ELO Ranking – African Club Competitions & Matches

the KA Leagues & Club Rankings, set for December 22, 2024

CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup, CAF Super Cup, African Football League, CECAFA Kagame Interclub Cup, FIFA Intercontinental Cup

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Performance ranking of African leagues, based on CAF club competitions – derived ELO method

December 22, 2024

	League (s)		Clubs	Pts	RPS_PIF	ex pos.	diff.	Zone/Region
1	Egypt	EGY	🇪🇬	47,071	61,431	1	≡	Africa North
2	Morocco	MAR	🇲🇦	31,117	40,610	2	≡	Africa North
3	Tunisia	TUN	🇹🇳	23,322	30,437	3	≡	Africa North
4	Mauritania	MTN	🇲🇷🇸🇩	19,524	25,480	14	+10	Africa Sub-Saharan
5	Algeria	ALG	🇩🇿	19,493	25,440	5	≡	Africa North
6	South Africa	RSA	🇿🇦	18,483	24,122	4	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
7	Congo DR	COD	🇨🇩	18,460	24,092	6	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
8	Tanzania	TAN	🇹🇿	16,222	21,171	7	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
9	Angola	ANG	🇦🇴	12,531	16,354	8	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
10	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	🇨🇮	9,224	12,038	10	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
11	Guinea	GUI	🇬🇳	6,380	8,326	11	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
12	Libya	LBY	🇱🇾	5,027	6,561	12	≡	Africa North
13	Ghana	GHA	🇬🇭	4,355	5,684	13	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
14	Nigeria	NGA	🇳🇬	2,740	3,576	16	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
15	Mali	MLI	🇲🇱	2,640	3,445	17	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
16	Botswana	BOT	🇧🇼	2,376	3,101	19	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
17	Cameroon	CMR	🇨🇲	2,154	2,811	15	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
18	Burkina Faso	BFA	🇧🇫	1,537	2,006	18	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
19	Mozambique	MOZ	🇲🇿	1,295	1,690	27	+8	Africa Sub-Saharan
20	Kenya	KEN	🇰🇪	1,185	1,546	20	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
21	Senegal	SEN	🇸🇳	0,975	1,272	21	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
22	Togo	TOG	🇹🇬	0,906	1,182	23	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
23	Zambia	ZAM	🇿🇲	0,897	1,171	24	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
24	Congo	CGO	🇨🇬	0,864	1,128	22	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
25	Rwanda	RWA	🇷🇼	0,861	1,124	25	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
26	Liberia	LBR	🇱🇷	0,850	1,109	28	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
27	Zimbabwe	ZIM	🇿🇼	0,503	0,656	26	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
28	Eswatini	SWZ	🇸🇿	0,486	0,634	30	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
29	Somalia	SOM	🇸🇴	0,379	0,495	33	+4	Africa Sub-Saharan
30	Burundi	BDI	🇧🇮	0,359	0,469	31	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
31	Benin	BEN	🇧🇯	0,355	0,463	32	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
32	Ethiopia	ETH	🇪🇹	0,273	0,356	29	-3	Africa Sub-Saharan
33	Sudan	SDN	🇸🇩	0,215	0,281	9	-24	Africa Sub-Saharan
34	Madagascar	MAD	🇲🇬	0,161	0,210	34	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
35	Niger	NIG	🇳🇪	0,142	0,185	36	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
36	South Sudan	SSD	🇸🇸	0,131	0,171	37	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
37	Namibia	NAM	🇳🇦	0,121	0,158	38	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
38	Uganda	UGA	🇺🇬	0,114	0,149	35	-3	Africa Sub-Saharan
39	Comoros	COM	🇰🇲	0,114	0,149	39	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
40	Djibouti	DJI	🇩🇯	0,105	0,137	40	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
41	Seychelles	SEY	🇸🇨	0,083	0,108	43	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
42	Chad	CHA	🇹🇩	0,080	0,104	42	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
43	Zanzibar	ZAN	🇹🇿	0,076	0,099	44	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
44	Equatorial Guinea	EQG	🇬🇶	0,061	0,080	45	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
45	Malawi	MWI	🇲🇼	0,050	0,065	46	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
46	Central African Republic	CTA	🇨🇫	0,049	0,064	41	-5	Africa Sub-Saharan
47	Sierra Leone	SLE	🇸🇱	0,047	0,061	47	≡	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, FIFA Intercontinental Cup, the Arab Club Champions Cup, CECAFA Kagame Interclub Cup, African Football League 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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4Q 2024 Performance ranking of African clubs, based on CAF club competitions – ELO method

