[Organized by France Football. In some years, two teams were chosen.] 1980 Algeria 1981 Algeria 1982 Algeria 1983 Ghana 1984 Cameroon 1985 Morocco 1986 Morocco 1987 Cameroon 1988 Cameroon 1989 Cameroon 1990 ? 1991 ? 1992 Ivory Coast and Nigeria 1993 Nigeria 1994 Nigeria 1995 Tunisia 1996 South Africa 1997 Morocco 1998 Egypt 1999 Tunisia 2000 Cameroon 2001 Senegal 2002 Senegal 2003 Cameroon 2004 Tunisia 2005 Tunisia 2006 Ghana Wins by Country: Cameroon 6 Tunisia 4 Algeria 3 Morocco 3 Nigeria 3 (1 shared) Ghana 2 Senegal 2 Egypt 1 South Africa 1 Ivory Coast 1 (1 shared)
1980 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 Total
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Algeria 1 1 1 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 27
Cameroon 6 2 2 4 1 - 2 1 1 1 40
Egypt 4 6 NC 2 9 12 2 2 6 2 58
Nigeria 2 7 18 3 3 7 NC 5 3 5 73
Morocco 3 5 17 7 8 1 1 NC 5 12 79
Zambia 13 4 5 - 7 5 7 8 2 8 79
Ghana 9 3 3 1 6 16 8 10 18 17 91
Ivory Coast 10 NC 11 11 9 4 4 3 NC 4 96
Senegal 16 15 8 9 18 3 6 - 12 6 113
Malawi 17 - 13 16 5 10 10 11 7 12 121
Kenya - 11 10 10 12 - NC 6 14 7 130
Tunisia 15 14 16 14 10 11 15 - 11 11 137
Zimbabwe 16 12 14 12 13 6 NC 14 10 - 137
Guinea 5 8 6 - - - 17 12 13 18 139
Togo 17 - 7 6 10 - 14 - NC NC 154
Uganda NC 17 9 - - 15 11 15 NC 9 156
Zaïre 6 10 NC NC NC 19 NC 7 NC 15 157
Mali 17 18 12 15 15 13 NC - 15 16 161
Angola 17 13 19 - NC 14 13 18 9 - 163
Ethiopia - 9 - 8 19 NC NC 9 NC 19 164
Gabon - 19 NC - - 9 19 - 8 14 169
Libya 17 - 4 - NC 8 NC NC NC NC 169
Congo 17 NC NC 13 - 17 12 - 17 NC 176
Tanzania 8 16 - - 16 - NC - NC NC 180
Sierra Leone 17 NC - - NC NC 9 16 NC - 182
Liberia 17 - - - - NC - 17 NC 9 183
Burkina Faso NC - 15 NC 14 NC - - 16 NC 185
Madagascar 17 NC NC 17 NC - NC 13 - NC 187
Niger 14 - - 19 NC NC 16 NC 19 NC 188
Sudan 11 - - - NC NC NC - NC NC 191
Guinea Bissau - - - 18 - - NC 19 NC NC 197
Mozambique NC NC NC NC NC 18 - - NC NC 198
Chad NC NC NC NC NC - 18 - NC - 198
NC : Non classé (not ranked)
Elected by France Football
1. Cameroon
2. Egypt
3. Algeria
4. Ivory Coast
5. Nigeria
6. Senegal
7. Kenya
8. Zambia
9-10. Liberia, Uganda
11. Tunisia
12-13. Malawi, Morocco
14. Gabon
15. Zaïre
16. Mali
17. Ghana
18. Guinea
19. Ethiopia
20. Zimbabwe
21. Angola
22. Cape Verde
23. Centrafrique
24. Chad
25. Sierra Leone
Elected by France Football
1. Ivory Coast and Nigeria
3. Ghana
4. Zaïre
5. Zambia
6-7. Gabon, Zimbabwe
8. Morocco
9. Sierra Leone
10. Tunisia
11. Cameroon
12. Egypt
13. Guinea
14-15. Algeria, Senegal
16. Burundi
17-18. Malawi, Uganda
19. Tanzania
20. Congo
21. Kenya
22. Lesotho
23. Mali
24. Ethiopia
25. South Africa
26-27. Guinea Bissau, Niger
28. Togo
29. Mauritius
30. Mozambique
