Confederation of African Football Confédération Africaine de Football الإتــحــاد الأفــريــقــي لــكــرة الـقـدم | |
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Abbreviation | CAF |
Formation | 1957 |
Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | 6th of October City, Egypt |
Membership | 56 member associations |
Official languages | English, French and Arabic |
Secretary General | Morocco Hicham El Amrani |
President | Cameroon Issa Hayatou |
Website | www.cafonline.com |
The Confederation of African Football (CAF, pron.: /ˈkæf/; French: Confédération Africaine de Football; Arabic: الإتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم) is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.
CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions.
CAF is one of the biggest of six continental confederations of FIFA. Although it is just three years younger than the UEFA, CAF still has a long way to go in order to improve the quality of the national and local competitions. CAF has been given 5 slots out of the 32 available since the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, this increased to 6 in 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, to include the hosts. The number of places returned to 5 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
CAF was founded on 8 February 1957 in Khartoum, Sudan by the Egyptian, Ethiopian, South African and Sudanese FAs, following former discussions between the Egyptian, Somali, South African and Sudanese FAs earlier in 7 June 1956 in Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. Its first headquarters was situated in Khartoum Sudan for some months until a fire outbreak in the offices of the Sudanese Football Association when the organization moved near Cairo. Youssef Mohammad was the first General Secretary and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem the president. The administrative center since 2002 is located in 6th of October City, near Cairo. It was initially made up of 4 national associations. Currently there are 56 associations, 54 full members beside Zanzibar and Réunion Island as associates. (see the bottom of this page or List of CAF national football teams).
The current CAF President is Issa Hayatou.
History[]
- Main article: History of CAF
Competitions[]
Africa Club Union Cup (ACUC):
Continental[]
The main competition for men's national teams is the African Cup of Nations, started in 1957. In 2009, CAF will be organising another competition for men's national teams, the African Nations Championship composed exclusively of national players playing in the national championship. CAF also runs national competitions at Under-21 and Under-17 levels. For women's national teams, CAF operates the CAF Women's Championship for senior national sides and the CAF Women's Under-20 Championship at under-20 level, since 2008 there is a CAF Women's Under-17 Championship for under-17 sides.
CAF also organizes the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup with UEFA for youth teams.
In futsal there is the African Futsal Championship.
In Beach soccer there is the CAF Beach Soccer Championship.
Also, CAF is responsible for organisation of the football events during the Pan African Games.
Club[]
CAF also runs the two main club competitions in Africa: the CAF Champions League was first held in 1964, and was known as the African Cup of Champions Clubs (or just African Cup) until 1997; and the CAF Confederation Cup, for national cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by CAF in 2004 as a successor to the African Cup Winners' Cup (begun in 1975). A third competition, the CAF Cup, started in 1992 and was absorbed into the CAF Confederation Cup in 2004.[1]
The CAF Super Cup, which pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the CAF Confederation Cup (previously the winners of the Cup Winners' Cup), came into being in 1992.
2010 Togo Expulsion Controversy[]
CAF has been the subject of widespread media controversy[2] and criticism[3] following a decision to ban Togo from the next two Africa Cup of Nations matches,[2] after Togo briefly withdrew then tried to rejoin the competition following an armed ambush on their bus which wounded and killed several passengers, including players.[4] Togo appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, with FIFA president Sepp Blatter stepping in to mediate. The ban was subsequently lifted with immediate effect on 14 May 2010, after a meeting of the CAF Executive Committee.[5]
CAF Members[]
Confederation of African Football / Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) - 1957[]
54 Full Members[]
2 Associate Members[]
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Regional Federations[]
CAF Regional Zones[]
CAF Zone 1 - Northern Zone[]
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CAF Zone 2 - Western Zone A[]
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CAF Zone 3 - Western Zone B[]
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CAF Zone 4 - Central Zone[]
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CAF Zone 5 - Central Eastern Zone[]
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CAF Zone 6 - Southern Zone[]
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Summer Olympics qualifiers[]
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Group stage
- q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Qualified but withdrew
- — Banned/Disqualified
- — Hosts
Men[]
Nation | France 1900 |
United States 1904 |
United Kingdom 1908 |
Sweden 1912 |
Belgium 1920 |
France 1924 |
Netherlands 1928 |
Germany 1936 |
United Kingdom 1948 |
Finland 1952 |
Australia 1956 |
Italy 1960 |
Japan 1964 |
Mexico 1968 |
Germany 1972 |
Canada 1976 |
Soviet Union 1980 |
United States 1984 |
South Korea 1988 |
Spain 1992 |
United States 1996 |
Australia 2000 |
Greece 2004 |
China 2008 |
United Kingdom 2012 |
Total |
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File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt | • | QF | 4th | • | • | • | • | 4th | QF | • | QF | 11 | ||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | • | QF | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | QF | • | • | 3rd | QF | • | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | • | • | • | 1st | QF | 2nd | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | • | • | • | • | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon | • | 1st | QF | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | • | QF | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria | QF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire | QF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon | • | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea | • | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali | QF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | QF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | • | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan | • | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 47 |
Women[]
Nation | United States 1996 |
Australia 2000 |
Greece 2004 |
China 2008 |
United Kingdom 2012 |
Total |
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File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon | • | 1 | ||||
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | • | QF | • | 3 | ||
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | • | 1 | ||||
Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
World Cup Participation and Results[]
- Legend
- 1st – Champion
- 2nd – Runner-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
- GS – Group Stage (1930 and since 1950)
- 1R – First Round (1934 and 1938)
- • — Did not qualify
- — Did not enter
- — Withdrew
- — Banned
- — Hosts
Men's World Cup Finals[]
The following CAF members have competed in the following FIFA World Cups. Teams are sorted by number of appearances.