December 22, 2024

OK	Club	Country	League	Pts	IC3	diff.	Zone/Region
1	Al-Ahly SC	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	80,860	1,048	≡	CAF North Africa
2	Espérance ST	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	61,668	0,701	≡	CAF North Africa
3	Mamelodi Sundowns	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	60,146	0,685	≡	CAF Southern Africa
4	Wydad Casablanca	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	50,743	0,577	≡	CAF North Africa
5	TP Mazembe	COD 🇨🇩	COD	41,812	0,475	≡	CAF Central Africa
6	Zamalek	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	39,338	0,447	+1	CAF North Africa
7	Raja Casablanca	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	37,547	0,427	-1	CAF North Africa
8	Al Hilal Omdurman	SDN 🇸🇩	MTN	35,605	0,415	+2	CAF East Africa
9	Simba	TAN 🇹🇿	TAN	34,512	0,415	-1	CAF East Africa
10	Petro Luanda	ANG 🇦🇴	ANG	34,158	0,416	-1	CAF Southern Africa
11	RS Berkane	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	31,244	0,415	+1	CAF North Africa
12	CR Bélouizdad	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	31,218	0,415	-1	CAF North Africa
13	ASEC Mimosas	CIV 🇨🇮	CIV	27,000	0,415	≡	CAF West Africa
14	Pyramids FC	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	25,677	0,416	+1	CAF North Africa
15	Young Africans	TAN 🇹🇿	TAN	23,561	0,416	-1	CAF East Africa
16	USM Alger	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	22,540	0,415	+1	CAF North Africa
17	Étoile du Sahel	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	21,480	0,415	-1	CAF North Africa
18	Horoya AC	GUI 🇬🇳	GUI	17,199	0,415	≡	CAF West Africa
19	Orlando Pirates	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	15,064	0,416	+4	CAF Southern Africa
20	Al-Ahli Tripoli	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	12,318	0,415	+1	CAF North Africa
21	Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	12,116	0,415	-2	CAF North Africa
22	CS Sfaxien	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	12,083	0,415	-2	CAF North Africa
23	AS Vita Club	COD 🇨🇩	COD	11,099	0,415	-1	CAF Central Africa
24	FC Nouadhibou	MTN 🇲🇷	MTN	9,910	0,415	≡	CAF West Africa
25	AS FAR	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	9,621	0,415	+12	CAF North Africa
26	Rivers United	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	9,611	0,415	-1	CAF West Africa
27	Al-Merreikh	SDN 🇸🇩	MTN	8,987	0,415	-1	CAF East Africa
28	AS Maniema Union	COD 🇨🇩	COD	8,826	0,415	+4	CAF Central Africa
29	Medeama	GHA 🇬🇭	GHA	7,578	0,415	≡	CAF West Africa
30	ES Sétif	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	7,506	0,415	-3	CAF North Africa
31	Primeiro de Agosto	ANG 🇦🇴	ANG	7,230	0,415	-3	CAF Southern Africa
32	Al-Masry SC	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	6,430	0,415	-1	CAF North Africa
33	MC Alger	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	6,330	0,415	+15	CAF North Africa
34	Coton Sport	CMR 🇨🇲	CMR	5,707	0,415	-4	CAF Central Africa
35	Future Cairo	EGY 🇪🇬	EGY	5,086	0,415	-1	CAF North Africa
36	CS Constantine	ALG 🇩🇿	ALG	4,706	0,415	+21	CAF North Africa
37	US Monastir	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	4,681	0,415	-2	CAF North Africa
