• Confederation of African Football
  • Confédération Africaine de Football
  • الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم
AbbreviationCAF
Founded8 February 1957; 66 years ago (1957-02-08)
Founded atKhartoum, Sudan
TypeFootball and Futsal Administration
Headquarters6th of October City, Giza, Egypt
Region served
Africa
Membership
54 member associations
Official language
Patrice Motsepe
Vice Presidents
Véron Mosengo-Omba
Parent organization
FIFA
Subsidiaries
WebsiteOfficial website

The Confederation of African Football (CAF)[a] is the administrative and controlling body for association football, futsal and beach soccer in Africa currently headquartered at the 6th of October City in Cairo, Egypt. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel[1] in Khartoum, Sudan[2] by the national football associations of Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and Sudan,[3] following formal discussions between the aforementioned associations at the FIFA Congress held on 7 June 1956 at Avenida Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal.[4]

Representing the African confederation of FIFA, CAF organizes runs and regulates national team and club continental competitions annually or biennially and controls the prize money and broadcast rights to such competitions. 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 six teams to decide the last two FIFA World Cup places (46+2).

The headquarters of CAF was first situated within the offices of the Sudanese Football Association in Khartoum until it experienced a fire outbreak and then moved to a town near Cairo, Egypt until 2002. Youssef Mohamad was the first general secretary and Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem, the first president. The current president is Patrice Motsepe from South Africa, who was elected on 12 March 2021 in an unopposed elections held in Rabat, Morocco.[5][6]

History

Main article: History of CAF

The CAF 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.[7] The chosen anthem, which is 74 seconds in length and its composer unknown to this day, was first published to the site on 16 January 2008 and has been used as the entry song for every official competition match organized by CAF and its sub-confederations.

Current Leadership

Name Position
South Africa Patrice Motsepe President
Senegal Augustin Senghor 1st Vice President
Mauritania Ahmed Yahya 2nd Vice President
Djibouti Waberi Souleiman 3rd Vice President
Cameroon Seidou Mbombo Njoya 4th Vice President
Comoros Kanizat Ibrahim 5th Vice President
Democratic Republic of the Congo Véron Mosengo-Omba General Secretary
Ghana Frederick Acheampong General Coordinator

Sources:[8][9]

