# Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African Football (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 in Khartoum, Sudan by the national football associations of: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Africa. With a membership of 54 Member Associations, the secretariat is based in Egypt.
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.

## Anthem

CAF launched a competition for all African composers to create its anthem without lyrics to reflect the cultural patrimony and the music of Africa on 18 September 2007.

## Leadership

| Name | Position |
| 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:

## Members and zones

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

### Members

| Code | Association | National teams | Founded | FIFA affiliation | CAF affiliation | Regional affiliation | IOC member |
| Union of North African Football (UNAF) (5) ||||||||
| ALG | Algeria | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 2005 | Yes |
| EGY | Egypt | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1921 | 1923 | 1957 | 2005 | Yes |
| LBY | Libya | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1962 | 1964 | 1965 | 2005 | Yes |
| MAR | Morocco | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1955 | 1960 | 1959 | 2005 | Yes |
| TUN | Tunisia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1957 | 1960 | 1960 | 2005 | Yes |
| West African Football Union (WAFU) (16) ||||||||
| BEN | Benin | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1962 | 1962 | 1962 | 1975 | Yes |
| BFA | Burkina Faso | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1960 | 1964 | 1964 | 1975 | Yes |
| CPV | Cape Verde | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1982 | 1986 | 2000 | 1975 | Yes |
| GAM | Gambia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1952 | 1968 | 1966 | 1975 | Yes |
| GHA | Ghana | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1957 | 1958 | 1958 | 1975 | Yes |
| GUI | Guinea | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1960 | 1962 | 1963 | 1975 | Yes |
| GNB | Guinea-Bissau | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1974 | 1986 | 1986 | 1975 | Yes |
| CIV | Ivory Coast | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1960 | 1964 | 1960 | 1975 | Yes |
| LBR | Liberia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1936 | 1964 | 1962 | 1975 | Yes |
| MLI | Mali | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1960 | 1963 | 1963 | 1975 | Yes |
| MTN | Mauritania | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1961 | 1970 | 1968 | 1975 | Yes |
| NIG | Niger | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1962 | 1967 | 1967 | 1975 | Yes |
| NGA | Nigeria | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1945 | 1960 | 1960 | 1975 | Yes |
| SEN | Senegal | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1960 | 1964 | 1964 | 1975 | Yes |
| SLE | Sierra Leone | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1960 | 1960 | 1960 | 1975 | Yes |
| TOG | Togo | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1960 | 1962 | 1964 | 1975 | Yes |
| Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) (8) ||||||||
| CMR | Cameroon | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1959 | 1962 | 1963 | 1978 | Yes |
| CTA | Central African Republic | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1961 | 1964 | 1965 | 1978 | Yes |
| CHA | Chad | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1962 | 1964 | 1964 | 1978 | Yes |
| CGO | Congo | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1962 | 1964 | 1966 | 1978 | Yes |
| COD | DR Congo | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1919 | 1964 | 1964 | 1978 | Yes |
| EQG | Equatorial Guinea | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1957 | 1986 | 1986 | 1978 | Yes |
| GAB | Gabon | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1962 | 1966 | 1967 | 1978 | Yes |
| STP | São Tomé and Príncipe | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1975 | 1986 | 1986 | 1978 | Yes |
| Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) (12) ||||||||
| BDI | Burundi | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1948 | 1972 | 1972 | 1994 | Yes |
| DJI | Djibouti | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1979 | 1994 | 1994 | 1995 | Yes |
| ERI | Eritrea | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1996 | 1998 | 1998 | 1973 | Yes |
| ETH | Ethiopia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1943 | 1952 | 1957 | 1994 | Yes |
| KEN | Kenya | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1960 | 1960 | 1968 | 1973 | Yes |
| RWA | Rwanda | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1972 | 1978 | 1978 | 1994 | Yes |
| SOM | Somalia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1951 | 1962 | 1968 | 1973 | Yes |
| SSD | South Sudan | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | Yes |
| SDN | Sudan | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1936 | 1948 | 1957 | 1975 | Yes |
| TAN | Tanzania | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1930 | 1964 | 1964 | 1973 | Yes |
| UGA | Uganda | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1924 | 1960 | 1960 | 1973 | Yes |
| ZAN | Zanzibar | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1965 | | 1980 | 1973 & 2003 | No |
| Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) (14) ||||||||
| ANG | Angola | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1979 | 1980 | 1980 | 1997 | Yes |
| BOT | Botswana | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1970 | 1978 | 1976 | 1997 | Yes |
| COM | Comoros | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1979 | 2005 | 2005 | 2007 | Yes |
| SWZ | Eswatini | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1968 | 1978 | 1978 | 1997 | Yes |
| LES | Lesotho | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1932 | 1964 | 1964 | 1997 | Yes |
| MAD | Madagascar | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1961 | 1964 | 1963 | 2000 | Yes |
| MWI | Malawi | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1966 | 1968 | 1968 | 1997 | Yes |
| MRI | Mauritius | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1952 | 1964 | 1963 | 2000 | Yes |
| MOZ | Mozambique | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1976 | 1980 | 1980 | 1997 | Yes |
| NAM | Namibia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1990 | 1992 | 1992 | 1997 | Yes |
| SEY | Seychelles | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1979 | 1986 | 1986 | 2000 | Yes |
| RSA | South Africa | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1991 | 1992 | 1992 | 1997 | Yes |
| ZAM | Zambia | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1929 | 1964 | 1964 | 1997 | Yes |
| ZIM | Zimbabwe | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1965 | 1965 | 1980 | 1997 | Yes |
| Non-regional members ||||||||
| REU | Réunion | Men'sU23U20U17U15FBSWomen'sW U23W U20W U17F | 1956 | | 1992 | | No |
Additionally, there are territories located in Africa which are not affiliated with CAF or any other confederation to any extent.
* Mayotte
* Chagos Islands (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.
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

