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Confederation of African Football
AbbreviationCAF
Founded8 February 1957; 67 years ago (1957-02-08)
Founded atKhartoum, Sudan
Headquarters6th of October City, Giza, Egypt
Region served
Africa
Membership
54 member associations[1]
Official language
Patrice Motsepe
Vice Presidents
Véron Mosengo-Omba
Parent organization
FIFA
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.cafonline.com Edit this at Wikidata
FIFA confederations
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA

The Confederation of African Football[a] (CAF) 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

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Main article: History of CAF

Anthem

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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

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Name Position
South Africa Patrice Motsepe President
Senegal Augustin Senghor 1st Vice President
Mauritania Ahmed Yahya 2nd Vice President
Djibouti Waberi Souleiman 3rd Vice President
Cameroon Seidou Mbombo Njoya 4th Vice President
Comoros Kanizat Ibrahim 5th Vice President
Democratic Republic of the Congo Véron Mosengo-Omba General Secretary
Ghana Frederick Acheampong General Coordinator

Sources:[9][10]

Members and zones

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A total of 54 member associations are part of the Confederation of African Football.[1][11]

African regional federations
  UNAF (North Africa)
  WAFU (West Africa)
  UNIFFAC (Central Africa)
  CECAFA (East Africa)
  COSAFA (Southern Africa)

Members

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Code Association National teams Founded FIFA affiliation CAF affiliation Regional affiliation IOC member
Union of North African Football (UNAF) (5)
ALG  Algeria
1962 1963 1964 2005 Yes
EGY  Egypt [b]
1921 1923 1957 2005 Yes
LBY  Libya
1962 1964 1965 2005 Yes
MAR  Morocco
1955 1960 1959 2005 Yes
TUN  Tunisia
1957 1960 1960 2005 Yes
West African Football Union (WAFU) (16)
BEN  Benin
1962 1962 1962 1975 Yes
BFA  Burkina Faso
1960 1964 1964 1975 Yes
CPV  Cape Verde
1982 1986 2000 1975 Yes
GAM  Gambia
1952 1968 1966 1975 Yes
GHA  Ghana
1957 1958 1958 1975 Yes
GUI  Guinea
1960 1962 1963 1975 Yes
GNB  Guinea-Bissau
1974 1986 1986 1975 Yes
CIV  Ivory Coast
1960 1964 1960 1975 Yes
LBR  Liberia
1936 1964 1962 1975 Yes
MLI  Mali
1960 1963 1963 1975 Yes
MTN  Mauritania
1961 1970 1968 1975 Yes
NIG  Niger
1962 1967 1967 1975 Yes
NGA  Nigeria
1945 1960 1960 1975 Yes
SEN  Senegal
1960 1964 1964 1975 Yes
SLE  Sierra Leone
1960 1960 1960 1975 Yes
TOG  Togo
1960 1962 1964 1975 Yes
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) (8)
CMR  Cameroon
1959 1962 1963 1978 Yes
CTA  Central African Republic
1961 1964 1965 1978 Yes
CHA  Chad
1962 1964 1964 1978 Yes
CGO  Congo
1962 1964 1966 1978 Yes
COD  DR Congo
1919 1964 1964 1978 Yes
EQG  Equatorial Guinea
1957 1986 1986 1978 Yes
GAB  Gabon
1962 1966 1967 1978 Yes
STP  São Tomé and Príncipe
1975 1986 1986 1978 Yes
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) (12)
BDI  Burundi
1948 1972 1972 1994 Yes
DJI  Djibouti
1979 1994 1994 1995 Yes
ERI  Eritrea
1996 1998 1998 1973 Yes
ETH  Ethiopia
1943 1952 1957 1994 Yes
KEN  Kenya
1960 1960 1968 1973 Yes
RWA  Rwanda
1972 1978 1978 1994 Yes
SOM  Somalia
1951 1962 1968 1973 Yes
SSD  South Sudan
2011 2012 2012 2012 Yes
SDN  Sudan
1936 1948 1957 1975 Yes
TAN  Tanzania
1930 1964 1964 1973 Yes
UGA  Uganda
1924 1960 1960 1973 Yes
ZAN  Zanzibar[c]
1965 1980 1973 & 2003 No
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) (14)
ANG  Angola
1979 1980 1980 1997 Yes
BOT  Botswana
1970 1978 1976 1997 Yes
COM  Comoros
1979 2005 2005 2007 Yes
SWZ  Eswatini
1968 1978 1978 1997 Yes
LES  Lesotho
1932 1964 1964 1997 Yes
MAD  Madagascar
1961 1964 1963 2000 Yes
MWI  Malawi
1966 1968 1968 1997 Yes
MRI  Mauritius
1952 1964 1963 2000 Yes
MOZ  Mozambique
1976 1980 1980 1997 Yes
NAM  Namibia
1990 1992 1992 1997 Yes
SEY  Seychelles
1979 1986 1986 2000 Yes
RSA  South Africa[d]
1991 1992 1992 1997 Yes
ZAM  Zambia
1929 1964 1964 1997 Yes
ZIM  Zimbabwe
1965 1965 1980 1997 Yes
Non-regional members
REU  Réunion[c]
1926 2004 No

