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1Q 2023 Performance ranking of African leagues in international matches – derived ELO method

March 31, 2023

	League (s)		Clubs	Clubs	Pts	RPS	ex pos.	diff.	Zone/Region
1	Morocco	MAR	🇲🇦		48,547	1432,28	2	+1	Africa North
2	Egypt	EGY	🇪🇬		38,703	1141,85	1	-1	Africa North
3	Tunisia	TUN	🇹🇳		37,687	1111,88	3	≡	Africa North
4	Algeria	ALG	🇩🇿		31,294	923,27	4	≡	Africa North
5	South Africa	RSA	🇿🇦		27,782	819,65	6	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
6	Congo DR	COD	🇨🇩		24,508	723,06	5	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
7	Sudan	SDN	🇸🇩		20,991	619,30	9	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
8	Angola	ANG	🇦🇴		18,047	532,44	7	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
9	Guinea	GUI	🇬🇳		15,863	468,01	8	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
10	Tanzania	TAN	🇹🇿		13,538	399,41	11	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
11	Nigeria	NGA	🇳🇬		9,212	271,78	10	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
12	Cameroon	CMR	🇨🇲		6,902	203,63	15	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
13	Zambia	ZAM	🇿🇲		6,277	185,19	12	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
14	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	🇨🇮		6,092	179,73	13	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
15	Libya	LBY	🇱🇾		5,333	157,34	14	-1	Africa North
16	Kenya	KEN	🇰🇪		3,497	103,17	16	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
17	Uganda	UGA	🇺🇬		3,458	102,02	20	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
18	Congo	CGO	🇨🇬		3,167	93,44	17	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
19	Zimbabwe	ZIM	🇿🇼		2,711	79,98	21	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
20	Mali	MLI	🇲🇱		2,691	79,39	18	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
21	Niger	NIG	🇳🇪		2,609	76,97	19	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
22	Mauritania	MTN	🇲🇷		1,652	48,74	24	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
23	Ghana	GHA	🇬🇭		1,452	42,84	23	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
24	Senegal	SEN	🇸🇳		1,243	36,67	22	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
25	Botswana	BOT	🇧🇼		1,056	31,16	26	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
26	Burkina Faso	BFA	🇧🇫		0,717	21,15	28	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
27	Seychelles	SEY	🇸🇨		0,716	21,12	29	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
28	Togo	TOG	🇹🇬		0,619	18,26	25	-3	Africa Sub-Saharan
29	Somalia	SOM	🇸🇴		0,595	17,55	OFF	−	Africa Sub-Saharan
30	Burundi	BDI	🇧🇮		0,495	14,60	30	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
31	Swaziland	SWZ	🇸🇿		0,441	13,01	32	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
32	Rwanda	RWA	🇷🇼		0,416	12,27	27	-5	Africa Sub-Saharan
33	Djibouti	DJI	🇩🇯		0,261	7,70	36	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
34	Ethiopia	ETH	🇪🇹		0,144	4,25	33	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
35	Mozambique	MOZ	🇲🇿		0,110	3,25	31	-4	Africa Sub-Saharan
36	Equatorial Guinea	EQG	🇬🇶		0,042	1,24	35	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
37	Zanzibar	ZAN	🇹🇿		0,034	1,00	37	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
38	Liberia	LBR	🇱🇷		0,033	0,97	34	-4	Africa Sub-Saharan
39	Sierra Leone	SLE	🇸🇱		0,013	0,38	39	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
40	Gabon	GAB	🇬🇦		0,004	0,12	41	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan

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Notes
Meaning of the continental ranking versus global ranking
The continental rankings are technical in nature, as they only show the position of a league or club from the perspective of international cups, such as the Champions League. If you want to find a more accurate ranking in terms of actual football soccer strength and quality, you need to look at the KA Football Leagues Global Rating or the KA Football Club Global Rating. What makes global rankings different from continental rankings is the consideration of more factors. A global league rating takes into account, in addition to the performance of clubs in international competitions, the level of attractiveness and reputation as measured by the number of players from a given league appearing in top national teams (AIF). In addition, we take into account a country’s overall football soccer reputation, as measured by national team historical results and the most prestigious individual football soccer awards (NFRI). The global club ranking shows the difference from the continental ranking to an even greater extent. The global club ranking takes into account a club’s position in domestic league competitions in conjunction with the global league rating. This means that clubs that play in highly ranked leagues but rarely participate in continental competitions can also appear in the global club ranking, sometimes in decent places.