## Competitions
### 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 football club competition currently features the champions of top-division leagues of CAF member associations and the runners-up teams of the league classifications of member associations the top 12 ranked national associations as documented by the CAF 5-year ranking system.
A currently-former competition, the African Cup Winners' Cup, commenced in 1975 for national cup winners of member associations and a third currently-former competition, the CAF Cup, launched in 1992 for African teams who finished below the top 2 positions of the league classifications of member associations and haven't met any criteria for qualification to any CAF competition. CAF decided to merge these two competitions together to form the current second-tier CAF Confederation Cup in 2004, and it currently incorporates the participation of national cup winners from the Cup Winners' Cup, whiles maintaining the format of the participation of teams who finished 3rd in the top-division league classifications of the 12 highest-ranked member associations as documented by the CAF 5-Year Ranking system from the CAF Cup. It is also ranked below the CAF Champions League.
The winners of the CAF Champions League play the winners of the African Cup Winners' Cup until 2004 and the CAF Confederation Cup thereafter in the CAF Super Cup which was launched in 1993.
The Afro-Asian Club Championship was an annual football match jointly 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. It features women's national league and cup winners nvolving the champions of CAF's sub-confederation qualification tournaments for women's club teams.

### Current title holders

| Competition | Year | Champions | Title | Runners-up | Next edition |
| 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 | 2023 | Senegal | 1st | Gambia | 2025 |
| U-17 Cup of Nations | 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 |
| Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations | | | | | 2025 |
| CAF African Schools U15 Girl's | 2024 | South Africa | | Morocco | 2025 |
| Super Cup | 2024 | Zamalek | 5th | Al Ahly | 2025 |
| Champions League | 2023–24 (final) | Al Ahly | 12th | ES Tunis | 2024–25 (final) |
| Confederation Cup | 2023–24 (final) | Zamalek | 2nd | RS Berkane | 2024–25 (final) |
| African Football League | 2023 (final) | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1st | Wydad AC | 2024–25 (final) |
| Club teams (Women) ||||||||
| Women's Champions League | 2024 (final) | TP Mazembe | 1st | AS FAR | 2025 (final) |

### Competition winners

| Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Total |
| Nation | Africa Cup of Nations | CHAN | U-23's | U-20's | U-17's | Futsal | Beach Soccer | African Games | Women's Africa Cup of Nations | African Games | Women's Futsal | Total |
| 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 | - | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | 13 |
| 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.
CAF opened new sponsorship callouts when MTN's contract expired and French telecommunications giant Orange scooped it up in July 2009, signing an 8-year comprehensive long-term undisclosed deal to sponsor CAF competitions with a value of €100 million.
On 21 July 2016, French energy and petroleum giant, Total S.A., replaced Orange as the main sponsor with an 8-year sponsorship package from CAF for a value of €950 million to support its competitions. Total rebranded as TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021.
The current main CAF sponsors are:
* 1xBet
* TikTok
* TotalEnergies
* Orange

