The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the governing body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was officially established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel in Khartoum, Sudan. The foundation followed a decision made at the 1954 FIFA Congress in Bern, Switzerland, where Africa was formally recognised as a football confederation.

Representing the African confederation of FIFA, CAF organises 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 headquarters of CAF were originally located within the offices of the Sudanese Football Association in Khartoum, before being relocated to a site near Cairo, Egypt, following a fire. Youssef Mohamad served as the organisation’s first general secretary, and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem was its first president. The current president, Patrice Motsepe of South Africa, was first elected unopposed on 12 March 2021 in elections held in Rabat, Morocco.

History

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

{|class="wikitable"

|-

!Name

!Position

|-

| Patrice Motsepe

|President

|-

| Fouzi Lekjaa

|1st Vice President

|-

| Kurt Okraku

|2nd Vice President

|-

| Pierre-Alain Mounguengui

|3rd Vice President

|-

| Bestine Ditabala

|4th Vice President

|-

| Feizal Sidat

|5th Vice President

|-

| Samson Adamu

|Acting General Secretary

|-

| Frederick Acheampong

|General Coordinator

|}

Sources:

Members and zones

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

[[File:Carte Afrique CAF.png|thumb|African regional federations

]]

Members

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! List of FIFA country codes| !! Association !! National teams !! Founded !! FIFA affiliation !! CAF affiliation !! Regional affiliation !! IOC member

|-

!colspan=8|Union of North African Football (UNAF) (5)

|-

| ALG ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1962 || 1964 || 1964 || 2005 ||

|-

| EGY ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1921 || 1923 || 1957 || 2005 ||

|-

| LBY ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1962 || 1964 || 1965 || 2005 ||

|-

| MAR ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1955 || 1960 || 1960 || 2005 ||

|-

| TUN ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1957 || 1960 || 1960 || 2005 ||

|-

!colspan=8|West African Football Union (WAFU) (16)

|-

| BEN ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1962 || 1964 || 1963 || 1975 ||

|-

| BFA ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1960 || 1964 || 1964 || 1975 ||

|-

| CPV ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1982 || 1986 || 1986 || 1975 ||

|-

| GAM ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1952 || 1968 || 1966 || 1975 ||

|-

| GHA ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1935 || 1948 || 1960 || 1975 ||

|-

| GUI ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1960 || 1962 || 1962 || 1975 ||

|-

| GNB ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1974 || 1986 || 1986 || 1975 ||

|-

| CIV ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1960 || 1964 || 1965 || 1975 ||

|-

| LBR ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1936 || 1964 || 1962 || 1975 ||

|-

| MLI ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1960 || 1964 || 1963 || 1975 ||

|-

| MTN ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1961 || 1970 || 1976 || 1975 ||

|-

| NIG ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1962 || 1964 || 1965 || 1975 ||

|-

| NGA ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1945 || 1960 || 1959 || 1975 ||

|-

| SEN ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1960 || 1964 || 1963 || 1975 ||

|-

| SLE ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1960 || 1960 || 1967 || 1975 ||

|-

| TOG ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1960 || 1964 || 1963 || 1975 ||

|-

!colspan=8|Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) (8)

|-

| CMR ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1959 || 1964 || 1963 || 1978 ||

|-

| CTA ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1961 || 1964 || 1968 || 1978 ||

|-

| CHA ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1962 || 1964 || 1964 || 1978 ||

|-

| CGO ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1962 || 1964 || 1965 || 1978 ||

|-

| COD ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1919 || 1964 || 1964 || 1978 ||

|-

| EQG ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1957 || 1986 || 1986 || 1978 ||

|-

| GAB ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1962 || 1966 || 1968 || 1978 ||

|-

| STP ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1975 || 1986 || 1986 || 1978 ||

|-

!colspan=8|Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) (11)

|-

| BDI ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1948 || 1972 || 1972 || 1994 ||

|-

| DJI ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1979 || 1994 || 1994 || 1994 ||

|-

| ERI ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1996 || 1998 || 1998 || 1973 ||

|-

| ETH ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1943 || 1952 || 1957 || 1983 ||

|-

| KEN ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1960 || 1960 || 1961 || 1973 ||

|-

| RWA ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1975 || 1978 || 1976 || 1995 ||

|-

| SOM ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1951 || 1962 || 1968 || 1973 ||

|-

| SSD ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 2011 || 2012 || 2012 || 2012 ||

|-

| SDN ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1936 || 1948 || 1957 || 1975 ||

|-

| TAN ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1945 || 1964 || 1965 || 1973 ||

|-

| UGA ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1924 || 1960 || 1961 || 1973 ||

|-

!colspan=8|Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) (14)

|-

| ANG ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1979 || 1980 || 1980 || 1997 ||

|-

| BOT ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1970 || 1978 || 1976 || 1997 ||

|-

| COM ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1979 || 2005 || 2003 || 2007 ||

|-

| SWZ ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1968 || 1978 || 1976 || 1997 ||

|-

| LES ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1932 || 1964 || 1963 || 1997 ||

|-

| MAD ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1961 || 1964 || 1963 || 2000 ||

|-

| MWI ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1966 || 1968 || 1974 || 1997 ||

|-

| MRI ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1952 || 1964 || 1965 || 2000 ||

|-

| MOZ ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1975 || 1980 || 1978 || 1997 ||

|-

| NAM ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1990 || 1992 || 1992 || 1997 ||

|-

| SEY ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1979 || 1986 || 1986 || 2000 ||

|-

| RSA ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1892 || 1992 || 1992 || 1997 ||

|-

| ZAM ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1929 || 1964 || 1964 || 1997 ||

|-

| ZIM ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1892 || 1965 || 1980 || 1997 ||

|-

!colspan=8|Non-regional members (2)

|-

| REU ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1956 || || 1992 || ||

|-

| ZAN ||style="text-align:left;"| ||

| 1926 || || 2004 || 1973 ||

|}

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

  • (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 organisations such as CONIFA. Somaliland is not a member of CONIFA after leaving in 2010s and is a candidate to join FIFA after its recognition in the coming years.

  • FIFA code: SMD

Competitions

CAF competitions

National teams:

;Men

  • Africa Cup of Nations
  • African Nations League
  • U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
  • U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
  • U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
  • CAF African Schools U15 Boy's
  • Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
  • African Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament
  • Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

;Women

  • Women's Africa Cup of Nations
  • African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification
  • African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification
  • CAF African Schools U15 Girl's
  • Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

;Defunct

  • African Nations Championship

Clubs:

  • CAF Super Cup
  • CAF Champions League
  • CAF Confederation Cup
  • CAF Women's Champions League
  • CAF U-20 Women's Champions League

;Defunct

  • African Cup Winners' Cup
  • CAF Cup
  • African Football League

Regional:

  • CECAFA Cup
  • WAFU Nations Cup
  • COSAFA Cup
  • CEMAC Cup
  • UNIFFAC Cup (U-17)
  • UNAF U-23 Tournament

;Defunct

  • Amilcar Cabral Cup
  • CEMAC Cup

Inter Continental:

;Defunct

  • Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
  • Afro-Asian Club Championship
  • UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup

International

Shortly after formation, CAF organised 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 organisation two years later, to address this issue. CAF also organises 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 organised 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-organised 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 organises 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 organised 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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Competition

| width="1%" rowspan=1 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|

! Year

! Champions

! Title

! Runners-up

| width="1%" rowspan=1 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|

! Next edition

|-

! colspan=10|Men's national teams

|-

| Africa Cup of Nations

| width="1%" rowspan=10 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|

| 2025 <small>(final)</small>

|

| 2nd

|

| width="1%" rowspan=10 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|

| 2027 <small>(final)</small>

|-

| U-23 Cup of Nations

| 2023

|

| 1st

|

| 2027

|-

| Men's African Games Tournament

| 2023

|

| 1st

|

| 2027

|-

| U-20 Cup of Nations

| 2025

|

| 1st

|

| 2027

|-

| U-17 Cup of Nations

| 2025

|

| 1st

|

| 2026

|-

| CAF African Schools U15 Boy's

| 2026

|

| 1st

|

| 2027

|-

| Futsal Cup of Nations

| 2024

|

| 3rd

|

| 2026

|-

| Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament

| 2018

|

| 1st

|

| 2026

|-

| Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

| 2024

|

| 8th

|

| 2026

|-

! colspan=10|Women's national teams

|-

| Women's Africa Cup of Nations

| width="1%" rowspan=7 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|

| 2024 <small>(final)</small>

|

| 10th

|

| width="1%" rowspan=7 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|

| 2026 <small>(final)</small>

|-

| Women's African Games Tournament

| 2023

|

| 2nd

|

| 2027

|-

| African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification

| 2024

| <br><br><br>

| 1st<br>7th<br>1st<br>10th

| <br><br><br>

| 2026

|-

| African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification

| 2025

| <br><br><br>

| 1st<br>3rd<br>8th<br>3rd

| <br><br><br>

| 2026

|-

|Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations

|2025

|

|1st

|

|2029

|-

| CAF African Schools U15 Girl's

| 2026

|

| 2nd

|

| 2027

|-

! colspan=10|Men's club teams

|-

| Super Cup

| width="1%" rowspan=4 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|

| 2025

| Pyramids FC

| 1st

| RS Berkane

| width="1%" rowspan=4 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|

| 2026

|-

| Champions League

|

| Pyramids

| 1st

| Mamelodi Sundowns

|

|-

| Confederation Cup

| 2025–26 <small>(final)</small>

| USM Alger

| 2nd

| Zamalek

|

|-

| African Football League

| 2023 <small>(final)</small>

| Mamelodi Sundowns

| 1st

| Wydad AC

|

|-

! colspan=10|Women's club teams

|-

| Women's Champions League

| width="1%" rowspan=1 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|

| 2025 <small>(final)</small>

| AS FAR

| 2nd

| ASEC Mimosas

| width="1%" rowspan=1 style="background-color:#ffffff;"|

| 2025 <small>(final)</small>

|}

Competition winners

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"

|-

!rowspan=2|Nation

!colspan=8|Men

!colspan=3|Women

!rowspan=2|Total

|-

!CAN

!CHAN

!U-23s

!U-20s

!U-17s

!Futsal

!Beach Soccer

!African Games

!WAFCON

!African Games

!Women's Futsal

|-align=center

|-style="background:lightgreen"

|align=left| Nigeria||3||—||1||7||2|| – ||2||1||10||3||—||29

|-align=center

|-style="background:lightblue"

|align=left| Egypt||7|| – ||1||4||1||3||—||2||—||—||—||18

|-align=center

|-style="background:Pink"

|align=left| Cameroon||5||—||—||1||2||—||1||4||—||1||—||14

|-align=center

|-style="background:lightgreen"

|align=left| Ghana||4||—||—||4||2||—||—||2||—||2||—||14

|-align=center

|-style="background:lightgreen"

|align=left| Senegal||1||1||—||1||1||—||8||1||—||—||—||13

|-align=center

|-style="background:lightblue"

|align=left| Morocco||2||3||1||1||1||3||—||—||—||—||—|1||12

|-align=center

|-style="background:lightgreen"

|align=left| Ivory Coast||3||—||—||—||1||—||—||—||—||—||—||4

|-align=center

|-style="background:lightblue"

|align=left| Algeria||2||—||—||1||—||—||—||1||—||—||—||4

|-align=center

|-style="background:Pink"

|align=left| 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

Historical leaders

Men

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Top four teams at year-end This African trophy won by JS Kabylie is one of the 7 African titles won in its history.

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 (19), 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:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

|-

|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

|}

{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"

|+List of CAF club competition winners by country

|-

!scope=col width=20%|Nationality

!scope=col width=10%|CL

!scope=col width=10%|CWC

!scope=col width=10%|C

!scope=col width=10%|CC

!scope=col width=10%|SC

!scope=col width=10%|AAC

!scope=col width=10%|Total

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 19

|align=center| 8

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 14

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 47

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 7

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 8

|align=center| 5

|align=center| 2

|align=center|25

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 6

|align=center| 4

|align=center| 4

|align=center| 5

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 24

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 5

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 14

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 6

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 13

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 9

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 5

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 8

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 7

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 6

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 5

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 4

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 2

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|-

!scope=row|

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 0

|align=center| 1

|}

Men's Futsal

Per 12 December 2025:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|-

!CAF

!FIFA

!Country

!Points

|-

|1

|6

|align=left|

|1481

|-

|2

|39

|align=left|

|1098

|-

|3

|50

|align=left|

|1053

|-

|4

|58

|align=left|

|1022

|-

|5

|59

|align=left|

|1021

|-

|6

|66

|align=left|

|999

|-

|7

|98

|align=left|

|939

|-

|8

|100

|align=left|

|916

|-

|9

|105

|align=left|

|729

|-

|10

|114

|align=left|

|661

|-

|11

|126

|align=left|

|547

|-

|12

|127

|align=left|

|544

|}

(*)= Provisional ranking (played at least 10 matches)

(**)= Inactive for more than 24 months

Women's Futsal

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|-

!CAF

!FIFA

!Country

!Points

!+/-

|}

Beach soccer national teams

Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Top ten, last updated 19 January 2026

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|-

!CAF

!BSWW

!Country

!Points

|-

|1

|8

|align=left|

|1636.25

|-

|2

|20

|align=left|

|755

|-

|3

|24

|align=left|

|561.75

|-

|4

|24

|align=left|

|541.25

|-

|5

|44

|align=left|

|252.25

|-

|6

|50

|align=left|

|210

|-

|7

|59

|align=left|

|168.25

|-

|8

|62

|align=left|

|151

|-

|9

|67

|align=left|

|124.25

|-

|10

|75

|align=left|

|82.75

|}

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)
  • R3 — Round 3 (2026–present: knockout round of 16)
  • R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978: second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16; 2026–present: knockout round of 32)
  • 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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

!colspan=27|FIFA World Cup record

|-

! Team

!1930<br><br>(13)

!1934<br><br>(16)

!1938<br><br>(15)

!1950<br><br>(13)

!1954<br><br>(16)

!1958<br><br>(16)

!1962<br><br>(16)

!1966<br><br>(16)

!1970<br><br>(16)

!1974<br><br>(16)

!1978<br><br>(16)

!1982<br><br>(24)

!1986<br><br>(24)

!1990<br><br>(24)

!1994<br><br>(24)

!1998<br><br>(32)

!2002<br><br><br>(32)

!2006<br><br>(32)

!2010<br><br>(32)

!2014<br><br>(32)

!2018<br><br>(32)

!2022<br><br>(32)

!2026<br><br><br><br>(48)

!2030<br><br><br><br>(48)

!2034<br><br>(48)

!Apps.

|-

| id="ALG" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=7| Part of France ||×||•||•||•|| R1<br> || R1<br> ||•||•||•||•||•|| R1<br> || R2<br> ||•||•|| Q || ||

! 5/15

|-

| id="ANG" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=11| Part of Portugal ||×||•||•||•||•||•|| R1<br> ||•||•||•||•||•|| ||

! 1/9

|-

| id="CMR" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=6| Part of France ||×||×||•||•||•|| R1<br> ||•|| QF<br> || R1<br> || R1<br> || R1<br> ||•|| R1<br> || R1<br> ||•||R1<br>||•|| ||