ELO CAF – Leagues & Clubs Performance Rankings
Every club receives the points for match outcomes according to the ELO method. The points are determined by the relative strength of the two opponents where the factor of an expected outcome is calculated and with using the factors related to completed match: importance match factor, the outcome factor and the difference goals factor. Each of the continental ELO ranking covers international matches arranged or recognized by FIFA or the continental confederation. For Africa, this includes the Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup, CAF Super Cup as well as the FIFA Club World Cup, and possibly also the Arab Club Champions Cup or regional associations’ cups.
CAF Members – Depreciation Algorithm
As a general principle the ranking includes all CAF members (56), including two CAF associated countries (non-FIFA). However, not all CAF members are listed in the ranking according to a club football performance. Because leagues receive points as derivated values of club points, so if clubs do not collect any points leagues don’t have positive score and not appear in the ranking. Being ranked therefore demands clubs activity in the area of international competitions. Whereby it is not sufficient to have points by a club picked up in any past time. ELO rankings in the KA system have a depreciation algorithm. It consists, in short, in the fact that the point value of a club not playing matches is gradually reduced. As a result, such a club after some time acquires a zero or negative value and drops out of the ranking. This can also translate into the national league and, as a result, the league can also get a zero or negative value. This is other reason that some countries are not shown in the league table, even if they appeared in the past.
the Ranking Points, RPS and IC3
Ranking points (ELO points) are calculated according to the ELO method. In terms of leagues, these points are derived from the values obtained by clubs. The tables also show values labeled RPS and IC3. RPS (Relative Point Score) is a value that results from the fact that the ELO points obtained in a ranking are converted according to the same formula used throughout the KA system, which allows values from different continental rankings to be compared and combined to determine global rankings. IC3 (Inter-Continental Club Coefficient) is an indicator dedicated only for clubs and it is based on the continental ranking points, taking into account the index of the continent (Power Index Federation), as well as AIF value. It is very important indicator for the KA Football Club Global Rating.