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

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

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

CAF competitions

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International

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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

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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.[13]

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.[14][15] 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

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See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.
Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
National teams
Africa Cup of Nations 2023 (final)  Ivory Coast 3rd  Nigeria 2025 (final)
African Nations Championship 2022 (final)  Senegal 1st  Algeria 2024 (final)
U-23 Cup of Nations 2023  Morocco 1st  Egypt 2027
Men's African Games Tournament 2023  Ghana 1st  Uganda 2027
U-20 Cup of Nations[e] 2023  Senegal 1st  Gambia 2025
U-17 Cup of Nations[f] 2023  Senegal 1st  Morocco 2025
CAF African Schools U15 Boy's 2024  Tanzania  Guinea 2025
Futsal Cup of Nations 2024  Morocco 3rd  Angola 2028
Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament 2018  Egypt 1st  Angola 2026
Beach Soccer Cup of Nations 2024  Senegal 8th  Mauritania 2025
National teams (women)
Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2022 (final)  South Africa 1st  Morocco 2024 (final)
Women's African Games Tournament 2023  Ghana 2nd  Nigeria 2027
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification 2024  Cameroon
 Ghana
 Morocco
 Nigeria 		1st
7th
1st
10th 		 Ethiopia
 Senegal
 Egypt
 Burundi 		2026
African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification 2024  Kenya
 Zambia
 Nigeria 		1st
2nd
7th 		 Burundi
 Morocco
 Liberia 		2025
CAF African Schools U15 Girl's 2024  South Africa  Morocco 2025
Club teams
Super Cup 2024 Egypt Zamalek 5th Egypt Al Ahly 2025
Champions League 2023–24 (final) Egypt Al Ahly 12th Tunisia ES Tunis 2024–25 (final)
Confederation Cup 2023–24 (final) Egypt Zamalek 2nd Morocco RS Berkane 2024–25 (final)
African Football League 2023 (final) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1st Morocco Wydad AC 2024–25 (final)
Club teams (Women)
Women's Champions League 2023 (final) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2nd Morocco SC Casablanca 2024 (final)

Competition winners

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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
NigeriaNigeria 3 - 1 7 2 – 2 1 11 3 30
EgyptEgypt 7 – 1 4 1 3 - 2 - - 18
CameroonCameroon 5 - - 1 2 - 1 4 - 1 14
GhanaGhana 4 - - 4 2 - - 2 - 2 14
SenegalSenegal 1 1 - 1 1 - 8 1 - - 13
MoroccoMorocco 1 2 1 1 - 3 - - - - 8
Ivory CoastIvory Coast 3 - - - 1 - - - - - 4
AlgeriaAlgeria 2 - - 1 - - - 1 - - 4
Democratic Republic of the CongoDR Congo 2 2 - - - - - - - - 4

Sponsorship

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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.[16]

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.[17]

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[18] to support its competitions.[19] Total rebranded as TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021.[20]

The current main CAF sponsors are:

FIFA World Rankings

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Overview

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Historical leaders

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Men

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Women

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Other rankings

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CAF overall ranking of African clubs by titles

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

Pos Club Titles Trophies won
1 Egypt 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 Egypt 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 Morocco 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
Tunisia 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 Tunisia 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 Algeria 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 Morocco 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 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 4 3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup
Nigeria Enyimba F.C. 4 2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Super Cup
Algeria ES Sétif 4 2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 4 3 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup
Update as of 5 June 2024 in chronological order.

By country

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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 African Cup Winners' Cup
C CAF Cup
CC CAF Confederation Cup
SC CAF Super Cup
AAC Afro-Asian Club Championship
List of CAF club competition winners by country
Nationality CL CWC C CC SC AAC Total
 Egypt 18 8 0 3 12 3 44
 Morocco 7 1 2 7 5 2 24
 Tunisia 6 4 4 5 3 2 24
 Algeria 5 1 3 1 3 1 14
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6 2 0 2 3 0 13
 Nigeria 2 3 2 0 2 0 9
 Cameroon 5 3 0 0 0 0 8
 Ivory Coast 2 2 1 0 2 0 7
 Ghana 3 0 0 1 1 0 5
 South Africa 2 1 0 0 2 0 5
 Guinea 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
 Republic of the Congo 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
 Kenya 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Sudan 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Zambia 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Mali 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

CAF overall ranking of African clubs

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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.[23]

Men's Futsal

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Per 22 June 2023:[24]

CAF FIFA Country Points Rank dec 22
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

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CAF FIFA Country Points +/-

Beach soccer national teams

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Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Top ten, last updated 12 March 2018 Archived 23 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine

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

Major tournament records

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – 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

