ELO Ranking – African Club Competitions & Matches

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1Q 2024 Performance ranking of African leagues in international matches – derived ELO method

March 31, 2024

	League (s)		Clubs	Pts	RPS_PIF	ex pos.	diff.	Zone/Region
1	Egypt	EGY	🇪🇬	36,051	49,665	1	≡	Africa North
2	Morocco	MAR	🇲🇦	35,635	49,092	2	≡	Africa North
3	Tunisia	TUN	🇹🇳	25,607	35,277	3	≡	Africa North
4	Tanzania	TAN	🇹🇿	21,497	29,615	6	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
5	Algeria	ALG	🇩🇿	19,113	26,331	4	-1	Africa North
6	Congo DR	COD	🇨🇩	18,718	25,787	5	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
7	South Africa	RSA	🇿🇦	18,082	24,910	7	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
8	Angola	ANG	🇦🇴	17,804	24,527	8	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
9	Sudan	SDN	🇸🇩	16,035	22,090	9	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
10	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	🇨🇮	12,811	17,649	10	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
11	Guinea	GUI	🇬🇳	10,493	14,456	11	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
12	Cameroon	CMR	🇨🇲	5,732	7,897	12	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
13	Nigeria	NGA	🇳🇬	5,264	7,252	16	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
14	Mauritania	MTN	🇲🇷	5,108	7,037	13	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
15	Libya	LBY	🇱🇾	4,222	5,816	15	≡	Africa North
16	Ghana	GHA	🇬🇭	4,210	5,800	14	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
17	Botswana	BOT	🇧🇼	3,437	4,735	17	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
18	Zambia	ZAM	🇿🇲	1,897	2,613	18	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
19	Burkina Faso	BFA	🇧🇫	1,603	2,208	21	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
20	Mali	MLI	🇲🇱	1,587	2,186	19	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
21	Ethiopia	ETH	🇪🇹	1,329	1,831	22	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
22	Uganda	UGA	🇺🇬	1,297	1,787	20	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
23	Burundi	BDI	🇧🇮	1,159	1,597	23	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
24	Congo	CGO	🇨🇬	0,879	1,211	25	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
25	Malawi	MWI	🇲🇼	0,772	1,064	24	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
26	Djibouti	DJI	🇩🇯	0,512	0,705	26	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
27	Rwanda	RWA	🇷🇼	0,471	0,649	27	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
28	Sierra Leone	SLE	🇸🇱	0,215	0,296	28	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
29	Mozambique	MOZ	🇲🇿	0,177	0,244	29	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
30	Senegal	SEN	🇸🇳	0,101	0,139	30	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
31	Zanzibar	ZAN	🇹🇿	0,070	0,096	31	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
32	Benin	BEN	🇧🇯	0,047	0,065	33	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
33	Namibia	NAM	🇳🇦	0,042	0,058	34	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
34	South Sudan	SSD	🇸🇸	0,041	0,056	39	+5	Africa Sub-Saharan
35	Swaziland	SWZ	🇸🇿	0,031	0,043	36	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
36	Madagascar	MAD	🇲🇬	0,029	0,040	35	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
37	Equatorial Guinea	EQG	🇬🇶	0,021	0,029	38	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
38	Comoros	COM	🇰🇲	0,021	0,029	37	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
39	Togo	TOG	🇹🇬	0,018	0,025	42	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
40	Kenya	KEN	🇰🇪	0,017	0,023	32	-8	Africa Sub-Saharan
41	Seychelles	SEY	🇸🇨	0,016	0,022	44	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
42	Gabon	GAB	🇬🇦	0,014	0,019	40	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
43	Somalia	SOM	🇸🇴	0,014	0,019	41	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
44	Liberia	LBR	🇱🇷	0,009	0,012	43	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan

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Notes
Meaning of the continental ranking versus global ranking
The African continental rankings (ELO Ranking CAF), solely depict the position of a league or club based on international cups, like the Champions League. These rankings are highly technical in nature. For a more precise evaluation of football strength and quality, you should refer to the KA Football Leagues Global Rating or the KA Football Club Global Rating. Global rankings differ from continental rankings by considering more factors. A global league rating takes into account the level of attractiveness and reputation of a league, as measured by the number of players from that league who feature in top national teams (AIF), regardless of the performance of clubs in international competitions. Furthermore, we consider a nation’s general football reputation, evaluated through national team historical results and the most esteemed individual football awards (NFRI). The global club ranking exhibits a greater disparity from the continental ranking. It considers additionally a club’s standing in domestic league competitions in tandem with the global rating of league. As a result, clubs playing in highly ranked leagues but rarely participating in continental competitions may also feature in the global club rankings, occasionally achieving respectable positions.
ELO CAF – Leagues & Clubs Performance Rankings
Clubs earn points for match results under the ELO method scheme. Points are determined based on the relative strength of each opponent, with the expected score factor calculated first. A point value is then determined using factors specific to the match, including the match importance, score, and goal difference, which either increase or decrease the base value. 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, the Arab Club Champions Cup and possibly also other regional associations’ cups.