CAF members and zones

Members

African regional federations
  UNAF (North)
  WAFU-UFOA (West)
  UNIFFAC (Central)
  CECAFA (East-Central)
  COSAFA (Southern)
Other federation
Code Association National teams Founded FIFA affiliation CAF affiliation Regional affiliation IOC member
Union of North African Football (UNAF) (5)
ALG  Algeria 1962 1963 1964 2005 Yes
EGY  Egypt [b] 1921 1923 1957 2005 Yes
LBY  Libya
1962 1964 1965 2005 Yes
MAR  Morocco 1955 1960 1959 2005 Yes
TUN  Tunisia 1957 1960 1960 2005 Yes
West African Football Union (WAFU-UFOA) (16)
BEN  Benin 1962 1962 1962 1975 Yes
BFA  Burkina Faso 1960 1964 1964 1975 Yes
CPV  Cape Verde
1982 1986 2000 1975 Yes
GAM  Gambia 1952 1968 1966 1975 Yes
GHA  Ghana 1957 1958 1958 1975 Yes
GUI  Guinea 1960 1962 1963 1975 Yes
GNB  Guinea-Bissau
1974 1986 1986 1975 Yes
CIV  Ivory Coast 1960 1964 1960 1975 Yes
LBR  Liberia
1936 1964 1962 1975 Yes
MLI  Mali 1960 1963 1963 1975 Yes
MTN  Mauritania
1961 1970 1968 1975 Yes
NIG  Niger 1962 1967 1967 1975 Yes
NGA  Nigeria 1945 1960 1960 1975 Yes
SEN  Senegal 1960 1964 1964 1975 Yes
SLE  Sierra Leone
1960 1960 1960 1975 Yes
TOG  Togo 1960 1962 1964 1975 Yes
Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) (8)
CMR  Cameroon 1959 1962 1963 1978 Yes
CTA  Central African Republic
1961 1964 1965 1978 Yes
CHA  Chad
1962 1964 1964 1978 Yes
CGO  Congo
1962 1964 1966 1978 Yes
COD  DR Congo
1919 1964 1964 1978 Yes
EQG  Equatorial Guinea
1957 1986 1986 1978 Yes
GAB  Gabon 1962 1966 1967 1978 Yes
STP  São Tomé and Príncipe
1975 1986 1986 1978 Yes
Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) (12)
BDI  Burundi
1948 1972 1972 1994 Yes
DJI  Djibouti
1979 1994 1994 1995 Yes
ERI  Eritrea 1996 1998 1998 1973 Yes
ETH  Ethiopia 1943 1952 1957 1994 Yes
KEN  Kenya 1960 1960 1968 1973 Yes
RWA  Rwanda 1972 1978 1978 1994 Yes
SOM  Somalia 1951 1962 1968 1973 Yes
SSD  South Sudan
2011 2012 2012 2012 Yes
SDN  Sudan
1936 1948 1957 1975 Yes
TAN  Tanzania 1930 1964 1964 1973 Yes
UGA  Uganda 1924 1960 1960 1973 Yes
ZAN  Zanzibar[c]
1965 1980 1973 & 2003 No
Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) (14)
ANG  Angola 1979 1980 1980 1997 Yes
BOT  Botswana
1970 1978 1976 1997 Yes
COM  Comoros
1979 2005 2005 2007 Yes
SWZ  Eswatini
1968 1978 1978 1997 Yes
LES  Lesotho
1932 1964 1964 1997 Yes
MAD  Madagascar
1961 1964 1963 2000 Yes
MWI  Malawi
1966 1968 1968 1997 Yes
MRI  Mauritius
1952 1964 1963 2000 Yes
MOZ  Mozambique 1976 1980 1980 1997 Yes
NAM  Namibia 1990 1992 1992 1997 Yes
SEY  Seychelles
1979 1986 1986 2000 Yes
RSA  South Africa[d] 1991 1992 1992 1997 Yes
ZAM  Zambia 1929 1964 1964 1997 Yes
ZIM  Zimbabwe
1965 1965 1980 1997 Yes
Non-regional members
REU  Réunion[c]
1926 2004 No

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

Some African states with limited or no international recognition have official national teams, but none have been considered for CAF membership. Instead, they are affiliated with organizations such as CONIFA.

Competitions

See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar

CAF competitions

International

Shortly after formation, CAF organized the Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated AFCON) in 1957 and it has since become its flagship competition. Faced with undisclosed decline in popularity of local competitions and the mass exodus of homegrown footballers to Europe, Asia and the Americas in the 1990s and early 2000s, CAF launched the African Nations Championship (alternatively, though not widely used, the Championship of African Nations (CHAN)) on 11 September 2007 and began organization two years later, to address this issue. CAF also organizes qualification tournaments/competitions for the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the FIFA U-17 World Cup for its member associations; both of which initially began on a home-and-away two-legged basis but has since 1995 been organized in appointed host countries as respectively the Under-20 and U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

For women's football operates competitions which currently serve as qualification tournaments for the related FIFA-organized tournaments which launched at the exact same year they began formation. The flagship African women's football competition/tournament is the Women's Africa Cup of Nations, which launched in 1991 as the African Women's Championship and was known in the mass media between 2015 and 2021 as the Africa/African Women/Women's Cup of Nations, which currently qualifies 4 teams to the FIFA Women's World Cup. CAF also organizes qualification matches for "promising future female footballers" at both the Under-20 and Under-17 levels, launched in 2002 and 2008 respectively, both of which crowns no champions but instead qualifies 2 teams to compete at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup respectively.

Club

For African clubs, CAF runs the CAF Men's and Women's Champions League, the CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF Super Cup and the African Schools Football Championship for both males and females. First held in 1964 as the African Cup of Champions Clubs (simply known sometimes as the African Cup) and rebranded in 1997 as the CAF Champions League, this "prestigious" 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 incoporates 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 of 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.[11]

The winners of the CAF Champions League play the winners of the African Cup Winners' Cup until 2004 and the CAF Confederation Cup thereafter in the CAF Super Cup which was launched in 1993.

