# West African Football Union

The West African Football Union (French: Union des Fédérations Ouest-Africaines de Football; Portuguese: União das Federações Oeste Africanas), officially abbreviated as WAFU-UFOA and WAFU, is a sports governing body representing the football associations in West Africa that was founded in 1975 and is a subregional body of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
It mainly organizes qualifying tournaments/championships for the CAF Women's Champions League and CAF's national team competitions except the Africa Cup of Nations, but also organizes its own competitions, like the currently-inactive WAFU Nations Cup.

## Presidents

* K. Tandoh (1975–1977)
* Seyi Memene (1977–1984)
* Abdoulaye Fofana (1984–1988)
* Jonathan Boytie Ogufere (1988–1994)
* Dieng Ousseynou (1994–1999)
* Abdulmumini Aminu (1999–2002)
* El Hadji Malick Sy (2002–2004)
* Jacques Anouma (2004–2008)
* Amos Adamu (2008–2010)
* Kwesi Nyantakyi (2011–2018)
* Kurt Okraku (2019–present)

## Member associations

WAFU consists of all football associations of West Africa, but got split into two zones by CAF, who cited "organisational issues facing WAFU."
* Zone A (Niger)
* Zone B (Volta Niger)
Mauritania is the only WAFU member to also be a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).
| Country | Zone | Governing body |
| Cape Verde | Zone A | Cape Verdean Football Federation |
| Gambia | Zone A | Gambia Football Association |
| Guinea | Zone A | Guinean Football Federation |
| Guinea-Bissau | Zone A | Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau |
| Liberia | Zone A | Liberia Football Association |
| Mali | Zone A | Malian Football Federation |
| Mauritania | Zone A | Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
| Senegal | Zone A | Senegalese Football Federation |
| Sierra Leone | Zone A | Sierra Leone Football Association |
| Benin | Zone B | Benin Football Federation |
| Burkina Faso | Zone B | Burkinabé Football Federation |
| Ghana | Zone B | Ghana Football Association |
| Ivory Coast | Zone B | Ivorian Football Federation |
| Niger | Zone B | Nigerien Football Federation |
| Nigeria | Zone B | Nigeria Football Federation |
| Togo | Zone B | Togolese Football Federation |

## Competitions

WAFU runs main and qualifying competitions covering men, women and youth.

### Current title holders

| Competition | Year | Champions | Rank/Score | Runners-up | Next edition | Dates |
| National teams (men) |||||||||
| WAFU Nations Cup | 2019 | Senegal | 1st | Ghana | TBD | TBD |
| WAFU Zone A Nations Cup | | | | | TBD | TBD |
| Zone A U-20 Championship | 2024 | Senegal | 3st | Sierra Leone | TBD | TBD |
| Zone B U-20 Championship | 2024 | Nigeria | 1st | Ghana | | |
| Zone A U-17 Championship | 2025 | Senegal | | Mali | TBD | TBD |
| Zone B U-17 Championship | 2025 | Burkina Faso | 3–1 | Ivory Coast | | |
| Zone A U-15 Championship | 2022 | Senegal | 3–0 | Liberia | TBD | TBD |
| Zone A Schools Championship | 2022 | CS Ben Sekou Sylla | 1st | New Yundum | TBD | TBD |
| Zone B Schools Championship | 2022 | CEG Sainte Rita | 1st | CS Venus Saioua | TBD | TBD |
| WAFU Zone A Beach Soccer | | | | | TBD | TBD |
| National teams (women) |||||||||
| Zone A Women's Cup | 2023 | Senegal | 2nd | Cape Verde | TBD | TBD |
| Zone B Women's Cup | 2019 | Nigeria | 1st | Ivory Coast | TBD | TBD |
| WAFU Zone A U20 Women's Cup | 2024 | Senegal | | Guinea-Bissau | TBD | TBD |
| WAFU Zone A U17 Women's Cup | | | | | TBD | TBD |
| WAFU Zone B U20 Women's Cup | 2023 | Ghana | 1st | Nigeria | TBD | TBD |
| WAFU Zone B U17 Women's Cup | 2024 | Ghana | | Nigeria | TBD | TBD |
| Zone A Girls Schools Championship | 2022 | Scan Aid | 1st | Ecole Congresso De Cassaca | TBD | TBD |
| Zone B Girls Schools Championship | 2022 | CEG Colby | 1st | Ecole Chanvigny B | TBD | TBD |
| Clubs (women) |||||||||
| CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers (Zone A) | 2024 | Aigles de la Médina | | Mogbwemo Queens | 2025 | TBD |
| CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers (Zone B) | 2024 | Edo Queens | | Ainonvi FC | 2025 | TBD |

### Defunct competitions

| Competition | Duration |
| CEDEAO Cup | 1977–1991 |
| West African Club Championship | 1977–2011 |
| Amílcar Cabral Cup | 1979–2007 |
| West African Nations Cup | 1982–1987 |
| UEMOA Tournament | 2007–2016 |
| WAFU U20 Women's Cup | Proposed for 2022 but never happened |

## FIFA World Rankings
### Men's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
| WAFU | Zone | FIFA | Country | Points | +/− |
| 1 | A | 17 | Senegal | 1624.73 | |
| 2 | B | 30 | Nigeria | 1520.27 | |
| 3 | A | 38 | Ivory Coast | 1498.8 | 1 |
| 4 | B | 44 | Mali | 1477.9 | 1 |
| 5 | B | 62 | Burkina Faso | 1390.38 | |
| 6 | B | 65 | Cape Verde | 1425.64 | 1 |
| 6 | B | 68 | Ghana | 1358.77 | 1 |
| 7 | A | 76 | Guinea | 1324.65 | 1 |
| 8 | A | 97 | Benin | 1225.68 | |
| 9 | B | 105 | Mauritania | 1195.5 | |
| 10 | A | 113 | Togo | 1170.34 | 6 |
| 11 | B | 113 | Guinea-Bissau | 1163.44 | 1 |
| 12 | A | 126 | Sierra Leone | 1137.36 | 2 |
| 13 | B | 129 | Niger | 1125.5 | 1 |
| 14 | A | 130 | Gambia | 1114.8 | 1 |
| 16 | A | 152 | Liberia | 1029.58 | |
Last updated 4 April 2024
Top-ranked men's national football teams