3Q September 2025 CAF Ranking

the KA Leagues Ranking

3Q 2025 Performance ranking of African leagues, based on CAF club competitions – derived ELO method

September 28, 2025

	League (s)		Clubs	Clubs	Pts	RPS_PIF	ex pos.	diff.	Zone/Region
1	Egypt	EGY	🇪🇬		48,308	97,633	1	≡	Africa North
2	Morocco	MAR	🇲🇦		37,534	75,858	3	+1	Africa North
3	South Africa	RSA	🇿🇦		35,847	72,449	2	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
4	Algeria	ALG	🇩🇿		25,638	51,816	4	≡	Africa North
5	Tunisia	TUN	🇹🇳		23,122	46,731	5	≡	Africa North
6	Tanzania	TAN	🇹🇿		22,196	44,859	8	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
7	Congo DR	COD	🇨🇩		17,052	34,463	7	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
8	Mauritania	MTN	🇲🇷🇸🇩		16,744	33,840	6	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
9	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	🇨🇮		10,359	20,936	10	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
10	Angola	ANG	🇦🇴		8,549	17,278	9	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
11	Libya	LBY	🇱🇾		4,142	8,371	12	+1	Africa North
12	Guinea	GUI	🇬🇳		4,101	8,288	11	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
13	Nigeria	NGA	🇳🇬		3,799	7,678	13	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
14	Mali	MLI	🇲🇱		2,745	5,548	17	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
15	Senegal	SEN	🇸🇳		1,987	4,016	15	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
16	Ghana	GHA	🇬🇭		1,599	3,232	14	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
17	Botswana	BOT	🇧🇼		1,583	3,199	16	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
18	Cameroon	CMR	🇨🇲		1,518	3,068	18	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
19	Zambia	ZAM	🇿🇲		1,471	2,973	19	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
20	Zanzibar	ZAN	🇹🇿		1,400	2,829	43	+23	Africa Sub-Saharan
21	Mozambique	MOZ	🇲🇿		1,339	2,706	20	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
22	Burkina Faso	BFA	🇧🇫		1,330	2,688	22	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
23	Eswatini	SWZ	🇸🇿		1,297	2,621	26	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
24	Uganda	UGA	🇺🇬		1,194	2,413	33	+9	Africa Sub-Saharan
25	Rwanda	RWA	🇷🇼		1,166	2,357	23	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
26	Sudan	SDN	🇸🇩		1,091	2,205	OFF	−	Africa Sub-Saharan
27	Somalia	SOM	🇸🇴		1,023	2,068	27	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
28	Burundi	BDI	🇧🇮		0,937	1,894	28	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
29	Equatorial Guinea	EQG	🇬🇶		0,931	1,882	41	+12	Africa Sub-Saharan
30	Kenya	KEN	🇰🇪		0,880	1,779	21	-9	Africa Sub-Saharan
31	Malawi	MWI	🇲🇼		0,807	1,631	45	+14	Africa Sub-Saharan
32	Benin	BEN	🇧🇯		0,703	1,421	30	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
33	Ethiopia	ETH	🇪🇹		0,697	1,409	32	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
34	Gabon	GAB	🇬🇦		0,647	1,308	OFF	−	Africa Sub-Saharan
35	South Sudan	SSD	🇸🇸		0,645	1,304	35	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
36	Sierra Leone	SLE	🇸🇱		0,636	1,285	44	+8	Africa Sub-Saharan
37	Congo	CGO	🇨🇬		0,611	1,235	29	-8	Africa Sub-Saharan
38	Mauritius	MRI	🇲🇺		0,588	1,188	OFF	−	Africa Sub-Saharan
39	Djibouti	DJI	🇩🇯		0,565	1,142	38	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
40	Liberia	LBR	🇱🇷		0,502	1,015	25	-15	Africa Sub-Saharan
41	Madagascar	MAD	🇲🇬		0,487	0,984	34	-7	Africa Sub-Saharan
42	Comoros	COM	🇰🇲		0,478	0,966	36	-6	Africa Sub-Saharan
43	Zimbabwe	ZIM	🇿🇼		0,371	0,750	31	-12	Africa Sub-Saharan
44	Gambia	GAM	🇬🇲		0,367	0,742	OFF	−	Africa Sub-Saharan
45	Togo	TOG	🇹🇬		0,359	0,726	24	-21	Africa Sub-Saharan
46	Lesotho	LES	🇱🇸		0,352	0,711	OFF	−	Africa Sub-Saharan
47	Niger	NIG	🇳🇪		0,244	0,493	37	-10	Africa Sub-Saharan
48	Seychelles	SEY	🇸🇨		0,187	0,378	40	-8	Africa Sub-Saharan
49	Namibia	NAM	🇳🇦		0,160	0,323	39	-10	Africa Sub-Saharan
50	Central African Republic	CTA	🇨🇫		0,155	0,313	46	-4	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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3Q 2025 Performance ranking of African clubs, based on CAF club competitions – ELO method

September 28, 2025

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