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CAF 5-year Ranking
The CAF 5-year ranking system is used by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine the number of clubs that each member association may enter its club football competitions; the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. At present, those associations ranked in the top 12 may enter two teams into each of the two club competitions, while the remaining associations are limited to a single team in each competition. Criteria for awarding points CAF approved its basic criteria based on the criteria used in the election of the CAF Clubs of the 20th Century in 2000 for awarding points in 2003. This was changed in 2005 with the addition of a criterion that rewards clubs that advance to the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup. This methodology has also been used to create an all-time ranking for CAF clubs, adding the points that would have been obtained by each club based on its results since 1965. For the rankings system, only results since 1998 have been co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederation Of African Football
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in Khartoum, Sudan. At the FIFA Congress in 1954 held in Bern, Switzerland, it was voted to recognize Africa as a Confederation. Representing the African geography of association football, confederation of FIFA, CAF organizes runs and regulates national team and football team, club #CAF competitions, continental competitions annually or biennially such as the Africa Cup of Nations and Women's Africa Cup of Nations, which they control the prize money and broadcasting of sports events, broadcast rights to. CAF will be allocated 9 spots at the FIFA World Cup starting from 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2026 and could have an opportunity of 10 spots with the addition of an intercontinental play-off tournament involving 6 teams to decide the last 2 FIFA World Cup places (46+2). The main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 CAF Champions League
The 2023–24 CAF Champions League (officially the 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 60th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 28th edition under the current CAF Champions League title. The winners, Al Ahly, for their second consecutive and a record-extending 12th title, automatically qualified for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2024 CAF Super Cup. They also qualified for the brand new 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the expanded 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. The qualifying rounds for the CAF Champions League may have been pushed back to August and September, and the group stage pushed forward to start in November. No official explanation was given, though the press claims that the reason was the introduction of CAF's newest competition, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CR Belouizdad
Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad (); known as CR Belouizdad or simply CRB for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Algiers, Algeria, that plays in the Ligue Professionnelle 1, the top flight of Algerian football. The club has competed in the top division for a record 55 seasons. CRB was founded on 15 July 1962, ten days after the independence of Algeria, as ''Chabab Riadhi de Belcourt'', by the merger of two clubs from the same district, the ''Widad Riadhi de Belcourt'' and the ''Club Athéltique de Belcourt'', and has played at its current home ground, 20 August 1955 Stadium, ever since. CRB has traditionally worn a white home kit with the red trademark "V" on the front since its inception. The club has produced several notable players and established itself as a major force in both Algerian and Maghrebin football during the 1960s and 1970s, winning 10 major trophies in 8 seasons. CRB is one of the most successful clubs in Algeria (and has the most trophies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TP Mazembe
Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional association football, football club based in Lubumbashi. History Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 million, was originally founded by the Benedictine monks who directed the Institut Saint-Boniface school in Élisabethville (modern-day Lubumbashi) in Katanga Province. The missionaries originally decided in 1939 to established a football team for the students' Boy Scout troop, named Saint Georges FC, after the patron saint of the Scouting movement. This team affiliated itself directly in the first division of the Royal Federation of the Native Athletic Associations (''Fédération Royale des Associations Sportives Indigènes'', FRASI) founded by the Belgian King. At the end of the season, Holy Georges placed 3rd. In 1944 the young scouts went on the road and FC St. Georges was rechristened Saint Paul F.C. Some years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlético Petróleos De Luanda
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, also known as Petro Atlético de Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a football (soccer), football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982 and is the most successful team in the country. In its initial days, the club was known as Petroclube. Four players from Petro Atlético represented Angola national football team, Angola at their first FIFA World Cup, World Cup in 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006: Antônio Lebo Lebo, Lebo Lebo, Luis Lamá, Lamá, Paulo Batista Nsimba, Zé Kalanga and Luis Manuel Ferreira Delgado, Delgado. The club has also a Petro Atlético Basketball, basketball team. Many basketball players of the team, participated with Angola national basketball team in the Olympics 2008. Honours *Girabola, Angolan League: 19 **1982 Girabola, 1982, 1984 Girabola, 1984, 1986 Girabola, 1986, 1987 Girabola, 1987, 1988 Girabola, 1988, 1989 Girabola, 1989, 1990 Girabol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simba S
Simba is a fictional character in Disney's ''The Lion King ''franchise. First appearing as a cub in ''The Lion King'' (1994), the character flees his homeland when his father, Mufasa, is murdered by his treacherous uncle, Scar, who manipulates Simba into believing he is responsible. Several years later, Simba returns home as an adult to reconcile his childhood trauma, confront Scar, and reclaim his birthright as King of the Pride Lands. He subsequently appears in the sequels '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'' and ''The Lion King 1½''. Created by screenwriters Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton, Simba underwent several changes as the film's story was revised, including making him a more sympathetic character and establishing his familial relation to Scar. Although conceived as an original character, Simba was inspired by Moses and Joseph from the Bible, as well as the title character from William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet.'' Despite sharing similarities w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RS Berkane
