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Image:CAF logo.GIF The 53 member CAF ( Confederation of African Football ) , ( French : Confédération Africaine de Football ) , ( Arabic : الإتحاد الأفريقى لكرة القدم ) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Cup of Nations, CAF Confederation Cup and the African Champions League. The confederation was founded in 1957, and received a guaranteed berth in the World Cup for the first time in 1970. The CAF annually presents the African Footballer of the Year award.

CAF also organises the UEFA/CAF Meridian Cup with UEFA for youth teams.

See also a list of CAF member nations.

Contents 1 Presidents of CAF 2 Honorary Presidents of CAF 3 General Secretaries of CAF 4 Honorary Members of CAF 5 CAF General Assembly meetings 6 Nation Tournaments 6.1 Regional Tournaments 6.2 Defunct Nation Competitions 7 Club Competitions 7.1 Defunct Club Competitions 8 CAF World Cup Qualifiers 9 External links

[edit] Presidents of CAF

• Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem (Egypt) : 1957 - 1958.
• Gen. Abdel Aziz Mostafa (Egypt) : 1958 - 1968.
• Dr. Abdel Halim Mohamed (Sudan) : 1968 - 1972.
• Ydnekatchew Tessema (Ethiopia) : 1972 - 1987.
• Dr. Abdel Halim Mohamed (Sudan) : 1987 - 1988.
• Issa Hayatou (Cameroon) : 1988 - Present.

[edit] Honorary Presidents of CAF

Gen. Abdel Aziz Mostafa (Egypt) +

Ydnekatchew Tessema (Ethiopia) +

Dr. Abdel Halim Mohamed (Sudan).

[edit] General Secretaries of CAF

• Youssef Mohamed (Egypt) : 1957 - 1958.
• Mustafa Kamel Mansour (Egypt) : 1958 - 1961.
• Mourad Fahmy (Egypt) : 1961 - 1982.
• Mustapha Fahmy (Egypt) : 1982 - present.
• Sodiq Kola (Nigeria): 1999 - present

[edit] Honorary Members of CAF

Mourad Fahmy (Egypt) +

Ram Ruhee (Mauritius)

Tom Mtine (Zambia)

Anani Matthia (Togo)

Rito Alcantara (Senegal) +

Saidi El Maamry (Tanzania)

Nfamara Camara (Guinea).

[edit] CAF General Assembly meetings

• 1 st Ordinary General Assembly in Lisbon , 7-8 June 1956
• 2 nd Ordinary General Assembly in Khartoum , 8 February 1957
• 3 rd Ordinary General Assembly in Stockholm , June 1958
• 4 th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 27 May 1959
• 1 st Extraordinary General Assembly in Rome , 21 August 1960
• 2 nd Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 16-17 February 1961
• 5 th Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa , 16-17 January 1962
• 3 rd Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 23-24 January 1963
• 6 th Ordinary General Assembly in Accra , 14-15 November 1963
• 4 th Extraordinary General Assembly in Tokyo , 7 October 1964
• 7 th Ordinary General Assembly in Tunis , 11 November 1965
• 5 th Extraordinary General Assembly in London , 11 July 1966
• 8 th Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa , 10 January 1968
• 9 th Ordinary General Assembly in Khartoum , 5 February 1970
• 6 th Extraordinary General Assembly in Mexico , 18 June 1970
• 10 th Ordinary General Assembly in Yaounde , 21-22 February, 3 March 1972
• 11 th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 26 February 1974
• 12 th Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa , 26 February 1976
• 13 th Ordinary General Assembly in Accra , 2 march 1978
• 14 th Ordinary General Assembly in Lagos , 6 march 1980
• 15 th Ordinary General Assembly in Tripoli , 3-4 March 1982
• 16 th Ordinary General Assembly in Abidjan , 1 st March 1984
• 17 th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 5 March 1986
• 18 th Ordinary General Assembly in Casablanca , 10 March 1988
• 19 th Ordinary General Assembly in Algiers , 29 February 1990
• 20 th Ordinary General Assembly in Dakar , 10 January 1992
• 21 st Ordinary General Assembly in Tunis , 23 March 1994
• 22 nd Ordinary General Assembly in Johannesburg , 11 January 1996
• 23 rd Ordinary General Assembly in Ouagadougou , 5 February 1998
• 24 th Ordinary General Assembly in Accra , 19 January 2000
• 25 th Ordinary General Assembly in Tunis , January 2004
• 7 th Extraordinary General Assembly in Paris , 19 May 2004
• 26 th Ordinary General Assembly in Marrakech, 11 September 2005
• 27 th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 18 January 2006