CAF Members – Depreciation Algorithm

The classic ELO method assigns points to a base value, either adding or subtracting them. However, this distorts the evaluation of a club when they do not play matches, as its ranking value remains constant.

Therefore, in the KA system, we utilise an additional depreciation algorithm in ELO rankings. This algorithm gradually reduces the point value of a club that does not play matches.

As a result, such a club after some time acquires a zero or negative value and drops out of the ranking. This can impact the national league’s total score, leading to some countries not being displayed in the ranking table.

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_PIF and IC3.

RPS (Relative Point Score) is a value obtained by converting ELO points acquired in a ranking according to the same formula used throughout the KA system. This practice enables the comparison of values from different continental rankings. Each RPS assigned to a certain league is multiplied by PIF (Power Index Federation), which allows for the determination of the KA Football Leagues Global Rating.

The Inter-Continental Club Coefficient (IC3) is solely dedicated to clubs and is determined by their continental ranking points, taking into consideration the PIF (Power Index Federation) of the continent, as well as the AIF value. It is a crucial indicator for determining the KA Football Club Global Rating.

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1Q 2024 Performance ranking of African clubs in international matches – ELO method

March 31, 2024

	Club	Country	League	Pts	IC3	diff.	Zone/Region
1	Al-Ahly SC	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	74,410	1,047	≡	CAF North Africa
2	Mamelodi Sundowns	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	62,176	0,873	≡	CAF Southern Africa
3	Wydad Casablanca	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	57,226	0,803	≡	CAF North Africa
4	Espérance ST	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	54,018	0,756	≡	CAF North Africa
5	Raja Casablanca	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	50,877	0,712	≡	CAF North Africa
6	TP Mazembe	COD 🇨🇩	COD	39,213	0,549	≡	CAF Central Africa
7	Petro Luanda	ANG 🇦🇴	ANG	36,448	0,511	≡	CAF Southern Africa
8	Al Hilal Omdurman	SDN 🇸🇩	SDN	33,653	0,471	≡	CAF East Africa
9	CR Bélouizdad	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	32,596	0,456	+1	CAF North Africa
10	Zamalek	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	32,387	0,454	-1	CAF North Africa
11	Simba	TAN 🇹🇿	TAN	32,371	0,454	≡	CAF East Africa
12	RS Berkane	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	28,245	0,397	+1	CAF North Africa
13	Horoya AC	GUI 🇬🇳	GUI	27,596	0,397	-1	CAF West Africa
14	ASEC Mimosas	CIV 🇨🇮	CIV	25,950	0,397	+2	CAF West Africa
15	Pyramids FC	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	25,482	0,398	-1	CAF North Africa
16	Étoile du Sahel	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	22,943	0,397	-1	CAF North Africa
17	USM Alger	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	21,649	0,397	≡	CAF North Africa
18	Young Africans	TAN 🇹🇿	TAN	21,165	0,398	+3	CAF East Africa
19	Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	20,646	0,397	-1	CAF North Africa
20	CS Sfaxien	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	17,310	0,397	≡	CAF North Africa
21	AS Vita Club	COD 🇨🇩	COD	17,307	0,397	-2	CAF Central Africa
22	Al-Ahli Tripoli	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	14,521	0,397	+1	CAF North Africa