31. Benin
32-33. Botswana, Namibia
Elected by France Football
1. Nigeria
2. Morocco
3. Cameroon
4. Egypt
5-6. Zambia, Ivory Coast
7. Algeria
8. Sierra Leone
9. Zimbabwe
10. Ghana
11. Guinea
12. Gabon
13. Zaïre
14. Mali
15. Tunisia
16. Senegal
17. Burundi
18. Uganda
19. Kenya
20. Malawi
21. South Africa
22. Angola
23-24. Madagascar, Gambia
25. Mauritius
26. Mozambique
27. Sudan
28. Mauritania
29. Niger
30. Guinea Bissau
31. Ethiopia
32. Togo
33. Congo
34. Lesotho
35. Benin
Elected by France Football
1. Nigeria
2. Zambia
3. Ivory Coast
4. Ghana
5. Mali
6. Egypt
7. South Africa
8. Tanzania
9. Uganda
10. Morocco
11. Senegal
12. Tunisia
13. Cameroon
14. Gabon
15. Guinea
16. Zaïre
17. Sierra Leone
18. Mozambique
19-20. Algeria, Mauritania
21. Niger
22. Namibia
23. Togo
24. Burkina Faso
25. Sudan
26. Zimbabwe
27. Malawi
28. Congo
29. Kenya
30. Eritrea
31. Botswana
Elected by France Football
1. Tunisia
2-3. Angola, Mozambique
4. Egypt
5. South Africa
6-7. Ivory Coast, Zambia
8-9. Cameroon, Algeria
10. Sierra Leone
11-12. Ghana, Zaïre
13. Gabon
14. Burkina Faso
15. Liberia
16. Nigeria
17. Senegal
18. Mauritania
19. Guinea
20. Mali
21. Morocco
22. Uganda
23. Ethiopia
24. Togo
25. Zimbabwe
26. Tanzania
27. Sudan
28. Cape Verde
29. Guinea Bissau
30. Gambia
31. Malawi
32. Congo
33. Namibia
34. Niger
35. Botswana
36. Lesotho
Elected by France Football
1. South Africa
2. Tunisia
3. Zambia
4. Egypt
5. Gabon
6. Morocco
7. Ghana
8. Algeria
9. Angola
10. Cameroon
11. Guinea
12. Togo
13. Zaïre
14. Congo
15-16. Mali, Sudan
17. Zimbabwe
18. Namibia
19. Mozambique
20. Ivory Coast
21. Liberia
22. Malawi
23. Uganda
24. Senegal
25. Ethiopia
26. Burkina Faso
27. Benin
28. Gambia
29. Kenya
30. Sierra Leone
31. Mauritius
32. Tanzania
33. Mauritania
34. Rwanda
Elected by France Football
1. Morocco
2. Tunisia
3. Zambia
4. Cameroon
5. Egypt
6. Ivory Coast
7. Angola
8. Algeria
9. Mozambique
10-11. Nigeria, South Africa
12. Guinea
13. RD Congo
14. Namibia
15. Togo
16. Mali
17. Ghana
18. Zimbabwe
19. Gabon
20. Senegal
21. Sierra Leone
22. Kenya
23. Liberia
24. Congo
25. Burkina Faso
26-27. Gambia, Lesotho
28. Ethiopia
29. Benin
30. Mauritania
31. Guinea Bissau
32-33. Botswana, Swaziland
34. Mauritius
Elected by France Football
1. Egypt
2-3. Morocco, Nigeria
4. South Africa
5. Cameroon
6. Tunisia
7. Burkina Faso
8. RD Congo
9. Ivory Coast
10. Zambia
11. Ghana
12. Namibia
13. Angola
14. Mozambique
15. Togo
16. Guinea
17. Algeria
18. Zimbabwe
19. Kenya
20-21. Malawi, Mali
22-23. Madagascar, Uganda
24. Niger
25. Senegal
26-27. Liberia, Mauritius
28-29. Lesotho, Sudan
30-33. Botswana, Libya, Swaziland, Tanzania
Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.