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1Q 2023 Performance ranking of African clubs in international matches – ELO method

March 31, 2023

	Club	Country	Country	League	Pts	IC3	diff.	Zone/Region
1	Al-Ahly SC	EGY 🇪🇬		EGY	96,356	1,559	≡	CAF North Africa
2	Wydad Casablanca	MAR 🇲🇦		MAR	83,789	1,356	≡	CAF North Africa
3	Mamelodi Sundowns	RSA 🇿🇦		RSA	79,583	1,286	+1	CAF Southern Africa
4	Espérance ST	TUN 🇹🇳		TUN	78,190	1,263	-1	CAF North Africa
5	Raja Casablanca	MAR 🇲🇦		MAR	71,507	1,155	≡	CAF North Africa
6	TP Mazembe	COD 🇨🇩		COD	51,595	0,834	≡	CAF Central Africa
7	Al Hilal Omdurman	SDN 🇸🇩		SDN	51,366	0,830	+4	CAF East Africa
8	Horoya AC	GUI 🇬🇳		GUI	47,934	0,776	-1	CAF West Africa
9	RS Berkane	MAR 🇲🇦		MAR	47,259	0,764	≡	CAF North Africa
10	Zamalek	EGY 🇪🇬		EGY	45,918	0,744	≡	CAF North Africa
11	Étoile du Sahel	TUN 🇹🇳		TUN	41,951	0,678	-3	CAF North Africa
12	CR Bélouizdad	ALG 🇩🇿		ALG	40,669	0,657	+3	CAF North Africa
13	Simba	TAN 🇹🇿		TAN	39,465	0,638	+3	CAF East Africa
14	Petro Luanda	ANG 🇦🇴		ANG	38,826	0,627	-1	CAF Southern Africa
15	ES Sétif	ALG 🇩🇿		ALG	37,405	0,604	-3	CAF North Africa
16	Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie	ALG 🇩🇿		ALG	35,365	0,571	+4	CAF North Africa
17	Pyramids FC	EGY 🇪🇬		EGY	34,505	0,559	-3	CAF North Africa
18	AS Vita Club	COD 🇨🇩		COD	30,538	0,493	-1	CAF Central Africa
19	Al-Merreikh	SDN 🇸🇩		SDN	26,827	0,433	+5	CAF East Africa
20	CS Sfaxien	TUN 🇹🇳		TUN	24,769	0,410	-1	CAF North Africa
21	Al-Masry SC	EGY 🇪🇬		EGY	23,657	0,410	-3	CAF North Africa
22	Orlando Pirates	RSA 🇿🇦		RSA	22,854	0,410	≡	CAF Southern Africa
23	ASEC Mimosas	CIV 🇨🇮		CIV	19,580	0,410	≡	CAF West Africa
24	Enyimba	NGA 🇳🇬		NGA	19,172	0,410	-3	CAF West Africa
25	Primeiro de Agosto	ANG 🇦🇴		ANG	16,168	0,410	≡	CAF Southern Africa
26	Coton Sport	CMR 🇨🇲		CMR	15,712	0,410	+6	CAF Central Africa
27	Rivers United	NGA 🇳🇬		NGA	15,367	0,410	≡	CAF West Africa
28	USM Alger	ALG 🇩🇿		ALG	13,932	0,410	+1	CAF North Africa
29	Zanaco	ZAM 🇿🇲		ZAM	12,959	0,410	-3	CAF Southern Africa
30	AmaZulu	RSA 🇿🇦		RSA	11,996	0,410	-2	CAF Southern Africa
31	ZESCO United	ZAM 🇿🇲		ZAM	11,488	0,410	≡	CAF Southern Africa
32	MC Alger	ALG 🇩🇿		ALG	11,166	0,410	-2	CAF North Africa
33	Vipers	UGA 🇺🇬		UGA	10,933	0,410	+7	CAF East Africa
34	Kaizer Chiefs Johannesburg	RSA 🇿🇦		RSA	10,256	0,410	-1	CAF Southern Africa
35	Al-Ahli Tripoli	LBY 🇱🇾		LBY	10,110	0,410	+1	CAF North Africa
36	Motema Pembe	COD 🇨🇩		COD	9,645	0,410	-2	CAF Central Africa
37	Plateau United	NGA 🇳🇬		NGA	9,169	0,410	+1	CAF West Africa
38	Hassania US Agadir	MAR 🇲🇦		MAR	8,289	0,410	-3	CAF North Africa
39	Gor Mahia	KEN 🇰🇪		KEN	7,964	0,410	-2	CAF East Africa
40	Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura	ALG 🇩🇿		ALG	7,813	0,410	-1	CAF North Africa
