Confederation of African Football
Confederation of African Football Confédération Africaine de Football الإتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم |
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Formation | 1957 |
Type | Sports organization |
Headquarters | 6 October City, Egypt |
Membership | 55 member associations |
Official languages | English, French and Arabic |
Secretary General | Moustafa Fahmy |
President | Issa Hayatou |
Website | www.cafonline.com |
The Confederation of African Football (French: Confédération Africaine de Football), (Arabic: الإتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم) is the administrative and controlling body for African association football. It is almost always referred to by its acronym CAF (usually pronounced /ˈkæf/).
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, and therefore, overcome a lot of naturally occurring obstacles, or other burdens such as; limited resources and either complete or partial lack of infrastructures, besides the high cost of transportation through different sides of the continent. Nevertheless, Africa produced skilled players and teams that match, and sometimes exceed Europeans, but, these isolated cases should not be self-deceptive into believing that Africa have achieved European standards in all the domains of football. CAF has been given 5 slots out of the 32 available since the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France and increased to 6 in 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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. The headquarters were few months in Khartoum 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. Its administrative center since 2002 is in 6th of October City, near Cairo. It was initially made up of 4 national associations. Currently there are 55 associations, 53 full members beside Réunion Island and Zanzibar as associates. (see the bottom of this page or List of CAF national football teams).
The current CAF President is Issa Hayatou.
[edit] History
[edit] Competitions
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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]. CAF's parent body FIFA has expressed sympathy to Togo[5], but has not commented on CAF's actions.
[edit] CAF Members
[edit] Confederation of African Football / Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) - 1957
[edit] 53 Full Members
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[edit] 2 Associate Members
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[edit] Regional Federations
[edit] Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) - 1973[edit] West Africa Football Union (WAFU) - Union du Football de l'Ouest Afrique (UFOA) - 1975
[edit] Union des Fédérations de Football d'Afrique Centrale (UNIFFAC) - 1978[edit] Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) - 1997
[edit] Union of North Africa Football Federations (UNAF) - 2005
[edit] Non-regional Members |
[edit] CAF Regional Zones
[edit] CAF Zone 1 - Northern Zone
[edit] CAF Zone 2 - Western Zone A
[edit] CAF Zone 3 - Western Zone B
[edit] CAF Zone 4 - Central Zone
[edit] CAF Zone 5 - Central Eastern Zone
[edit] CAF Zone 6 - Southern Zone
[edit] World Cup Participation and Results
- Legend
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
- GS – Group Stage
- 1S – First Knockout Stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
- — Hosts
[edit] 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 | 1930 |
1934 |
1938 |
1950 |
1954 |
1958 |
1962 |
1966 |
1970 |
1974 |
1978 |
1982 |
1986 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
Total |
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Cameroon | GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | GS | 6 | |||||||||||||
Morocco | GS | R16 | GS | GS | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Nigeria | R16 | R16 | GS | GS | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Tunisia | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Algeria | GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Ghana | R16 | QF | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Côte d'Ivoire | GS | GS | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Egypt | 1S | GS | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Angola | GS | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Congo DR1 | GS | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Senegal | QF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Togo | GS | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 34 |