Pts - P - W - D - L - GF - GA
1. Senegal 30 - 15 - 9 - 3 - 3 - 23 - 7
2. Nigeria 25 - 13 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 22 - 8
3. South Africa 31 - 21 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 23 - 18
4. Tunisia 26 - 12 - 8 - 2 - 2 - 33 - 9
5. Cameroon 21 - 12 - 6 - 3 - 3 - 13 - 9
6. Morocco 27 - 17 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 17 - 10
7. Ivory Coast 25 - 12 - 7 - 4 - 1 - 26 - 8
8. Egypt 35 - 21 - 9 - 8 - 4 - 41 - 24
9. Liberia 22 - 14 - 7 - 1 - 6 - 24 - 24
10. Zambia 27 - 19 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 27 - 20
11. Algeria
12. Togo
13. Ghana
14-15. Burkina Faso, RD Congo
16. Angola
17. Kenya
18. Zimbabwe
19. Lesotho
20. Mali
21. Congo
22. Sierra Leone
23. Gabon
24. Namibia
25. Mauritius
26. Rwanda
27. Burundi
28. Tanzania
29. Uganda
30. Botswana
31. Libya
32. Madagascar
33. Swaziland
Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.
Pts - P - W - D - L - GF - GA
1. Senegal 33 - 17 - 9 - 6 - 2 - 22 - 14
2. Cameroon 29 - 15 - 8 - 5 - 2 - 20 - 10
3. Nigeria 35 - 20 - 9 - 8 - 3 - 20 - 12
4. South Africa 40 - 24 - 10 - 10 - 4 - 29 - 17
5. Mali 21 - 12 - 6 - 3 - 3 - 16 - 9
6. Morocco 23 - 11 - 7 - 2 - 2 - 21 - 8
7. Egypt 25 - 16 - 7 - 4 - 5 - 20 - 12
8. Ghana 12 - 12 - 3 - 3 - 6 - 9 - 13
9. RD Congo 11 - 8 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 11 - 9
10. Tunisia 8 - 14 - 0 - 8 - 6 - 4 - 12
11. Kenya
12. Algeria
13. Burkina Faso
14. Malawi
15. Madagascar
16. Zambia
17. Ivory Coast
18. Liberia
19. Swaziland
20. Zimbabwe
21. Libya
22. Congo
23. Uganda
24. Tanzania
25. Sudan
26. Gambia
27. Togo
28. Angola
29. Chad
30. Guinea
31. Rwanda
32. Botswana
33. Mauritius
34. Mozambique
35. Ethiopia
36. Eritrea
37. Burundi
38. Lesotho
39. Gabon
Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.
Pts - P - W - D - L - GF - GA
1. Cameroon 14 - 9 - 4 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 5
2. Morocco 20 - 10 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 8 - 2
3. Mali 25 - 9 - 8 - 1 - 0 - 13 - 1
4. Zimbabwe 29 - 13 - 9 - 2 - 2 - 20 - 6
5. Egypt 30 - 12 - 10 - 0 - 2 - 29 - 10
6. Burkina Faso 18 - 11 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 12 - 5
7. Tunisia 18 - 9 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 10 - 5
8. Algeria 20 - 12 - 5 - 5 - 2 - 17 - 9
9. Benin 23 - 14 - 7 - 2 - 5 - 18 - 19
10. RD Congo 22 - 10 - 6 - 4 - 0 - 19 - 8
11. Rwanda
12. Kenya
13. South Africa
14. Guinea
15. Nigeria
16. Senegal
17. Zambia
18. Ivory Coast
19. Uganda
20. Congo
21. Libya
22. Gabon
23. Sudan
24. Botswana
25. Angola
26. Lesotho
27. Ghana
28. Cape Verde
29. Togo
30. Liberia
31. Mozambique
32. Seychelles
33. Swaziland
34. Ethiopia
35. Equatorial Guinea
36. Chad
37. Gambia
38. Niger
39. Mauritania
40. Sierra Leone
41. Central Africa
42-43. Namibia, Eritrea
44. Madagascar
45. Malawi
46. Burundi
47. Tanzania
Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.
