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CAF 5-year ranking
Ranking system for CAF club teams
Ranking system for CAF club teams
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.
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. 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:
| Competition | 6 Points | 5 Points | 4 Points | 3 Points | 2 Points | 1 Point | 0.5 Point | Competitions used in rankings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 2020–21 and the 2024–25 season, the points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
- 2024–25: × 5
- 2023–24: × 4
- 2022–23: × 3
- 2021–22: × 2
- 2020–21: × 1
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.
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- CL: CAF Champions League
- CC: CAF Confederation Cup
- ≥: Associations points might increase on basis of its clubs performance in 2024–25 CAF club competitions
| 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 | — | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2.5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | **** | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | **** | |||||||
| 3 | 4 | +1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1.5 | 9 | 3 | **** | |||||||
| 4 | 3 | -1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | **** | |||||||
| 5 | 6 | +1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | **** | |||||||
| 6 | 5 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | **** | |||||||
| 7 | 8 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | **** | |||||||
| 8 | 7 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 10 | 11 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | **** | |||||||
| 11 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | **** | |||||||
| 13 | 15 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | **** | |||||||
| 14 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 15 | 13 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 16 | 19 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | **** | |||||||
| 17 | 21 | +4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **** | |||||||
| 18 | 17 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 19 | 18 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 20 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 21 | 22 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 22 | 22 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 23 | - | new | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | **** | |||||||
| 24 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 25 | 24 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 25 | 24 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 27 | 26 | -1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
Association ranking for the 2026–27 CAF club season
The association ranking for the 2026–27 CAF Champions League and the 2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup will be based on results from each CAF club competition from 2021–22 to the 2025–26 season with the 2025–26 season currently underway.
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- CL: CAF Champions League
- CC: CAF Confederation Cup
- Associations in bold are still active in 2025–26 CAF club competitions
| Rank | Association | 2021–22 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (× 1) | 2022–23 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (× 2) | 2023–24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (× 3) | 2024–25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (× 4) | 2025–26 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (× 5) | Total | 2026 | 2025 | Mvt | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | CL | CC | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | — | **** | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2.5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | **** | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | — | **** | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | **** | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | +1 | **** | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | **** | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | -1 | **** | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1.5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | **** | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | — | **** | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | **** | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | — | **** | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | **** | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | — | **** | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | **** | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | — | **** | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | **** | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | — | **** | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | **** | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | — | **** | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | **** | ||||||
| 11 | 13 | +2 | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | **** | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | — | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | **** | ||||||
| 13 | 11 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 14 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 15 | 24 | +9 | **** | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | **** | ||||||
| 16 | 19 | +3 | **** | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | **** | ||||||
| 17 | 15 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 18 | 16 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 18 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 20 | 17 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 21 | — | new | **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | **** | ||||||
| 21 | 20 | -1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 23 | 23 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 23 | 21 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 23 | 22 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 26 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** | |||||||
| 26 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
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 most recent season is considered as the higher-ranked team.
The club ranking for the 2025–26 CAF Champions League and the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup is 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 | EGY Al Ahly | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | **** |
| 2 | RSA Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | **** |
| 3 | TUN Espérance de Tunis | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | **** |
| 4 | MAR RS Berkane | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | **** |
| 5 | TAN Simba | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | **** |
| 6 | EGY Pyramids | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | **** |
| 7 | EGY Zamalek | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | **** |
| 8 | MAR Wydad AC | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | **** |
| 9 | ALG USM Alger | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | **** |
| 10 | ALG CR Belouizdad | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | **** |
| 11 | SDN Al-Hilal | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | **** |
| 12 | TAN Young Africans | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | **** |
| 13 | CIV ASEC Mimosas | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | **** |
| 14 | COD TP Mazembe | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | **** |
| 15 | RSA Orlando Pirates | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | **** |
| 16 | MAR Raja CA | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | **** |
| 17 | ANG Petro de Luanda | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | **** |
| 18 | MAR ASFAR Rabat | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | **** |
| 19 | ALG Mouloudia Algiers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | **** |
| 20 | ANG Sagrada Esperança | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | **** |
| 21 | ALG CS Constantine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | **** |
| RSA Stellenbosch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 23 | EGY Al-Masry | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | **** |
| 24 | NGA Rivers United | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | **** |
| 25 | ALG JS Kabylie | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 26 | GHA Dreams FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | **** |
| 27 | MLI Stade Malien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | **** |
| 28 | GUI Horoya | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 29 | EGY Future | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | **** |
| 30 | TUN Étoile du Sahel | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | **** |
| 31 | RSA Marumo Gallants | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 32 | ALG ES Sétif | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 33 | MTN FC Nouadhibou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | **** |
| 34 | LBY Abu Salim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | **** |
| 35 | NGA Enyimba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **** |
| SEN ASC Jaraaf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 37 | CMR Coton Sport | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 38 | TUN CS Sfaxien | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | **** |
| 39 | BOT Jwaneng Galaxy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | **** |
| 40 | TUN US Monastir | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 41 | SDN Al-Merrikh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 42 | LBY Al-Ahli Tripoli | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 43 | COD Maniema Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **** |
| CIV Stade d'Abidjan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| MLI Djoliba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| ANG Bravos do Maquis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| ANG Lunda Sul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 48 | CGO Diables Noirs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | **** |
| 49 | COD AS Vita Club | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 50 | RSA Kaizer Chiefs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 51 | GHA Medeama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | **** |
| TUN Club Africain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RSA Sekhukhune United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LBY Al Hilal Benghazi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 55 | LBY Al Ittihad | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| RSA AmaZulu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 57 | COD Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| MLI Real Bamako | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TOG ASKO Kara | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| UGA Vipers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 61 | BOT Orapa United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | **** |
| MOZ Black Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| 63 | ANG Académica do Lobito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | **** |
| GUI Académie SOAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| RSA SuperSport United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 66 | ALG JS Saoura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| CGO AS Otôho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 68 | COD DC Motema Pembe | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| LBY Al Akhdar | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 70 | ZAM Zanaco | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| NIG USGN | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ESW Royal Leopards | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 73 | ZAM Nkana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| SEN Teungueth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 75 | LBY Al Ahly Benghazi | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| BFA Salitas | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TAN Namungo | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ZAM NAPSA Stars | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Club ranking for the 2026–27 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 most recent season is considered as the higher-ranked team.