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

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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
Uruguay
(13) 		1934
Italy
(16) 		1938
France
(15) 		1950
Brazil
(13) 		1954
Switzerland
(16) 		1958
Sweden
(16) 		1962
Chile
(16) 		1966
England
(16) 		1970
Mexico
(16) 		1974
West Germany
(16) 		1978
Argentina
(16) 		1982
Spain
(24) 		1986
Mexico
(24) 		1990
Italy
(24) 		1994
United States
(24) 		1998
France
(32) 		2002
Japan
South Korea
(32) 		2006
Germany
(32) 		2010
South Africa
(32) 		2014
Brazil
(32) 		2018
Russia
(32) 		2022
Qatar
(32) 		2026
Canada
Mexico
United States
(48) 		2030
Morocco
Portugal
Spain
(48) 		2034
Saudi Arabia
(48) 		Apps.
 Algeria Part of France[g] × • • • R1
13th		 R1
22nd		 • • • • • R1
28th		 R2
14th		 • • 4/14
 Angola Part of Portugal[h] × • • • • • R1
23rd		 • • • • 1/9
 Cameroon Part of France × × • • • R1
17th		 • QF
7th		 R1
22nd		 R1
25th		 R1
20th		 • R1
31st		 R1
32nd		 • R1
19th		 8/14
 DR Congo[i] Part of Belgium[j] × × R1
16th		 × • • • • • • • • • • • 1/12
 Egypt × R1
13th		 × × • × × × × • • • • R1
20th		 • • • • • • R1
31st		 • 3/15
 Ghana Part of the United Kingdom × • × • • • × • • • • • R2
13th		 QF
7th		 R1
25th		 • R1
24th		 4/14
 Ivory Coast Part of France × × × • • × • • • • • R1
19th		 R1
17th		 R1
21st		 • • 3/11
 Morocco Part of France/Spain • × R1
14th		 • • • R2
11th		 • R1
23rd		 R1
18th		 • • • • R1
27th		 4th Q 6/15
 Nigeria Part of the United Kingdom • × • • • • • • R2
9th		 R2
12th		 R1
27th		 • R1
27th		 R2
16th		 R1
21st		 • 6/15
 Senegal Part of France × × • • • • • × • • QF
7th		 • • • R1
17th		 R2
10th		 3/12
 South Africa × × × × × × × × × × • R1
24th		 R1
17th		 • R1
20th		 • • • 3/8
 Togo Part of France × × × • • • × × • • • R1
30th		 • • • • 1/11
 Tunisia Part of France • × • • R1
9th		 • • • • R1
26th		 R1
29th		 R1
24th		 • • R1
24th		 R1
21st		 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:  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) further on 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 the fourth place

FIFA Women's World Cup

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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
China
(12) 		1995
Sweden
(12) 		1999
United States
(16) 		2003
United States
(16) 		2007
China
(16) 		2011
Germany
(16) 		2015
Canada
(24) 		2019
France
(24) 		2023
Australia
New Zealand
(32) 		2027

(32) 		Apps.
 Cameroon • × • • • • R2
11th		 R2
15th		 • 2/8
 Equatorial Guinea × × × • • R1
15th		 • × • 1/5
 Ghana • • R1
T-13th		 R1
12th		 R1
15th		 • • • • 3/9
 Ivory Coast × × × • • • R1
23rd		 • • 1/6
 Morocco • • • • • • • • R2
12th		 1/9
 Nigeria R1
10th		 R1
11th		 QF
7th		 R1
15th		 R1
13th		 R1
9th		 R1
21st		 R2
16th		 R2
10th		 9/9
 South Africa × • • • • • • R1
22nd		 R2
16th		 2/8
 Zambia • • • • • • • • R1
25th		 1/9
Total (8 teams) 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 16

Olympic Games

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Men's tournament

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See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations
Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team 1900
France
(3)		 1904
United States
(3)		 1908
United Kingdom
(6)		 1912
Sweden
(11)		 1920
Belgium
(14)		 1924
France
(22)		 1928
Netherlands
(17)		 1936
Germany
(16)		 1948
United Kingdom
(18)		 1952
Finland
(25)		 1956
Australia
(11)		 1960
Italy
(16)		 1964
Japan
(14)		 1968
Mexico
(16)		 1972
West Germany
(16)		 1976
Canada
(13)		 1980
Soviet Union
(16)		 1984
United States
(16)		 1988
South Korea
(16)		 1992
Spain
(16)		 1996
United States
(16)		 2000
Australia
(16)		 2004
Greece
(16)		 2008
China
(16)		 2012
United Kingdom
(16)		 2016
Brazil
(16)		 2020
Japan
(16)		 2024
France
(16)		 Apps.
 Algeria Part of France – – – 8 – – – – – – – – 14 – – 2
 Cameroon Part of France – – – – – 11 – – – 1 – 8 – – – – 3
 Egypt[k] – 8 8 4 9 11 9 – 12 4 – – – 8 – 12 – – – – 8 – 8 4 13
 Ivory Coast Part of France – – – – – – – – – – 6 – 7 – 2
 Gabon Part of France – – – – – – – – 12 – – – 1
 Ghana Part of the United Kingdom – – 7 12 16 – – 3 8 – 9 – – – – – 6
 Guinea Part of France 11 – – – – – – – – – – – 16 2
 Mali Part of France – – – – – – – – – 5 – – – – 14 2
 Morocco Part of France/Spain – 13 – 8 – 12 – 15 – 16 =10 – 11 – – 3 8
 Nigeria Part of the United Kingdom – – – – 14 – 13 – 15 – 1 8 – 2 – 3 – – 7
 Senegal Part of France – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 – – – 1
 South Africa – – – – – – – – – – – Banned because of apartheid – – 11 – – – 13 16 – 3
 Sudan Part of the United Kingdom – – 15 – – – – – – – – – – – 1
 Tunisia Part of France 15 – – – – – 13 – 14 – 12 – – – – – 4
 Zambia Part of the United Kingdom RHO – – – 15 – 5 – – – – – – – – – 2
Total (15 teams) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 4