38	Bravos do Maquis	ANG 🇦🇴	ANG	4,532	0,415	+13	CAF Southern Africa
39	Stellenbosch FC	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	4,504	0,415	-6	CAF Southern Africa
40	Jwaneng Galaxy	BOT 🇧🇼	BOT	4,122	0,415	-2	CAF Southern Africa
41	Sagrada Esperança	ANG 🇦🇴	ANG	4,110	0,415	+1	CAF Southern Africa
42	Stade Tunisien	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	3,813	0,415	-6	CAF North Africa
43	Stade Malien	MLI 🇲🇱	MLI	3,660	0,415	+4	CAF West Africa
44	Black Bulls	MOZ 🇲🇿	MOZ	3,539	0,415	+21	CAF Southern Africa
45	Djoliba	MLI 🇲🇱	MLI	3,445	0,415	+4	CAF West Africa
46	Stade d'Abidjan	CIV 🇨🇮	CIV	3,426	0,415	+13	CAF West Africa
47	Dreams	GHA 🇬🇭	GHA	3,267	0,415	-4	CAF West Africa
48	Al-Hilal Benghazi	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	3,144	0,415	-3	CAF North Africa
49	Samartex	GHA 🇬🇭	GHA	3,071	0,415	-9	CAF West Africa
50	ASC Jaraaf	SEN 🇸🇳	SEN	2,884	0,415	+4	CAF West Africa
51	Abu Salim SC	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	2,639	0,415	+2	CAF North Africa
52	Sekhukhune United	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	2,596	0,415	+3	CAF Southern Africa
53	Orapa United	BOT 🇧🇼	BOT	2,552	0,415	+16	CAF Southern Africa
54	Hafia	GUI 🇬🇳	GUI	2,523	0,415	-13	CAF West Africa
55	Douanes Ouagadougou	BFA 🇧🇫	BFA	2,482	0,415	-9	CAF West Africa
56	Enyimba	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	2,328	0,415	-17	CAF West Africa
57	Club Africain	TUN 🇹🇳	TUN	2,298	0,415	+1	CAF North Africa
58	Gor Mahia	KEN 🇰🇪	KEN	2,289	0,415	-8	CAF East Africa
59	FC San-Pédro	CIV 🇨🇮	CIV	2,184	0,415	-7	CAF West Africa
60	Union de Touarga	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	2,121	0,415	-16	CAF North Africa
61	ASC Kara	TOG 🇹🇬	TOG	1,933	0,415	-5	CAF West Africa
62	APR	RWA 🇷🇼	RWA	1,644	0,415	-1	CAF East Africa
63	Lunda Sul	ANG 🇦🇴	ANG	1,642	0,415	-3	CAF Southern Africa
64	Paynesville	LBR 🇱🇷	LBR	1,584	0,415	-2	CAF West Africa
65	SuperSport United	RSA 🇿🇦	RSA	1,433	0,415	+5	CAF Southern Africa
66	Milo	GUI 🇬🇳	GUI	1,411	0,415	-3	CAF West Africa
67	Red Arrows	ZAM 🇿🇲	ZAM	1,381	0,415	-3	CAF Southern Africa
68	Mbabane Swallows	SWZ 🇸🇿	SWZ	1,296	0,415	-1	CAF Southern Africa
69	Diables Noirs	CGO 🇨🇬	CGO	1,240	0,415	+6	CAF Central Africa
70	Rukinzo	BDI 🇧🇮	BDI	1,065	0,415	+1	CAF East Africa
71	Kenya Police FC	KEN 🇰🇪	KEN	1,038	0,415	+1	CAF East Africa
72	Étoile Filante	BFA 🇧🇫	BFA	1,015	0,415	+6	CAF West Africa
73	Enugu Rangers	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	0,958	0,415	≡	CAF West Africa
74	Otohô	CGO 🇨🇬	CGO	0,958	0,415	≡	CAF Central Africa
75	Al-Nasr SC Benghazi	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	0,943	0,415	-9	CAF North Africa
76	Dekedaha	SOM 🇸🇴	SOM	0,908	0,415	≡	CAF East Africa
77	Racing Club Abidjan	CIV 🇨🇮	CIV	0,906	0,415	≡	CAF West Africa
78	Dadje	BEN 🇧🇯	BEN	0,812	0,415	+1	CAF West Africa
79	Dynamos	ZIM 🇿🇼	ZIM	0,741	0,415	+1	CAF Southern Africa
80	Académica do Lobito	ANG 🇦🇴	ANG	0,718	0,415	+8	CAF Southern Africa
81	CBE	ETH 🇪🇹	ETH	0,672	0,415	+3	CAF East Africa
82	Nsoatreman	GHA 🇬🇭	GHA	0,599	0,415	+4	CAF West Africa
83	Hay Al-Wadi	SDN 🇸🇩	SDN	0,490	0,415	-15	CAF East Africa
84	Ngezi Platinum	ZIM 🇿🇼	ZIM	0,403	0,415	-1	CAF Southern Africa
85	Teungueth	SEN 🇸🇳	SEN	0,367	0,415	≡	CAF West Africa