The Afro-Asian Club Championship was an annual football match jointly organized between CAF and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the winners of the AFC Champions League between 1987 and 1999.

The CAF Women's Champions League was announced and approved on 30 June 2020, launched on 12 September that year and began contesting the following year, i.e. 2021.[12][13] 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

See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2023 in association football, 2023 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition Dates
National teams
Africa Cup of Nations 2021 (final)  Senegal 1st  Egypt 2023 (final) Qualification:
23 March 2022 – 12 September 2023

Finals:
13 January – 11 February 2024
African Nations Championship 2022 (final)  Senegal 1st  Algeria 2024 Qualification:
U-23 Cup of Nations 2023  Morocco 1st  Egypt 2027
Men's African Games Tournament 2019  Burkina Faso 1st  Nigeria 2023
U-20 Cup of Nations[e] 2023  Senegal 1st  Gambia 2025
U-17 Cup of Nations[f] 2023  Senegal 1st  Morocco 2025
Futsal Cup of Nations 2020  Morocco 2nd  Egypt 2024
Youth Olympic Futsal Qualifying Tournament 2018  Egypt 1st  Angola 2026
Beach Soccer Cup of Nations 2022  Senegal 7th  Egypt TBD To be determined (TBD)
National teams (women)
Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2022 (final)  South Africa 1st  Morocco 2024 (final) Qualification:
To be determined (TBD)


Finals:
To be determined (TBD)
Women's African Games Tournament 2019  Nigeria 3rd  Cameroon 2023
African U-20 Women's World Cup qualification 2022  Ghana
 Nigeria
6th
10th
 Ethiopia
 Senegal
2024
African U-17 Women's World Cup qualification 2022  Tanzania
 Nigeria
 Morocco
1st
6th
1st
 Cameroon
 Ethiopia
 Ghana
2024
Club teams
Super Cup 2022 Morocco RS Berkane 1st Morocco Wydad AC 2023 11–13 August 2023
Champions League 2022–23 (final) Egypt Al Ahly 11th Morocco Wydad AC 2023–24 (final) Qualification:
10 September – 24 October 2021

Competition proper:
11 February – 29 May 2022
Confederation Cup 2022–23 (final) Algeria USM Alger 1st Tanzania Young Africans 2023–24 (final) Qualification:
20 August 2023 – 27 August 2023

Competition proper:
May 2024
Africa Football League 2023 (final) Competition proper:
20 October – 11 November 2023
Club teams (Women)
Women's Champions League 2022 (final) Morocco AS FAR 1st South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2023 (final) To be determined (TBD)

Competition Winners

Nation Men Women Total
Africa Cup of Nations CHAN U-23's U-20's U-17's Futsal Beach Soccer African Games Women's Africa Cup of Nations African Games
NigeriaNigeria 3(4) 0(1) 1 7(2) 2(2) 2(4) 1(4) 11 3 30(17)
EgyptEgypt 7(3) 1 4(1) 1 3(2) - 2 - - 18(6)
CameroonCameroon 5(2) - - 1(4) 2 - 1(1) 4 0(4) 1(2) 14(13)
GhanaGhana 4(5) 0(2) - 4(2) 2(2) 0(1) - 1 1(1) 0(3) 12(16)
SenegalSenegal 1(2) 1 - 1(3) 1 - 7(2) 1 - - 12(7)
MoroccoMorocco 1(1) 2 1(1) 1 0(1) 2(1) - - 0(1) - 7(5)
AlgeriaAlgeria 2(1) 0(1) 0(1) 1 0(1) - - 1 - - 4(4)
Democratic Republic of the CongoDR 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.[14]

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.[15]

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[16] to support its competitions.[17] Total rebranded as TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021.[18]

The current main CAF sponsors are:

FIFA World Rankings

Overview

Historical leaders

Team of the Year

Teams ranking in the top four – Men's[19]
Year First Second Third Fourth
1993  Nigeria  Cameroon  Egypt  Zambia
1994  Nigeria  Zambia  Egypt  Ivory Coast
1995  Ivory Coast  Tunisia  Egypt  Zambia
1996  South Africa  Zambia  Tunisia  Ghana
1997  Morocco  Zambia  Tunisia  South Africa
1998  Morocco  Tunisia  South Africa  Egypt
1999  Morocco  South Africa  Tunisia  Zambia
2000  South Africa  Tunisia  Morocco  Egypt
2001  Tunisia  South Africa  Morocco  Cameroon
2002  Cameroon  Senegal  Nigeria  South Africa
2003  Cameroon  Egypt  Senegal  Nigeria
2004  Nigeria  Cameroon  Senegal  Morocco
2005  Cameroon  Nigeria  Tunisia  Senegal
2006  Nigeria  Cameroon  Ivory Coast  Guinea
2007  Nigeria  Cameroon  Guinea  Ivory Coast
2008  Cameroon  Egypt  Nigeria  Ghana
2009  Cameroon  Ivory Coast  Nigeria  Egypt
2010  Egypt  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Nigeria
2011  Ivory Coast  Ghana  Algeria  Egypt
2012  Ivory Coast  Algeria  Mali  Ghana
2013  Ivory Coast  Ghana  Algeria  Nigeria
2014  Algeria  Tunisia  Ivory Coast  Senegal
2015  Ivory Coast  Algeria  Ghana  Cape Verde
2016  Senegal  Ivory Coast  Tunisia  Egypt
2017  Senegal  Tunisia  Egypt  DR Congo
2018  Senegal  Tunisia  Morocco  Nigeria
2019  Senegal  Tunisia  Nigeria  Algeria
2020  Senegal  Tunisia  Algeria  Morocco
2021  Senegal  Morocco  Tunisia  Algeria
2022  Morocco  Senegal  Tunisia  Cameroon
Teams ranking in the top four – Women's[20]
Year First Second Third Fourth
2003  Nigeria  Ghana  Morocco  South Africa
2004  Nigeria  Ghana  Morocco  South Africa
2005  Nigeria  Ghana  Egypt  South Africa
2006  Nigeria  Ghana  Morocco  South Africa
2007  Nigeria  Ghana  Eritrea  Algeria
2008  Nigeria  Ghana  South Africa  Morocco
2009  Nigeria  Ghana  South Africa  Algeria
2010  Nigeria  Ghana  South Africa  Equatorial Guinea
2011  Nigeria  Ghana  Equatorial Guinea  Cameroon
2012  Nigeria  Cameroon  Ghana  Equatorial Guinea
2013  Nigeria  Cameroon  Ghana  South Africa
2014  Nigeria  Ghana  Cameroon  Equatorial Guinea
2015  Nigeria  Cameroon  Ghana  Equatorial Guinea
2016  Nigeria  Ghana  Cameroon  Equatorial Guinea
2017  Nigeria  Ghana  Cameroon  Equatorial Guinea
2018  Nigeria  Cameroon  South Africa  Ghana
2019  Nigeria  Cameroon  South Africa  Ghana
2020  Nigeria  Cameroon  South Africa  Ghana
2021  Nigeria  Cameroon  South Africa  Ghana
2022  Nigeria  Cameroon  South Africa  Ghana

Other rankings

CAF overall ranking of African clubs by titles

The following clubs are the top 10 clubs in CAF competitions.

Pos Club Titles Trophies won
1 Egypt Al Ahly SC 25 11 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, 4 African Cup Winners' Cup, 8 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
2 Egypt Zamalek SC 13 5 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 4 CAF Super Cup, 2 Afro-Asian Club Championship
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 11 5 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Super Cup
4 Morocco Raja CA 9 3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup, 2 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel 9 1 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 African Cup Winners' Cup, 2 CAF Confederation Cup, 2 CAF Cup, 2 CAF Super Cup
6 Tunisia Espérance Sportive de Tunis 8 4 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 1 CAF Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
7 Algeria JS Kabylie 7 2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup, 3 CAF Cup, 1 African Super Cup
Morocco Wydad AC 6 3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Cup Winners' Cup, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
9 Algeria ES Sétif 4 2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 CAF Super Cup, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship
Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 4 3 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 1 African Cup Winners' Cup
Nigeria Enyimba F.C. 4 2 African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League, 2 CAF Super Cup
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 4 3 CAF Confederation Cup, 1 CAF Cup
Update as of 3 August 2022 in chronological order.