! 8/15

|-

| id="CPV" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=10| Part of Portugal || || ||×||×||×||×||•||•||•||•||•||•|| Q || ||

! 1/7

|-

| id="COD" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=6| Part of Belgium || ||×||×|| R1<br> ||×||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•|| Q || ||

! 2/13

|-

| id="EGY" style="text-align:left;"|

|×|| R1<br> ||×||×||•||×||×||×||×||•||•||•||•|| R1<br> ||•||•||•||•||•||•|| R1<br> ||•|| Q || ||

! 4/16

|-

| id="GHA" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=5| Part of the United Kingdom ||×||•||×||•||•||•||×||•||•||•||•||•|| R2<br> || QF<br> || R1<br> ||•||R1<br>|| Q || ||

! 5/15

|-

| id="CIV" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=6| Part of France ||×||×||×||•||•||×||•||•||•||•||•|| R1<br> || R1<br> || R1<br> ||•||•|| Q || ||

! 4/12

|-

| id="MAR" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=5| Protectorate of France/Spain || ||•||×|| R1<br> ||•||•||•|| R2<br> ||•|| R1<br> || R1<br> ||•||•||•||•|| R1<br> ||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th|| Q ||style="border: 3px solid red"|Q||

! 7/16

|-

| id="NGA" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=6| Part of the United Kingdom ||•||×||•||•||•||•||•||•|| R2<br> || R2<br> || R1<br> ||•|| R1<br> || R2<br> || R1<br> ||•||•|| ||

! 6/16

|-

| id="SEN" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=6| Part of France ||×||×||•||•||•||•||•||×||•||•|| QF<br> ||•||•||•|| R1<br> || R2<br> || Q || ||

! 4/13

|-

| id="RSA" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=4| ||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||•|| R1<br> || R1<br> ||•||style="border: 3px solid red"| R1<br> ||•||•||•|| Q || ||

! 4/9

|-

| id="TOG" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=6| Part of France ||×||×||×||•||•||•||×||×||•||•||•|| R1<br> ||•||•||•||•||•|| ||

! 1/11

|-

| id="TUN" style="text-align:left;"|

|colspan=5| Protectorate of France || ||•||×||•||•|| R1<br> ||•||•||•||•|| R1<br> || R1<br> || R1<br> ||•||•|| R1<br> ||R1<br>|| Q || ||

! 7/16

|-

!align=left| Total (14 teams) || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 6 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 10 || TBD || TBD || 59

|}

;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 16) in two consecutive World Cups
  • 2002: first African team to reach the knockout stage (quarter-finals) on their 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 fourth place

FIFA Women's World Cup

Teams are sorted by number of appearances.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

!colspan=12|FIFA Women's World Cup record

|-

!Team

!1991<br><br>(12)

!1995<br><br>(12)

!1999<br><br>(16)

!2003<br><br>(16)

!2007<br><br>(16)

!2011<br><br>(16)

!2015<br><br>(24)

!2019<br><br>(24)

!2023<br><br><br>(32)

!2027<br><br>(32)

!Apps.

|-

|align=left|

|•||×||•||•||•||•||R2<br>||R2<br>||•||

!2/8

|-

|align=left|

|×||×||×||•||•||R1<br>||•||×||•||

!1/5

|-

|align=left|

|•||•||R1<br>||R1<br>||R1<br>||•||•||•||•||

!3/9

|-

|align=left|

|×||×||×||•||•||•||R1<br>||•||•||

!1/6

|-

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2<br>||

!1/9

|-

|align=left|

|R1<br>||R1<br>||QF<br>||R1<br>||R1<br>||R1<br>||R1<br>||R2<br>||R2<br>||

!9/9

|-

|align=left|

|×||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1<br>||R2<br>||

!2/8

|-

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1<br>||

!1/9

|-

!align=left|Total (8 teams)||1||1||2||2||2||2||3||3||4|| ||16

|}

Olympic Games

Men's tournament

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%"

!colspan=32|Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record

|-

! Team|| 1900<br><br>(3) || colspan="2"| 1904<br><br>(3) || 1908<br><br>(6) || 1912<br><br>(11) || 1920<br><br>(14) || 1924<br><br>(22) || 1928<br><br>(17) || 1936<br><br>(16) || 1948<br><br>(18) || 1952<br><br>(25) || 1956<br><br>(11) || 1960<br><br>(16) || 1964<br><br>(14) || 1968<br><br>(16) || 1972<br><br>(16) || 1976<br><br>(13) || 1980<br><br>(16) || 1984<br><br>(16) || 1988<br><br>(16) || 1992<br><br>(16) || 1996<br><br>(16) || 2000<br><br>(16) || 2004<br><br>(16) || 2008<br><br>(16) || 2012<br><br>(16) || 2016<br><br>(16) || 2020<br><br>(16) || 2024<br><br>(16) || 2028<br><br>(12) || Apps.

|-

|align=left| || colspan=13| ' || – || – || – || style="background:#efefef;"| || 8 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14 || – || – ||

! 2

|-

|align=left| || colspan="5" style="background:#efefef;"| ||colspan=8| ' || – || – || – || – || – || 11 || – || – || – ||bgcolor=gold| 1 || – || 8 || – || – || – || – ||

! 3

|-

|align=left| || colspan="4" style="background:#efefef;"| || – || 8 || 8 || bgcolor=#9acdff|4 || 9 || 11 || 9 || – || 12 || bgcolor=#9acdff|4 || – || – || – || style="background:#efefef;"| || 8 || – || 12 || – || – || – || – || 8 || – || 8 || bgcolor=#9acdff|4 ||

! 13

|-

|align=left| || colspan=13| ' || – || – || – || – || style="background:#efefef;"| || – || – || – || – || – || – || 6 || – || || 7 || – ||

! 2

|-

|align=left| || colspan=13| ' || colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;"| || – || colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;"| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12 || – || – || – ||

! 1

|-

|align=left| || colspan=10| ' || – || style="background:#efefef;"| || – || 7 || 12 || 16 || colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;"| || – || – || style="background:#c96;"| 3 || 8 || – || 9 || – || – || – || – || – ||

! 6

|-

|align=left| || colspan=12| ' || colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;"| || 11 || colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;"| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16 ||

! 2

|-

|align=left| || colspan=13| ' || – || – || – || style="background:#efefef;"| || – || – || – || – || – || – || 5 || – || – || – || – || 14 ||

! 2

|-

|align=left| || colspan="4" style="background:#efefef;"| ||colspan=7| ' || style="background:#efefef;"| || – || 13 || – || 8 || – || – style="background:#efefef;"| || 12 || – || 15 || – || 16 || =10 || – || 11 || – || – || style="background:#c96;"| 3 ||

! 8

|-

|align=left| || colspan="5" style="background:#efefef;"| ||colspan=5| ' || – || – || – || – || 14 || – || style="background:#efefef;"| || 13 || – || 15 || – ||bgcolor=gold| 1 || 8 || – || style="background:silver;"| 2 || – || style="background:#c96;"| 3 || – || – ||

! 7

|-

|align=left| || colspan=13| ' || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 6 || – || – || – ||

! 1

|-

|align=left| || style="background:#efefef;"| || colspan="2"| – || – || – || – | – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || colspan="7" style="background:#efefef;"| ' || – | – || – || – | 11 || – || – || – || 13 || 16 || – ||

! 3

|-

|align=left| || colspan=12| ' || – || style="background:#efefef;"| || – || 15 || colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;"| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||

! 1

|-

|align=left| || colspan=11| ' || style="background:#efefef;"| || 15 || – || – || – || – || style="background:#efefef;"| || – || 13 || – || 14 || – || 12 || – || – || – || – || – ||

