4Q December 2025 CAF Ranking

the KA Leagues Ranking

4Q 2025 Performance ranking of African leagues, based on CAF club competitions – derived ELO method

December 13, 2025

	League (s)		Clubs	Clubs	Pts	RPS_PIF	ex pos.	diff.	Zone/Region
1	Egypt	EGY	🇪🇬		53,914	106,067	1	≡	Africa North
2	Morocco	MAR	🇲🇦		39,897	78,491	2	≡	Africa North
3	South Africa	RSA	🇿🇦		35,966	70,757	3	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
4	Algeria	ALG	🇩🇿		24,735	48,662	4	≡	Africa North
5	Tunisia	TUN	🇹🇳		24,349	47,903	5	≡	Africa North
6	Tanzania	TAN	🇹🇿		18,424	36,246	6	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
7	Congo DR	COD	🇨🇩		15,502	30,498	7	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
8	Rwanda	RWA	🇷🇼		13,948	27,440	25	+17	Africa Sub-Saharan
9	Angola	ANG	🇦🇴		11,759	23,134	10	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
10	Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	🇨🇮		9,732	19,146	9	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
11	Mali	MLI	🇲🇱		7,576	14,905	14	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
12	Guinea	GUI	🇬🇳		4,621	9,091	12	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
13	Libya	LBY	🇱🇾		3,628	7,138	11	-2	Africa North
14	Mauritania	MTN	🇲🇷🇸🇩		3,480	6,846	8	-6	Africa Sub-Saharan
15	Congo	CGO	🇨🇬		2,976	5,855	37	+22	Africa Sub-Saharan
16	Nigeria	NGA	🇳🇬		2,596	5,107	13	-3	Africa Sub-Saharan
17	Zambia	ZAM	🇿🇲		2,426	4,773	19	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
18	Malawi	MWI	🇲🇼		2,235	4,397	31	+13	Africa Sub-Saharan
19	Eswatini	SWZ	🇸🇿		1,864	3,667	23	+4	Africa Sub-Saharan
20	Cameroon	CMR	🇨🇲		1,813	3,567	18	-2	Africa Sub-Saharan
21	Kenya	KEN	🇰🇪		1,738	3,419	30	+9	Africa Sub-Saharan
22	Ethiopia	ETH	🇪🇹		1,633	3,213	33	+11	Africa Sub-Saharan
23	Senegal	SEN	🇸🇳		1,620	3,187	15	-8	Africa Sub-Saharan
24	Burundi	BDI	🇧🇮		1,568	3,085	28	+4	Africa Sub-Saharan
25	Mozambique	MOZ	🇲🇿		1,546	3,042	21	-4	Africa Sub-Saharan
26	Burkina Faso	BFA	🇧🇫		1,242	2,443	22	-4	Africa Sub-Saharan
27	Ghana	GHA	🇬🇭		1,125	2,213	16	-11	Africa Sub-Saharan
28	Somalia	SOM	🇸🇴		0,945	1,859	27	-1	Africa Sub-Saharan
29	Botswana	BOT	🇧🇼		0,697	1,371	17	-12	Africa Sub-Saharan
30	Sudan	SDN	🇸🇩		0,695	1,367	26	-4	Africa Sub-Saharan
31	Zanzibar	ZAN	🇹🇿		0,591	1,163	20	-11	Africa Sub-Saharan
32	Equatorial Guinea	EQG	🇬🇶		0,572	1,125	29	-3	Africa Sub-Saharan
33	Uganda	UGA	🇺🇬		0,378	0,744	24	-9	Africa Sub-Saharan
34	Mauritius	MRI	🇲🇺		0,340	0,669	38	+4	Africa Sub-Saharan
35	South Sudan	SSD	🇸🇸		0,305	0,600	35	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
36	Sierra Leone	SLE	🇸🇱		0,251	0,494	36	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
37	Gabon	GAB	🇬🇦		0,237	0,466	34	-3	Africa Sub-Saharan
38	Liberia	LBR	🇱🇷		0,231	0,454	40	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
39	Djibouti	DJI	🇩🇯		0,215	0,423	39	≡	Africa Sub-Saharan
40	Madagascar	MAD	🇲🇬		0,169	0,332	41	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
41	Zimbabwe	ZIM	🇿🇼		0,130	0,256	43	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
42	Gambia	GAM	🇬🇲		0,128	0,252	44	+2	Africa Sub-Saharan
43	Lesotho	LES	🇱🇸		0,122	0,240	46	+3	Africa Sub-Saharan
44	Togo	TOG	🇹🇬		0,119	0,234	45	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
45	Benin	BEN	🇧🇯		0,082	0,161	32	-13	Africa Sub-Saharan
46	Niger	NIG	🇳🇪		0,080	0,157	47	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
47	Seychelles	SEY	🇸🇨		0,058	0,114	48	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
48	Namibia	NAM	🇳🇦		0,051	0,100	49	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
49	Central African Republic	CTA	🇨🇫		0,049	0,096	50	+1	Africa Sub-Saharan
50	Comoros	COM	🇰🇲		0,014	0,028	42	-8	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 2025 Performance ranking of African clubs, based on CAF club competitions – ELO method

December 13, 2025

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