By country

The following table lists all the countries whose clubs have won at least one CAF competition. Egyptian clubs are the most successful, with a total of 41 titles. Egyptian clubs hold a record number of wins in the African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League (16), the now-defunct African Cup Winners' Cup (8), the CAF Super Cup (12) and the now-defunct Afro-Asian Club Championship (3), followed by Tunisian clubs with 24 titles and they have the most victories in the now-defunct CAF Cup (4). In third place overall, Moroccan clubs have secured 23 titles and they have the most victories in the CAF Confederation Cup (7).

Key
CL African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League
CWC African Cup Winners' Cup
C CAF Cup
CC CAF Confederation Cup
SC CAF Super Cup
AAC Afro-Asian Club Championship
List of CAF club competition winners by country
Nationality CL CWC C CC SC AAC Total
 Egypt 16 8 0 2 12 3 41
 Morocco 7 1 2 7 5 2 24
 Tunisia 6 4 4 5 3 2 24
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6 2 0 2 3 0 13
 Algeria 5 1 3 1 2 1 13
 Nigeria 2 3 2 0 2 0 9
 Cameroon 5 3 0 0 0 0 8
 Ivory Coast 2 2 1 0 2 0 7
 Ghana 3 0 0 1 1 0 5
 South Africa 2 1 0 0 2 0 5
 Guinea 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
 Republic of the Congo 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
 Kenya 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Sudan 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Zambia 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Mali 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

CAF overall ranking of African clubs

Rankings are calculated by the CAF based on points gathered by African teams throughout their participation in international club tournaments organized by either CAF themselves or FIFA since the establishment of the first African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964.[21]

Men's Futsal

Per 22 June 2023:[22]

CAF FIFA Country Points Rank dec 22
1 8  Morocco 1502 1
2 37  Egypt 1112 2
3 42  Libya 1080 3
4 47  Angola 1031 4
5 74  Mozambique 876 5
6 85  South Africa 830 6
7 92  Zimbabwe 803 7
8 93  Tunisia 800 8
9 96  Algeria 790 11
10 98  Zambia 774 9
11 105  Cameroon 729 10
12 114  Mauritania 661
13 126  Somalia 547 12
14 127  Comoros 544
 Ghana* 852
 Ivory Coast* 785
 Nigeria* 785
 Sudan* 684
 Guinea* 730
 Guinea-Bissau* 708
 Madagascar* 685
 Sudan* 684
 DR Congo* 659
 Equatorial Guinea* 637
 Réunion* 626
 São Tomé and Príncipe* 583

(*)= Provisional ranking (played at least 10 matches) (**)= Inactive for more than 24 months

Women's Futsal

CAF FIFA Country Points +/-

Beach soccer national teams

Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). Top ten, last updated 12 March 2018

CAF BSWW Country Points
1 12  Senegal 1084
2 17  Egypt 782
3 20  Nigeria 720
4 24  Morocco 609
5 34  Madagascar 339
6 41  Ivory Coast 330
7 57  Ghana 177
8 66  Libya 125
9 68  Mozambique 117
10 69  Cape Verde 115

