The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administrative and controlling body for
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
,
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...
and
beach soccer in
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in
Khartoum
Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...
,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
by the national football associations of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
,
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...
and
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
, following formal discussions between the aforementioned associations at the
FIFA Congress held on 7 June 1956 at Avenida Hotel in
Lisbon
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,
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of th ...
.
One of the six continental confederations of world football governing body,
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
, CAF represents the national football associations of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
, runs national team and club continental competitions and controls the prize money, regulations and broadcast rights to such competitions. CAF will be allocated 9 spots in the
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has ...
starting from
2026 and could have an opportunity of 10 spots with the addition of an intercontinental play-off tournament involving six teams to decide the last two FIFA World Cup places (46+2).
The headquarters of CAF was situated in Khartoum for within the first months of formation until a fire outbreak in the offices of the Sudanese Football Association when the organization was moved near
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metr ...
, Egypt. Youssef Mohamad was the first general secretary and
Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem,
the first president
''The First President'' () is a 2011 Chinese biographical film directed by Wang Caitao, produced by Han Sanping, and starring Qiu Xinzhi, Nie Mei, Liu Jing, Han Geng, Tian Liang, Johnny Zhang, Xiong Naijin and He Jie. The film is about the li ...
. Since 2002, the administrative center is situated in
6th of October City in Cairo, Egypt. CAF currently has 54 member associations which are full members, while
Zanzibar and
Réunion are associate members (see the CAF Members and Zones section below). The
current president is
Patrice Motsepe from South Africa, who was elected on 12 March 2021 in an unopposed elections held in
Rabat,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...
.
History
The CAF Anthem
On 18 September 2017, CAF launched a competition for all African composers to create its
anthem without lyrics to reflect the cultural patrimony and the
music of Africa
Given the vastness of the African continent, its music is diverse, with regions and nations having many distinct musical traditions. African music includes the genres amapiano, Jùjú, Fuji, Afrobeat, Highlife, Makossa, Kizomba, and othe ...
. The chosen anthem, whose composer are to this day unknown and is 74 seconds in length, was first published to the site on 16 January 2008 and it is the entry song for every official CAF competition match. It is also used for every official competition match of the sub-confederations of CAF including WAFU, COSAFA and CECAFA.
Current Leadership
Sources:
*
Frederick Acheampong, General Coordinator
CAF members and zones
Members
Competitions
CAF competitions
National teams:
;Men
*
Africa Cup of Nations
*
African Nations Championship
*
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
The Total Africa U-23 Cup of Nations (known as the CAF U-23 Championship until 2015) is the main international football competition for CAF nations, played by under 23 years old players. It is held every four years with the top three teams qualif ...
*
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
The U-20 Africa Cup of Nations also called TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsoring reason (previously known as the African Youth Championship or the African U-20 Championship) is the main international youth football competition f ...
*
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
*
African Schools Championship
African or Africans may refer to:
* Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa:
** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa
*** Ethn ...
*
Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
*
African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament
African or Africans may refer to:
* Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa:
** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa
*** Ethn ...
*
Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
;Women
*
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
*
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
*
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women
*
African Schools Championship for Girls
African or Africans may refer to:
* Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa:
** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa
*** Ethn ...
Clubs:
*
Africa Super League
The Africa Super League will be an annual continental club football competition run by the CAF that is set to kickoff in August 2023. It was announced on 28 November 2019 by Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA. It was launched on 10 August 2022 in ...
*
CAF Champions League
*
CAF Confederation Cup
*
CAF Super Cup
*
CAF Women's Champions League
The CAF Women's Champions League (french: Ligue des Champions Féminine de la CAF; ar, دوري أبطال إفريقيا للسيدات), sometimes abbreviated as ''CAF WCL'', is an annual international women's association football club compet ...
;''Defunct''
*''
African Cup Winners' Cup''
*''
CAF Cup
The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs.
History
The tour ...
''
Inter Continental:
;''Defunct''
*''
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations''
*''
Afro-Asian Club Championship''
*''
UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup''
Regional:
*
CECAFA Cup
*
WAFU Nations Cup
*
Amilcar Cabral Cup
The Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1940.
History
Foundation and location
Amilcar was founded in July 1921 by Joseph Lamy and Emile Akar. The name "Amilcar" was an imperfect anagram of the partners' names. The b ...
*
COSAFA Cup
*
CEMAC Cup
*
UNIFFAC Cup
The U-17 UNIFFAC Cup is an association football competition contested by the under-17 national teams of Football Associations, associated with the Central African Football Federations' Union
The Central African Football Federations' Union (frenc ...
(U-17)
*
UNAF U-23 Tournament
The UNAF U-23 Tournament ( ar, دورة اتحاد شمال أفريقيا تحت 23 سنة) is a football (soccer) tournament held between nations who are members of the UNAF association; however, some other teams which are not members are invi ...
