CAF 5-Year Ranking
The CAF 5-Year Ranking is used by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine the number of clubs that each CAF member association may enter in Africa's club football competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. At present, those associations ranked in the top twelve may enter two sides into each of the two continental tournaments, while the remaining associations are limited to a single side in each competition.
Introduction of the ranking
Prior to 2004, CAF organised three club tournaments (the CAF Champions League, the African Cup Winners' Cup, and the CAF Cup) with each association allowed to enter a single side in each tournament.
Starting from the 2004 season, the Cup Winners' Cup and CAF Cup were combined into a new tournament, the CAF Confederation Cup. Rather than limiting all associations to just two positions in CAF tournaments, CAF decided to allow the leading nations two entries into the new tournament, and also allow them a second entry in the Champions League.
As with the UEFA ranking used for their club tournaments, the CAF ranking is based on the results obtained in each of the past five completed club seasons (each weighted equally). There are some differences, notably:
- More tournaments are included (the CAF Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup also allow teams to obtain 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)
- Points are not awarded for the results of individual matches, only the final level of advancement (such as winners, or position in a group stage) determines ranking points
- Only teams that advance to the final eight teams in each club tournament can obtain points
The initial ranking system
The initial classification (for 2004 tournaments) was made according to the performance of the associations in the previous 5 years (1998 to 2002) in club competitions held by the Confederation of African Football.
According to this system the associations selected were Tunisia (36 points), Egypt (31 points), Ivory Coast (27 points), Morocco (24 points), South Africa (17 points), Algeria (17 points), Cameroon (14 points), Ghana (12 points), Angola (12 points), Nigeria (10 points), Congo DR (8 points), and Senegal (6 points).
Season 2005 controversy
In July 2004 the Confederation of African Football informed its members that the ranking system for admission to the various cups 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. So, for the 2012 season, rankings were based on results from 2006 to 2010.
Season 2011 change
In December 2010, the CAF altered the ranking system, removing the components from the Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup, and weighting more recent results more highly. For 2011 competitions, results from seasons 2005 to 2009 were still used, but the points from 2009 were multiplied by 5, from 2008 by 4 and so on.[2][3]
Season 2017 expansion
Starting from 2017 season, the group stage of both the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup was expanded from eight to 16 teams, divided into four groups of four, and a quarter-final stage was added after the group stage.[4][5] The CAF announced the ranking system based on the new format in March 2018.[6]
Season 2019–20 change
Ranking for 2019–20 CAF Champions League and 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup was based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2015 to 2018–19. This was announced by the CAF on 4 June 2019, as using the previous scheme, it would be based on results from 2014 to 2018. The only change for the top 12 associations was that Tanzania were included while Ivory Coast were excluded.[7][8]
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 on 2000, for awarding points in 2003. Since then the only change (added in 2005) has been the addition of criteria 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).
The table below shows the years during which the tournament was run (although for the CAF 5-year rankings only results since 1998 have counted). Since 2011 the Super Cup and FIFA World Cup Club have been excluded.[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 the 2011 CAF competitions, when computing the rankings, points have been weighted according to the year of the results. For example, for the ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2013–2017, the points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:[11]
- 2017 – 5
- 2016 – 4
- 2015 – 3
- 2014 – 2
- 2013 – 1
Association ranking
Association ranking for 2020–21 CAF competitions
Association ranking for 2020–21 CAF Champions League and 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2016 to 2019–20.