Women's tournament

[edit]
See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations 2
Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team 1996
United States
(8)		 2000
Australia
(8)		 2004
Greece
(10)		 2008
China
(12)		 2012
United Kingdom
(12)		 2016
Brazil
(12)		 2020
Japan
(12)		 2024
France
(12)		 Apps.
 Cameroon – – – – 12 – – – 1
 Nigeria – 8 6 11 – – – 11 4
 South Africa – – – – 10 10 – – 2
 Zambia – – – – – – 9 12 2
 Zimbabwe – – – – – 12 – – 1
Total (5 teams) 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 10

Africa Cup of Nations

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Main article: Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics
Africa Cup of Nations record
Team
(Total 44 teams) 		1957
Sudan
(3) 		1959
United Arab Republic
(3) 		1962
Ethiopia
(4) 		1963
Ghana
(6) 		1965
Tunisia
(6) 		1968
Ethiopia
(8) 		1970
Sudan
(8) 		1972
Cameroon
(8) 		1974
Egypt
(8) 		1976
Ethiopia
(8) 		1978
Ghana
(8) 		1980
Nigeria
(8) 		1982
Libya
(8) 		1984
Ivory Coast
(8) 		1986
Egypt
(8) 		1988
Morocco
(8) 		1990
Algeria
(8) 		1992
Senegal
(12) 		1994
Tunisia
(12) 		1996
South Africa
(15) 		1998
Burkina Faso
(16) 		2000
Ghana
Nigeria
(16) 		2002
Mali
(16) 		2004
Tunisia
(16) 		2006
Egypt
(16) 		2008
Ghana
(16) 		2010
Angola
(15) 		2012
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
(16) 		2013
South Africa
(16) 		2015
Equatorial Guinea
(16) 		2017
Gabon
(16) 		2019
Egypt
(24) 		2021
Cameroon
(24) 		2023
Ivory Coast
(24) 		2025
Morocco
(24) 		2027
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
(24) 		Apps.
North Africa Members
 Algeria Part of France × R1 • • • • • 2nd 4th 3rd R1 3rd 1st R1 •• QF R1 QF R1 QF • • 4th • R1 QF R1 1st R1 R1 Q 21
 Egypt 1st 1st 2nd 3rd × × 3rd • 3rd 4th • 4th × 4th 1st R1 R1 R1 QF QF 1st QF QF R1 1st 1st 1st • • • 2nd R2 2nd R2 Q 27
 Libya • × • × × × × 2nd • • × × × × × × • • • R1 • • R1 • • • • • • • 3
 Morocco × • × × • R1 × 1st R1 3rd • • 4th 4th • R1 • • QF R1 R1 2nd R1 R1 • R1 R1 •• QF R2 QF R2 Q 20
 Tunisia 3rd R1 2nd • × × × • 4th × R1 • • • • • R1 2nd QF 4th R1 1st QF QF R1 QF R1 QF QF 4th QF R1 Q 22
West Africa Members
 Benin Part of France × × × • × × × • × • • • • • • × • • • R1 • R1 R1 • • • • QF • • Q 5
 Burkina Faso Part of France × • × × • × R1 × • × × × • • × R1 4th R1 R1 R1 • • R1 R1 2nd R1 3rd • 4th R2 Q 14
 Cape Verde Part of Portugal • × • • • • • • • QF R1 • • R2 QF • 4
 Gambia Part of the United Kingdom × × × × • x • • • • • × • x x x x • • • • • • • x • • QF R1 • 2
 Ghana UK • 1st 1st 2nd 2nd • • • 1st R1 1st R1 • • • 2nd QF 4th R1 QF QF • R1 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 4th R2 R1 R1 • 24
 Guinea FRA •• • • R1 • R1 2nd • R1 • • • • • • R1 • R1 • × QF QF QF • R1 • QF • R2 R2 QF • 14
 Guinea-Bissau Part of Portugal × × × • × × × × × • × • • • • R1 R1 R1 R1 • 4
 Ivory Coast Part of France 3rd 3rd 4th • R1 • •• R1 × R1 3rd R1 R1 1st 3rd R1 QF R1 R1 • 2nd 4th QF 2nd QF 1st R1 QF R2 1st Q 26
 Liberia × × • × × × • × × • × • • • × • R1 • • R1 • • • • • • • • • • • • 2
 Mali Part of France • • • 2nd • • • • • • • • • • 4th • • • 4th 4th • R1 R1 3rd 3rd R1 R1 R2 R2 QF Q 14
