CAF 5-year ranking
The CAF 5-year ranking system is used by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine the number of clubs that each member association may enter its club football competitions; the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. At present, those associations ranked in the top 12 may enter two teams into each of the two club competitions, while the remaining associations are limited to a single team in each competition.
Origins
Prior to 2004, CAF organized 3 club competiitons; the CAF Champions League, the African Cup Winners' Cup and the CAF Cup with each association allowed to enter a single team in each of those. The Cup Winners' Cup and the CAF Cup merged to create the CAF Confederation Cup in 2004. Rather than limiting all associations to just two positions in CAF club competitions, CAF decided to allow the leading nations two entries into the then-new tournament while also allowing them an additional entry in the Champions League.
As with the UEFA rankings used for their club competitions, the CAF rankings are based on obtained results in each of the past 5 completed club seasons. There are some differences, notably:
- More tournaments are included; the CAF Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup also allow teams to obtain ranking points.
- The annual results are not averaged by the number of entrants an association has, so highly ranked associations have a greater ability to obtain points.
- The ranking points are not awarded for the results of individual matches, but rather for the final level of advancement such as winners or group-stage positions.
- Only teams that advance to the quarter-final knockout stage in each club competition can obtain ranking points.
2004 season
For the 2004 season, the rankings were made according to the performance of the associations in the previous 5 years from 1998 to 2002 in the CAF club competitions. These selected associations were as follows:
2005 season controversy
In July 2004, CAF informed its members that the ranking system for admission to their competitions for the 2005 season would be done according to the same 1998–2002 ranking used for the 2004 season. It is unknown why CAF did not calculate a 1999–2003 ranking (following UEFA's practice of updating its rankings each season), as there would seem to have been enough time to do this.[1] Since then, it has become CAF's policy to adopt a year older ranking for the competitions of the new season; thus in 2012, rankings were based on results from 2006 to 2010.
2011 season change
In December 2010, CAF altered the ranking system, removing the components from the CAF Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup, and weighting more recent results more highly. For the 2011 edition of the club competitions, results between the 2005 and 2009 season were still in use, but the points from 2009 were multiplied by 5, 2008 by 4 and it continues in that manner.[2][3]
Criteria for awarding points
CAF approved its basic criteria based on the criteria used in the election of the CAF Clubs of the 20th Century in 2000 for awarding points in 2003. This was changed in 2005 with the addition of a criterion that rewards clubs that advance to the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup.[9] This methodology has also been used to create an all-time ranking for CAF clubs, adding the points that would have been obtained by each club based on its results since 1965.
For the rankings system, only results since 1998 have been counted with the CAF Super Cup and the FIFA World Cup Club excluded from the system since 2011. The table below shows the years during which the competitions were operated:[10]
| Competition | 6 Points | 5 Points | 4 Points | 3 Points | 2 Points | 1 Point | 0.5 Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitions used in current rankings[6] | |||||||
| CAF Champions League | Champions | Runners-up | Semi-finalist | Quarter-finalist (from 2017) |
3rd in Group Stage | 4th in Group Stage | |
| CAF Confederation Cup | Champions | Runners-up | Semi-finalist | Quarter-finalist (from 2017) |
3rd in Group Stage | 4th in Group Stage | |
| Competitions used in previous rankings | |||||||
| CAF Champions League 2000–2016 |
Champions | Runners-up | Semi-finalist | 3rd in Group Stage | 4th in Group Stage | ||
| CAF Confederation Cup 2004–2016 |
Champions | Runners-up | Semi-finalist | 3rd in Group Stage 4th in Group Stage |
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| CAF Super Cup 1992–2010 |
Champions | ||||||
| FIFA Club World Cup 2005–2010 |
Champions | Runners-up 3rd Place |
4th Place | ||||
Weighting factor
Since 2011, points have been weighted according to the year of performance results when calculating the rankings. For the current ranking, the points calculated based on performances in CAF club competitions between 2019-20 and the 2023–24 season, the points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:[11]
- 2023–24 – 5
- 2022–23 – 4
- 2021–22 – 3
- 2020–21 – 2
- 2019–20 – 1
Association ranking for the 2024–25 CAF club season
The association ranking for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League and the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup is be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2019–20 to the 2023–24 season.
