amr Fahmy	General Secretary

Source: FIFA (CAF)

CAF members and zones

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Members

African regional federations

Other federation

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	CAF affiliation	Regional affiliation	IOC member
Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF)(5)
ALG	Algeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1963	1964	2005	Yes
EGY	Egypt 2	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1921	1923	1957	2005	Yes
LBY	Libya	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1963	1965	2005	Yes
MAR	Morocco	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1955	1960	1960	2005	Yes
TUN	Tunisia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1956	1960	1960	2005	Yes
West African Football Union (WAFU-UFOA)(16)
BEN	Benin	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1962	1969	1975	Yes
BFA	Burkina Faso	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1964	1964	1975	Yes
CPV	Cape Verde	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1982	1986	2000	1975	Yes
GAM	Gambia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1952	1966	1966	1975	Yes
GHA	Ghana	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1957	1958	1958	1975	Yes
GUI	Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1961	1962	1975	Yes
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1974	1986	1986	1975	Yes
CIV	Ivory Coast	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1961	1960	1975	Yes
LBR	Liberia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1936	1962	1962	1975	Yes
MLI	Mali	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1962	1963	1975	Yes
MTN	Mauritania	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1961	1961	1964	1975	Yes
NIG	Niger	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1967	1967	1967	1975	Yes
NGA	Nigeria	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1945	1960	1959	1975	Yes
SEN	Senegal	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1962	1963	1975	Yes
SLE	Sierra Leone	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1967	1967	1967	1975	Yes
TOG	Togo	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1962	1963	1975	Yes
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC)(8)
CMR	Cameroon	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1959	1962	1963	1978	Yes
CTA	Central African Republic	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1961	1963	1965	1978	Yes
CHA	Chad	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1988	1988	1978	Yes
CGO	Congo	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1962	1966	1978	Yes
COD	DR Congo	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1919	1964	1964	1978	Yes
EQG	Equatorial Guinea	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1986	1986	1978	Yes
GAB	Gabon	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1962	1963	1967	1978	Yes
STP	São Tomé and Príncipe	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1975	1986	1976	1978	Yes
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)(12)
BDI	Burundi	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1948	1972	1972	1994	Yes
DJI	Djibouti	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1979	1994	1986	1995	Yes
ERI	Eritrea	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1996	1998	1998	1973	Yes
ETH	Ethiopia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1943	1953	1957	1994	Yes
KEN	Kenya	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	2011	2012	2012	1973	Yes
RWA	Rwanda	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1972	1976	1976	1994	Yes
SOM	Somalia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1960	1960	1975	1973	Yes
SSD	South Sudan	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	2011	2012	2012	2012	Yes
SDN	Sudan	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1936	1948	1957	1975	Yes
TAN	Tanzania	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1930	1964	1964	1973	Yes
UGA	Uganda	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1924	1960	1960	1973	Yes
ZAN	Zanzibar 3	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1965		1980	1973 & 2003	No
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA)(14)
ANG	Angola	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1979	1980	1980	1997	Yes
BOT	Botswana	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1970	1978	1976	1997	Yes
COM	Comoros	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1979	2005	2003	2007	Yes
ESW	Eswatini	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1968	1978	1976	1997	Yes
LES	Lesotho	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1932	1964	1964	1997	Yes
MAD	Madagascar	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1961	1962	1963	2000	Yes
MWI	Malawi	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1966	1967	1968	1997	Yes
MRI	Mauritius	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1952	1962	1963	2000	Yes
MOZ	Mozambique	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1976	1980	1978	1997	Yes
NAM	Namibia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1990	1992	1992	1997	Yes
SEY	Seychelles	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1979	1986	1986	2000	Yes
RSA	South Africa 1	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1991	1992	1992	1997	Yes
ZAM	Zambia	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1929	1964	1964	1997	Yes
ZIM	Zimbabwe	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1965	1965	1980	1997	Yes
Non-regional members(1)
REU	Réunion 3	Men's U23 U20 U17 Women's	1926		2004		No