 Mauritania Part of France × × • • × • × × • × • • × • • • • • × × • • R1 R1 R2 • 3
 Niger Part of France × • • × • × × × • × × × • • × × • • • • • • R1 R1 • • • • • • 2
 Nigeria × R1 × • × • • 3rd 3rd 1st R1 2nd • 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st × × 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd QF 3rd • 1st • • 3rd R2 2nd Q 21
 Senegal Part of France 4th R1 • • • • • × • • R1 • 4th QF QF • • QF 2nd QF 4th R1 • R1 • R1 QF 2nd 1st R2 Q 18
 Sierra Leone Part of the UK × × × • × • × • • × • × • R1 R1 × × • • • • • • • • • x R1 • × 3
 Togo Part of France × • • R1 × • • • • R1 • • × • × • R1 R1 R1 • R1 • •• • QF • R1 • • • • 8
Central Africa Members
 Cameroon Part of France × • R1 3rd • • • • R1 1st 2nd 1st R1 4th • R1 QF 1st 1st QF QF 2nd QF • • R1 1st R2 3rd R2 Q 22
 Congo Part of France R1 × 1st 4th • R1 • • • • • × QF • • • R1 • • • • • • • QF • • • • • 7
 DR Congo Part of Belgium R1 1st R1 4th 1st R1 × • • × • R1 • QF QF QF 3rd R1 QF R1 QF • • • R1 3rd QF R2 • 4th Q 21
 Equatorial Guinea Part of Spain × • × × × × × • • • • • QF • 4th • • QF R2 Q 5
 Gabon Part of France × • × × • × × • • • • • R1 QF • R1 • • • • R1 QF • R1 R1 • R2 • Q 9
East Africa Members
 Burundi Part of Belgium × • × × × × × × × × • × × • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • 1
 Ethiopia 2nd 3rd 1st 4th R1 4th R1 • • R1 • • R1 • × × • × • • • × • • • • × • R1 • • • R1 • • 11
 Kenya • • • • • R1 • • • • • × • R1 R1 R1 • × • • • R1 • • • • • • • R1 • × • Q 7
 Rwanda Part of Belgium × × • • × × × × × × × • • R1 • • • • • × • • • • • 1
 Sudan 3rd 2nd • 2nd • • 1st R1 • R1 × • × • × • • • • • × × • • • R1 • QF • • • • R1 • Q 10
 Tanzania × • • • • • R1 × • × • • • × • • • • × • • • • • • • R1 • R1 Q Q 5
 Uganda 4th × • R1 • • R1 R1 2nd × × • • • × • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 R2 • • Q Q 9
Southern Africa Members
 Angola Part of Portugal • • × • • • • R1 R1 • • • R1 QF QF R1 R1 • • R1 • QF Q 10
 Botswana Part of the United Kingdom × × × × × × × × • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • Q 2
 Comoros Part of France × × × • • • • • • R2 • Q 2
 Madagascar Part of France × × × • • × × • • • • • × • × × × • • • • • • • • • • QF • • • 1
 Malawi Part of the United Kingdom × • • • • R1 • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • R2 • • 3
 Mauritius • • • R1 • • • • • • × • • • • • • • • • • • • × • • • • • • 1
 Mozambique Part of Portugal × • • R1 • • • • R1 R1 • • • • • R1 • • • • • • R1 Q 6
 Namibia Part of South Africa × × • R1 • • • • R1 • • • • • R1 • R2 • 4
 South Africa •• Banned because of apartheid • 1st 2nd 3rd QF R1 R1 R1 • • QF R1 • QF • 3rd Q 12
 Zambia × × • • 2nd • R1 • 3rd • R1 × 3rd QF 2nd 3rd R1 R1 R1 • R1 R1 QF 1st R1 R1 • • • R1 Q 19
 Zimbabwe • • • • • • • • • • • R1 R1 • • • • • R1 R1 R1 × Q 6

Women's Africa Cup of Nations

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See also: Women's Africa Cup of Nations § Participating nations, and Women's Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics
Women's Africa Cup of Nations record
Team
(Total 26 teams) 		1991