Major tournament records

Legend

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

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

See also: African nations at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Team 1930
Uruguay
(13)
1934
Kingdom of Italy
(16)
1938
French Third Republic
(15)
1950
Fourth Brazilian Republic
(13)
1954
Switzerland
(16)
1958
Sweden
(16)
1962
Chile
(16)
1966
England
(16)
1970
Mexico
(16)
1974
West Germany
(16)
1978
Argentina
(16)
1982
Spain
(24)
1986
Mexico
(24)
1990
Italy
(24)
1994
United States
(24)
1998
France
(32)
2002
Japan
South Korea
(32)
2006
Germany
(32)
2010
South Africa
(32)
2014
Brazil
(32)
2018
Russia
(32)
2022
Qatar
(32)
2026
Canada
Mexico
United States
(48)
Apps.
 Algeria Part of France[g] × R1
13th
R1
22nd
R1
28th
R2
14th
4/14
 Angola Part of Portugal[h] × R1
23rd
1/9
 Cameroon Part of France × × R1
17th
QF
7th
R1
22nd
R1
25th
R1
20th
R1
31st
R1
32nd
R1
19th
8/14
 DR Congo[i] Part of Belgium[j] × × R1
16th
× 1/12
 Egypt × R1
13th
× × × × × × R1
20th
R1
31st
3/15
 Ghana Part of the United Kingdom × × × R2
13th
QF
7th
R1
25th
R1
24th
4/14
 Ivory Coast Part of France × × × × R1
19th
R1
17th
R1
21st
3/11
 Morocco Part of France/Spain × R1
14th
R2
11th
R1
23rd
R1
18th
R1
27th
4th 6/15
 Nigeria Part of the United Kingdom × R2
9th
R2
12th
R1
27th
R1
27th
R2
16th
R1
21st
6/15
 Senegal Part of France × × × QF
7th
R1
17th
R2
10th
3/12
 South Africa × × × × × × × × × × R1
24th
R1
17th
R1
20th
3/8
 Togo Part of France × × × × × R1
30th
1/11
 Tunisia Part of France × R1
9th
R1
26th
R1
29th
R1
24th
R1
24th
R1
21st
6/15
Total (13 teams) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 TBD (9/10) 49
Firsts

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: FIFA Women's World Cup records and statistics

Teams are sorted by number of appearances.

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team 1991
China
(12)
1995
Sweden
(12)
1999
United States
(16)
2003
United States
(16)
2007
China
(16)
2011
Germany
(16)
2015
Canada
(24)
2019
France
(24)
2023
Australia
New Zealand
(32)
Apps.
 Cameroon × R2
11th
R2
15th
2/8
 Equatorial Guinea × × × R1
15th
× 1/5
 Ghana R1
T-13th
R1
12th
R1
15th
3/9
 Ivory Coast × × × R1
23rd
1/6
 Morocco R2
12th
1/9
 Nigeria R1
10th
R1
11th
QF
7th
R1
15th
R1
13th
R1
9th
R1
21st
R2
16th
R2
10th
9/9
 South Africa × R1
22nd
R2
16th
2/8
 Zambia R1
25th
1/9
Total (8 teams) 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 16

Men's Olympic Games

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team 1900
France
(3)
1904
United States
(3)
1908
United Kingdom
(6)
1912
Sweden
(11)
1920
Belgium
(14)
1924
France
(22)
1928
Netherlands
(17)
1936
Germany
(16)
1948
United Kingdom
(18)
1952
Finland
(25)
1956
Australia
(11)
1960
Italy
(16)
1964
Japan
(14)
1968
Mexico
(16)
1972
West Germany
(16)
1976
Canada
(13)
1980
Soviet Union
(16)
1984
United States
(16)
1988
South Korea
(16)
1992
Spain
(16)
1996
United States
(16)
2000
Australia
(16)
2004
Greece
(16)
2008
China
(16)
2012
United Kingdom
(16)
2016
Brazil
(16)
2021
Japan
(16)
2024
France
(16)
Apps.
 Algeria Part of France 8 14 2
 Cameroon Part of France 11 1 8 3
 Egypt[k] 8 8 4 9 11 9 12 4 8 12 8 QF
(8th)
Q 13
 Ivory Coast Part of France 6 QF
(7th)
2
 Gabon Part of France 12 1
 Ghana Part of the United Kingdom 7 12 16 3 8 9 6
 Guinea Part of France 11 1
 Mali Part of France 5 Q 2
 Morocco Part of France/Spain 13 8 12 15 16 =10 11 Q 8
 Nigeria Part of the United Kingdom 14 13 15 1 8 2 3 7
 Senegal Part of France 6 1
 South Africa Banned because of apartheid 11 13 GS
(16th)
3
 Sudan Part of the United Kingdom 15 1
 Tunisia Part of France 15 13 14 12 4
 Zambia Part of the United Kingdom RHO 15 5 2
Total (15 teams) 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 3