International
For men's national teams, the main competition is the
Africa Cup of Nations, which began in 1957. In 2009, the CAF began organizing another competition for men's national teams, the
African Nations Championship, this time featuring players playing in their respective national leagues. CAF also runs national competitions at
Under-20 and
Under-17 levels, which also serve as qualification tournaments for the
FIFA U-20 World Cup and the
FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédératio ...
respectively.
For women's national teams, CAF operates competitions serving as qualification tournaments for the related FIFA-organized tournaments which launched at the exact same year they began formation. As of 2022, the
Women's Africa Cup of Nations, launched in 1991 for senior national teams, qualifies 4 teams to the
FIFA Women's World Cup and crowns a champion. Both the
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification tournament, launched in 2002 and the
African U-17 Cup of Nations for Women, launched in 2008, each crowns no champion 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
CAF also runs the two main club competitions in Africa: the
CAF Champions League, first held in 1964 as the ''African Cup of Champions Clubs'' (or just African Cup) and rebranded in 1997 for the champions of African leagues and the runners-up league-finished teams of the top 12 ranked national associations; and the
CAF Confederation Cup, launched in 2004 as a merger of the
African Cup Winners' Cup, which begun in 1975, and a third competition, the
CAF Cup
The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs.
History
The tour ...
, which started in 1992, for national cup winners and the 3rd-placed league-finished teams of the top 12 ranked national associations.
The
CAF Super Cup, which pits the winners of the CAF Champions League against the winners of the CAF Confederation Cup (previously the winners of the African Cup Winners' Cup), was launched in 1993.
The
Afro-Asian Club Championship was jointly organized with
AFC
AFC may stand for:
Organizations
* Action for Children, a UK children's charity
* AFC Enterprises, the franchisor of Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits
* Africa Finance Corporation, a pan-African multilateral development finance institution
* A ...
between the winners of the
CAF Champions League and the winners of the
AFC Champions League. The last
Afro-Asian Club Championship took place in 1998.
The
CAF Women's Champions League
The CAF Women's Champions League (french: Ligue des Champions Féminine de la CAF; ar, دوري أبطال إفريقيا للسيدات), sometimes abbreviated as ''CAF WCL'', is an annual international women's association football club compet ...
was founded on 12 September 2020, involving the champions of CAF's sub-confederation qualification tournaments for women's club teams.
Current title holders
Competition Winners
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 in 2021, although its sponsorship with CAF continued under the new name.
The current main CAF sponsors are:
*
1xBet
Corp N.V. (also known as "1xBet") is an online gambling company licensed by Curaçao eGaming License. It was founded in 2007 and registered in Cyprus. In 2019, they experienced considerable growth, briefly sponsoring Chelsea FC and Liverpool ...
*
TikTok
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TikTok is an international version o ...
*
TotalEnergies
*
Orange
FIFA World Rankings
Overview
Historical leaders
;Men's
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;Women's
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Team of the Year
Other rankings
CAF overall ranking of African clubs by titles
The following clubs are the top 10 clubs in CAF competitions.
''Update as of 3 August 2022 in chronological order.''
By country
The following table lists all the countries whose clubs have won at least one CAF competition. Egyptian clubs are the most successful, with a total of 41 titles. Egyptian clubs hold a record number of wins in
the African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League (16), 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
The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs.
History
The tour ...
(4). In third place overall, Moroccan clubs have secured 23 titles and they have the most victories in the
CAF Confederation Cup (7).
;Key:
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
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
or CAF since the establishment of the first
African Cup of Champions Clubs
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and cont ...
in 1964.
Men's Futsal
Per 5 April 2022:
a number between brackets is the rank of the previous week.
(*)= Provisional ranking (played at least 10 matches)
(**)= Inactive for more than 24 months
Women's Futsal
Beach soccer national teams
Rankings are calculated by
Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Top ten
last updated 12 March 2018
Major tournament records
;''Legend''
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
* – Fourth place
*QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
*R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–present: 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
;''Firsts''
*1934: first African team to qualify for the World Cup
*1970: first African team to draw a match in the World Cup
*1978: first African team to win a match in the World Cup
*1982: first African team to win two matches in the World Cup
*1986: first African team to qualify for two consecutive World Cups
*1986: first African team to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen)
*1990: first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals)
*1994 and 1998: first African team to top a group stage and reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) in two consecutive World Cups
*2002: first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals) further on the World Cup debut
*2010: first African team to host the World Cup
*2014: & first African teams to reach the knockout stage (round of sixteen) simultaneously in the World Cup
*2022: first African team to reach the knockout stage (semi-finals), taking the fourth place
FIFA Women's World Cup
Teams are sorted by number of appearances.