(4) 		1995

(6) 		1998
Nigeria
(7) 		2000
South Africa
(8) 		2002
Nigeria
(8) 		2004
South Africa
(8) 		2006
Nigeria
(8) 		2008
Equatorial Guinea
(8) 		2010
South Africa
(8) 		2012
Equatorial Guinea
(8) 		2014
Namibia
(8) 		2016
Cameroon
(8) 		2018
Ghana
(8) 		2020
[l]
(12) 		2022
Morocco
(12) 		2024
Morocco
(12) 		Apps.
 Algeria • R1 R1 • R1 R1 • R1 • Q 6
 Angola SF R1 • • • • 2
 Botswana × QF Q 2
 Burkina Faso × GS • 1
 Burundi × GS • 1
 Cameroon 2nd × 4th R1 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd QF • 13
 Congo × • • R1 • • • 1
 DR Congo 3rd × • × R1 • • R1 × x Q 4
 Egypt R1 • • × × • • R1 • • 2
 Equatorial Guinea • • R1 1st 2nd 1st • • R1 • • 5
 Ethiopia R1 4th × • R1 • • • • • 3
 Ghana QF SF 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd R1 R1 • R1 3rd R1 • Q 13
 Guinea SF × • • • • • • • • • 1
 Ivory Coast • • • • R1 3rd • • • • 2
 Kenya x x • x x • R1 • x • 1
 Mali R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 • • R1 4th • Q 8
 Morocco R1 R1 • • • • • • • • 2nd Q 4
 Namibia × • • • • R1 • • • • 1
 Nigeria 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 4th Q 15
 Réunion R1 1
 Senegal × • • • • • R1 • • • QF Q 3
 Sierra Leone QF × × • × × • × 1
 South Africa 2nd R1 2nd 4th R1 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 1st Q 14
 Tanzania • • • • R1 • • • • • Q 2
 Tunisia R1 • • • • QF Q 3
 Uganda • R1 • × × • GS • 2
 Zambia × QF • • • • R1 • R1 3rd Q 5
 Zimbabwe × 4th R1 R1 × • • • R1 • • × 4

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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Main article: FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team 1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		2023
Argentina
(24) 		2025
Chile
(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 • • • • 8
 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 • • • • • • • • 3
 Nigeria × • • R1 3rd R1 2nd • • • • QF • • 2nd QF R2 QF R2 R2 • R2 QF 13
 Senegal × × × • × × • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4th R2 QF R1 4
 South Africa × × × × × × × × × • R1 • • • • • R2 • • • R1 R1 • 4
 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 26

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

[edit]
See also: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup § Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team 2002
Canada
(12) 		2004
Thailand
(12) 		2006
Russia
(16) 		2008
Chile
(16) 		2010
Germany
(16) 		2012
Japan
(16) 		2014
Canada
(16) 		2016
Papua New Guinea
(16) 		2018
France
(16) 		2022
Costa Rica
(16)[m] 		2024
Colombia
(24) 		2026
Poland
(24) 		Apps.
 Cameroon × × • • × • × • • • R2 1
 DR Congo × • R1 R1 • • × • × • • 2
 Ghana × × • • R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 7
 Morocco • • • × × • • × • • R1 1
 Nigeria R1 QF QF QF 2nd 4th 2nd R1 QF QF R2 11
Total (5 teams) 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 22

FIFA U-17 World Cup

[edit]
Main article: FIFA U-17 World Cup records and statistics
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team 1985
China
(16) 		1987
Canada
(16) 		1989
Scotland
(16) 		1991
Italy
(16) 		1993
Japan
(16) 		1995
Ecuador
(16) 		1997
Egypt
(16) 		1999
New Zealand
(16) 		2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16) 		2003
Finland
(16) 		2005
Peru
(16) 		2007
South Korea
(24) 		2009
Nigeria
(24) 		2011
Mexico
(24) 		2013
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2015
Chile
(24) 		2017
India
(24) 		2019
Brazil
(24) 		2023
Indonesia
(24)[n] 		2025
Qatar
(48) 		Apps.
 Algeria • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • 1
 Angola × × × × × • • • • • • • • • • • • R2 × 1
 Burkina Faso • • • • • • • R1 3rd • • • R2 R1 • • • • R1 5
 Cameroon • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • • R1 • 2
 Congo R1 • • R1 • • • • • • • • • 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 • • • • 4
 Malawi • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • 1
 Mali • • • • • • QF R1 QF • • • • • • 2nd 4th • 3rd 6
 Morocco • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R2 • • • QF 2
 Niger • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R2 • • 1
 Nigeria 1st 2nd QF • 1st QF • • 2nd R1 • 1st 2nd • 1st 1st • R2 • 12
 Rwanda • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • × 1
 Senegal • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R2 R2 2
 Sierra Leone • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • • • • 1
 South Africa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • 1
 South Sudan × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 0
 Sudan • • • R1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • × 1
 Togo • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • • • • 1
 Tunisia • • • • 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.[25]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