23	Al-Merreikh	SDN 🇸🇩	SDN	14,123	0,397	+1	CAF East Africa
24	ES Sétif	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	12,790	0,397	-2	CAF North Africa
25	Nouadhibou	MTN 🇲🇷	MTN	10,817	0,397	+4	CAF West Africa
26	Primeiro de Agosto	ANG 🇦🇴	ANG	10,372	0,397	-1	CAF Southern Africa
27	Rivers United	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	10,133	0,397	+4	CAF West Africa
28	Orlando Pirates	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	9,325	0,398	≡	CAF Southern Africa
29	Coton Sport	CMR 🇨🇲	CMR	9,156	0,397	-2	CAF Central Africa
30	Al-Masry SC	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	8,733	0,397	-4	CAF North Africa
31	Medeama	GHA 🇬🇭	GHA	8,093	0,397	-1	CAF West Africa
32	US Monastir	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	7,501	0,397	+1	CAF North Africa
33	Jwaneng Galaxy	BOT 🇧🇼	BOT	7,096	0,397	-1	CAF Southern Africa
34	Enyimba	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	6,361	0,397	≡	CAF West Africa
35	Hafia	GUI 🇬🇳	GUI	5,979	0,397	≡	CAF West Africa
36	Motema Pembe	COD 🇨🇩	COD	4,994	0,397	≡	CAF Central Africa
37	Future Cairo	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	4,992	0,397	+1	CAF North Africa
38	Douanes Ouagadougou	BFA 🇧🇫	BFA	4,186	0,397	-1	CAF West Africa
39	AS FAR	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	4,060	0,397	+1	CAF North Africa
40	Dreams	GHA 🇬🇭	GHA	3,494	0,397	+10	CAF West Africa
41	FUS Rabat	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	3,345	0,397	-2	CAF North Africa
42	Marumo Gallants	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	3,317	0,397	+1	CAF Southern Africa
43	Sekhukhune United	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	3,066	0,398	+10	CAF Southern Africa
44	Club Africain	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	3,027	0,397	-3	CAF North Africa
45	Abu Salim SC	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	2,897	0,397	+7	CAF North Africa
46	Saint George SC	ETH 🇪🇹	ETH	2,742	0,397	+1	CAF East Africa
47	Vipers	UGA 🇺🇬	UGA	2,722	0,397	-3	CAF East Africa
48	Stade Malien	MLI 🇲🇱	MLI	2,677	0,397	+3	CAF West Africa
49	Power Dynamos	ZAM 🇿🇲	ZAM	2,310	0,397	-1	CAF Southern Africa
50	Sagrada Esperança	ANG 🇦🇴	ANG	2,309	0,397	+16	CAF Southern Africa
51	Bumamuru	BDI 🇧🇮	BDI	2,301	0,397	-2	CAF East Africa
52	SuperSport United	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	2,174	0,397	+7	CAF Southern Africa
53	ZESCO United	ZAM 🇿🇲	ZAM	2,020	0,397	-11	CAF Southern Africa
54	Al-Hilal Benghazi	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	1,936	0,397	+15	CAF North Africa
55	Zanaco	ZAM 🇿🇲	ZAM	1,817	0,397	-10	CAF Southern Africa
56	AmaZulu	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	1,808	0,397	-10	CAF Southern Africa
57	Diables Noirs	CGO 🇨🇬	CGO	1,769	0,397	≡	CAF Central Africa
58	Real Bamako	MLI 🇲🇱	MLI	1,651	0,397	-4	CAF West Africa
59	Big Bullets	MWI 🇲🇼	MWI	1,233	0,397	-1	CAF Southern Africa
60	AS Arta	DJI 🇩🇯	DJI	1,076	0,397	≡	CAF East Africa
61	Al-Ahly Benghazi	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	0,987	0,397	≡	CAF North Africa
62	Académica do Lobito	ANG 🇦🇴	ANG	0,962	0,397	+29	CAF Southern Africa
63	APR	RWA 🇷🇼	RWA	0,898	0,397	-1	CAF East Africa
64	Bendel Insurance	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	0,641	0,397	+3	CAF West Africa
65	Olympique Béja	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	0,495	0,397	≡	CAF North Africa
66	Saint-Éloi Lupopo	COD 🇨🇩	COD	0,486	0,397	+4	CAF Central Africa
67	Plateau United	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	0,459	0,397	-12	CAF West Africa