- Legend
- CL: CAF Champions League
- CC: CAF Confederation Cup
- ≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2023–24 CAF club competitions
- Associations ranked 1–12 are eligible to enter two teams in each CAF club competition.
| Rank | Association | 2019–20 (× 1) | 2020–21 (× 2) | 2021–22 (× 3) | 2022–23 (× 4) | 2023–24 (× 5) | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | Mvt | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | ||
| 1 | 2 | +1 | Egypt | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2.5 | 7 | 7 | 184 |
| 2 | 1 | -1 | Morocco | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 148 |
| 3 | 3 | — | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 119 |
| 4 | 4 | — | South Africa | 3 | 0.5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1.5 | 106 |
| 5 | 5 | — | Tunisia | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 97 |
| 6 | 6 | — | Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 71 |
| 7 | 7 | — | DR Congo | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 54 |
| 8 | 8 | — | Angola | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 51.5 |
| 9 | 9 | — | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 |
| 10 | 11 | +1 | Libya | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| 11 | 13 | +2 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30.5 |
| 12 | 12 | — | Nigeria | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 13 | 10 | -3 | Guinea | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 20.5 |
| 14 | 27 | +13 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| 15 | 18 | +3 | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 16 | 14 | -2 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 |
| 17 | 27 | +10 | Mauritania | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10.5 |
| 18 | 16 | -2 | Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| 19 | 21 | +2 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | 15 | -5 | Zambia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 21 | 17 | -4 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | 19 | -3 | Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | 19 | -3 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | 23 | -1 | Eswatini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 24 | 23 | -1 | Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 26 | 22 | -4 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | 23 | -3 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | 27 | -1 | Benin | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season
The association ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2020–21 to the 2024–25 season.
- Legend
- CL: CAF Champions League
- CC: CAF Confederation Cup
- ≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2024–25 CAF club competitions
- Associations ranked 1–12 are eligible to enter two teams in each CAF club competition.
| Rank | Association | 2020–21 (× 1) | 2021–22 (× 2) | 2022–23 (× 3) | 2023–24 (× 4) | 2024–25 (× 5) | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | Mvt | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | ||
| 1 | 1 | — | Egypt | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2.5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 120.5 |
| 2 | 2 | — | Morocco | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| 3 | 3 | — | Algeria | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| 4 | 4 | — | South Africa | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| 5 | 5 | — | Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| 6 | 6 | — | Tanzania | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.5 |
| 7 | 7 | — | DR Congo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | 8 | +1 | Angola | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | 9 | — | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | 10 | — | Libya | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | 11 | — | Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | 12 | — | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | 14 | +2 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | 13 | -1 | Guinea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | 15 | — | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | 17 | +1 | Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | 16 | -1 | Cameroon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | 18 | +1 | Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | 19 | — | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | 21 | +1 | Senegal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | 22 | +2 | Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | 22 | +2 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | 20 | -3 | Zambia | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 24 | 24 | — | Eswatini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | 24 | — | Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | 26 | — | Burkina Faso | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Club ranking for the 2024–25 CAF club season
The club ranking is used for seeding in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. Pending equality in ranking points, the team receiving more points in the previous season is considered as the higher-ranked team.[12]
The club ranking for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League and the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup is be based on results from each CAF club competition from the 2019–20 to the 2023–24 seasons.
| Rank | Club | 2019–20 (× 1) | 2020–21 (× 2) | 2021–22 (× 3) | 2022–23 (× 4) | 2023–24 (× 5) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Ahly | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 87 |
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 61 |
| 3 | Wydad AC | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 60 |
| 4 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 54 |
| 5 | Zamalek | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 48 |
| 6 | RS Berkane | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Simba | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 39 |
| 8 | Petro de Luanda | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | TP Mazembe | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 38 |
| 10 | CR Belouizdad | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 37 |
| 11 | USM Alger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
| 12 | Raja CA | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 35 |
| 13 | Young Africans S.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 31 |
| 14 | ASEC Mimosas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| 15 | Pyramids | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| 16 | Al-Hilal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| 17 | JS Kabylie | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 18 | Rivers United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 19 | Horoya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 20 | Étoile du Sahel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 21 | Orlando Pirates | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 22 | Dreams FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 23 | ES Sétif | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 24 | Future | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 12 |
| 25 | Marumo Gallants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 26 | Coton Sport | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 11.5 |
| 27 | FC Nouadhibou | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.5 |
| 28 | Abu Salim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 28 | Stade Malien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 30 | Kaizer Chiefs | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 31 | Al-Merrikh | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 32 | AS Vita Club | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 33 | Al-Ahli Tripoli | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 34 | Jwaneng Galaxy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 34 | Sagrada Esperança | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 36 | ASFAR Rabat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 36 | US Monastir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 38 | Al-Masry | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 39 | CS Sfaxien | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 40 | Diables Noirs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| 41 | Al Ittihad | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 41 | AmaZulu | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 | MC Alger | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 44 | Enyimba | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 45 | Medeama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 46 | Club Africain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 46 | Sekhukhune United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 48 | Al Hilal Benghazi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 49 | Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 49 | Real Bamako | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 49 | ASKO Kara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 49 | Vipers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 53 | ASC Jaraaf | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 54 | Zanaco | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 55 | DC Motema Pembe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 56 | JS Saoura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 56 | AS Otôho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 58 | Hassania Agadir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 59 | Académica do Lobito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 59 | Académie SOAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 59 | SuperSport United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 62 | Al Akhdar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 62 | Nkana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 62 | Teungueth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 62 | 1º de Agosto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 62 | Al-Nasr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 67 | USGN | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 67 | Royal Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 69 | Salitas | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Al Ahly Benghazi | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Namungo | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | NAPSA Stars | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | FC Platinum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Enugu Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | ZESCO United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Djoliba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Paradou AC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 78 | Bidvest Wits | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 78 | ESAE | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 78 | FC San Pédro | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Club ranking for the 2025–26 CAF club season
The club ranking is used for seeding in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. Pending equality in ranking points, the team receiving more points in the previous season is considered as the higher-ranked team.[12]
The club ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup is be based on results from each CAF club competition from the 2020–21 to the 2024–25 seasons.