[edit]
See also: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup § Comprehensive team results by tournament
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team 2008
New Zealand
(16) 		2010
Trinidad and Tobago
(16) 		2012
Azerbaijan
(16) 		2014
Costa Rica
(16) 		2016
Jordan
(16) 		2018
Uruguay
(16) 		2022
India
(16)[o] 		2024
Dominican Republic
(16) 		2025
Morocco
(24) 		Apps.
 Cameroon • × • × R1 R1 • • 2
 Gambia × × R1 × × • × × 1
 Ghana R1 R1 3rd QF QF QF • × 6
 Kenya × × • × × × × GS 1
 Nigeria R1 QF QF QF R1 • 3rd QF 7
 South Africa • R1 • • • R1 • • 2
 Morocco × × × × • • R1 • Q 2
 Tanzania × × × × × × QF • 1
 Zambia • × • R1 × • • GS 2
Total (9 teams) 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 28

FIFA Futsal World Cup

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Main article: FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team 1989
Netherlands
(16)		 1992
Hong Kong
(16)		 1996
Spain
(16)		 2000
Guatemala
(16)		 2004
Taiwan
(16)		 2008
Brazil
(20)		 2012
Thailand
(24)		 2016
Colombia
(24)		 2021
Lithuania
(24)		 2024
Uzbekistan
(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

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Main article: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Team 1995
Brazil
(8) 		1996
Brazil
(8) 		1997
Brazil
(8) 		1998
Brazil
(10) 		1999
Brazil
(12) 		2000
Brazil
(12) 		2001
Brazil
(12) 		2002
Brazil
(8) 		2003
Brazil
(8) 		2004
Brazil
(12) 		2005
Brazil
(12) 		2006
Brazil
(12) 		2007
Brazil
(16) 		2008
France
(16) 		2009
United Arab Emirates
(16) 		2011
Italy
(16) 		2013
French Polynesia
(16) 		2015
Portugal
(16) 		2017
The Bahamas
(16) 		2019
Paraguay
(16) 		2021
Russia
(16) 		2024
United Arab Emirates
(16) 		2025
Seychelles
(16) 		Apps.
 Cameroon • • • • • • • • • • × R1
14th		 • R1
16th		 × × × • × • × • 2/22
 Egypt • • • • • • • • • • × • • • • • • • • • • R1
12th		 1/22
 Ivory Coast • • • • • • • • • • × • • • R1
11th		 • R1
16th		 • • • • • 2/22
 Madagascar • • • • • • • • • • × × × × × • • R1
14th		 • • • • 1/22
 Mozambique • • • • • • • • • • × × • • • × × • • • R1
11th		 • 1/22
 Nigeria • • • • • • • • • • × R1
9th		 QF
6th		 • R1
12th		 QF
6th		 • • R1
12th		 R1
16th		 × • 6/22
 Senegal • • • • • • • • • • × × QF
5th		 R1
9th		 • QF
7th		 R1
13th		 R1
13th		 QF
6th		 QF
6th		 4th R1
10th		 9/22
 Seychelles • • • • • • • • • • × × × × × × × • × × • • Q 1/22
 South Africa • • • • R1
12th		 • • • • • R1
12th		 • • • • • × • × • × × 1/22
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

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FIFA Confederations Cup

[edit]
Main article: FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics
FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team 1992
Saudi Arabia
(4) 		1995
Saudi Arabia
(6) 		1997
Saudi Arabia
(8) 		1999
Mexico
(8) 		2001
South Korea
Japan
(8) 		2003
France
(8) 		2005
Germany
(8) 		2009
South Africa
(8) 		2013
Brazil
(8) 		2017
Russia
(8) 		Apps.
 Cameroon • • • • R1 2nd • • • R1 3
 Egypt • • • R1 • • • R1 • • 2
 Ivory Coast 4th • • • • • • • • • 1
 Nigeria • 4th × × • • • • R1 • 2
 South Africa × • R1 • • • • 4th • • 2
 Tunisia • • • • • • R1 • • • 1
Total (6 teams) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 11

CAF Best Footballers of the Century

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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".[26]

CAF Golden Jubilee Best Players poll

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

01. Cameroon Roger Milla
02. Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib
03. Egypt Hossam Hassan
04. Cameroon Samuel Eto'o
05. Ghana Abedi Pele
06. Liberia George Weah
07. Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
08. Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu
09. Algeria Rabah Madjer
10. Zambia Kalusha Bwalya
11. Ghana Michael Essien
12. Nigeria Augustine Okocha
13. Egypt Saleh Selim
14. Algeria Hacène Lalmas
15. South Africa Benni McCarthy
16. Senegal El Hadji Diouf
17. Morocco Noureddine Naybet
18. Nigeria Rashidi Yekini
19. Egypt Hany Ramzy
20. Egypt Hassan Shehata
21. South Africa Lucas Radebe
22. Tunisia Tarak Dhiab
23. Morocco Mohammed Timoumi
24. Ghana Tony Yeboah
25. Mali Salif Keita
26. Ghana Karim Abdul Razak
27. Ghana Samuel Kuffour
28. Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
29. Cameroon Rigobert Song
30. Sudan Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas

CAF resolutions

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International top goalscorers