1. 
   ^ – Excluded from CAF and from 1st African Cup of Nations in 1957 due to Apartheid


2. 
   ^ – Member of UNAF from 2005 to 2009 and from 2011 – Withdrew from UNAF on 19 November 2009 but return on 2011


3. 
   ^ – Associate members, not part of FIFA. Zanzibar held full membership for four months in 2017, when its status was changed after CAF admitted its membership was an error.^[7]

Regional zones

CAF Zone 1 – North Zone

CAF Zone 2 – Zone West A

CAF Zone 3 – Zone West B

CAF Zone 4 – Central Zone

CAF Zone 5 – Central-East Zone

CAF Zone 6 – Southern Zone

Competitions

International

The main competition for men's national teams is the Africa Cup of Nations, started in 1957. In 2009, the CAF started organising another competition for men's national teams, the African Nations Championship composed exclusively of national players playing in the national championship. CAF also runs national competitions at Under-20 and Under-17 levels. For women's national teams, CAF operates the Africa Women Cup of Nations for senior national sides and the African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women at under-20 level, since 2008 there is an African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women for under-17 sides.

Club

CAF also runs the two main club competitions in Africa: the CAF Champions League was first held in 1964, and was known as the African Cup of Champions Clubs (or just African Cup) until 1997; and the CAF Confederation Cup, for national cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by CAF in 2004 as a successor to the African Cup Winners' Cup (begun in 1975). A third competition, the CAF Cup, started in 1992 and was absorbed into the CAF Confederation Cup in 2004.^[8]

The CAF Super Cup, which pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the CAF Confederation Cup (previously the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup), came into being in 1992.

The Afro-Asian Club Championship was jointly organised with AFC between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the winners of the AFC Champions League.
The last Afro-Asian Club Championship took place in 1998.

Current champions

Competition	Champion	Title	Runner-up	Next edition
Clubs
CAF Champions League	ES Tunis	3rd	Al-Ahly	2018–19
CAF Confederation Cup	Raja Casablanca	2nd	AS Vita Club	2018–19
CAF Super Cup	Wydad Casablanca	1st	TP Mazembe	2019
Nations men
Africa Cup of Nations	Cameroon	5th	Egypt	2019
African Nations Championship	Morocco	1st	Nigeria	2020
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations	Nigeria	1st	Algeria	2019
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations[cc 1]	Zambia	1st	Senegal	2019
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations[cc 2]	Mali	2nd	Ghana	2019
Africa Futsal Cup of Nations	Morocco	1st	Egypt	2020
Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations	Senegal	4th	Nigeria	2018
Football at the African Games	Senegal	1st	Burkina Faso	2019
Nations women
Africa Women Cup of Nations	Nigeria	10th	Cameroon	2018
African U-20 Cup of Nations for Women	Ghana  Nigeria	5th 9th	Cameroon  South Africa	2020
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women	Ghana  South Africa  Cameroon	5th 2nd 1st	Djibouti  Morocco  Nigeria	2020
Football at the African Games	Ghana	1st	Cameroon	2019

CAF competitions

Sponsors

In October 2004, MTN has contracted a four-year deal to sponsor African football's major competitions. This agreement, which worthed US$12.5 million, was the biggest sponsorship deal in African sporting history at that time.^[9]

In July 2009, Orange has signed an eight-year deal to sponsor African football's major competitions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but CAF previous year put a value of €100 million for a comprehensive and long-term package of its competitions when it opened tenders for a new sponsor. The deal included the African Nations Cup, the CAF Champions League, the CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF Super Cup, the African Nations Championship and the African Youth Championship.^[10]

In July 2016, Total replaced Orange as the main sponsor and has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for a value of €950 million^[11] to support ten of its principal competitions, including the CAF Champions League, renamed Total CAF Champions League.^[12]

The CAF current main sponsors are:

• Total


• Orange


• Qnet

World Cup participation

Legend

FIFA World Cup

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	Total
Algeria	Part of France[13]							×	•	•	•	R1 13th	R1 22nd	•	•	•	•	•	R1 28th	R2 14th	•			4/13
Angola	Part of Portugal[14]											×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•	•	•			1/9
Cameroon	Part of France						×	×	•	•	•	R1 17th	•	QF 7th	R1 22nd	R1 25th	R1 20th	•	R1 31st	R1 32nd	•			7/13
DR Congo[15]	Part of Belgium[16]							×	×	R1 16th	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1/11
Egypt	×	R1 13th	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1 20th	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 31st			3/14
Ghana	Part of the United Kingdom					×	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R2 13th	QF 7th	R1 25th	•			3/13
Ivory Coast	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1 19th	R1 17th	R1 21st	•			3/11
Morocco	Part of France						•	×	R1 14th	•	•	•	R2 11th	•	R1 23rd	R1 18th	•	•	•	•	R1 27th			5/14
Nigeria	Part of the United Kingdom						•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	R2 9th	R2 12th	R1 27th	•	R1 27th	R2 16th	R1 21st			6/14
Senegal	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	QF 7th	•	•	•	R1 17th			2/11
South Africa					×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1 24th	R1 17th	•	R1 20th	•	•			3/7
Togo	Part of France						×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	R1 30th	•	•	•			1/10
Tunisia	Part of France						•	×	•	•	R1 9th	•	•	•	•	R1 26th	R1 29th	R1 24th	•	•	R1 24th			5/14
Total	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	6	5	5	5		44

Firsts

• 1934:  Egypt first African team to qualify for the World Cup


• 1970:  Morocco first African team to draw a match in the World Cup


• 1978:  Tunisia first African team to win a match in the World Cup


• 1982:  Algeria first African team to win two matches in the World Cup


• 1986:  Algeria first African team to qualify to consecutive World Cups


• 1986:  Morocco first African team to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen)


• 1990:  Cameroon first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals)


• 1994 and 1998:  Nigeria first African team to win and reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) in two consecutive World Cups


• 2002:  Senegal first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals) further on the World Cup debut


• 2006 and 2010:  Ghana first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals) in two consecutive World Cups


• 2010:  South Africa first African team to host the World Cup


• 2014:  Algeria &  Nigeria first African teams to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) simultaneously in the World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

The following CAF members have competed in the following FIFA Women's World Cups. Teams are sorted by number of appearances.

Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	Total
Cameroon	•	×	•	•	•	•	R2 11th	Q		2/7
Ivory Coast	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1 23rd	•		1/5
Equatorial Guinea	×	×	×	•	•	R1 15th	•	×		1/4
Ghana	•	•	R1 13–14	R1 12th	R1 15th	•	•	•		3/8
Nigeria	R1 10th	R1 11th	QF 7th	R1 15th	R1 13th	R1 9th	R1 21st	Q		8/8
South Africa	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q		1/7

Other international tournaments

Legend

FIFA Confederations Cup

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	2017	2021	Total
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	GS	2nd	•	•	•	GS		3
Egypt	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	•		2
South Africa	×	•	GS	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•		2
Nigeria	•	4th	×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	•		2
Ivory Coast	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Tunisia	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•		1
Total	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1		11

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Nation	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Years
Algeria	R1									1
Egypt			R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	QF		6
Libya						R1	R1			2
Morocco							R1	R1		2
Mozambique								R1		1
Nigeria		R1								1
Zimbabwe	R1									1
Nations	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

	1995 (8)	1996 (8)	1997 (8)	1998 (10)	1999 (12)	2000 (12)	2001 (12)	2002 (8)	2003 (8)	2004 (12)	2005 (12)	2006 (12)	2007 (16)	2008 (16)	2009 (16)	2011 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (16)	Total Participations
Cameroon	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 14th	•	R1 16th	•	•	•	•	•	•	2/20
Ivory Coast	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 11th	•	R1 16th	•	•	•	2/20
Madagascar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 14th	•	•	1/20
Nigeria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 9th	QF 6th	•	R1 12th	QF 6th	•	•	R1 12th	Q	6/20
Senegal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF 5th	R1 9th	QF 7th	R1 13th	R1 13th	QF 6th	Q	7/20
South Africa	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2/20
Total	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2

Summer Olympics

Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.