! 4

|-

|align=left| || colspan="6" style="background:#efefef;"| || colspan=5| ' || style="background:#efefef;"| || ' || – || – || – || style="background:#efefef;"| || 15 || – || 5 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||

! 2

|-

!align=left| Total (15 teams) || || colspan=2| 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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

!colspan=11|Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record

|-

! Team || 1996<br><br>(8) || 2000<br><br>(8) || 2004<br><br>(10) || 2008<br><br>(12) || 2012<br><br>(12) || 2016<br><br>(12) || 2020<br><br>(12) || 2024<br><br>(12) || 2028<br><br>(16) || Apps.

|-

|align=left| || – || – || – || – || 12 || – || – || – ||

! 1

|-

|align=left| || – || 8 || 6 || 11 || – || – || – || 11 ||

! 4

|-

|align=left| || – || – || – || – || 10 || 10 || – || – ||

! 2

|-

|align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || 9 || 12 ||

! 2

|-

|align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || 12 || – || – ||

! 1

|-

! Total (5 teams) || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 2 || || 10

|}

Africa Cup of Nations

<div style="overflow-x:auto;">

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"

|-

!Team

!<br>1957<br>(3)

!<br>1959<br>(3)

!<br>1962<br>(4)

!<br>1963<br>(6)

!<br>1965<br>(6)

!<br>1968<br>(8)

!<br>1970<br>(8)

!<br>1972<br>(8)

!<br>1974<br>(8)

!<br>1976<br>(8)

!<br>1978<br>(8)

!<br>1980<br>(8)

!<br>1982<br>(8)

!<br>1984<br>(8)

!<br>1986<br>(8)

!<br>1988<br>(8)

!<br>1990<br>(8)

!<br>1992<br>(12)

!<br>1994<br>(12)

!<br>1996<br>(15)

!<br>1998<br>(16)

!<br><br>2000<br>(16)

!<br>2002<br>(16)

!<br>2004<br>(16)

!<br>2006<br>(16)

!<br>2008<br>(16)

!<br>2010<br>(15)

!<BR><br>2012<br>(16)

!<br>2013<br>(16)

!<br>2015<br>(16)

!<br>2017<br>(16)

!<br>2019<br>(24)

!<br>2021<br>(24)

!<br>2023<br>(24)

!<br>2025<br>(24)

!<BR><BR><br>2027<br>(24)

!Apps.

|-

| colspan=38|North Africa members

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=3| ' || bgcolor=#efefef| || × || GS || • || • || • || • || • || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || GS || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || •• || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || GS || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || GS || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || • || • || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || • || GS || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || GS || bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || GS || QF ||

! 21

|-

| align=left|

| bgcolor=Gold|1st || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || × || × || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || • || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || • || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || × || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || GS || GS || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || GS || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=Gold|1st || • || • || • || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || style="border: 3px solid red"|R16 || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || R16 || bgcolor="#9ACDFF"|4th ||

! 27

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=5 bgcolor=#efefef| || • || × || • || × || × || × || × || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Silver|2nd || • || • || × || × || × || × || × || × || • || • || • || GS || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || • ||

! 3

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=7 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || • || • || × || • || × || × || • || × || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || × || × || • || • || GS || GS || R16 || • ||

! 3

|-

| align=left|

|| • || • || × || • || × || × || • || GS || × || bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || • || • || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || • || GS || • || • || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || GS || GS || bgcolor=silver|2nd || GS || GS || • || GS || GS || •• || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || R16 || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || R16 ||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st ||

! 20

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || GS || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Silver|2nd || • || × || × || × || • || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || × || GS || • || • || • || • || • || style="border: 3px solid red"|GS || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || GS || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || GS || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || GS || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || bgcolor=#ffebcd| QF || GS || R16 ||

! 22

|-

| colspan=38|West Africa members

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || × || • || × || × || × || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || GS || • || GS || GS || • || • || • || • || QF || • || • || R16 ||

! 5

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || • || × || × || • || × || GS || × || • || × || × || × || • || • || × || GS || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || GS || GS || GS || • || • || GS || GS || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || GS || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || • || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || R16 || R16 ||

! 14

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=9| ' || colspan=9 bgcolor=#efefef| || bgcolor=#efefef| • || bgcolor=#efefef| × || bgcolor=#efefef| || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || QF || GS || • || • || R16 || QF || • ||

! 4

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=4| ' || bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || × || × || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || × || × || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || • || QF || GS || • ||

! 2

|-

| align=left|

| ' || bgcolor=#efefef| || • || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || • || • || • || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || GS || • || • || • || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || QF || bgcolor=#9ACDFF| 4th || GS || style="border: 3px solid red"|QF || QF || • || GS || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#CC9966| 3rd || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=#9ACDFF| 4th || bgcolor=#9ACDFF| 4th || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=#9ACDFF| 4th || R16 || GS || GS || • ||

! 24

|-

| align=left|

| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || •• || • || • || GS || • || GS || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || GS || • || × || QF || QF || QF || • || GS || • || QF || • || R16 || R16 || QF || • ||

! 14

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=9| ' || colspan=6 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || × || • || × || × || × || × || × || • || × || • || • || • || • || GS || GS || GS || GS || • ||

! 4

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || bgcolor=#9ACDFF| 4th || • || GS || • || •• || GS || × || style="border: 3px solid red"|GS || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || GS || GS || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || GS || QF || GS || GS || • || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=#9ACDFF| 4th || QF || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || QF || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || GS || QF || R16 || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || QF ||

! 26

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=3 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || • || × || × || × || • || × || × || • || × || • || • || • || × || • || GS || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • ||

! 2

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || • || • || • || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || bgcolor=#9ACDFF|4th || • || • || • || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#9ACDFF|4th || bgcolor=#9ACDFF|4th || • || GS || GS || bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd || bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd || GS || GS || R16 || R16 || QF || QF ||

! 14

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=3 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || • || • || × || • || × || × || × || • || × || × || × || • || • || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • ||

! 2

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || GS || × || • || × || • || • || bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd || bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || • || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd || bgcolor=Gold|1st || •• || × || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd || bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd || bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd || QF || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || • || bgcolor=Gold|1st || • || • || bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd || R16 || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd ||

! 21

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || bgcolor="#9ACDFF"|4th || GS || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || • || GS || • || bgcolor="#9ACDFF"|4th || style="border: 3px solid red"| QF || QF || • || • || QF || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || QF || bgcolor=#9ACDFF| 4th || GS || • || GS || • || GS || QF || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd ||bgcolor=gold|1st || R16 ||bgcolor=Silver| 2nd ||

! 18

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=3 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || × || • || × || • || × || • || • || × || • || × || • || GS || GS || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || GS || • || • ||

! 3

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || • || • || GS || × || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || × || • || × || • || GS || GS || GS || • || GS || • || •• || • || QF || • || GS || • || • || • || • ||

! 8

|-

| colspan=38|Central Africa members

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || • || GS || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || • || • || • || • || GS || bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || • || GS || QF || bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=Gold|1st || QF || QF || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || QF || • || • || GS || bgcolor=Gold|1st || R16 || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || R16 || QF ||

! 22

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=3 bgcolor=#efefef| || GS || × || bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || × || QF || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || QF || • || • || • || • || • ||