Olympic Games For Men
Olympic Games For Women
Africa Cup of Nations
Women's Africa Cup of Nations
FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup
*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 Futsal World Cup
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Former tournaments
FIFA Confederations Cup
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 Best Player of the Century
CAF Best Goalkeeper of the Century
CAF Best Women's Footballer of the Century
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.
:1.
Roger Milla
:2.
Mahmoud El Khatib
Mahmoud Ibrahim Ibrahim El Khatib ( ar, محمود إبراهيم إبراهيم الخطيب; born 30 October 1954), popularly nicknamed Bibo ( ar, بيبو), is an Egyptian retired footballer and current President of Al Ahly. He is widely rega ...
:3.
Hossam Hassan
:4.
Samuel Eto'o
:5.
Abedi Pele
:6.
George Weah
:7.
Didier Drogba
:8.
Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Kanu (born 1 August 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Nigeria national team, and played for Nigerian team Iwuanyanwu Nationale, Dutch side Ajax, Inter Milan of Italy, ...
:9.
Rabah Madjer
:10.
Kalusha Bwalya
:11.
Michael Essien
:12.
Augustine Okocha
Augustine Azuka Okocha ( ; born 14 August 1973), commonly known as Jay-Jay Okocha, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He played 73 times for the Nigeria national team between 1993 and 2006, scorin ...
:13.
Saleh Selim
:14.
Hacène Lalmas
Hacène Lalmas (12 March 1943 – 7 July 2018), also known as El Kebch (The Ram), was an Algerian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Lalmas scored a record 131 goals in the Algerian championship. He was also voted as the 14th-best African ...
:15.
Benni McCarthy
:16.
El Hadji Diouf
:17.
Noureddine Naybet
:18.
Rashidi Yekini
Rashidi Yekini (23 October 1963 – 4 May 2012) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is all-time top goalscorer for his nation.
His professional career, which spanned more than two decades, was mainly associated wi ...
:19.
Hany Ramzy
Hany Guda Ramzy ( ar, هانى جودة رمزى ) (born 10 March 1969) is an Egyptian football coach and former defender.
Early life
Ramzy was born in Abdeen region of Cairo to Coptic Orthodox parents. He has one sister, Miriam.
Ramzy be ...
:20.
Hassan Shehata
:21.
Lucas Radebe
Lucas Valeriu Ntuba Radebe OIS (born 12 April 1969) is a South African former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
He began playing in South Africa with Kaizer Chiefs, before transferring to Leeds United, where he played 256 m ...
:22.
Tarak Dhiab
:23.
Mohammed Timoumi
:24.
Anthony Yeboah
Anthony Yeboah (born 6 June 1966) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He is considered one of the most prominent and prolific goal scorers in Ghanaian and African football history and gained a reputation for sc ...
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Salif Keita
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Karim Abdul Razak
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Samuel Kuffour
Samuel Osei "Sammy" Kuffour (born 3 September 1976) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Known for his physical power, Kuffour is best remembered for his time with Bayern Munich, whom he represented for ov ...
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Lakhdar Belloumi
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Rigobert Song
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Nasr Eddin "Jaksa" Abbas
CAF resolutions
Awards:
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CAF Awards
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African Footballer of the Year
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CAF Clubs of the 20th Century
Qualifications:
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CAF 5-Year Ranking
International top goalscorers
This table is for players with 30 or more goals for a CAF national team. Players in bold are still active at international level.
See also
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African nations at the FIFA World Cup
Association football is the most popular sport in nearly every African country, and thirteen members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have competed at the sport's biggest event – the men's FIFA World Cup. The highest ranked resu ...
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Football in Africa
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History of CAF
From a humble beginning in 1957, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has grown into a notable organisation with the membership of 54 football association. The confederation of African Football is also responsible for the organization of t ...
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Oceania association football club records and statistics This article details men's professional association football club records and statistics in Oceania.
Individual records
Most goals in a season
In the 2020–21 season, Joses Nawo became the player with the most goals scored in a single season wi ...
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International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)
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Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly ...
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Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
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Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
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Confederation of South American Football (CONMEBOL)
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Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
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List of association football competitions
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List of association football sub-confederations
This is a list of association football sub-confederations, governing bodies made up of national football associations from regional areas within FIFA's continental federations.
Africa ( CAF)
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The Council for East and Central Afr ...
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List of presidents of CAF
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List of first international of African national teams
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List of CAF club competition winners
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List of CAF club competition winning coaches
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List of African national football team managers
This is a list of African national football team managers. This encompasses every football manager who currently manages a national team under the control of Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF f ...
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Women's football in Africa
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List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
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List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
In men's association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official match appearance for their national team. In total, over 600 players have played in 100 or more international matches. The r ...
Notes
References
External links
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Overview of CAF and its competitionsvia Soccerlens.com
The CAF Anthemsince 2007
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FIFA confederations
1957 establishments in Africa