The club ranking for the 2026–27 CAF Champions League and the 2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup is to be based on results from each CAF club competition from the 2021–22 to the 2025–26 seasons.
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| Rank | Club | 2021–22 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (× 1) | 2022–23 | ||||||
| (× 2) | 2023–24 | ||||||
| (× 3) | 2024–25 | ||||||
| (× 4) | 2025–26 | ||||||
| (× 5) | Total | ||||||
| 1 | EGY Al Ahly | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | **** |
| 2 | RSA Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | **** |
| 3 | TUN Espérance de Tunis | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | **** |
| 4 | MAR RS Berkane | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | **** |
| 5 | EGY Pyramids | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | **** |
| 6 | TAN Simba | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | **** |
| 7 | EGY Zamalek | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | **** |
| 8 | TAN Young Africans | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | **** |
| 9 | ALG USM Alger | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | **** |
| 10 | SDN Al-Hilal | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | **** |
| 11 | ALG CR Belouizdad | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | **** |
| 12 | MAR Wydad AC | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | **** |
| 13 | CIV ASEC Mimosas | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | **** |
| 14 | ANG Petro de Luanda | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | **** |
| 15 | MAR ASFAR Rabat | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | **** |
| 16 | RSA Orlando Pirates | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | **** |
| 17 | COD TP Mazembe | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | **** |
| 18 | ALG Mouloudia Algiers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | **** |
| 19 | MAR Raja CA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | **** |
| 20 | NGA Rivers United | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | **** |
| 21 | RSA Stellenbosch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | **** |
| 22 | MLI Stade Malien | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | **** |
| 23 | EGY Al-Masry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | **** |
| 24 | ALG CS Constantine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | **** |
| 25 | ANG Sagrada Esperança | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | **** |
| 26 | ALG JS Kabylie | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **** |
| 27 | GHA Dreams FC | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 28 | COD Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **** |
| 29 | EGY Future | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 30 | MLI Djoliba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | **** |
| COD Maniema Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | ||
| 32 | LBY Abu Salim | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| MTN FC Nouadhibou | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | RSA Marumo Gallants | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 35 | ZAM Power Dynamos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **** |
| 36 | TUN Étoile du Sahel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 37 | GUI Horoya | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 38 | ANG Bravos do Maquis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | **** |
| NGA Enyimba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| SEN ASC Jaraaf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| ANG Lunda Sul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| CIV Stade d'Abidjan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 43 | BOT Jwaneng Galaxy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 44 | TUN US Monastir | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 45 | ALG ES Sétif | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 46 | CGO AS Otôho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | **** |
| 47 | CGO Diables Noirs | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 48 | TUN CS Sfaxien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | **** |
| 49 | LBY Al Hilal Benghazi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| TUN Club Africain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GHA Medeama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RSA Sekhukhune United | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 53 | SDN Al-Merrikh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 54 | LBY Al-Ahli Tripoli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 55 | RSA Kaizer Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | **** |
| MAR Olympic Safi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| TAN Azam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| CIV San Pédro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| KEN Nairobi United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| TAN Singida Black Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| ZAM ZESCO United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| 62 | CMR Coton Sport | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 63 | BOT Orapa United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | **** |