! 7

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || GS || bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || × || • || • || × || • || GS || • || QF || QF || QF || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || GS || QF || GS || QF || • || • || • || GS || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || QF || R16 || • || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || R16 ||

! 21

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=6| ' || colspan=9 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || • || × || × || × || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || style="border: 3px solid red"|QF || • || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#9ACDFF|4th || • || • || QF || R16 || GS ||

! 5

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=4 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || • || × || × || • || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || GS || QF || • || GS || • || • || • || • || GS || style="border: 3px solid red"|QF || • || GS || style="border: 3px solid red"|GS || • || R16 || • || GS ||

! 9

|-

| colspan=38|East Africa members

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=3| ' || colspan=5 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || • || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || • || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • ||

! 1

|-

| align=left|

| bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || GS || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || GS || • || • || style="border: 3px solid red"|GS || • || • || GS || • || × || × || • || × || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || × || • || GS || • || • || • || GS || • || • ||

! 11

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || GS || GS || GS || • || × || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || × || • ||style="border: 3px solid red"|Q

! 7

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=3| ' || colspan=7 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || • || • || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || • ||

! 1

|-

| align=left|

| style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || • || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || • || • || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || • || GS || × || • || × || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || × || × || • || • || • || GS || • || QF || • || • || • || • || GS || • || R16 ||

! 10

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=5 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || • || • || • || • || • || GS || × || • || × || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || GS || R16 ||style="border: 3px solid red"|Q

! 5

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || bgcolor=#9acdff|4th || × || • || GS || • || • || GS || GS || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || × || × || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || R16 || • || • || GS ||style="border: 3px solid red"|Q

! 9

|-

| colspan=38|Southern Africa members

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=9| ' || colspan=3 bgcolor=#efefef| || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || GS || GS || • || • || • || GS || QF || style="border: 3px solid red"|QF || GS || GS || • || • || GS || • || QF || GS ||

! 10

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=5| ' || colspan=5 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS ||

! 2

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=9| ' || colspan=14 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || R16 || • || GS ||

! 2

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || × || • || • || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || × || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || QF || • || • || • ||

! 1

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=4| ' || colspan=4 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || R16 || • || • ||

! 3

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=5 bgcolor=#efefef| || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || • ||

! 1

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=9| ' || colspan=2 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || GS || GS || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || R16 ||

! 6

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=17| ' || × || × || • || GS || • || • || • || • || GS || • || • || • || • || • || GS || • || R16 || • ||

! 4

|-

| align=left|

| •• || colspan=17| ' || • || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold|1st || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || QF || GS || GS || GS || • || • || style="border: 3px solid red"|QF || GS || • || QF || • || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || R16 ||

! 12

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=4 bgcolor=#efefef| || × || × || • || • || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || • || GS || • || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || • || GS || × || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || QF || bgcolor=Silver|2nd || bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd || GS || GS || GS || • || GS || GS || QF || bgcolor=Gold|1st || GS || GS || • || • || • || GS || GS ||

! 19

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=12 bgcolor=#efefef| || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || GS || GS || • || • || • || • || • || GS || GS || GS || × || GS ||

! 6

|-

!Team

!<br>1957<br>(3)

!<br>1959<br>(3)

!<br>1962<br>(4)

!<br>1963<br>(6)

!<br>1965<br>(6)

!<br>1968<br>(8)

!<br>1970<br>(8)

!<br>1972<br>(8)

!<br>1974<br>(8)

!<br>1976<br>(8)

!<br>1978<br>(8)

!<br>1980<br>(8)

!<br>1982<br>(8)

!<br>1984<br>(8)

!<br>1986<br>(8)

!<br>1988<br>(8)

!<br>1990<br>(8)

!<br>1992<br>(12)

!<br>1994<br>(12)

!<br>1996<br>(15)

!<br>1998<br>(16)

!<br><br>2000<br>(16)

!<br>2002<br>(16)

!<br>2004<br>(16)

!<br>2006<br>(16)

!<br>2008<br>(16)

!<br>2010<br>(15)

!<BR><br>2012<br>(16)

!<br>2013<br>(16)

!<br>2015<br>(16)

!<br>2017<br>(16)

!<br>2019<br>(24)

!<br>2021<br>(24)

!<br>2023<br>(24)

!<br>2025<br>(24)

!<BR><BR><br>2027<br>(24)

!Apps.

|}

</div>

Women's Africa Cup of Nations

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

!colspan=18|Women's Africa Cup of Nations record

|-

! width=150|Team<br />(Total 31 teams)

! 1991<br><br />(4)

! 1995<br><br />(6)

! 1998<br><br />(7)

! 2000<br><br />(8)

! 2002<br><br />(8)

! 2004<br><br />(8)

! 2006<br><br />(8)

! 2008<br><br />(8)

! 2010<br><br />(8)

! 2012<br><br />(8)

! 2014<br><br />(8)

! 2016<br><br />(8)

! 2018<br><br />(8)

! 2022<br><br />(12)

! 2024<br><br />(12)

! 2026<br><br />(16)

! Apps.

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=3 bgcolor="#efefef"| || • || × || R1 || R1 || • || R1 || × || R1 || • || R1 || • || QF || Q

!7

|-

| align=left|

| bgcolor="#efefef"| ||style="background:#81c846"| SF || × || × || R1 || × || • || × || • || × || × || × || × || • || • || •

!2

|-

| align=left|<!--Botswana-->

| colspan=4 bgcolor="#efefef"| || × || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || × || QF || R1 || •

!2

|-

| align=left|<!--Burkina Faso-->

| colspan=7 bgcolor="#efefef"| || × || × || × || • || • || • || R1 || • || Q

!2

|-

| align=left|<!--Burundi-->

| colspan=11 bgcolor="#efefef"| || × || × || R1 || • || •

!1

|-

| align=left|

| bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor="#efefef"| × || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || R1 || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd ||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || QF || • || Q

!14

|-

| align=left|<!--Cape Verde-->

| colspan=13 bgcolor="#efefef"| || × || • || Q

!1

|-

| align=left|

| •• || colspan=4 bgcolor="#efefef"| || • || • || R1 || × || × || × || × || • || • || • || ×

!1

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2 bgcolor="#efefef"| || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || × || • || × || R1 || • || • || R1 || × || × || × || × || R1 || •

!4

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2 bgcolor="#efefef"| || R1 || • || × || × || • || bgcolor="#efefef"| × || bgcolor="#efefef"| × || • || • || R1 || × || • || • || Q

!3

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=4 bgcolor="#efefef"| || • || • || R1 || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold| 1st || • || • || R1 || • || • || •

!5

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=4 bgcolor="#efefef"| || R1 || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || bgcolor="#efefef"| × || bgcolor="#efefef"| || • || R1 || • || • || • || • || • || •

!3

|-

| align=left|

| QF ||style="background:#81c846"| SF || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || R1 || R1 || • || R1 || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || style="border: 3px solid red"| R1 || • || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || Q

!14

|-

| align=left|

|style="background:#81c846"| SF || × || • || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || × || • || • || •

!1

|-

| align=left|

| × || × || × || × || • || × || • || • || • || R1 || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || • || • || • || • || Q

!3

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=6 bgcolor="#efefef"| || • || × || × || × || • || R1 || • || × || • || Q

!2

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=5 bgcolor="#efefef"| || • || • || × || × || • || × || × || × || • || × || Q