Women's Olympic Games

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations 2

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team 1996
United States
(8)
2000
Australia
(8)
2004
Greece
(10)
2008
China
(12)
2012
United Kingdom
(12)
2016
Brazil
(12)
2021
Japan
(12)
2024
France
(12)
Apps.
 Cameroon 12 1
 Nigeria 8 6 11 3
 South Africa 10 10 2
 Zambia GS
(9th)
1
 Zimbabwe 12 1
Total (5 teams) 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 8

Africa Cup of Nations

Main article: Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics

Africa Cup of Nations record
Team
(Total 44 teams)
1957
Sudan
(3)
1959
United Arab Republic
(3)
1962
Ethiopia
(4)
1963
Ghana
(6)
1965
Tunisia
(6)
1968
Ethiopia
(8)
1970
Sudan
(8)
1972
Cameroon
(8)
1974
Egypt
(8)
1976
Ethiopia
(8)
1978
Ghana
(8)
1980
Nigeria
(8)
1982
Libya
(8)
1984
Ivory Coast
(8)
1986
Egypt
(8)
1988
Morocco
(8)
1990
Algeria
(8)
1992
Senegal
(12)
1994
Tunisia
(12)
1996
South Africa
(15)
1998
Burkina Faso
(16)
2000
Ghana
Nigeria
(16)
2002
Mali
(16)
2004
Tunisia
(16)
2006
Egypt
(16)
2008
Ghana
(16)
2010
Angola
(15)
2012
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
(16)
2013
South Africa
(16)
2015
Equatorial Guinea
(16)
2017
Gabon
(16)
2019
Egypt
(24)
2021
Cameroon
(24)
2023
Ivory Coast
(24)
Apps.
North Africa Members
 Algeria Part of France × R1 2nd 4th 3rd R1 3rd 1st R1 •• QF R1 QF R1 QF 4th R1 QF R1 1st R1 Q 20
 Egypt 1st 1st 2nd 3rd × × 3rd 3rd 4th 4th × 4th 1st R1 R1 R1 QF QF 1st QF QF R1 1st 1st 1st 2nd R2 2nd 25
 Libya × × × × × 2nd × × × × × × R1 R1 3
 Morocco × × × R1 × 1st R1 3rd 4th 4th R1 QF R1 R1 2nd R1 R1 R1 R1 •• QF R2 QF Q 19
 Tunisia 3rd R1 2nd × × × 4th × R1 R1 2nd QF 4th R1 1st QF QF R1 QF R1 QF QF 4th QF Q 21
West Africa Members
 Benin Part of France × × × × × × × × R1 R1 R1 QF 4
 Burkina Faso Part of France × × × × R1 × × × × × R1 4th R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 2nd R1 3rd 4th Q 13
 Cape Verde Part of Portugal × QF R1 R2 Q 4
 Ivory Coast Part of France 3rd 3rd 4th R1 •• R1 × R1 3rd R1 R1 1st 3rd R1 QF R1 R1 2nd 4th QF 2nd QF 1st R1 QF R2 Q 25
 Gambia Part of the United Kingdom × × × × x × x x x x x QF 1
 Ghana UK 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st R1 1st R1 2nd QF 4th R1 QF QF R1 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 4th R2 R1 23
 Guinea FRA •• R1 R1 2nd R1 R1 R1 × QF QF QF R1 QF R2 R2 Q 14
 Guinea-Bissau Part of Portugal × × × × × × × × × R1 R1 R1 Q 4
 Liberia × × × × × × × × × R1 R1 2
 Mali Part of France 2nd 4th 4th 4th R1 R1 3rd 3rd R1 R1 R2 R2 Q 13
 Mauritania Part of France × × × × × × × × × R1 R1 1
 Niger Part of France × × × × × × × × × × R1 R1 2
 Nigeria × R1 × × 3rd 3rd 1st R1 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st × × 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd QF 3rd 1st 3rd R2 Q 20
 Senegal Part of France 4th R1 × R1 4th QF QF QF 2nd QF 4th R1 R1 R1 QF 2nd 1st Q 17
 Sierra Leone Part of the UK × × × × × × × R1 R1 × × x R1 3