68	Singida FG	TAN 🇹🇿	TAN	0,455	0,397	+5	CAF East Africa
69	MC Alger	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	0,452	0,397	-13	CAF North Africa
70	AFAD Djékanou	CIV 🇨🇮	CIV	0,403	0,397	+6	CAF West Africa
71	Bo Rangers	SLE 🇸🇱	SLE	0,403	0,397	≡	CAF West Africa
72	ASO Chlef	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	0,361	0,397	-4	CAF North Africa
73	União Desportiva do Songo	MOZ 🇲🇿	MOZ	0,317	0,397	+6	CAF Southern Africa
74	Gaborone United	BOT 🇧🇼	BOT	0,261	0,397	+10	CAF Southern Africa
75	Académie SOAR	GUI 🇬🇳	GUI	0,257	0,397	+39	CAF West Africa
76	Haidoub	SDN 🇸🇩	SDN	0,250	0,397	-2	CAF East Africa
77	Étoile Filante	BFA 🇧🇫	BFA	0,227	0,397	+10	CAF West Africa
78	Milo	GUI 🇬🇳	GUI	0,218	0,397	-1	CAF West Africa
79	Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	0,210	0,397	-16	CAF North Africa
80	Kaizer Chiefs Johannesburg	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	0,198	0,397	-16	CAF Southern Africa
81	Aigle Noir Makamba	BDI 🇧🇮	BDI	0,181	0,397	-3	CAF East Africa
82	Al Akhdar	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	0,153	0,397	-10	CAF North Africa
83	Tala'ea El Gaish	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	0,145	0,397	-2	CAF North Africa
84	Remo Stars	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	0,140	0,397	-2	CAF West Africa
85	JKU FC	ZAN 🇹🇿	ZAN	0,137	0,397	-2	CAF East Africa
86	Génération Foot	SEN 🇸🇳	SEN	0,130	0,397	-1	CAF West Africa
87	MUZA FC	ZAM 🇿🇲	ZAM	0,122	0,397	+10	CAF Southern Africa
88	AS Douanes Nouakchott	MTN 🇲🇷	MTN	0,118	0,397	-2	CAF West Africa
89	Otohô	CGO 🇨🇬	CGO	0,113	0,397	-1	CAF Central Africa
90	Rayon Sports	RWA 🇷🇼	RWA	0,111	0,397	-1	CAF East Africa
91	Bahir Dar Kenema	ETH 🇪🇹	ETH	0,102	0,397	+10	CAF East Africa
92	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	0,091	0,397	-12	CAF North Africa
93	Casa Sports	SEN 🇸🇳	SEN	0,086	0,397	-1	CAF West Africa
94	Coton Sport Benin	BEN 🇧🇯	BEN	0,081	0,397	-1	CAF West Africa
95	African Stars	NAM 🇳🇦	NAM	0,067	0,397	≡	CAF Southern Africa
96	Al Merreikh Juba	SSD 🇸🇸	SSD	0,066	0,397	+9	CAF East Africa
97	Ferroviário de Maputo	MOZ 🇲🇿	MOZ	0,061	0,397	-1	CAF Southern Africa
98	Kallon	SLE 🇸🇱	SLE	0,058	0,397	≡	CAF West Africa
99	KCCA FC	UGA 🇺🇬	UGA	0,055	0,397	≡	CAF East Africa
100	Green Mamba	SWZ 🇸🇿	SWZ	0,050	0,397	≡	CAF Southern Africa
101	Elgeco Plus	MAD 🇲🇬	MAD	0,046	0,397	+1	CAF Southern Africa
102	Djoliba	MLI 🇲🇱	MLI	0,041	0,397	-27	CAF West Africa
103	Kakamega Homeboyz	KEN 🇰🇪	KEN	0,038	0,397	≡	CAF East Africa
104	Djabal Club	COM 🇰🇲	COM	0,034	0,397	≡	CAF Southern Africa
105	Cano Sport	EQG 🇬🇶	EQG	0,031	0,397	+1	CAF Central Africa
106	La Passe FC	SEY 🇸🇨	SEY	0,026	0,397	+1	CAF Southern Africa
107	Centre Sportif de Bendjé	GAB 🇬🇦	GAB	0,023	0,397	+1	CAF Central Africa
108	ASKO Kara	TOG 🇹🇬	TOG	0,023	0,397	+8	CAF West Africa
109	Gaadiidka	SOM 🇸🇴	SOM	0,022	0,397	≡	CAF East Africa
110	Azam	TAN 🇹🇿	TAN	0,021	0,397	+1	CAF East Africa
111	ASAS Djibouti Télécom	DJI 🇩🇯	DJI	0,020	0,397	+2	CAF East Africa
112	AS Loto FC	BEN 🇧🇯	BEN	0,020	0,397	≡	CAF West Africa
113	ASC Kara	TOG 🇹🇬	TOG	0,015	0,397	+4	CAF West Africa
114	KMKM	ZAN 🇹🇿	ZAN	0,013	0,397	+4	CAF East Africa
115	Dragón FC	EQG 🇬🇶	EQG	0,013	0,397	+4	CAF Central Africa
116	Watanga FC	LBR 🇱🇷	LBR	0,013	0,397	+4	CAF West Africa
117	LISCR	LBR 🇱🇷	LBR	0,007	0,397	-2	CAF West Africa
118	Hassania US Agadir	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	0,003	0,397	-28	CAF North Africa
119	CS Constantine	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	0,002	0,397	+5	CAF North Africa