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As of 19 November 2024

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 68 176 0.39 1985–2006
4 Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast 65 105 0.62 2002–2014
5 Mohamed Salah  Egypt 59 103 0.57 2011–present
6 Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon 56 118 0.47 1997–2014
7 Asamoah Gyan  Ghana 51 109 0.47 2003–2021
8 Abdoulaye Traoré  Ivory Coast 49 88 0.56 1984–1996
9 Sadio Mané  Senegal 46 113 0.41 2012–present
10 Islam Slimani  Algeria 45 101 0.45 2012–present
11 Ali Al-Biski  Libya 44 35 1.26 1961–1970
12 Roger Milla  Cameroon 43 77 0.56 1973–1994
13 Alex Chola  Zambia 43 102 0.42 1975–1985
14 Hassan El-Shazly  Egypt 42 62 0.68 1961–1975
15 Vincent Aboubakar  Cameroon 42 108 0.39 2010–present
16 Fawzi Al-Issawi  Libya 40 90 0.44 1977–1985
17 Akwá  Angola 39 78 0.5 1995–2006
18 Kalusha Bwalya  Zambia 39 87 0.45 1983–2006
19 Mohamed Aboutrika  Egypt 38 100 0.38 2001–2013
20 Rashidi Yekini  Nigeria 37 62 0.6 1984–1998
21 Peter Ndlovu  Zimbabwe 37 81 0.46 1991–2007
22 Abdelhafid Tasfaout  Algeria 36 80 0.45 1990–2002
23 Issam Jemâa  Tunisia 36 84 0.43 2005–2014
24 Ahmed Faras  Morocco 36 94 0.38 1966–1979
25 William Ouma  Kenya 35 66 0.53 1965–1977
26 Moumouni Dagano  Burkina Faso 34 83 0.41 1998–2014
27 Dennis Oliech  Kenya 34 76 0.45 2002–2016
28 Patrick M'Boma  Cameroon 33 55 0.6 1995–2004
29 Ibrahima Kandia Diallo  Guinea 33 56 0.59 1960–1973
30 Getaneh Kebede  Ethiopia 33 66 0.5 2010–present
31 Abedi Pele  Ghana 33 67 0.49 1982–1998
32 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang  Gabon 33 80 0.41 2009–present
33 Ahmed Hassan  Egypt 33 184 0.18 1995–2004
34 Baghdad Bounedjah  Algeria 32 76 0.42 2013–present
35 Emmanuel Adebayor  Togo 32 87 0.37 2000–2019
36 Riyad Mahrez  Algeria 32 98 0.33 2014–present
37 Benni McCarthy  South Africa 31 79 0.39 1997–2011
38 Amr Zaki  Egypt 30 63 0.48 2004–2013
39 Tico-Tico  Mozambique 30 94 0.32 1995–2010

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ French: Confédération Africaine de Football; Arabic: الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم, romanized: al-Ittiḥād al-Ifrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam.
  2. ^ Member of UNAF. Withdrew on 19 November 2009 and rejoined in 2011.
  3. ^ a b Associate member, not part of FIFA. Zanzibar held full membership for four months in 2017, when its status was changed after CAF admitted its membership was an error.[12]
  4. ^ Excluded from CAF and from the 1957 African Cup of Nations due to apartheid.
  5. ^ This tournament was initially formed as a home-and-away qualification tournament for U-21 African nations in 1977. Since 1979, a proper tournament was launched as the African Youth Championship and used these branded titles until 2015: African U-21 Cup of Nations until 1989, African U-21 Championship until 2003 and African U-20 Championship until 2015. The current name was adopted in 2017.
  6. ^ From 1995 to 2015, the tournament was known as the African U-17 Championship. The current name was adopted in 2017.
  7. ^ Algeria gained independence in 1962, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
  8. ^ Angola gained independence in 1975. Thus the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
  9. ^ The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
  10. ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo gained independence in 1960, but they joined with other African nations to boycott the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Thus the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification was their first participation.
  11. ^ Egypt team represented the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1960 finishing the 12th and alone in 1964 finishing the 4th.
  12. ^ The 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
  13. ^ Costa Rica and Panama were originally due to host the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, but the latter withdrew citing the COVID-19 pandemic and left Costa Rica as the sole hosts. FIFA postponed the 2020 edition to the following year, i.e. 2021, pending improvement in pandemic management, but cancelled it altogether on 17 November 2020 due to the escalation of the pandemic caused by the discovery of the COVID-19 Omicron variant a month earlier and automatically awarded them the 2022 edition.
  14. ^ Peru was originally due to host the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup but FIFA cancelled it on 24 December 2020 citing the COVID-19 pandemic and its escalation of the pandemic caused by the discovery of the COVID-19 Omicron variant a month earlier as the reasons and automatically awarded them the 2023 edition. Peru later withrew as hosts on 2 May 2023 due to infrastructural defects and FIFA awarded the hosting eights to Indonesia, whom FIFA earlier stripped the hosting rights for the year's FIFA U-20 World Cup.
  15. ^ India were originally due to host the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, but it was postponed to the following year, i.e. 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic by FIFA, who eventually cancelled it on 17 November 2020 and rather automatically awarded them the 2022 edition.

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