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- CL: CAF Champions League
- CC: CAF Confederation Cup
- Associations ranked 1–12 and eligible to enter two teams in each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup)
| Rank | Association | 2016 (× 1) | 2017 (× 2) | 2018 (× 3) | 2018–19 (× 4) | 2019–20 (× 5) | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2019 | Mvt | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | ||
| 1 | 2 |  +1 |  Morocco |
4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 190 |
| 2 | 3 | +1 |  Egypt |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0.5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 167 |
| 3 | 1 |  –2 |  Tunisia |
0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 140 |
| 4 | 5 | +1 |  DR Congo |
0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 83 |
| 5 | 4 | –1 |  Algeria |
0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 81 |
| 6 | 6 |  — |  South Africa |
6 | 0 | 3 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | 68.5 |
| 7 | 7 | — |  Zambia |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 43 |
| 8 | 9 | +1 |  Nigeria |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | 10 | +1 |  Guinea |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | 11 | +1 |  Angola |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
| 11 | 8 | –3 |  Sudan |
0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 29.5 |
| 12 | 18 | +6 |  Libya |
0 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.5 |
| 13 | 12 | –1 |  Tanzania |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | 13 | –1 |  Ivory Coast |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 13.5 |
| 15 | 14 | –1 |  Kenya |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | 20 | +5 |  Zimbabwe |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 17 | 15 | –1 |  Mozambique |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 18 | 16 | –2 |  Congo |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | 17 | –1 |  Uganda |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | 19 | –1 |  Ghana |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 20 | 26 | +6 |  Mali |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 |
| 22 | 20 | –2 |  Rwanda |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 23 | 22 | –1 |  Eswatini |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | 23 | –1 |  Ethiopia |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | 24 | –1 |  Botswana |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | 24 | –1 |  Togo |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | — |  |  Benin |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 27 | — | |  Mauritania |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 29 | 28 | –1 |  Burkina Faso |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | 26 | –3 |  Cameroon |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | 29 | –2 |  Gabon |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Association ranking for 2021–22 CAF competitions
Association ranking for 2021–22 CAF Champions League and 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2017 to 2020–21.
Updated after CAF Champions League/Confederation Cup matches on 23 January 2021, points which may increase marked by ≥.
- Legend
- CL: CAF Champions League
- CC: CAF Confederation Cup
- Associations ranked 1–12 and eligible to enter two teams in each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup)
| Rank | Association | 2017 (× 1) | 2018 (× 3) | 2018–19 (× 3) | 2019–20 (× 4) | 2020–21 (× 5) | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | Mvt | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | ||
| 1 | 1 | — | Morocco |
6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | ≥1 | ≥0.5 | ≥140.5 |
| 2 | 2 | — | Egypt |
7 | 0.5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | ≥2 | ≥128.5 | |
| 3 | 3 | — | Tunisia |
7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ≥1 | ≥101 | |
| 4 | 4 | — | DR Congo |
1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ≥2 | ≥65 | |
| 5 | 5 | — | Algeria |
4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ≥2 | ≥64 | |
| 6 | 6 | — | South Africa |
3 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | ≥2 | ≥53.5 | |
| 7 | 9 | +2 | Guinea |
0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ≥1 | 0 | ≥33 |
| 8 | 10 | +2 | Angola |
0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | ≥1 | ≥31.5 | |
| 9 | 8 | –2 | Nigeria |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ≥0.5 | ≥30 |
| 9 | 11 | +2 | Sudan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ≥2 | 0 | ≥30 |
| 11 | 7 | –3 | Zambia |
2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ≥27.5 | |
| 12 | 13 | +1 | Tanzania |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥1 | ≥15 | |
| 13 | 12 | –1 | Libya |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ≥11 | |
| 14 | 14 | — | Ivory Coast |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | ≥9 | |
| 15 | 15 | — | Kenya |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥8 | |
| 15 | 15 | — | Zimbabwe |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ≥8 | |