## FIFA World Rankings
### Overview

FIFA Men's Rankings (as of 19 December 2024) :
| CAF* | FIFA | +/- | National Team | Points |
| 1 | 14 | | Morocco | 1688.18 |
| 2 | 17 | | Senegal | 1637.25 |
| 3 | 33 | | Egypt | 1513.48 |
| 4 | 37 | | Algeria | 1495.85 |
| 5 | 44 | | Nigeria | 1482.23 |
| 6 | 46 | | Ivory Coast | 1478.47 |
| 7 | 49 | | Cameroon | 1471.49 |
| 8 | 51 | | Mali | 1466.1 |
| 9 | 52 | | Tunisia | 1464.42 |
| 10 | 57 | | South Africa | 1428.87 |
| 11 | 61 | | DR Congo | 1395.77 |
| 12 | 66 | | Burkina Faso | 1373.76 |
| 13 | 72 | | Cape Verde | 1328.51 |
| 14 | 77 | | Ghana | 1320.52 |
| 15 | 78 | | Guinea | 1311.88 |
| 16 | 84 | | Gabon | 1297.87 |
| 17 | 85 | | Angola | 1296.48 |
| 18 | 87 | | Zambia | 1279.24 |
| 19 | 88 | | Uganda | 1270.42 |
| 20 | 93 | | Equatorial Guinea | 1256.2 |
| 21 | 94 | | Benin | 1250.99 |
| 22 | 96 | | Mozambique | 1232.7 |
| 23 | 103 | | Comoros | 1208.99 |
| 24 | 106 | | Tanzania | 1199.33 |
| 25 | 108 | | Kenya | 1189.65 |
| 26 | 109 | | Mauritania | 1183.16 |
| 27 | 111 | | Namibia | 1179.26 |
| 28 | 113 | | Sudan | 1165.41 |
| 29 | 116 | 1 | Madagascar | 1162.02 |
| 30 | 118 | | Libya | 1158.03 |
| 31 | 119 | | Togo | 1152.18 |
| 32 | 120 | | Guinea-Bissau | 1151.72 |
| 33 | 121 | | Zimbabwe | 1151.06 |
| 34 | 122 | | Niger | 1145.96 |
| 35 | 124 | 2 | Rwanda | 1136.06 |
| 36 | 125 | 1 | Gambia | 1134.69 |
| 37 | 128 | | Congo | 1132.65 |
| 38 | 129 | | Sierra Leone | 1132.06 |
| 39 | 131 | | Malawi | 1129.31 |
| 40 | 135 | | Central African Republic | 1102.23 |
| 41 | 136 | | Botswana | 1098.85 |
| 42 | 139 | | Burundi | 1087.26 |
| 43 | 145 | | Liberia | 1063.04 |
| 44 | 146 | | Ethiopia | 1059.94 |
| 45 | 149 | 1 | Lesotho | 1046.76 |
| 46 | 159 | | Eswatini | 1015.25 |
| 47 | 170 | | South Sudan | 973.55 |
| 48 | 176 | | Chad | 935.41 |
| 49 | 179 | | Mauritius | 923.46 |
| 50 | 189 | | São Tomé and Príncipe | 878.09 |
| 51 | 191 | | Djibouti | 877.37 |
| 52 | 201 | | Seychelles | 831.19 |
| 53 | 202 | | Somalia | 829.81 |
| *Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points |||||
FIFA Women's Rankings (as of 13 December 2024) :
| CAF* | FIFA | +/- | National Team | Points |
| 1 | 36 | | Nigeria | 1622.49 |
| 2 | 53 | 3 | South Africa | 1490.06 |
| 3 | 61 | 2 | Morocco | 1426.02 |
| 4 | 62 | | Zambia | 1412.37 |
| 5 | 66 | | Ghana | 1394.15 |
| 6 | 68 | 1 | Cameroon | 1388.9 |
| 7 | 71 | | Ivory Coast | 1355.45 |
| 8 | 78 | | Tunisia | 1280.87 |
| 9 | 81 | | Mali | 1272.17 |
| 10 | 82 | | Equatorial Guinea | 1272.15 |
| 11 | 83 | | Senegal | 1266.07 |
| 12 | 84 | | Algeria | 1264.16 |
| 13 | 92 | 1 | Egypt | 1217.29 |
| 14 | 109 | 7 | DR Congo | 1180.09 |
| 15 | 112 | | Congo | 1161.03 |
| 16 | 120 | | Togo | 1130.06 |
| 17 | 122 | 3 | Namibia | 1111.61 |
| 18 | 124 | 1 | Ethiopia | 1109.59 |
| 19 | 126 | 1 | Gambia | 1102.66 |
| 20 | 127 | 3 | Zimbabwe | 1100.35 |
| 21 | 129 | 1 | Cape Verde | 1099.55 |
| 22 | 137 | 1 | Burkina Faso | 1085.78 |
| 23 | 141 | | Sierra Leone | 1059.98 |
| 24 | 142 | | Guinea | 1057.39 |
| 25 | 143 | | Gabon | 1045.97 |
| 26 | 144 | | Central African Republic | 1045.87 |
| 27 | 145 | | Tanzania | 1045.79 |
| 28 | 148 | 2 | Uganda | 1028.58 |
| 29 | 149 | 2 | Kenya | 1020.22 |
| 30 | 151 | 3 | Angola | 1009.59 |
| 31 | 152 | | Benin | 1003.88 |
| 32 | 153 | | Botswana | 996.55 |
| 33 | 156 | | Malawi | 974.07 |
| 34 | 165 | | Liberia | 882.37 |
| 35 | 167 | 1 | Niger | 876.5 |
| 36 | 168 | 1 | Rwanda | 874.81 |
| 37 | 169 | 2 | Mozambique | 873.64 |
| 38 | 174 | 4 | Seychelles | 854.59 |
| 39 | 176 | | Lesotho | 839.77 |
| 40 | 177 | | Guinea-Bissau | 838.58 |
| 41 | 178 | | Burundi | 829.84 |
| 42 | 182 | | Eswatini | 799.04 |
| 43 | 188 | | Comoros | 728.71 |
| 44 | 190 | | Madagascar | 694.47 |
| 45 | 193 | 1 | South Sudan | 650.32 |
| 46 | 195 | 1 | Mauritius | 391.92 |
| *Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points |||||