86	El-Kanemi Warriors	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	0,305	0,415	+1	CAF West Africa
87	FUS Rabat	MAR 🇲🇦	MAR	0,286	0,415	-5	CAF North Africa
88	Al-Ahly Benghazi	LBY 🇱🇾	LBY	0,268	0,415	+15	CAF North Africa
89	Coastal Union	TAN 🇹🇿	TAN	0,254	0,415	≡	CAF East Africa
90	US Zilimadjou	COM 🇰🇲	COM	0,251	0,415	≡	CAF Southern Africa
91	El Merriekh Bentiu	SSD 🇸🇸	SSD	0,246	0,415	≡	CAF East Africa
92	AS Arta	DJI 🇩🇯	DJI	0,242	0,415	≡	CAF East Africa
93	Disciples FC	MAD 🇲🇬	MAD	0,233	0,415	≡	CAF Southern Africa
94	Ferroviário da Beira	MOZ 🇲🇿	MOZ	0,231	0,415	≡	CAF Southern Africa
95	AC Léopards	CGO 🇨🇬	CGO	0,229	0,415	≡	CAF Central Africa
96	SC Villa	UGA 🇺🇬	UGA	0,223	0,415	≡	CAF East Africa
97	Ethiopian Coffee	ETH 🇪🇹	ETH	0,217	0,415	≡	CAF East Africa
98	AS GNN	NIG 🇳🇪	NIG	0,213	0,415	≡	CAF West Africa
99	Victoria United	CMR 🇨🇲	CMR	0,207	0,415	≡	CAF Central Africa
100	African Stars	NAM 🇳🇦	NAM	0,200	0,415	≡	CAF Southern Africa
101	Coton FC Ouidah	BEN 🇧🇯	BEN	0,184	0,415	+3	CAF West Africa
102	Uhamiaji	ZAN 🇹🇿	ZAN	0,168	0,415	+3	CAF East Africa
103	Kitara	UGA 🇺🇬	UGA	0,161	0,415	+3	CAF East Africa
104	Horseed FC	SOM 🇸🇴	SOM	0,157	0,415	+3	CAF East Africa
105	Foresters	SEY 🇸🇨	SEY	0,154	0,415	+3	CAF Southern Africa
106	Motema Pembe	COD 🇨🇩	COD	0,146	0,415	-25	CAF Central Africa
107	Fovu Club	CMR 🇨🇲	CMR	0,134	0,415	+4	CAF Central Africa
108	Elgeco Plus	MAD 🇲🇬	MAD	0,134	0,415	+2	CAF Southern Africa
109	Académie SOAR	GUI 🇬🇳	GUI	0,133	0,415	+24	CAF West Africa
110	ASKO Kara	TOG 🇹🇬	TOG	0,129	0,415	+22	CAF West Africa
111	Vital'O FC	BDI 🇧🇮	BDI	0,129	0,415	+1	CAF East Africa
112	Azam	TAN 🇹🇿	TAN	0,121	0,415	+2	CAF East Africa
113	Jamus	SSD 🇸🇸	SSD	0,119	0,415	+2	CAF East Africa
114	Remo Stars	NGA 🇳🇬	NGA	0,115	0,415	+3	CAF West Africa
115	AS PSI	CHA 🇹🇩	CHA	0,115	0,415	+1	CAF Central Africa
116	AS FAN	NIG 🇳🇪	NIG	0,111	0,415	+2	CAF West Africa
117	Power Dynamos	ZAM 🇿🇲	ZAM	0,102	0,415	-15	CAF Southern Africa
118	Deportivo Mongomo	EQG 🇬🇶	EQG	0,102	0,415	+1	CAF Central Africa
119	East End Lions	SLE 🇸🇱	SLE	0,088	0,415	+3	CAF West Africa
120	Big Bullets	MWI 🇲🇼	MWI	0,083	0,415	+3	CAF Southern Africa
121	Red Star FC Bangui	CTA 🇨🇫	CTA	0,081	0,415	-12	CAF Central Africa
122	Saint Louis Suns United	SEY 🇸🇨	SEY	0,079	0,415	+2	CAF Southern Africa
123	Police FC Rwanda	RWA 🇷🇼	RWA	0,072	0,415	+3	CAF East Africa
124	Nsingizini Hotspurs	SWZ 🇸🇿	SWZ	0,068	0,415	+4	CAF Southern Africa
125	Alizé Fort	COM 🇰🇲	COM	0,068	0,415	+4	CAF Southern Africa
126	Elect-Sport	CHA 🇹🇩	CHA	0,068	0,415	+4	CAF Central Africa
127	15 de Agosto	EQG 🇬🇶	EQG	0,068	0,415	≡	CAF Central Africa
128	Real Bamako	MLI 🇲🇱	MLI	0,048	0,415	-8	CAF West Africa
129	ZESCO United	ZAM 🇿🇲	ZAM	0,045	0,415	+5	CAF Southern Africa
130	Bo Rangers	SLE 🇸🇱	SLE	0,045	0,415	+5	CAF West Africa
131	Singida FG	TAN 🇹🇿	TAN	0,029	0,415	≡	CAF East Africa
132	Saint George SC	ETH 🇪🇹	ETH	0,019	0,415	-31	CAF East Africa
133	JKU FC	ZAN 🇹🇿	ZAN	0,005	0,415	+9	CAF East Africa
134	Al Merreikh Juba	SSD 🇸🇸	SSD	0,002	0,415	+9	CAF East Africa
135	MUZA FC	ZAM 🇿🇲	ZAM	0,001	0,415	+11	CAF Southern Africa
136	Bahir Dar Kenema	ETH 🇪🇹	ETH	0,001	0,415	+11	CAF East Africa
137	Bumamuru	BDI 🇧🇮	BDI	0,001	0,415	-24	CAF East Africa