| 17 | 18 | +1 | Congo |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 18 | 20 | +2 | Mali |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ≥5 | |
| 18 | 17 | –1 | Mozambique |
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | — | |  Senegal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥1 | ≥5 | |
| 18 | 18 | — | Uganda |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | 20 | –2 | Ghana |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥4 | |
| 22 | 22 | — | Rwanda |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥4 | |
| 24 | 23 | –1 | Eswatini |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥3 | |
| 25 | 27 | +2 | Benin |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | 25 | — | Botswana |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥2 | |
| 25 | 24 | –1 | Ethiopia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | 27 | +2 | Mauritania |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | 25 | — | Togo |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | 29 | –1 | Burkina Faso |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥1.5 | |
| 31 | 29 | –2 | Cameroon |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥1 | |
| 32 | 31 | –1 | Gabon |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥0.5 | |
Historical rankings since 2011
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- Associations ranked 1–12 and eligible to enter two teams in each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup)
- — No rank (0 Points)
| Association | Rank (Points) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | |
| Morocco | 8 (20) | 7 (27) | 4 (62) | 5 (53) | 4 (44) | 7 (29) | 7 (24) | 6 (41) | 4 (84) | 2 (153) | 1 (190) |
| 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) |
| Tunisia | 1 (98) | 1 (97) | 1 (100) | 1 (85) | 1 (106) | 1 (105) | 1 (100) | 2 (76) | 1 (116) | 1 (154) | 3 (140) |
| DR Congo | 5 (46) | 3 (60) | 5 (49) | 6 (48) | 3 (46) | 3 (63) | 3 (69) | 3 (70) | 3 (90) | 5 (87) | 4 (83) |
| Algeria | 6 (27) | 6 (45) | 7 (43) | 7 (40) | 7 (32) | 4 (44) | 4 (64) | 4 (62) | 5 (82.5) | 4 (92) | 5 (81) |
| 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) |
| Zambia | 14 (10) | 12 (13) | 14 (10) | 14 (7) | 16 (4) | 15 (6) | 14 (4) | 9 (18) | 8 (38) | 7 (40.5) | 7 (43) |
| 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) |
| Guinea | 18 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 (5) | 10 (30) | 9 (38) |
| Angola | 11 (18) | 12 (13) | 9 (18) | 10 (18) | 12 (17) | 13 (11) | 13 (7) | 17 (3) | 17 (6) | 11 (21.5) | 10 (36) |
| Sudan | 4 (50) | 5 (47) | 6 (47) | 4 (54) | 6 (37) | 5 (33) | 5 (51) | 7 (35) | 7 (53) | 8 (35) | 11 (29.5) |
| Libya | 16 (9) | 10 (16) | 12 (11) | 15 (6) | 16 (4) | 14 (7) | 14 (4) | 14 (8) | 9 (19) | 18 (10) | 12 (16.5) |
| Tanzania | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 (5) | 24 (2) | 12 (18) | 13 (14) |
| 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) |
| Kenya | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 (14) | 15 (11) |
| Zimbabwe | 12 (17) | 9 (18) | 11 (13) | 13 (8) | 18 (3) | 18 (1) | — | — | 18 (5) | 20 (8) | 15 (11) |
| Mozambique | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 (15) | 15 (13) | 17 (9) |
| Congo | — | — | — | 9 (20) | 9 (21) | 8 (26) | 7 (24) | 10 (16) | 15 (10) | 16 (11.5) | 18 (8) |
| Uganda | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 (5) | 17 (11) | 18 (8) |
| Ghana | 13 (12) | 15 (6) | 16 (2) | 12 (11) | 14 (8) | 15 (6) | 14 (4) | 15 (7) | 22 (4) | 19 (9) | 20 (6.5) |
| Mali | 8 (20) | 8 (21) | 10 (16) | 8 (31) | 7 (32) | 8 (26) | 9 (23) | 11 (15) | 16 (8) | 26 (3) | 20 (6.5) |
| Rwanda | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 (8) | 22 (6) |
| Eswatini | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 (5) | 22 (7) | 23 (5) |
| Ethiopia | — | — | — | — | 15 (5) | 17 (4) | 17 (3) | 18 (2) | 13 (10.5) | 23 (6) | 24 (4) |
| Botswana | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 (4) | 25 (3) |
| Togo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 (4) | 25 (3) |
| Benin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 (2.5) |
| Mauritania | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 (2.5) |
| Burkina Faso | 18 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 (2.5) | 29 (2) |
| Cameroon | 10 (19) | 11 (14) | 8 (19) | 11 (12) | 9 (21) | 8 (26) | 11 (19) | 13 (12) | 10 (15) | 26 (3) | 29 (2) |
| Gabon | 18 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 (2.5) | 29 (1.5) | 31 (1) |
 Equatorial Guinea | 17 (2) | 18 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Niger | — | 16 (5) | 15 (4) | 17 (3) | 19 (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. In two occasions there was a tie for determining the 12th ranked association:
- 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 ranking
Club ranking is used for seeding in the CAF Champons League and CAF Confederation Cup. In case of equality in ranking points, the team that received more points in the previous season will be considered as the higher ranked team.[12]
Club ranking for 2020–21 CAF competitions
Club ranking for 2020–21 CAF Champions League and 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2016 to 2019–20.