Team | Uruguay 1930 |
Italy 1934 |
France 1938 |
Brazil 1950 |
Switzerland 1954 |
Sweden 1958 |
Chile 1962 |
England 1966 |
Mexico 1970 |
West Germany 1974 |
Argentina 1978 |
Spain 1982 |
Mexico 1986 |
Italy 1990 |
United States 1994 |
France 1998 |
South KoreaJapan 2002 |
Germany 2006 |
South Africa 2010 |
Brazil 2014 |
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File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon | GS | • | QF | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | • | GS | • | • | • | R16 | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | 4 | 12 | ||||||||
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R16 | R16 | GS | • | GS | 4 | 12 | ||||||||
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | • | 4 | 12 | ||||||||
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 3 | 11 | |||||||||
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | • | GS | GS | • | GS | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R16 | QF | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
File:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt | 1R | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo DR | GSa | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | • | • | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
File:Flag of Togo.svg Togo | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 34 |
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- Firsts
- First African team to qualify for the World Cup: File:Flag of Egypt 1922.svg Egypt (1934)
- First African team to win a match in the World Cup: File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (1978)
- First African team to qualify consecutively for two times: File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (1986)
- First African team to reach the knockout stage: File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (1986)
- First African team to reach the quarter-final: File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (1990)
- First African team to host the World Cup: File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (2010)
- First African team to reach the knockout stage and the quarter final the next edition: File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (2010)
- Only's
- Only African team that has always qualified to the knock out stage: File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (2010)
Women's World Cup Finals[]
The following CAF members have competed in the following FIFA Women's World Cups. Teams are sorted by number of appearances.
Team | China 1991 |
Sweden 1995 |
United States 1999 |
United States 2003 |
China 2007 |
Germany 2011 |
Canada 2015 |
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File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | 6 | |
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana | GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea | GS | 1 | ||||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
- q – Qualified for the 2015 Women's World Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup[]
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- GS – Group stage
- Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Africa Cup of Nations or withdrew from the Confederations Cup / Banned
- — Hosts
Team | 1992 Saudi Arabia |
1995 Saudi Arabia |
1997 Saudi Arabia |
1999 Mexico |
2001 South Korea Japan |
2003 France |
2005 Germany |
2009 South Africa |
2013 Brazil |
2017 Russia |
2021 Qatar |
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File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon | • | • | • | • | GS | 2nd | • | • | 2 | |||
File:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | 2 | ||
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | • | 4th | × | × | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | × | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 4th | 2 | |||
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 | |||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Rankings[]
Men's National Teams[]Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[7]
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Women's National Teams[]Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years.[8]
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CAF overall ranking of African Clubs titles[]
The following clubs are the top 10 clubs in CAF competitions.
Pos | Club | Titles | Trophies won |
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Egypt Al-Ahly SC | 7 African Cup of Champions Clubs-CAF Champions Leagues; 4 CAF Cup Winners' Cups; 4 CAF Super Cups | ||
Egypt Zamalek SC | 5 African Cup of Champions Clubs-CAF Champions Leagues; 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup; 3 CAF Super Cups | ||
Tunisia ES Sahel | 1 CAF Champions League; 2 CAF Cup Winners' Cups; 2 CAF Cups; 1 CAF Confederation Cup; 2 CAF Super Cups | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 4 African Cup of Champions Clubs-CAF Champions Leagues; 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup; 2 CAF Super Cups | ||
Algeria JS Kabylie | 2 African Cup of Champions Clubs; 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup; 3 CAF Cups | ||
Morocco Raja CA Casablanca | 3 African Cup of Champions Clubs-CAF Champions Leagues; 1 CAF Cup; 1 CAF Super Cup | ||
Tunisia ES Tunis | 2 African Cup of Champions Clubs; 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup; 1 CAF Cup; 1 CAF Super Cup | ||
Cameroon Canon Yaoundé | 3 African Cup of Champions Clubs; 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup | ||
Nigeria Enyimba International FC | 2 CAF Champions Leagues; 2 CAF Super Cups |
Update as of 5 February 2011 in chronological order.