!1

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=4 bgcolor="#efefef"| || R1 || R1 || R1 || R1 || R1 || • || • || R1 || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || • || QF || Q

!9

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2 bgcolor="#efefef"| || R1 || R1 || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || style="border: 3px solid red"| Q

!5

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=6 bgcolor="#efefef"| || • || • || • || • || style="border: 3px solid red"| R1 || • || • || • || • || •

!1

|-

| align=left|

| bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=Gold| 1st ||bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || Q

!16

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=3 bgcolor="#efefef"| || R1 || colspan=12 bgcolor="#efefef"|

!1

|-

| align=left|

| •• || × || × || × || • || • || • || • || • || R1 || • || • || • || QF || QF || Q

!4

|-

| align=left|

| × || QF || × || × || × || × || × || × || • || × || × || × || × || • || × || •

!1

|-

| align=left|

| bgcolor="#efefef"| || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || R1 || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || style="border: 3px solid red"| R1 || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || bgcolor=Silver| 2nd || bgcolor=Gold| 1st || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || Q

!15

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=4 bgcolor="#efefef"| || • || • || • || • || R1 || • || • || • || • || • || R1 || Q

!3

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=6 bgcolor="#efefef"| || • || × || × || × || × || × || × || R1 || • || •

!1

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=7 bgcolor="#efefef"| || R1 || • || • || • || • || × || QF || R1 || •

!3

|-

| align=left|

| colspan=2 bgcolor="#efefef"| || • || R1 || • || × || × || × || × || • || × || × || • || R1 || • || •

!2

|-

| align=left|

| •• || QF || × || × || • || × || • || • || × || • || R1 || • || R1 || bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd || QF || Q

!6

|-

| align=left|

| •• || colspan=2 bgcolor="#efefef"| || bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th || R1 || R1 || × || • || × || • || • || R1 || • || • || × || •

!4

|}

FIFA U-20 World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!colspan=27|FIFA U-20 World Cup record

|-

! width=200|Team

!1977<br><br>(16)

!1979<br><br>(16)

!1981<br><br>(16)

!1983<br><br>(16)

!1985<br><br>(16)

!1987<br><br>(16)

!1989<br><br>(16)

!1991<br><br>(16)

!1993<br><br>(16)

!1995<br><br>(16)

!1997<br><br>(24)

!1999<br><br>(24)

!2001<br><br>(24)

!2003<br><br>(24)

!2005<br><br>(24)

!2007<br><br>(24)

!2009<br><br>(24)

!2011<br><br>(24)

!2013<br><br>(24)

!2015<br><br>(24)

!2017<br><br>(24)

!2019<br><br>(24)

!2023<br><br>(24)

!2025<br><br>(24)

!2027<br><br><br>(24)

!Apps.

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||QF||•||•||•||×||•||×||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||×||•||•||•||•||

! 1

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||•||•||×||•||×||×||•||•||•||R2||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||

! 1

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||×||×||×||×||•||×||×||•||×||×||×||R1||×||•||•||•||•||×||•||•||•||

! 1

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||•||•||×||•||R2||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||

! 1

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||R1||×||•||×||•||×||•||•||•||×||•||•||•||•||•||

! 1

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||R1||QF||•||R2||•||•||•||•||R1||R2||•||•||•||•||•||•||

! 6

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||•||×||×||•||×||×||×||R2||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||×||

! 1

|- align=center

| align=left|

| •||•||QF||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||R2||R1||•||style="border: 3px solid red"|R2||R2||R1||•||•||•||•||R1||

! 9

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||•||•||×||•||•||×||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||×||•||×||×||×||•||•||•||•||•||

! 1

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||•||•||×||×||•||×||×||×||×||•||×||•||R2||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2||•||

! 2

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||×||•||•||•||•||bgcolor=silver|2nd||•||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||QF||bgcolor=silver|2nd||•||•||•||bgcolor=gold|1st||•||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||R2||•||•||•||•||

! 7

|- align=center

| align=left|

| •||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||×||•||•||•||×||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||

! 2

|- align=center

| align=left|

| R1||×||×||R1||•||•||•||R1||×||•||R1||•||•||R2||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||

! 5

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||×||×||×||R1||•||•||•||•||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||•||R1||•||•||•||R1||R1||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||•||QF||•||•||

! 7

|- align=center

| align=left|

| R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2||•||•||•||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||bgcolor=gold|1st||

! 4

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||•||•||R1||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||R1||bgcolor=silver|2nd||•||•||•||•||style="border: 3px solid red"|QF||•||•||bgcolor=silver|2nd||QF||R2||QF||R2||R2||•||R2||QF||R2||

! 14

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||•||×||×||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||R2||QF||R1||•||

! 4

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||R2||•||•||•||R1||R1||•||R2||

! 5

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||•||•||×||R1||×||×||•||•||×||•||×||•||×||•||×||•||×||•||×||•||•||•||

! 1

|- align=center

| align=left|

|style="border: 3px solid red"|R1||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2||•||

! 3

|- align=center

| align=left|

| ×||×||×||×||•||•||×||•||×||•||•||R1||•||•||•||R2||•||•||•||•||QF||•||•||•||

! 3

|-

! align=left|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||4

! 26

|}

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!colspan=14|FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record

|-

!Team

!2002<br><br>(12)

!2004<br><br>(12)

!2006<br><br>(16)

!2008<br><br>(16)

!2010<br><br>(16)

!2012<br><br>(16)

!2014<br><br>(16)

!2016<br><br>(16)

!2018<br><br>(16)

!2022<br><br>(16)

!2024<br><br>(24)

!2026<br><br>(24)

!Apps.

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||Q

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|×||×||•||•||×||•||×||•||•||•||R2||•

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|×||•||R1||R1||•||•||×||•||×||•||•||•

!2

|-align=center

|align=left|

|×||×||•||•||R1||R1||R1||R1||R1||R1||R1||Q

!8

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||×||×||•||•||×||•||•||R1||•

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|R1||QF||QF||QF||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||R1||QF||QF||R2||Q

!12

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||Q

!1

|-align=center

!align=left|Total (7 teams)||1||1||2||2||2||2||2||2||2||2||4||4

!26

|}

FIFA U-17 World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!colspan=23|FIFA U-17 World Cup record

|-

!Team

!1985<br><br>(16)

!1987<br><br>(16)

!1989<br><br>(16)

!1991<br><br>(16)

!1993<br><br>(16)

!1995<br><br>(16)

!1997<br><br>(16)

!1999<br><br>(16)

!2001<br><br>(16)

!2003<br><br>(16)

!2005<br><br>(16)

!2007<br><br>(24)

!2009<br><br>(24)

!2011<br><br>(24)

!2013<br><br>(24)

!2015<br><br>(24)

!2017<br><br>(24)

!2019<br><br>(24)

!2023<br><br>(24)

!2025<br><br>(48)

!2026<br><br>(48)

! Apps.