Pts - P - W - D - L - GF - GA
1. Tunisia 28 - 16 - 8 - 4 - 4 - 23 - 19
2. Morocco 31 - 15 - 9 - 4 - 2 - 28 - 10
3. Nigeria 33 - 17 - 10 - 3 - 4 - 25 - 17
4. Ivory Coast 21 - 8 - 7 - 0 - 1 - 18 - 6
5. Angola 23 - 12 - 6 - 5 - 1 - 14 - 9
6. Guinea 17 - 12 - 4 - 5 - 3 - 18 - 15
7. Libya 23 - 11 - 7 - 2 - 2 - 16 - 8
8. Togo 15 - 8 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 8 - 3
9. Senegal 25 - 14 - 7 - 4 - 3 - 22 - 13
10. Mali 19 - 15 - 5 - 4 - 6 - 17 - 16
11. Egypt
12. Cameroon
13. Zambia
14. Zimbabwe
15. Algeria
16. South Africa
17. RD Congo
18. Kenya
19. Rwanda
20. Burkina Faso
21. Ghana
22. Gabon
23. Ethiopia
24. Sudan
25. Cape Verde
26. Congo
27. Burundi
28. Botswana
29. Benin
30. Mozambique
31. Uganda
32. Malawi
33. Swaziland
34. Liberia
NB: Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, Somalia and Tanzania
(less than 4 matches) not classified
Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.
Pts - P - W - D - L - GF - GA
1. Tunisia 26 - 12 - 8 - 2 - 2 - 28 - 12
2. Ghana 18 - 8 - 5 - 3 - 0 - 16 - 5
3. Togo 19 - 9 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 18 - 12
4. Ivory Coast 15 - 9 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 15 - 11
5. Angola 18 - 12 - 5 - 3 - 4 - 13 - 12
6. Cameroon 17 - 7 - 5 - 2 - 0 - 12 - 5
7. Morocco 15 - 8 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 13 - 5
Senegal 15 - 8 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 15 - 6
9. Nigeria 14 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 15 - 8
10. Egypt
11. Zimbabwe
12. Zambia
13. Guinea
14. South Africa
15. RD Congo
16. Ethiopia
17. Mali
18. Gabon
19. Uganda
20. Rwanda
21. Malawi
22. Sudan
23. Sierra Leone
24. Algeria
25. Congo
26. Burkina Faso
27. Libya
28. Botswana
29. Cape Verde
30. Kenya
31. Tanzania
32. Mozambique
33. Chad
34. Burundi
35. Somalia
36. Benin
37. Lesotho
38. Djibouti
39. Liberia
NB: Central African Republic , Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea Bissau,
Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles and Swaziland (less than 4 matches)
not classified
Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams
in full international matches.
PTS - P - W - D - L – GF – GA
1. Ghana 26 – 17 - 8 - 2 - 7 – 21 – 18
2. Egypt 24 - 13 - 7 - 3 - 3 – 20 – 10
3. Ivory Coast 28 - 17 - 8 – 4 - 5 – 26 – 17
4. Nigeria 19 - 8 - 6 - 1 - 1 – 10 - 3
5. Cameroon 17 - 8 - 5 - 2 - 1 – 15 - 4
6. Angola 23 - 17 - 6 - 5 - 6 – 25 – 22
Tunisia 25 - 16 - 7 - 4 - 5 – 19 – 13
8. Senegal 17 - 12 - 5 - 2 - 5 – 13 – 11
9. Guinea 14 - 8 - 4 - 2 - 2 – 11 - 6
10. Mali 13 - 5 - 4 - 1 - 0 - 4 - 0
11. Zambia
12. D.R. Congo
13. Morocco
14. Tanzania
15. Uganda
16. Algeria
17. Zimbabwe
18. South Africa
19. Sudan
20. Ethiopia
21. Malawi
22. Togo
23. Rwanda
24. Libya
25. Equatorial Guinea
26. Gabon
27. Burkina Faso
28. Seychelles
29. Burundi
30. Namibia
31. Congo
32. Mozambique
33. Botswana
34. Lesotho
35. Swaziland
36. Mauritius
37. Chad
38. Benin
39. Kenya
Not-classified (played less than 4 games during the year):
Cape Verde, Central Africa, Comoros, Djibouti, Erithrea, Gambia, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritania,
Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia.
Prepared and maintained by Erik Garin and José Luis Pierrend for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors:
Erik Garin
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and José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 6 Jul 2007
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