| Rank | Club | 2020–21 (× 1) | 2021–22 (× 2) | 2022–23 (× 3) | 2023–24 (× 4) | 2024–25 (× 5) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Ahly | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 58 |
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 42 |
| 3 | Wydad AC | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| 4 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 37 |
| 5 | Zamalek | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| 6 | Simba | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | RS Berkane | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Petro de Luanda | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | USM Alger | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | CR Belouizdad | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | TP Mazembe | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 25.5 |
| 12 | Young Africans S.C. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | ASEC Mimosas | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Raja CA | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Al-Hilal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Pyramids | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | Rivers United | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | JS Kabylie | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 | Dreams FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 20 | Horoya | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | Orlando Pirates | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Future | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 23 | Étoile du Sahel | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 24 | ES Sétif | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 24 | Marumo Gallants | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 26 | FC Nouadhibou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.5 |
| 27 | Abu Salim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 27 | Stade Malien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 29 | Coton Sport | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 30 | Jwaneng Galaxy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | Sagrada Esperança | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | Al-Merrikh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | Al-Ahli Tripoli | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | ASFAR Rabat | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | US Monastir | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 36 | Diables Noirs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 | AS Vita Club | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 | Kaizer Chiefs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 | Medeama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Club Africain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Sekhukhune United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Al Hilal Benghazi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | Al-Masry | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | CS Sfaxien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | Al Ittihad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | AmaZulu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 47 | MC Alger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 | Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 | Real Bamako | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 | ASKO Kara | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 | Vipers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 52 | DC Motema Pembe | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 53 | Académica do Lobito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 | Académie SOAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 | SuperSport United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 56 | ASC Jaraaf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 56 | Enyimba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 56 | JS Saoura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 56 | AS Otôho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 60 | Al Akhdar | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 61 | Zanaco | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 | Nkana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 | Teungueth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 | USGN | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 | Royal Leopards | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 | Salitas | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 66 | Al Ahly Benghazi | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 66 | Namungo | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 66 | NAPSA Stars | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
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- ≥: Clubs points might increase on basis of its performance in 2024–25 CAF club competitions
Historical rankings since 2011
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- Associations ranked 1–12 and eligible to enter two teams in each CAF club competition.