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||Q

! 2

|-align=center

|align=left|

|×||×||×||×||×||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2||×||•||•

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||•||•||•||R2||R1||•||•||•||•||R1||QF||•

!6

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||Q

!3

|-align=center

|align=left|

|R1||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2||•||•||•||•||•||×||×

!3

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||R1||•||×||•||•||style="border: 3px solid red" |QF||•||×||•||×||•||×||•||×||•||•||×||•||R2||Q

!4

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||×||•||•

!2

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||R1||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||•||•||R1||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||•||•||•||QF||•||•||•||

!9

|-align=center

|align=left|

|bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||R1||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||R1||×||×||×||•

!6

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||R2||QF||•||•||•||•||R1||Q

!6

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||QF||R1||QF||•||•||•||•||•||•||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd||R3||Q

!8

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2||•||•||•||QF||QF||Q

!4

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||Q

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2||•||•||•||•

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|bgcolor=gold| 1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||QF||•||bgcolor=gold|1st||QF||•||•||bgcolor=silver|2nd||R1||•||bgcolor=gold|1st||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|2nd||•||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||•||R2||•||•||•

!12

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||×||×||•

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2||R2||R2||Q

!4

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||R2||•

!2

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||×||•||•

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|×||×||×||×||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||Q

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2||•||•||R2||•||•||•||•||R2||•

!4

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||•||×||×||•||×||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R3||Q

!2

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||×||•||•||×||×||×||•||•||•||×||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||R2||•

!1

|-

!align=left|Total (25 teams)||3||2||3||3||3||3||2||3||3||3||3||4||5||4||4||4||4||4||4||10||10

!

|}

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! colspan=15|FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record

|-

!Team

!2008<br><br>(16)

!2010<br><br>(16)

!2012<br><br>(16)

!2014<br><br>(16)

!2016<br><br>(16)

!2018<br><br>(16)

!2022<br><br>(16)

!2024<br><br>(16)

!2025<br><br>(24)

!2026<br><br>(24)

!2027<br><br>(24)

!2028<br><br>(24)

!2029<br><br>(24)

!Apps.

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||×||•||×||R1||R1||•||•||R1||||||||

!3

|-align=center

|align=left|

|×||×||R1||×||×||•||×||×||×||×||||||

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|R1||R1||bgcolor=#cc′9966|3rd||QF||QF||QF||•||×||×||||||||

!6

|-align=center

|align=left|

|×||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||R1||•||||||

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|×||×||•||×||×||×||×||R1||•||||||||

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|R1||QF||QF||QF||R1||•||bgcolor=#cc′9966|3rd||QF||R2||||||||

!8

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||R1||•||•||•||R1||•||•||•||||||||

!2

|-align=center

|align=left|

|×||×||×||×||•||•||R1||•||style="border: 3px solid red"|R2||style="border: 3px solid red"|Q||style="border: 3px solid red"|Q||style="border: 3px solid red"|Q||style="border: 3px solid red"|Q

!6

|-align=center

|align=left|

|×||×||×||×||×||×||QF||•||•||||||||

!1

|-align=center

|align=left|

|•||×||•||R1||×||•||•||R1||R2||||||||

!3

|-align=center

!align=left|Total (10 teams)||2||3||3||3||3||3||3||3||5||5||5||5||5||48

|}

FIFA Futsal World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!colspan=13|FIFA Futsal World Cup record

|-

! Team

! 1989<br /><br />(16) !! 1992<br /><br />(16) !! 1996<br /><br />(16) !! 2000<br /><br />(16) !! 2004<br /><br />(16) !! 2008<br /><br />(20) !! 2012<br /><br />(24) !! 2016<br /><br />(24) !! 2021<br /><br />(24) !! 2024<br /><br />(24) !! 2028<br /><br />(24) !! Apps.

|-

|align=left|||R1||×||×||×||×||×||×||×||•||•||

!1

|-

|align=left|||×||×||×||×||×||•||×||•||R1||R1||

!2

|-

|align=left|||×||×||R1||R2||R1||R1||R2||QF||R1||•||

!7

|-

|align=left|||×||×||×||•||×||R1||R1||•||•||R1||

!3

|-

|align=left|||×||×||×||•||•||•||R1||R1||QF||QF||

!4

|-

|align=left|||×||×||×||×||•||•||•||R1||•||•||

!1

|-

|align=left|||×||R1||×||×||×||•||•||•||×||×||

!1

|-

|align=left|||R1||×||•||×||×||×||•||×||×||×||

!1

|-

!Total (8 teams)||2||1||1||1||1||2||3||3||3||3||

!20

|}

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!colspan=26|FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record

|-

!Team

! 1995<br> <br> (8)

! 1996<br> <br> (8)

! 1997<br> <br> (8)

! 1998<br> <br> (10)

! 1999<br> <br> (12)

! 2000<br> <br> (12)

! 2001<br> <br> (12)

! 2002<br> <br> (8)

! 2003<br> <br> (8)

! 2004<br> <br> (12)

! 2005<br> <br> (12)

! 2006<br> <br> (12)

! 2007<br> <br> (16)

! 2008<br> <br> (16)

! 2009<br> <br> (16)

! 2011<br> <br> (16)

! 2013<br> <br> (16)

! 2015<br> <br> (16)

! 2017<br> <br> (16)

! 2019<br> <br> (16)

! 2021<br> <br> (16)

! 2024<br> <br> (16)

! 2025<br> <br> (16)

! 2027<br> <br> (??)

! Apps.

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|

| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || R1<br> || • || R1<br> || × || × || × || • || × || • || × || • || • ||

! 2/23

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|

| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || R1<br> || • ||

! 1/23

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|

| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || • || • || R1<br> || • || R1<br> || • || • || • || • || • || • ||

! 2/23

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|

| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || × || × || × || × || • || • || R1<br> || • || • || • || • || × ||

! 1/23

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|

| × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || R1 ||

! 1/23

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|

| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || × || • || • || • || × || × || • || • || • || R1<br> || • || • ||

! 1/23

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|

| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || R1<br> || QF<br> || • || R1<br> || QF<br> || • || • || R1<br> || R1<br> || × || • || • ||

! 6/23

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|

| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || × || QF<br> || R1<br> || • || QF<br> || R1<br> || R1<br> || QF<br> || QF<br> || style="background:#9acdff;|4th || R1<br> || style="background:#9acdff;|4th ||

! 10/23

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|

| • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || × || × || × || × || × || × || × || • || × || × || • || • || style="border: 3px solid red"|R1 ||

! 1/23

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|

| • || • || • || • ||R1<br> || • || • || • || • || • ||R1<br> || • || • || • || • || • || × || • || × || • || × || × || × ||

! 1/23

|-

!align=centre| Total (10 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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!colspan=12|FIFA Confederations Cup record

|-

!Team

!1992<br><br>(4)

!1995<br><br>(6)

!1997<br><br>(8)

!1999<br><br>(8)

!2001<br><br><br>(8)

!2003<br><br>(8)

!2005<br><br>(8)

!2009<br><br>(8)

!2013<br><br>(8)

!2017<br><br>(8)

!Apps.

|-

| align=left|

| • || • || • || • || R1 || style="background:Silver;"|2nd || • || • || • || R1

! 3

|-

| align=left|

| • || • || • || R1 || • || • || • || R1 || • || •

! 2

|-

| align=left|

| style="background:#9acdff;"|4th || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || • || •

! 1

|-

| align=left|

| • || style="background:#9acdff;"|4th || × || × || • || • || • || • || R1 || •

! 2

|-

| align=left|

| × || • || R1 || • || • || • || • || style="border:3px solid red; background:#9acdff;"|4th || • || •

! 2

|-

| align=left|

| • || • || • || • || • || • || 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 honoured during the "World Football Gala 1999".