| MOZ Black Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 65 | MLI Real Bamako | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| TOG ASKO Kara | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| UGA Vipers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| COD AS Vita Club | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 69 | LBY Al Ittihad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| RSA AmaZulu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 71 | ANG Académica do Lobito | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| GUI Académie SOAR | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RSA SuperSport United | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 74 | COD DC Motema Pembe | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| LBY Al Akhdar | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 76 | ALG JS Saoura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| 77 | ZAM Zanaco | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **** |
| NIG USGN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ESW Royal Leopards | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Historical rankings since 2011
Ranking for 2011 CAF competitionsRanking for 2012 CAF competitionsRanking for 2013 CAF competitionsRanking for 2014 CAF competitionsRanking for 2015 CAF competitionsRanking for 2016 CAF competitionsRanking for 2017 CAF competitionsRanking for 2018 CAF competitionsRanking for 2018–19 CAF competitionsRanking for 2019–20 CAF competitionsRanking for 2020–21 CAF competitions Ranking for 2021–22 CAF competitionsRanking for 2022–23 CAF competitionsRanking for 2023–24 CAF competitions
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- — 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 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 1 (190.5) | ||
| 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) | 2 (142) | ||
| 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) | 3 (131) | |||
| 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) | 4 (130) | ||
| 16 (5) | 24 (2) | 12 (18) | 13 (14) | 12 (27.5) | 11 (30.5) | 6 (56.5) | 6 (71) | 5 (82.5) | |||||||||
| 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) | 6 (82.5) | ||
| 11 (18) | (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) | 7 (55) | ||
| 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) | 8 (45) | ||
| 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) | 9 (40) | ||
| 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) | 10 (38) | ||
| 16 (9) | 10 (16) | (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) | 11 (24) | ||
| 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) | 12 (21) | ||
| 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) | 13 (18.5) | ||
| 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) | 14 (16) | ||
| 18 (1) | 18 (5) | 10 (30) | 9 (38) | 7 (38) | 10 (31) | 10 (29) | 13 (20.5) | 15 (12) | |||||||||
| 24 (4) | 25 (3) | 27 (2) | 18 (6) | 21 (4) | 19 (8) | 16 (8.5) | |||||||||||
| 14 (15) | 15 (12) | 17 (9) | 21 (6) | 17 (8) | |||||||||||||
| 27 (2.5) | 27 (2) | 28 (1.5) | 27 (1) | 17 (10.5) | 18 (8) | ||||||||||||
| 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) | 19 (7) | |||||
| 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) | 20 (7) | ||
| 24 (4) | 25 (3) | 27 (2) | 30 (1) | 19 (5) | 22 (4) | 21 (3) | |||||||||||
| 18 (5) | 17 (11) | 18 (8) | 20 (5) | 26 (2) | 19 (5) | 22 (4) | 22 (3) | ||||||||||
| 10 (15) | 15 (13) | 17 (9) | 20 (5) | 30 (1) | 23 (2.5) | ||||||||||||
| 14 (10) | (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) | 24 (2.5) | ||
| 18 (5) | 22 (7) | 23 (5) | 26 (3) | 21 (3.5) | 23 (2) | 24 (1.5) | 25 (1) | ||||||||||
| 16 (5) | 15 (4) | 17 (3) | 19 (2) | 18 (1) | 24 (2.5) | 23 (2) | 24 (1.5) | 25 (1) | |||||||||
| 18 (1) | 28 (2.5) | 29 (2) | 23 (4) | 23 (3) | 23 (2) | 26 (1) | 27 (0.5) | ||||||||||
| 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) | |||||
| 27 (2.5) | 27 (2) | 28 (1.5) | 27 (1) | 28 (0.5) | |||||||||||||
| 14 (14) | 15 (11) | 17 (8) | 19 (5) | 23 (2) | |||||||||||||
| 20 (8) | 22 (6) | 23 (4) | 26 (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 15 (5) | 17 (4) | 17 (3) | 18 (2) | 13 (10.5) | 23 (6) | 24 (4) | 27 (2) | ||||||||||
| 18 (1) | 23 (2.5) | 29 (1.5) | 31 (1) | 32 (0.5) | |||||||||||||
| 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 points | 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point | 0.5 point | 2019–20 | CL | CC | 2020–21 | CL | CC | 2021–22 | CL | CC | 2022–23 | CL | CC | 2023–24 | CL | CC | 2024–25 | CL | CC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGY Al-Ahly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAR RS Berkane | EGY Pyramids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EGY Al-Ahly | RSA Kaizer Chiefs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAR Raja CA | ALG JS Kabylie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAR Wydad AC | EGY Al-Ahly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAR RS Berkane | RSA Orlando Pirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al Ahly | Wydad AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USM Alger | Young Africans | {{unbulleted list | ASEC Mimosas | Marumo Gallants | }} | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al Ahly | Espérance de Tunis | {{unbulleted list | Mamelodi Sundowns | TP Mazembe}} | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Zamalek | RS Berkane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pyramids | Mamelodi Sundowns | {{unbulleted list | Al Ahly | Orlando Pirates}} | |||||||||||||||||||||
| RS Berkane | Simba |
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. As a result, they did not obtain a position for that edition and thus were not counted when calculating the ranking for Algeria.
References
References
- (8 May 2008). "FIFA Ranking Table – African Zone (Dec 2005)".
- (29 November 2014). "Two South African clubs for each Interclub Competition".
- (20 March 2018). "Draw Procedures for Interclubs Group Phase".
- (31 March 2014). "Ranking of clubs for 2nd 1/8th Final Draw of CC 2014".
- (8 January 2021). "RS Berkane to group stage, 15 more to follow".
- (23 June 2016). "Disqualification of ES Sétif".
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