Men

Nation	00	04		08	12	20	24	28	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Algeria	Part of France													–	–	–		8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14		2
Cameroon						Part of France								–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	1	–	8	–	–		3
Egypt[17]					–	8	8	4	=9	=11	=9	–	12	4	–	–	–		8	–	12	–	–	–	–	8	–		11
Ivory Coast	Part of France													–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–		1
Gabon	Part of France															–			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–		1
Ghana	Part of the United Kingdom										–		–	7	12	16			–	–	3	8	–	9	–	–	–		6
Guinea	Part of France														11			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Mali	Part of France													–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–		1
Morocco					Part of France								–	13	–	8	–		12	–	15	–	16	=10	–	11	–		7
Nigeria						Part of the United Kingdom					–	–	–	–	14	–		13	–	15	–	1	8	–	2	–	3		7
Senegal	Part of France													–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	-		1
South Africa		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Banned because of apartheid							–	–	11	–	–	–	13		2
Sudan	Part of the United Kingdom												–		–	15			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Tunisia	Part of France												15	–	–	–	–		–	13	–	14	–	12	–	–	–		4
Zambia							Part of the United Kingdom						RHO	–	–	–		15	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2
Total nations	3	2		5	11	14	22	17	16	18	25	11	16	14	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Women

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Cameroon	–	–	–	–	12	–		1
Nigeria	–	8	6	11	–	–		3
South Africa	–	–	–	–	10	10		2
Zimbabwe	–	–	–	–	–	12		1
Total nations	8	8	10	12	12	12	12

Rankings

This graph shows the time periods each (male) national football team has been at the highest ranked CAF member on the FIFA World Rankings.

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	Senegal	1084
2	17	Egypt	782
3	20	Nigeria	720
4	24	Morocco	609
5	34	Madagascar	339
6	41	Ivory Coast	330
7	57	Ghana	177
8	66	Libya	125
9	68	Mozambique	117
10	69	Cape Verde	115

CAF overall ranking of African clubs titles

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

Pos	Club	Titles	Trophies won
1	Al Ahly SC	20	8 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, 4 African Cup Winners' Cup, 6 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
2	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
	Zamalek SC	11	5 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Super Cup, 2 Afro-Asian Club Championship
4	Étoile 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
5	Raja Casablanca	7	3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
	ES Tunis	7	3 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
6	JS Kabylie	6	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Cup
8	Wydad Casablanca	5	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
9	ES Sétif	4	2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
	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
	CS Sfaxien	4	3 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup

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CAF overall ranking of African clubs

Rankings are calculated by the CAF based on points gathered by African teams throughout their participation in international club tournaments organized by either the FIFA, Harrison Campbell, or the CAF since the establishment of the first African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964.^[20]

Men's Futsal

CAF	FIFA	Country	Points	+/-

Women's Futsal

CAF	FIFA	Country	Points	+/-

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".^[21]

CAF Golden Jubilee Best Players poll

In 2007 CAF published the list of top 30 African players who played in the period from 1957 to 2007, as part of the celebration of CAF's 50th anniversary, ordered according to an online poll.^[22]

CAF's anthem

On 18 September 2007 the CAF launched a competition for all African composers to create its Anthem.^[23] The CAF anthem is a musical composition, without lyrics, which and reflect the cultural patrimony and African music. The duration of the anthem is 74 seconds. The chosen anthem was first published to the site on 16 January 2008. The usage of the anthem and its composer are still unknown.

Announced 18 September 2007

CAF resolutions

See also

• History of CAF


• List of association football sub-confederations


• List of presidents of CAF


• List of first international of African national teams


• List of CAF club competition winners

References

External links

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  Official website ((in English) (in French) (in Arabic))


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  Confederation of African Football, Soccerlens.com. Retrieved 9 October 2010.


• CAF video highlights


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  The history of the Confederation Of African Football^{[permanent dead link]}


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  Listen to CAF Anthem CAF Anthem