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| Rank | Club | 2016 (× 1) | 2017 (× 2) | 2018 (× 3) | 2018–19 (× 4) | 2019–20 (× 5) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Ahly |
2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 69 |
| 2 | Wydad Casablanca |
4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 65 |
| 3 | Espérance de Tunis |
0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 63 |
| 4 | TP Mazembe |
5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 55 |
| 5 | Zamalek |
5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 54 |
| 6 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 49 |
| 7 | RS Berkane |
0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 47 |
| 8 | Étoile du Sahel |
3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 47 |
| 9 | Raja Casablanca |
0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 39 |
| 10 | Horoya |
0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 38 |
| 11 | Hassania Agadir |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | AS Vita Club |
0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 | 1º de Agosto |
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| 14 | Al-Hilal |
0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 21.5 |
| 15 | Enyimba |
2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 16 | ZESCO United |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Pyramids |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 18 | Al-Masry |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 19 | USM Alger |
0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 20 | CS Sfaxien |
0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 21 | Zanaco |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 22 | Club Africain |
0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Petro de Luanda |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 12 |
| 24 | CS Constantine |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | Simba |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 26 | ES Sétif |
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 27 | Gor Mahia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 28 | JS Kabylie |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 28 | Al-Nasr |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 30 | Enugu Rangers |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 30 | FC Platinum |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 32 | FUS Rabat |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 33 | JS Saoura |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 33 | Lobi Stars |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 33 | Orlando Pirates |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 33 | Nkana |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 37 | ASEC Mimosas |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 38 | KCCA |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 39 | SuperSport United |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 40 | MC Alger |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 41 | Djoliba |
0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 6.5 |
| 42 | Al-Ahli Tripoli |
0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 43 | CARA Brazzaville |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 | Difaâ El Jadidi |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 43 | Rayon Sports |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 46 | Ferroviário Beira |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 47 | Paradou AC |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 47 | DC Motema Pembe |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 49 | Mbabane Swallows |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 50 | NA Hussein Dey |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 50 | Ismaily |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 50 | Asante Kotoko |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 53 | Saint George |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 53 | Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 53 | Al-Merrikh |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 56 | MO Béjaïa |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 57 | Township Rollers |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 57 | Williamsville AC |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 57 | UD Songo |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 57 | AS Togo-Port |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 61 | ESAE |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 61 | FC San Pédro |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 61 | FC Nouadhibou |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 61 | Bidvest Wits |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 65 | Salitas |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 65 | AS Otôho |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 67 | Young Africans |
0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 68 | Recreativo do Libolo |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 68 | Coton Sport |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 68 | CAPS United |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 71 | Aduana Stars |
0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 72 | Smouha |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 72 | CF Mounana |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 72 | Rivers United |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 72 | Platinum Stars |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | Medeama |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | Kawkab Marrakech |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Club ranking for 2021–22 CAF competitions
Club ranking for 2021–22 CAF Champions League and 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF tournament (Champions League and Confederation Cup) from 2017 to 2020–21.
Updated after CAF Champions League/Confederation Cup matches on 23 January 2021, points which may increase marked by ≥.
| Rank | Club | 2017 (× 1) | 2018 (× 2) | 2018–19 (× 3) | 2019–20 (× 4) | 2020–21 (× 5) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Ahly |
5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ≥1 | ≥53 |
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis |
3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ≥1 | ≥50 |
| 3 | Wydad Casablanca |
6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ≥1 | ≥48 |
| 4 | Zamalek |
2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ≥1 | ≥42 |
| 5 | TP Mazembe |
5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ≥1 | ≥40 |
| 6 | RS Berkane |
0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ≥0.5 | ≥38.5 |
| 7 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ≥1 | ≥36 |
| 8 | Horoya |
1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ≥1 | ≥33 |
| 9 | Étoile du Sahel |
4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ≥31 | |
| 10 | Raja Casablanca |
0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ≥29 | |
| 11 | Al-Hilal |
1 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | ≥1 | ≥21 |
| 12 | AS Vita Club |
1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ≥1 | ≥21 |
| 13 | Hassania Agadir |
0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 14 | Pyramids |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ≥16 | |
| 15 | 1º de Agosto |