### Historical leaders
#### Women
## Other rankings
### CAF overall ranking of African clubs by titles

The following clubs are the top 10 clubs in CAF competitions.
| Pos | Club | Titles | Trophies won |
| 1 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 | 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 |
| 9 | Enyimba F.C. | 4 | 2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Super Cup |
| 9 | ES Sétif | 4 | 2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship |
| 9 | CS Sfaxien | 4 | 3 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup |

### 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 | 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

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.
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:
| 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

| CAF | FIFA | Country | Points | +/- |

### Beach soccer national teams

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
### 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

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. |
| Algeria | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | × | • | • | • | R1 13th | R1 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | R1 28th | R2 14th | • | • | | | | 4/14 |
| Angola | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | × | • | • | • | • | • | R1 23rd | • | • | • | • | | | | 1/9 |
| Cameroon | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | × | × | • | • | • | R1 17th | • | QF 7th | R1 22nd | R1 25th | R1 20th | • | R1 31st | R1 32nd | • | R1 19th | | | | 8/14 |
| DR Congo | Part of Belgium | Part of Belgium | Part of Belgium | Part of Belgium | Part of Belgium | Part of Belgium | | × | × | R1 16th | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | | | 1/12 |
| Egypt | × | R1 13th | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | R1 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 31st | • | | | | 3/15 |
| Ghana | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | × | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | R2 13th | QF 7th | R1 25th | • | R1 24th | | | | 4/14 |
| Ivory Coast | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | R1 19th | R1 17th | R1 21st | • | • | | | | 3/11 |
| Morocco | Part of France/Spain | Part of France/Spain | Part of France/Spain | Part of France/Spain | Part of France/Spain | | • | × | R1 14th | • | • | • | R2 11th | • | R1 23rd | R1 18th | • | • | • | • | R1 27th | 4th | | Q | | 6/15 |
| Nigeria | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | R2 9th | R2 12th | R1 27th | • | R1 27th | R2 16th | R1 21st | • | | | | 6/15 |
| Senegal | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | 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 | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | R1 30th | • | • | • | • | | | | 1/11 |
| Tunisia | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | 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

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) | 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
#### Men's tournament

