CAF Ranking of African Clubs

CAF's classification of African clubs is made on the following basis: 

For the Cup Winners Cup and the CAF Cup: 
  4 points for the champions, 
  3 for the runners-up, 
  2 for a place in the semifinals and 
  1 point for a place in the quarterfinals 

For the African Cup of Champions clubs from 1965 to 1996: 
  same criteria as CWC and CAF Cup
 
For the CAF Champions League which started in 1997: 
  5 points for the champions,
  4 for the runners-up,
  3 for the clubs ranked 2nd in each group,
  2 for the clubs ranked 3rd in each group,
  1 for the clubs ranked 4th in each group.

Super cup
  1 point for a win. 

Worlds club championship
  2 points per round crossed.

The 'century' classification (Dec 31, 2000): 

 1. Al Ahly (Egypt)             40 points 
 2. Zamalek (Egypt)             37 
 3. Ashante Kotoko (Ghana)      34 
    Canon de Yaoundé (Cameroon) 34 
 5. Espérance (Tunisia)         27 
    ASEC (Ivory Coast)          27
 7. Hearts of Oak (Ghana)       26 
 8. Africa Sports (Ivory Coast) 25 
 9. JS Kabylie (Algeria)        22 
10. TP Englebert (Congo-K.)     20  [now known as TP Mazembe]
11. ES Sahel (Tunisia)          19
    Hafia (Guinea)              19
13. Shooting Stars (Nigeria)    18
14. Raja Casablanca (Morocco)   17
    Ismaily (Egypt)             17
    AS Vita Club (Congo-K.)     17
17. Al-Mokawloon (Egypt)        16
18. Nkana Red Devils (Zambia)   15

Based on this table, valid at the end of the 2000 competitions, Al Ahly was named
as 'African club of the century' by CAF.

The current classification (Dec 31, 2007): 

 1. Al Ahly (Egypt)             68 points 
 2. ES Sahel (Tunisia)          47
    Zamalek (Egypt)             47 
 4. Ashante Kotoko (Ghana)      43 
 5. Espérance (Tunisia)         42
 6. ASEC (Ivory Coast)          40
 7. Canon de Yaoundé (Cameroon) 36 
 8. JS Kabylie (Algeria)        34
 9. Hearts of Oak (Ghana)       31 
10. Africa Sports (Ivory Coast) 30 
11. Raja Casablanca (Morocco)   28
12. Ismaily (Egypt)             26
    TP Mazembe (Congo-K.)       26  [formerly TP Englebert]
14. FAR Rabat (Morocco)         23
15. Hafia (Guinea)              20
16. Enugu Rangers (Nigeria)     19
17. Al-Mokawloon (Egypt)        18
    Shooting Stars (Nigeria)    18
    AS Vita Club (Congo-K.)     18
20. Club Africain (Tunisia)     17
    Nkana Red Devils (Zambia)   17
    WAC Casablanca (Morocco)    17
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Amro Hassanin for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Amro Hassanin (ahly.com@gmail.com)
Last updated: 28 Mar 2008