1 Made 1 appearance as Zaire in 1974.
[edit] 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 | 1991 |
1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2007 |
2011 |
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Nigeria | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | Q | 5 |
Ghana | GS | GS | GS | 3 | |||
Equatorial Guinea | Q | 0 | |||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | TBD | 8 |
- Q – Qualified for the 2011 Women's World Cup
[edit] Rankings
[edit] National Teams
[edit] Men's Team
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.[6]
AFC | FIFA | Country | Points |
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1 | 15 | Ghana | 940 |
2 | 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 813 |
3 | 33 | Egypt | 709 |
4 | 40 | Nigeria | 604 |
5 | 41 | Burkina Faso | 598 |
6 | 43 | Cameroon | 582 |
7 | 46 | Guinea | 564 |
8 | 47 | South Africa | 562 |
9 | 48 | Tunisia | 560 |
10 | 55 | Algeria | 532 |
[edit] Women's National Teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA based on matches played over the last four years.[7]
CAF | FIFA | Country | Points |
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1 | 27 | Nigeria | 1656 |
2 | 43 | Ghana | 1535 |
3 | 57 | South Africa | 1411 |
4 | 66 | Algeria | 1354 |
5 | 70 | Equatorial Guinea | 1348 |
6 | 71 | Morocco | 1338 |
7 | 73 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1331 |
8 | 76 | Cameroon | 1323 |
9 | 79 | Tunisia | 1305 |
10 | 81 | Egypt | 1294 |
[edit] Top 20 African Clubs
Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS based on matches played over the last year till the date of release.[8]
CAF | IFFHS | Club | Points |
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1 | 81 | Al Ahly | 126.5 |
2 | 84 | ES Sétif | 125.5 |
3 | 86 | Heartland F.C. | 124.0 |
4 | 88 | Al-Hilal Omdurman | 123.5 |
5 | 113 | Zamalek | 111.0 |
6 | 131 | JS Kabylie | 103.0 |
7 | 138 | Al-Merreikh | 101.0 |
8 | 139 | Haras El Hodood | 100.5 |
9 | 149 | Ismaily | 97.5 |
10 | 150 | Espérance ST | 96.0 |
11 | 184 | Stade Malien | 89.5 |
12 | 189 | Ittihad | 88.5 |
13 | 196 | Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto | 86.5 |
14 | 179 | Supersport United F.C. | 88.0 |
15 | 237 | Atlético Petróleos Luanda | 80.5 |
16 | 246 | Petrojet | 79.5 |
17 | 248 | Kano Pillars F.C. | 78.5 |
18 | 272 | AS Vita Club | 75.7 |
19 | 283 | Enppi | 73.0 |
20 | 345 | CR Belouizdad | 65.5 |
[edit] 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.[9]
CAF | Club | Points |
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1 | Al-Ahly | 74.0 |
2 | Zamalek | 60.0 |
3 | Étoile du Sahel | 50.0 |
4 | Asante Kotoko | 44.0 |
5 | ASEC Mimosas | 42.0 |
6 | Espérance | 42.0 |
7 | Canon Yaoundé | 36.0 |
8 | JS Kabylie | 35.0 |
9 | Hearts of Oak | 31.0 |
10 | Africa Sports | 30.0 |
[edit] CAF Best Footballers Of The Century
The voting to select the best of the century refers to three categories: male player[10], goalkeeper[11] and female player[12], 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.
[edit] CAF Best Player of the Century
Player Name | Points |
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George Weah | 95 |
Roger Milla | 77 |
Abédi Pelé | 72 |
Lakhdar Belloumi | 56 |
Rabah Madjer | 51 |
Théophile Abega | 39 |
Laurent Pokou | 38 |
Kalusha Bwalya | 37 |
Ahmed Faras | 35 |
Finidi George | 32 |
[edit] CAF Best Goalkeeper Of The Century
Player Name | Points |
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Joseph-Antoine Bell | 39 |
Thomas Nkono | 30 |
Sadok Sassi | 26 |
Badou Zaki | 24 |
Mwamba Kazadi | 19 |
Jacques Songo'o | 13 |
Bruce Grobbelaar | 11 |
Ahmed Shobair | 10 |
Alain Gouaméné | 9 |
Peter Rufai | 6 |
[edit] CAF Best Women's Footballer Of The Century
Player Name | Points |
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Uche Eucharia Ngozi | 21 |
Rita Nwadike | 18 |
Doris Nkiru Okosieme | 17 |
Florence Omagbemi | 15 |
Ann Chiojirie | 14 |
Nana Ama Gyamfuah | 13 |
Fikhile Sitole | 9 |
Vivian Mensah | 8 |
Mercy Akide | 7 |
Ann Agumanu |
[edit] 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.[13].
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[edit] CAF's Anthem
On September 18, 2007 the CAF launched a competition for all African composers to create its Anthem[14]. 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 yet it's composer are still unknown.
[edit] See also
[edit] CAF competitions
Clubs:
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- ^ "Confederation Cup". CAF. http://www.cafonline.com/index.php?lng=1&opt=44&cmpt=19&titre=Past%20Competitions. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/news/newsid=1155068.html#statement+togo
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Men) - CAF Region". FIFA. 8 April 2010. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=23913&rank=200.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (Women) - CAF Region". FIFA. 2008-11-12. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html#confederation=23913&rank=523. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ^ "TOP 350 Club World Ranking". IFFHS. 2008-12-01. http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
- ^ "African Club Ranking: Old-Time records from 1965–2007". 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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