[edit] Nation Tournaments

• African Cup of Nations
• African Youth Championship
• African Under-17 Championship
• CAF Women's Championship
• African Futsal Championship
• African Beach Soccer Championship

[edit] Regional Tournaments

• COSAFA Cup - organized by Confederation of Southern African Football Associations
• CECAFA Cup - organized by Confederation of East and Central African Football Associations
• CEMAC Cup
• Amilcar Cabral Cup - Tournament for Western African nations (Zone 2)
• Indian Ocean Games

[edit] Defunct Nation Competitions

• African Games - 1965 - 1987
• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations - 1985 - 1997
• CEDEAO Cup - 1983 - 1991
• Central African Games - 1976 - 1987
• West African Nations Cup - 1982 - 1987
• UDEAC Championship - 1984 - 1990
• UNIFAC Cup - 1999

[edit] Club Competitions

• African Champions League
• CAF Confederation Cup
• CECAFA Clubs Cup

[edit] Defunct Club Competitions

• African Cup of Champions Clubs
• African Cup Winners' Cup
• CAF Cup

[edit] CAF World Cup Qualifiers

• 1930 - None
• 1934 - Egypt
• 1938 - None
• 1950 - None
• 1954 - None
• 1957 Foundation of CAF
• 1958 - None
• 1962 - None
• 1966 - None
• 1970 - Morocco
• 1974 - Zaire
• 1978 - Tunisia
• 1982 - Algeria, Cameroon
• 1986 - Algeria, Morocco
• 1990 - Cameroon, Egypt
• 1994 - Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria
• 1998 - Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
• 2002 - Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia
• 2006 - Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Tunisia

TOTAL

• 5 - Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
• 4 - Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco, Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
• 3 - Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
• 2 - Image:Flag of Algeria (bordered).svg Algeria, Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt, Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
• 1 - Image:Flag of Angola.svg Angola, Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo DR(as Zaire), Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire, Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana, Image:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal, Image:Flag of Togo.svg Togo

[edit] External links

• Confederation Of African Football official CAF site

International football v • d • e</div>
FIFA | World Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asiad | Africand | PASO | Lusophony Games | Mediterranean Games | Jeux de la Francophonie | UNCAF National Cup | CFU Carribbean Cup | Confederations Cup | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams
Asia: AFC – Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América      Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA – European Championship      NF-Board: NFB – VIVA World Cup Image:World Map FIFA2.png
National Football Associations of Africa (CAF) v • d • e</div>
Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Congo | Congo DR | Côte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe
National football teams of Africa (CAF) v • d • e</div>
Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Congo | Congo DR | Côte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Réunion† | Rwanda | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zanzibar† | Zimbabwe †Associate member
International women's football v • d • e</div>
FIFA | World Cup | Olympics | Algarve Cup | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams
Asia: AFC – Women's Championship      Africa: CAF – Women's Championship      North America: CONCACAF – Women's Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Sudamericano Femenino      Oceania: OFC – Women's Championship      Europe: UEFA – Women's Championship Image:World Map FIFA2.png
National women's football teams of Africa (CAF) v • d • e</div>
Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Congo | Congo DR | Côte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Egypt | Gabon | Ghana | Guinea | Kenya | Lesotho | Libya | Malawi | Mali | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Nigeria | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal | South Africa | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe
International club football v • d • e</div>
FIFA | Club World Cup | Intercontinental Cup (defunct) | CWC/IC statistics | Player of the Year | Teams
Asia: AFC – Champions League      Africa: CAF – Champions League      North America: CONCACAF – Champions' Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores      Oceania: OFC – Champions League      Europe: UEFA – Champions League Image:World Map FIFA2.png
International Futsal v • d • e</div>
FIFA Futsal World Championship
Asia: AFC – AFC Futsal Championship      Africa: CAF – African Futsal Championship      North America: CONCACAF – Championship      South America: CONMEBOL – Championship      Oceania: OFC – Oceanian Futsal Championship      Europe: UEFA – UEFA Futsal Championship Image:World Map FIFA2.png

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