41	AS FAR	MAR 🇲🇦		MAR	7,552	0,410	+11	CAF North Africa
42	Young Africans	TAN 🇹🇿		TAN	7,118	0,410	+9	CAF East Africa
43	US Monastir	TUN 🇹🇳		TUN	6,800	0,410	+10	CAF North Africa
44	Djoliba	MLI 🇲🇱		MLI	6,001	0,410	-1	CAF West Africa
45	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	LBY 🇱🇾		LBY	5,688	0,410	-4	CAF North Africa
46	Future Cairo	EGY 🇪🇬		EGY	5,570	0,410	+11	CAF North Africa
47	Club Africain	TUN 🇹🇳		TUN	5,466	0,410	-3	CAF North Africa
48	Otohô	CGO 🇨🇬		CGO	4,950	0,410	-1	CAF Central Africa
49	FC Platinum	ZIM 🇿🇼		ZIM	4,421	0,410	-7	CAF Southern Africa
50	Nouadhibou	MTN 🇲🇷		MTN	4,280	0,410	+5	CAF West Africa
51	US GN	NIG 🇳🇪		NIG	4,214	0,410	-3	CAF West Africa
52	ASC Jaraaf	SEN 🇸🇳		SEN	4,111	0,410	-7	CAF West Africa
53	CS Constantine	ALG 🇩🇿		ALG	4,105	0,410	-7	CAF North Africa
54	Marumo Gallants	RSA 🇿🇦		RSA	4,052	0,410	+7	CAF Southern Africa
55	Jwaneng Galaxy	BOT 🇧🇼		BOT	4,047	0,410	-6	CAF Southern Africa
56	Hearts of Oak	GHA 🇬🇭		GHA	3,755	0,410	-6	CAF West Africa
57	Diables Noirs	CGO 🇨🇬		CGO	3,504	0,410	+8	CAF Central Africa
58	ASN Nigelec	NIG 🇳🇪		NIG	3,192	0,410	+2	CAF West Africa
59	Sagrada Esperança	ANG 🇦🇴		ANG	3,047	0,410	-3	CAF Southern Africa
60	Saint-Éloi Lupopo	COD 🇨🇩		COD	2,855	0,410	+2	CAF Central Africa
61	Al-Nasr SC Benghazi	LBY 🇱🇾		LBY	2,818	0,410	-2	CAF North Africa
62	Real Bamako	MLI 🇲🇱		MLI	2,487	0,410	+8	CAF West Africa
63	Nkana	ZAM 🇿🇲		ZAM	2,469	0,410	-9	CAF Southern Africa
64	Rail Club du Kadiogo	BFA 🇧🇫		BFA	2,385	0,410	+2	CAF West Africa
65	Al Akhdar	LBY 🇱🇾		LBY	2,277	0,410	+7	CAF North Africa
66	AS Maniema Union	COD 🇨🇩		COD	1,577	0,410	-8	CAF Central Africa
67	Royal AM	RSA 🇿🇦		RSA	1,416	0,410	+6	CAF Southern Africa
68	ASC Kara	TOG 🇹🇬		TOG	1,366	0,410	+6	CAF West Africa
69	La Passe FC	SEY 🇸🇨		SEY	1,355	0,410	+6	CAF Southern Africa
70	Royal Leopards	SWZ 🇸🇿		SWZ	1,245	0,410	+9	CAF Southern Africa
71	Flambeau du Centre	BDI 🇧🇮		BDI	1,077	0,410	+9	CAF East Africa
72	Horseed FC	SOM 🇸🇴		SOM	0,971	0,410	+87	CAF East Africa
73	Kwara United	NGA 🇳🇬		NGA	0,933	0,410	+5	CAF West Africa
74	Cape Town City F.C.	RSA 🇿🇦		RSA	0,910	0,410	+9	CAF Southern Africa
75	Enugu Rangers	NGA 🇳🇬		NGA	0,873	0,410	-12	CAF West Africa
76	KCCA FC	UGA 🇺🇬		UGA	0,828	0,410	-12	CAF East Africa
77	Gagnoa	CIV 🇨🇮		CIV	0,812	0,410	+9	CAF West Africa
78	Teungueth	SEN 🇸🇳		SEN	0,676	0,410	-11	CAF West Africa
79	APR	RWA 🇷🇼		RWA	0,626	0,410	-3	CAF East Africa
80	Red Arrows	ZAM 🇿🇲		ZAM	0,585	0,410	-3	CAF Southern Africa
81	AS Arta	DJI 🇩🇯		DJI	0,568	0,410	+41	CAF East Africa
82	Paradou AC	ALG 🇩🇿		ALG	0,534	0,410	-13	CAF North Africa
83	AS Kigali	RWA 🇷🇼		RWA	0,477	0,410	+6	CAF East Africa