0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ≥16 | |
| 16 | Petro de Luanda |
0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | ≥1 | ≥14.5 |
| 17 | Simba |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ≥1 | ≥14 |
| 18 | Al-Masry |
0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | Enyimba |
0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ≥14 | |
| 20 | USM Alger |
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | ZESCO United |
2 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 11.5 |
| 22 | CS Sfaxien |
2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ≥11 | |
| 23 | Zanaco |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 24 | MC Alger |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ≥1 | ≥9 |
| 25 | CS Constantine |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 26 | Club Africain |
3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 27 | JS Kabylie |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ≥8 | |
| 27 | Al-Nasr |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 29 | Gor Mahia |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ≥8 | |
| 30 | ES Sétif |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ≥8 | |
| 31 | Al-Merrikh |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥1 | ≥7 |
| 32 | Enugu Rangers |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 32 | FC Platinum |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ≥7 | |
| 34 | JS Saoura |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 34 | Lobi Stars |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 34 | Orlando Pirates |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ≥6 | |
| 34 | Nkana |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ≥6 | |
| 38 | CR Belouizdad |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥1 | ≥5 |
| 38 | Teungueth |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥1 | ≥5 |
| 38 | Kaizer Chiefs |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥1 | ≥5 |
| 41 | Djoliba |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 42 | ASEC Mimosas |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 43 | KCCA |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 44 | Paradou AC |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 44 | DC Motema Pembe |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ≥4 | |
| 46 | CARA Brazzaville |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 46 | Difaâ El Jadidi |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 46 | Rayon Sports |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 49 | SuperSport United |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 50 | NA Hussein Dey |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 50 | Ismaily |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 50 | Asante Kotoko |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ≥3 | |
| 53 | Mbabane Swallows |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 54 | Al-Ahli Tripoli |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 54 | FUS Rabat |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 54 | Ferroviário Beira |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 57 | ESAE |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 57 | FC San Pédro |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 57 | FC Nouadhibou |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 57 | Bidvest Wits |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 | Township Rollers |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 | Williamsville AC |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 | UD Songo |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 | AS Togo-Port |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 65 | Saint George |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 65 | Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 67 | Salitas |
0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | ≥1.5 | |
| 67 | AS Otôho |
0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 69 | Aduana Stars |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Young Africans |
0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 | Recreativo do Libolo |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 | Coton Sport |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥1 | |
| 71 | CAPS United |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 74 | Smouha |
0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 74 | CF Mounana |
0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 74 | Rivers United |
0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ≥0.5 | |
| 74 | Platinum Stars |
0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Club results
Club results of the current season and previous five seasons, based on the current points system.[6]
Updated after CAF Champions League/Confederation Cup matches on 23 January 2021, points which may increase marked by ≥.
| 6 points | 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point | 0.5 point | ||
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| 2016 | CL | Mamelodi Sundowns |
Zamalek |
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| CC | TP Mazembe |
MO Béjaïa |
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| 2017 | CL | Wydad Casablanca |
Al-Ahly |
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| CC | TP Mazembe |
SuperSport United |
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| 2018 | CL | Espérance de Tunis |
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| CC | Raja Casablanca |
AS Vita Club |
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| 2018–19 | CL | Espérance de Tunis |
Wydad Casablanca |
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| CC | Zamalek |
RS Berkane |
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| 2019–20 | CL | Al-Ahly |
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| CC | RS Berkane |
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- ^ 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 tournament and thus were not counted when computing the ranking of Algeria.
See also
- CAF Clubs of the 20th Century
- UEFA coefficient, a similar system used by UEFA
- AFC Club Competitions Ranking, a similar system used by the Asian Football Confederation
- CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores, a similar system used by CONMEBOL (clubs only)
References
- "CAF 5-Year Ranking". RSSSF. 11 September 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- CAF Club Competitions entry procedures for 2011 released
- "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
- "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
- "Draw Procedures for Interclubs Group Phase". CAF. 20 March 2018.
- "Timu 4 za Tanzania kushiriki Mashindano ya CAF 2019/2020". tff.or.tz. 4 June 2019.
- "Sport: Pour la saison 2019-2020, le FC San Pedro ne jouera plus la ligue des champions Africaines (Caf), voici les raisons". akody.com. 5 June 2019.
- "African clubs ranking". CAF. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- "Two South African clubs for each Interclub Competition". CAF. 29 November 2014.
- "Ranking of clubs for 2nd 1/8th Final Draw of CC 2014" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 31 March 2014.
- "RS Berkane to group stage, 15 more to follow". CAF. 8 January 2021.
- "Disqualification of ES Sétif". CAF. 23 June 2016.
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