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record :
| Team | 1900 (3) | 1904 (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. |
| Algeria | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | – | – | – | | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | – | 2 |
| Cameroon | | | | | | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Egypt | | | | | – | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | – | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | | 8 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| Ivory Coast | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | – | – | – | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | | 7 | – | 2 |
| Gabon | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | | | – | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Ghana | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | – | | – | 7 | 12 | 16 | | | – | – | 3 | 8 | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Guinea | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | | | 11 | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 2 |
| Mali | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | – | – | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 2 |
| Morocco | | | | | Part of France/Spain | Part of France/Spain | Part of France/Spain | Part of France/Spain | Part of France/Spain | Part of France/Spain | Part of France/Spain | | – | 13 | – | 8 | – | | 12 | – | 15 | – | 16 | =10 | – | 11 | – | – | 3 | 8 |
| Nigeria | | | | | | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | | 13 | – | 15 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | 7 |
| Senegal | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | 1 |
| South Africa | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 13 | 16 | – | 3 |
| Sudan | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | – | | – | 15 | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Tunisia | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | | 15 | – | – | – | – | | – | 13 | – | 14 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Zambia | | | | | | | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | | RHO | – | – | – | | 15 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Total (15 teams) | | 0 | 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. |
| 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

| Team | 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 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Algeria | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 1st | GS | •• | QF | GS | QF | GS | QF | • | • | 4th | • | GS | QF | GS | 1st | GS | GS | Q | | 21 |
| Egypt | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | × | × | 3rd | • | 3rd | 4th | • | 4th | × | 4th | 1st | GS | GS | GS | QF | QF | 1st | QF | QF | GS | 1st | 1st | 1st | • | • | • | 2nd | R16 | 2nd | R16 | Q | | 27 |
| Libya | | | | | | • | × | • | × | × | × | × | 2nd | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 3 |
| Morocco | • | • | × | • | × | × | • | GS | × | 1st | GS | 3rd | • | • | 4th | 4th | • | GS | • | • | QF | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | •• | QF | R16 | QF | R16 | Q | | 20 |
| Tunisia | Prot. of France | Prot. of France | 3rd | GS | 2nd | • | × | × | × | • | 4th | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 2nd | QF | 4th | GS | 1st | QF | QF | GS | QF | GS | QF | QF | 4th | QF | GS | Q | | 22 |
| West Africa Members ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benin | Part of France | Part of France | | | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | Q | | 5 |
| Burkina Faso | Part of France | Part of France | | | × | • | × | × | • | × | GS | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | × | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | • | • | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | 3rd | • | 4th | R16 | Q | | 14 |
| Cape Verde | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | | | | | | | | | | • | × | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | GS | • | • | R16 | QF | • | | 4 |
| Gambia | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | QF | GS | • | | 2 |
| Ghana | UK | | • | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | • | • | • | 1st | GS | 1st | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | QF | 4th | GS | QF | QF | • | GS | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | R16 | GS | GS | • | | 24 |
| Guinea | FRA | | | •• | • | • | GS | • | GS | 2nd | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | × | QF | QF | QF | • | GS | • | QF | • | R16 | R16 | QF | • | | 14 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | | | | | | | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | Part of France | Part of France | | | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | • | GS | • | •• | GS | × | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | 1st | 3rd | GS | QF | GS | GS | • | 2nd | 4th | QF | 2nd | QF | 1st | GS | QF | R16 | 1st | Q | | 26 |
| Liberia | | | | × | × | • | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 2 |
| Mali | Part of France | Part of France | | | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | 4th | 4th | • | GS | GS | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | R16 | R16 | QF | Q | | 14 |
| Mauritania | Part of France | Part of France | | | | | | | | × | × | • | • | × | • | × | × | • | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | • | • | GS | GS | R16 | • | | 3 |
| Niger | Part of France | Part of France | | | | × | • | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 2 |
| Nigeria | | | × | GS | × | • | × | • | • | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | GS | 2nd | • | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | •• | × | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | QF | 3rd | • | 1st | • | • | 3rd | R16 | 2nd | Q | | 21 |
| Senegal | Part of France | Part of France | | | 4th | GS | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | GS | • | 4th | QF | QF | • | • | QF | 2nd | QF | 4th | GS | • | GS | • | GS | QF | 2nd | 1st | R16 | Q | | 18 |
| Sierra Leone | Part of the UK | Part of the UK | | | | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | × | • | × | • | GS | GS | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | GS | • | • | | 3 |
| Togo | Part of France | Part of France | | | × | • | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | × | • | × | • | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | •• | • | QF | • | GS | • | • | • | • | | 8 |
| Central Africa Members ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | Part of France | Part of France | | | × | • | GS | 3rd | • | • | • | • | GS | 1st | 2nd | 1st | GS | 4th | • | GS | QF | 1st | 1st | QF | QF | 2nd | QF | • | • | GS | 1st | R16 | 3rd | R16 | Q | | 22 |
| Congo | Part of France | Part of France | | | | GS | × | 1st | 4th | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | × | QF | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | | 7 |
| DR Congo | Part of Belgium | Part of Belgium | | | GS | 1st | GS | 4th | 1st | GS | × | • | • | × | • | GS | • | QF | QF | QF | 3rd | GS | QF | GS | QF | • | • | • | GS | 3rd | QF | R16 | • | 4th | Q | | 21 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Part of Spain | Part of Spain | Part of Spain | Part of Spain | Part of Spain | Part of Spain | | | | | | | | | | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | 4th | • | • | QF | R16 | Q | | 5 |
| Gabon | Part of France | Part of France | | | | | × | • | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | QF | • | GS | • | • | • | • | GS | QF | • | GS | GS | • | R16 | • | Q | | 9 |
| East Africa Members ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | Part of Belgium | Part of Belgium | Part of Belgium | | | | | | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 4th | GS | 4th | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | • | | 11 |
| Kenya | | | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | GS | GS | GS | • | × | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | × | • | Q | 7 |
| Rwanda | Part of Belgium | Part of Belgium | Part of Belgium | | | | | | | | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | | 1 |
| Sudan | 3rd | 2nd | • | 2nd | • | • | 1st | GS | • | GS | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | QF | • | • | • | • | GS | • | Q | | 10 |
| Tanzania | | | | | | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | × | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | Q | Q | 5 |
| Uganda | | | 4th | × | • | GS | • | • | GS | GS | 2nd | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | R16 | • | • | Q | Q | 9 |
| Southern Africa Members ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angola | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | | | | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | GS | QF | QF | GS | GS | • | • | GS | • | QF | Q | | 10 |
| Botswana | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | | | | | | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | | 2 |
| Comoros | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | Part of France | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | R16 | • | Q | | 2 |
| Madagascar | Part of France | Part of France | | | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | • | | 1 |
| Malawi | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | Part of the United Kingdom | | | | | × | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | R16 | • | • | | 3 |
| Mauritius | | | | | | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 1 |
| Mozambique | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | Part of Portugal | | | × | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | Q | | 6 |
| Namibia | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | Part of South Africa | × | × | • | GS | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | R16 | • | | 4 |
| South Africa | •• | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | Banned because of apartheid | • | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | QF | GS | GS | GS | • | • | QF | GS | • | QF | • | 3rd | Q | | 12 |
| Zambia | | | | | × | × | • | • | 2nd | • | GS | • | 3rd | • | GS | × | 3rd | QF | 2nd | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | QF | 1st | GS | GS | • | • | • | GS | Q | | 19 |
| Zimbabwe | | | | | | | | | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | × | Q | | 6 |
| Team | 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. |

### Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Women's Africa Cup of Nations record :
| 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) | 2022 (12) | 2024 (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

FIFA U-20 World Cup record :
| 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. |
| 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

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. |
| 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

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) | 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.

### 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. |
| 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

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. |
| Algeria | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | 1 |
| Angola | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | R1 | R1 | 2 |
| Egypt | × | × | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | R2 | QF | R1 | • | 7 |
| Libya | × | × | × | • | × | R1 | R1 | • | • | R1 | 3 |
| Morocco | × | × | × | • | • | • | R1 | R1 | QF | QF | 4 |
| Mozambique | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | 1 |
| Nigeria | × | R1 | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | R1 | × | • | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | 1 |
| Total (8 teams) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 |

### FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record :
| Team | 1995 (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. |
| 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
#### FIFA Confederations Cup

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. |
| 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

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".

## CAF Golden Jubilee Best Players poll

In 2007, CAF published the list of top 30 African players who played in the period from 1957 to 2007, as part of the celebration of the golden jubilee or 50th anniversary of the foundation of CAF, ordered according to an online poll.
    01. Roger Milla
    02. Mahmoud El Khatib
    03. Hossam Hassan
    04. Samuel Eto'o
    05. Abedi Pele
    06. George Weah
    07. Didier Drogba
    08. Nwankwo Kanu
    09. 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

## International top goalscorers

    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 |