84	Stade Malien	MLI 🇲🇱		MLI	0,429	0,410	-13	CAF West Africa
85	ASKO Kara	TOG 🇹🇬		TOG	0,396	0,410	-17	CAF West Africa
86	Asante Kotoko	GHA 🇬🇭		GHA	0,376	0,410	-2	CAF West Africa
87	St Michel United	SEY 🇸🇨		SEY	0,275	0,410	+6	CAF Southern Africa
88	Fasil Kenema	ETH 🇪🇹		ETH	0,204	0,410	+11	CAF East Africa
89	Azam	TAN 🇹🇿		TAN	0,195	0,410	+3	CAF East Africa
90	Ferroviário da Beira	MOZ 🇲🇿		MOZ	0,173	0,410	+17	CAF Southern Africa
91	Difaâ El Jadidi	MAR 🇲🇦		MAR	0,138	0,410	-10	CAF North Africa
92	União Desportiva do Songo	MOZ 🇲🇿		MOZ	0,136	0,410	-10	CAF Southern Africa
93	Hilal Alsahil	SDN 🇸🇩		SDN	0,130	0,410	+20	CAF East Africa
94	Saint George S.	ETH 🇪🇹		ETH	0,124	0,410	+1	CAF East Africa
95	Gaborone United	BOT 🇧🇼		BOT	0,103	0,410	+3	CAF Southern Africa
96	Casa Sports	SEN 🇸🇳		SEN	0,093	0,410	+7	CAF West Africa
97	Watanga FC	LBR 🇱🇷		LBR	0,091	0,410	+7	CAF West Africa
98	Rayon Sports	RWA 🇷🇼		RWA	0,081	0,410	-13	CAF East Africa
99	Geita Gold FC	TAN 🇹🇿		TAN	0,077	0,410	+10	CAF East Africa
100	Deportivo Mongomo	EQG 🇬🇶		EQG	0,069	0,410	+12	CAF Central Africa
101	Remo Stars	NGA 🇳🇬		NGA	0,059	0,410	+13	CAF West Africa
102	Kipanga FC	ZAN 🇹🇿		ZAN	0,055	0,410	+21	CAF East Africa
103	Nouakchott Kings	MTN 🇲🇷		MTN	0,053	0,410	+12	CAF West Africa
104	Salitas FC	BFA 🇧🇫		BFA	0,051	0,410	-17	CAF West Africa
105	Bumamuru	BDI 🇧🇮		BDI	0,049	0,410	+12	CAF East Africa
106	Academie SOAR	GUI 🇬🇳		GUI	0,047	0,410	+12	CAF West Africa
107	Al Ahli Khartoum	SDN 🇸🇩		SDN	0,046	0,410	+13	CAF East Africa
108	Al-Ahly Benghazi	LBY 🇱🇾		LBY	0,044	0,410	-20	CAF North Africa
109	NA Hussein Dey	ALG 🇩🇿		ALG	0,034	0,410	-19	CAF North Africa
110	Milo	GUI 🇬🇳		GUI	0,027	0,410	+16	CAF West Africa
111	FC San-Pédro	CIV 🇨🇮		CIV	0,022	0,410	-20	CAF West Africa
112	Bo Rangers	SLE 🇸🇱		SLE	0,022	0,410	+16	CAF West Africa
113	Douanes Niamey	NIG 🇳🇪		NIG	0,018	0,410	+18	CAF West Africa
114	BUL Jinja	UGA 🇺🇬		UGA	0,014	0,410	+18	CAF East Africa
115	Mbabane Highlanders	SWZ 🇸🇿		SWZ	0,011	0,410	+19	CAF Southern Africa
116	ASAS Djibouti Télécom	DJI 🇩🇯		DJI	0,008	0,410	+21	CAF East Africa
117	Lobi Stars	NGA 🇳🇬		NGA	0,007	0,410	-23	CAF West Africa
118	Douanes Ouagadougou	BFA 🇧🇫		BFA	0,006	0,410	+29	CAF West Africa
119	AS Stade Mandji	GAB 🇬🇦		GAB	0,006	0,410	+25	CAF Central Africa
120	LISCR	LBR 🇱🇷		LBR	0,005	0,410	+29	CAF West Africa
121	PWD Bamenda	CMR 🇨🇲		CMR	0,004	0,410	+29	CAF Central Africa
122	Black Bulls	MOZ 🇲🇿		MOZ	0,004	0,410	+29	CAF Southern Africa
123	US Ben Guerdane	TUN 🇹🇳		TUN	0,003	0,410	-26	CAF North Africa
124	Williamsville	CIV 🇨🇮		CIV	0,003	0,410	-28	CAF West Africa
125	Security Systems FC	BOT 🇧🇼		BOT	0,001	0,410	+27	CAF Southern Africa
126	Coton Sport Benin	BEN 🇧🇯		BEN	0,001	0,410	+30	CAF West Africa