Renaissance Sportive de Berkane () commonly referred to as Nahdat Berkane or RS Berkane for short, is a Moroccan professional football club based in Berkane, that competes in Botola, the top flight of Moroccan football. Founded on 21 May 1938 and changed its name in 1978, the club has traditionally worn an orange home kit since inception. RS Berkane is a well known club for the success of its football section, very popular in and outside the country. Berkane established itself as a major force in both Moroccan and African football. In domestic football, the club has won the league title once and the Moroccan Throne Cup title three times. In international competitions, Berkane have won 4 trophies; three CAF Confederation Cup titles and one CAF Super Cup title. Berkane is also, one of the most successful Moroccan club of the 21st century, and is the 3rd most crowned Moroccan club in Africa with 4 titles in official competitions. History Founding and early years The club was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamalek SC
Zamalek Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an List of football clubs in Egypt, Egyptian Club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is best known for its professional men's Association football, football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. The club is renowned for its consistent success at both domestic and continental levels, regularly contending in Confederation of African Football, CAF tournaments. Founded on 5 January 1911 as Cairo International Sports Club (Zamalek) colloquially El Qāhirah El Mokhtalat Club or El Mokhtalat Club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since its inception. They won their first championship title in 1913. The club is one of the most widely supported in Africa and the Middle East. Zamalek is credited to be the only Egyptians, Egyptian club to participate in the Sultan Hussein Cup as a sign of resistance to the British Empire, British presence in Egypt and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamelodi Sundowns F
Mamelodi is a township (South Africa), township northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. A part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, it was set up by the then apartheid government in 1953. Etymology"Mamelodi" is the name derived from the Sepedi word with the prefix being "ma" meaning mother, and the suffix "melodi" meaning melodies. Its meaning can be translated to mean ''Mother of Melodies''. History The township was established when 16 houses were built on the farm Vlakfontein in June 1953 and later the name changed to Mamelodi. The Group Areas Act designated Mamelodi as a blacks-only area, though this became moot with the fall of Apartheid in 1994. In the 1960s black citizens were forcefully removed from the suburb of Lady Selbourne in Pretoria to Mamelodi, Ga-Rankuwa and Atteridgeville. Anti-apartheid activist Rever ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wydad AC
Wydad Athletic Club (, ), often known outside Morocco as Wydad Casablanca, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional Association football, football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of the Moroccan football league system. They are one of three clubs to have List of unrelegated association football clubs#Never relegated, never been relegated from the top flight. It was founded on 8 May 1937 by seven Moroccans belonging to the national movement for independence, led by :fr:Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi, Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi. They initially focused on water polo to give indigenous Moroccans the right to access swimming pools before Père Jégo, Mohamed Ben Lahcen Affani – also known by the nickname of "Père Jégo" ("Father Jégo") – created the football section on 19 June 1939. He was the first manager of the team. The club has traditionally worn a red home kit since inception. Domestically, Wydad has won a record of 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espérance Sportive De Tunis
Espérance Sportive de Tunis (), known as ES Tunis or simply EST for short, is a Tunisian professional sports club founded on 15 January 1919 in the Bab Souika neighborhood of Tunis. Its football (soccer), football section has competed in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Tunisian Professional League 1 continuously since 1936. It is nicknamed "Mkashkha", ''The Elder of Tunisian Clubs'', ''The Blood and Gold Club'' and ''The Beast of Africa'' It is the most successful Tunisian club nationally and internationally in all competitions, with 34 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Tunisian Professional League 1 titles (record), the last of which was the 2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, 2024–25 season, 16 Tunisian Cup titles (record), the last of which was the 2024–25 Tunisian Cup, 2024–25 season, and 7 Tunisian Super Cup titles (record), the most recent of which is the 2023–24 Tunisian Super Cup, 2023–24 edition, the Hedi Shaker Cup in 1968 and the Hamda El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Ahly SC
Al-Ahly Sporting Club (), commonly known as Al-Ahly, is an List of football clubs in Egypt, Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional Association football, football team which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest tier in the Egyptian football league system. The club is renowned for its consistent success at both domestic and continental levels, regularly contending in Confederation of African Football, CAF tournaments. Founded on 24 April 1907 by Omar Lotfy and cofounded by Yahia Baher, Al-Ahly has a record of 45 Egyptian Premier League titles, 39 Egypt Cup titles and 15 Egyptian Super Cups. Al-Ahly is List of football clubs by competitive honours won, the most successful club in Confederation of African Football, Africa. In international competitions, Al-Ahly has won a record 12 CAF Champions League titles, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, a record of 8 CAF Super Cups, a record of 4 African Cup Winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