Top 20 African Clubs[]Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS based on matches played over the last year till the date of release.[9]
Last updated September 30, 2012
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 the FIFA or the CAF since the establishment of the first African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964.[10]
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CAF Best Footballers of the Century[]
The voting to select the best of the century refers to three categories: male player,[11] goalkeeper[12] and female player,[13] and is obtained from five different steps. The resulting best players and goalkeepers were honored during the "World Football Gala 1999". Voting process as explained by the IFFHS.
CAF Best Player of the Century[]
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CAF Best Goalkeeper of the Century[]
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CAF Best Women's Footballer of the Century[]
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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 CAF's 50th anniversary, ordered according to an online poll.[14]
Top/Best 15 African Clubs[]
Continental Football Clubs Ranking - Africa
Latest Update: After matches played 2012
Africa Club Rankings:
Rnk Team Country
1 TP Mazembe Congo DR
2 Al Ahly Egypt
3 ES Tunis Tunisia
4 Al Merreikh Sudan
5 Al Hilal Omdurman Sudan
6 Cotonsport Cameroon
7 Vita Club Congo DR
8 Kaizer Chiefs South Africa
9 Dynamos Zimbabwe
10 Etoile Sahel Tunisia
11 Orlando Pirates South Africa
12 Zamalek Egypt
13 Recreativo do Libolo Angola
14 Stade Malien Mali
15 Djoliba Mali
CAF's Anthem[]
On September 18, 2007 the CAF launched a competition for all African composers to create its Anthem.[15] The CAF anthem is a musical composition, without lyrics, which and reflect the cultural patrimony and African music. The duration of the anthem is 74 seconds. The chosen anthem was first published to the site on January 16, 2008. The usage of the anthem and its composer are still unknown.
See also[]
CAF competitions[]
Clubs:
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CAF resolutions[]
Awards:
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Qualifications:
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Related articles[]
- History of CAF
- List of presidents of CAF
- List of first international of African national teams
- IFFHS Africa's best clubs of the 20th century
External links[]
- Confederation Of African Football official CAF site
- Confederation of African Football, Soccerlens.com. Retrieved: 09/10/2010.
- CAF video highlights
- The history of the Confederation Of African Football
- Listen to CAF Anthem CAF Anthem
References[]
- ↑ "Confederation Cup". CAF. http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&opt=44&cmpt=19&titre=Past%20Competitions. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Togo given Africa Nations Cup ban". BBC News. 2010-01-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8489127.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/piersedwards/2010/01/caf_decision_over_togo_makes_n.html
- ↑ "Togo footballers shot in ambush". BBC News. 2010-01-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8449319.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ↑ "Togo's African Cup ban is lifted". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 14 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8682511.stm. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ↑ South Sudan admitted as a member of CAF, SuperSport.com, Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) - CAF Region". FIFA. 8 august, 2012. http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html.
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) - CAF Region". FIFA. 2011-12-23. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=23913&rank=534.
- ↑ "TOP 350 Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 30th September 2012. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512. Retrieved 30th September 2012.
- ↑ "African Club Ranking: Old-Time records from 1965 to 2007". CAF. 2008-05-08. http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&cmpt=0&module=media&ANC=actualite&TNews=&idrub=97076&idnews=83214. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ↑ "Africa's Best Player of the Century". IFFHS. 1999-12-20. http://www.iffhs.de/?b40f8ca85bd0e027e8f05f5cfc5ffcc81314a433ccd40385fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb8a3f0e03790c443e0f4039041e. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ↑ "Africa's Best Goalkeeper of the Century". IFFHS. 1999-12-20. http://www.iffhs.de/?f8ca85bd0e027e8f05f5cfc5ffcc81308d85ff8b00388f05005fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb8a3f0e03790c443e0f40390b70e. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ↑ "Africa's Best Women's Footballer of the Century". IFFHS. 1999-12-10. http://www.iffhs.de/?42d03e32a16f43809fa3c17d73f17ff3204d23808f33717f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e28fc380de43110f83d00e0a. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ↑ "CAF release 30 best African players in the last 50 years". CAF. 2007-08-11. http://www.cafonline.com/caf/media-services/facts/77-caf-release-30-best-african-players-in-the-last-50-years.html. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
- ↑ "Competition for the CAF's anthem". CAF. 2007-09-18. http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&module=media&idrub=94637&idnews=82041. Retrieved 208-11-13.
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