CAF Best Player of the Century

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|-

!Player

!Points

|-

|align=left| George Weah

|95

|-

|align=left| Roger Milla

|77

|-

|align=left| Abédi Pelé

|72

|-

|align=left| Lakhdar Belloumi

|56

|-

|align=left| Rabah Madjer

|51

|-

|align=left| Théophile Abega

|39

|-

|align=left| Laurent Pokou

|38

|-

|align=left| Kalusha Bwalya

|37

|-

|align=left| Ahmed Faras

|35

|-

|align=left| Finidi George

|32

|}

CAF Best Goalkeeper of the Century

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|-

!Player

!Points

|-

|align=left| Joseph-Antoine Bell

|39

|-

|align=left| Thomas N'Kono

|30

|-

|align=left| Sadok Sassi "Attouga"

|26

|-

|align=left| Badou Zaki

|24

|-

|align=left| Kazadi Mwamba

|19

|-

|align=left| Jacques Songo'o

|13

|-

|align=left| Bruce Grobbelaar

|11

|-

|align=left| Ahmed Shobair

|10

|-

|align=left| Alain Gouaméné

|9

|-

|align=left| Peter Rufai

|6

|}

CAF Best Women's Footballer of the Century

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|-

!Player

!Points

|-

|align=left| Uche Eucharia Ngozi

|21

|-

|align=left| Nana Ama Gyamfuah

|18

|-

|align=left| Doris Nkiru Okosieme

|17

|-

|align=left| Florence Omagbemi

|15

|-

|align=left| Ann Chiejine

|14

|-

|align=left| Rita Nwadike

|13

|-

|align=left| Fikile Sithole

|9

|-

|align=left| Vivian Mensah

|8

|-

|align=left| Mercy Akide

|rowspan=2|7

|-

|align=left| Ann Agumanu

|}

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

:3. Hossam Hassan

:4. Samuel Eto'o

:5. Abedi Pele

:6. George Weah

:7. Didier Drogba

:8. Nwankwo Kanu

:9. 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

CAF resolutions

Awards:

  • CAF Awards
  • African Footballer of the Year
  • African Women's Footballer of the Year
  • CAF Clubs of the 20th Century

Qualifications:

  • 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.

{| class="wikitable"

| align="center" style="background-color:gold" |

| Indicates the CAF top scorer.

|-

| align="center" style="background-color:silver" |

| Indicates the top scorer of the respective nation.

|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

|-

!width="20"|Rank

!width="250"|Player

!width="250"|Nation

!width="80"|Goals

!width="80"|Matches

!width="80"|Goals per match

!width="120"|Career span

|-style="background-color:gold"

|1

| align="left" |Godfrey Chitalu

| align="left" |

|79

|111

|

|1968–1980

|- style="background-color:silver"

|2

| align="left" |Kinnah Phiri

| align="left" |

|71

|117

|

|1973–1981

|- style="background-color:silver"

|3

| align="left" |Hossam Hassan

| align="left" |

|69

|177

|

|1985–2006

|-

|4

| align="left" |Mohamed Salah

| align="left" |

|67

|115

|

|

|- style="background-color:silver"

|5

| align="left" |Didier Drogba

| align="left" |

|65

|105

|

|2002–2014

|- style="background-color:silver"

|6

| align="left" |Samuel Eto'o

| align="left" |

|56

|118

|

|1997–2014

|- style="background-color:silver"

|7

| align="left" |Sadio Mané

| align="left" |

|53

|126

|

|2012–present

|- style="background-color:silver"

|8

| align="left" |Asamoah Gyan

| align="left" |

|51

|109

|

|

|-

|9

| align="left" |Hassan El-Shazly

| align="left" |

|49

|64

|

|1961–1975

|-

|10

| align="left" |Abdoulaye Traoré

| align="left" |

|49

|90

|

|1984–1996

|- style="background-color:silver"

|11

| align="left" |Islam Slimani

| align="left" |

|45

|104

|

|2012–present

|-

|12

| align="left" |Vincent Aboubakar

| align="left" |

|45

|117

|

|2010–present

|- style="background-color:silver"

|13

| align="left" |Ali Al-Biski

| align="left" |

|44

|35

|

|1961–1970

|-

|14

| align="left" |Roger Milla

| align="left" |

|43

|77

|

|1973–1994

|-

|15

| align="left" |Alex Chola

| align="left" |

|43

|102

|

|1975–1985

|-

|16

| align="left" |El-Sayed El-Dhizui

| align="left" |

|41

|50

|

|1948–1960

|- style="background-color:silver"

|17

| align="left" |Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

| align="left" |

|40

|86

|

|2009–present

|-

|18

| align="left" |Fawzi Al-Issawi

| align="left" |

|40

|90

|

|1977–1985

|- style="background-color:silver"

|19

| align="left" |Akwá

| align="left" |

|39

|78

|

|1995–2006

|-

|20

| align="left" |Kalusha Bwalya

| align="left" |

|39

|87

|

|1983–2006

|-

|21

| align="left" |Mohamed Aboutrika

| align="left" |

|38

|100

|

|2001–2013

|-

|22

| align="left" |Riyad Mahrez

| align="left" |

|38

|113

|

|2014–present

|- style="background-color:silver"

|23

| align="left" |Rashidi Yekini

| align="left" |

|37

|62

|

|1984–1998

|- style="background-color:silver"

|24

| align="left" |Peter Ndlovu

| align="left" |

|37

|81

|

|1991–2007

|-

|25

| align="left" |Abdelhafid Tasfaout

| align="left" |

|36

|80

|

|1990–2002

|- style="background-color:silver"

|26

| align="left" |Issam Jemâa

| align="left" |

|36

|84

|

|2005–2014

|- style="background-color:silver"

|27

| align="left" |Ahmed Faras

| align="left" |

|36

|94

|

|1966–1979

|-

|28

| align="left" |Victor Osimhen

| align="left" |

|35

|51

|

|2017–present

|- style="background-color:silver"

|29

| align="left" |William Ouma

| align="left" |

|35

|66

|

|1965–1977

|-

|30

| align="left" |Baghdad Bounedjah

| align="left" |

|35

|85

|

|2013–present

|-

|31

| align="left" |Michael Olunga

| align="left" |

|34

|69

|

|2012–present

|-

|32

| align="left" |Dennis Oliech

| align="left" |

|34

|76

|

|2002–2016

|- style="background-color:silver"

|33

| align="left" |Moumouni Dagano

| align="left" |

|34

|83

|

|1998–2014

|-

|34

| align="left" |Flávio

| align="left" |

|34

|91

|

|2000–2012

|-

|34

| align="left" |Patrick M'Boma

| align="left" |

|33

|55

|

|1995–2004

|- style="background-color:silver"

|35

| align="left" |Ibrahima Kandia Diallo

| align="left" |

|33

|56

|

|1960–1973

|- style="background-color:silver"

|36

| align="left" |Getaneh Kebede

| align="left" |

|33

|66

|

|2010–2022

|-

|37

| align="left" |Abedi Pele

| align="left" |

|33

|67

|

|1982–1998

|-

|38

| align="left" |Ahmed Hassan

| align="left" |

|33

|184

|

|1995–2004

|- style="background-color:silver"

|40

| align="left" |Emmanuel Adebayor

| align="left" |

|32

|87

|

|2000–2019

|- style="background-color:silver"

|41

| align="left" |Benni McCarthy

| align="left" |

|31

|79

|

|1997–2011

|-

|42

| align="left" |Amr Zaki

| align="left" |

|30

|63

|

|2004–2013

|- style="background-color:silver"

|43

| align="left" |Tico-Tico

| align="left" |

|30

|94

|

|1995–2010

|}

See also

  • African nations at the FIFA World Cup
  • Football in Africa
  • History of CAF
  • Oceania association football club records and statistics
  • International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)
  • Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
  • Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
  • Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
  • Confederation of South American Football (CONMEBOL)
  • Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
  • List of association football competitions
  • List of association football sub-confederations
  • List of presidents of CAF
  • List of first international of African national teams
  • List of CAF club competition winners
  • List of CAF club competition winning coaches
  • List of African national football team managers
  • Women's football in Africa
  • List of top international men's football goal scorers by country
  • List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
  • List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

Notes

References

  • Overview of CAF and its competitions via Soccerlens.com
  • The CAF Anthem since 2007