- — No rank (0 Points)
| Association | Rank (points) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | |
| Egypt | 2 (83) | 2 (81) | 3 (64) | 2 (70) | 2 (80) | 2 (81) | 2 (80) | 1 (85) | 2 (106.5) | 3 (120.5) | 2 (167) | 2 (173.5) | 2 (176) | 2 (172.5) | 1 (184) |
| Morocco | 8 (20) | 7 (27) | 4 (62) | 5 (53) | 4 (44) | 7 (29) | 7 (24) | 6 (41) | 4 (84) | 2 (153) | 1 (190) | 1 (183) | 1 (194) | 1 (180) | 2 (148) |
| Algeria | 6 (27) | 6 (45) | 7 (43) | 7 (40) | 7 (32) | 4 (44) | 4 (64) | 4 (62) | 5 (82.5) | 4 (92) | 5 (81) | 4 (109) | 3 (115) | 3 (134) | 3 (119) |
| South Africa | 14 (10) | 16 (5) | 17 (1) | — | 11 (20) | 12 (16) | 6 (27) | 5 (45) | 6 (78.5) | 6 (76.5) | 6 (68.5) | 5 (93.5) | 5 (109.5) | 4 (114) | 4 (106) |
| Tunisia | 1 (98) | 1 (97) | 1 (100) | 1 (85) | 1 (106) | 1 (105) | 1 (100) | 2 (76) | 1 (116) | 1 (154) | 3 (140) | 3 (131) | 4 (113) | 5 (101) | 5 (97) |
| Tanzania | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 (5) | 24 (2) | 12 (18) | 13 (14) | 12 (27.5) | 11 (30.5) | 6 (56.5) | 6 (71) |
| DR Congo | 5 (46) | 3 (60) | 5 (49) | 6 (48) | 3 (46) | 3 (63) | 3 (69) | 3 (70) | 3 (90) | 5 (87) | 4 (83) | 6 (75) | 6 (63) | 7 (54) | 7 (54) |
| Angola | 11 (18) | 12 (13) | 9 (18) | 10 (18) | 12 (17) | 13 (11) | 13 (7) | 17 (3) | 17 (6) | 11 (21.5) | 10 (36) | 10 (31.5) | 7 (46) | 8 (41.5) | 8 (51.5) |
| Sudan | 4 (50) | 5 (47) | 6 (47) | 4 (54) | 6 (37) | 5 (33) | 5 (51) | 7 (35) | 7 (53) | 8 (35) | 11 (29.5) | 11 (30) | 8 (33.5) | 9 (39) | 9 (37) |
| Libya | 16 (9) | 10 (16) | 12 (11) | 15 (6) | 16 (4) | 14 (7) | 14 (4) | 14 (8) | 9 (19) | 18 (10) | 12 (16.5) | 15 (13.5) | 9 (33) | 11 (28) | 10 (35) |
| Ivory Coast | 7 (22) | 12 (13) | 12 (11) | 15 (6) | 13 (13) | 6 (30) | 9 (23) | 8 (21) | 10 (15) | 13 (15) | 14 (13.5) | 16 (9) | 16 (10.5) | 13 (21) | 11 (30.5) |
| Nigeria | 3 (75) | 4 (58) | 2 (70) | 3 (63) | 5 (41) | 11 (22) | 12 (12) | 12 (13) | 13 (10.5) | 9 (32.5) | 8 (39) | 8 (37.5) | 12 (26) | 12 (25) | 12 (25) |
| Guinea | 18 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 (5) | 10 (30) | 9 (38) | 7 (38) | 10 (31) | 10 (29) | 13 (20.5) |
| Ghana | 13 (12) | 15 (6) | 16 (2) | 12 (11) | 14 (8) | 15 (6) | 14 (4) | 15 (7) | 22 (4) | 19 (9) | 20 (6.5) | 23 (4) | 24 (2.5) | 27 (1) | 14 (20) |
| Mali | 8 (20) | 8 (21) | 10 (16) | 8 (31) | 7 (32) | 8 (26) | 9 (23) | 11 (15) | 16 (8) | 26 (3) | 20 (6.5) | 20 (5) | 21 (3.5) | 18 (7) | 15 (15) |
| Cameroon | 10 (19) | 11 (14) | 8 (19) | 11 (12) | 9 (21) | 8 (26) | 11 (19) | 13 (12) | 10 (15) | 26 (3) | 29 (2) | 13 (16) | 14 (14.5) | 14 (16) | 16 (11.5) |
| Mauritania | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 (2.5) | 27 (2) | 28 (1.5) | 27 (1) | 17 (10.5) |
| Congo | — | — | — | 9 (20) | 9 (21) | 8 (26) | 7 (24) | 10 (16) | 15 (10) | 16 (11.5) | 18 (8) | 19 (5.5) | 17 (8) | 16 (9.5) | 18 (9.5) |
| Botswana | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 (4) | 25 (3) | 27 (2) | 18 (6) | 21 (4) | 19 (8) |
| Zambia | 14 (10) | 12 (13) | 14 (10) | 14 (7) | 16 (4) | 15 (6) | 14 (4) | 9 (18) | 8 (38) | 7 (40.5) | 7 (43) | 9 (35) | 13 (24.5) | 15 (15) | 20 (7.5) |
| Senegal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 (15) | 15 (12) | 17 (9) | 21 (6) |
| Togo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 (4) | 25 (3) | 27 (2) | 30 (1) | 19 (5) | 22 (4) |
| Uganda | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 (5) | 17 (11) | 18 (8) | 20 (5) | 26 (2) | 19 (5) | 22 (4) |
| Eswatini | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 (5) | 22 (7) | 23 (5) | 26 (3) | 21 (3.5) | 23 (2) | 24 (1.5) |
| Niger | — | 16 (5) | 15 (4) | 17 (3) | 19 (2) | 18 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 (2.5) | 23 (2) | 24 (1.5) |
| Zimbabwe | 12 (17) | 9 (18) | 11 (13) | 13 (8) | 18 (3) | 18 (1) | — | — | 18 (5) | 20 (8) | 15 (11) | 17 (8) | 19 (5) | 22 (3) | 26 (1) |
| Burkina Faso | 18 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 (2.5) | 29 (2) | 23 (4) | 23 (3) | 23 (2) | 26 (1) |
| Benin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 (2.5) | 27 (2) | 28 (1.5) | 27 (1) | 28 (0.5) |
| Kenya | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 (14) | 15 (11) | 17 (8) | 19 (5) | 23 (2) | — |
| Rwanda | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 (8) | 22 (6) | 23 (4) | 26 (2) | — | — |
| Mozambique | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 (15) | 15 (13) | 17 (9) | 20 (5) | 30 (1) | — | — |
| Ethiopia | — | — | — | — | 15 (5) | 17 (4) | 17 (3) | 18 (2) | 13 (10.5) | 23 (6) | 24 (4) | 27 (2) | — | — | — |
| Gabon | 18 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 (2.5) | 29 (1.5) | 31 (1) | 32 (0.5) | — | — | — |
| Equatorial Guinea | 17 (2) | 18 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Note: For associations which have the same number of points, they are listed as having the same rank as CAF did not publish any tiebreaking criteria. There was a tie for determining the 12th ranked association on two occasions:
- In 2012, Ivory Coast received two entries in each tournament, while Angola and Zambia only received one entry in each.
- In 2013, Ivory Coast received two entries in each tournament, while Libya only received one entry in each.
Club results
Club results of the previous 5 seasons and the current season based on the current points system are as follows:[6]
| 6 points | 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point | 0.5 point | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | CL | Espérance de Tunis | Wydad AC | |||||
| CC | Zamalek | RS Berkane | ||||||
| 2019–20 | CL | Al-Ahly | ||||||
| CC | RS Berkane | Pyramids | ||||||
| 2020–21 | CL | Al-Ahly | Kaizer Chiefs | |||||
| CC | Raja CA | JS Kabylie | ||||||
| 2021–22 | CL | Wydad AC | Al-Ahly | |||||
| CC | RS Berkane | Orlando Pirates | ||||||
| 2022–23 | CL | Al Ahly | Wydad AC | |||||
| CC | USM Alger | Young Africans | ||||||
| 2023–24 | CL | Al Ahly | Espérance de Tunis | |||||
| CC | Zamalek | RS Berkane | ||||||
If a team was disqualified, they will not obtain any ranking points. For example, ES Sétif were disqualified from the 2016 CAF Champions League during the group stage.[13] As a result, they did not obtain a position for that edition and thus were not counted when calculating the ranking for Algeria.
See also
- AFC club competitions ranking, a similar system used by the Asian Football Confederation
- CAF clubs of the 20th century
- CONMEBOL club ranking of the Copa Libertadores, a similar system used by CONMEBOL
- UEFA coefficient, a similar system used by UEFA
References
- "CAF 5-year ranking". RSSSF. 11 September 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- "CAF Club Competitions entry procedures for 2011 released". CAFOnline.com. 12 March 2010. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". CAFOnline.com. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAFOnline.com. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAFOnline.com. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- "Draw Procedures for Interclubs Group Phase". CAFOnline.com. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- "Timu 4 za Tanzania kushiriki Mashindano ya CAF 2019/2020" [4 Tanzanian teams to participate in the 2019/2020 CAF Championship]. Tanzania Football Federation (in Swahili). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- Paule, Beatrice N'guessan (5 June 2019). "Sport: Pour la saison 2019-2020, le FC San Pedro ne jouera plus la ligue des champions Africaines (Caf), voici les raisons" [Sport: For the 2019-2020 season, FC San Pedro will no longer play the African Champions League (Caf), here are the reasons]. AKODY NEWS (in French). Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- "FIFA Ranking Table - African Zone (Dec 2005)". FIFA Ranking Archives. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- "Two South African clubs for each Interclub Competition". CAFOnline.com. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- "Ranking of clubs for 2nd 1/8th Final Draw of CC 2014" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- "RS Berkane to group stage, 15 more to follow". CAFOnline.com. 8 January 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- "Disqualification of ES Sétif". CAFOnline.com. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
External links
- The CAF 5-year ranking system via RSSSF
- 2008 African club ranking system (archived) via CAFOnline.com