CAF Clubs of the 20th Century

On 31 December 2000 the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has published a ranking with the most successful clubs of the 20th century in the African continent (CAF African Club of the Century).

The ranking was calculated by the exclusively on the basis of performance by African teams throughout their participation in CAF club competitions (from the quarter-finals to final) from 1964 to 2000.^[1] Clubs' performance from the Group Stage of the Champions League, international competition run by CAF since 1997, have been included.^[1] Regional competitions organized by football associations members to the organization has not been considered. Clubs' performance on the first edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, held in Brazil on January 2000, has been included in the ranking.^[1]

CAF's classification of African clubs is made on the following basis:

Top Ten Africa's clubs of the 20th Century:^[1]

Position	Team	Country	Pts.
1	Al-Ahly	Egypt	40
2	El-Zamalek	Egypt	37
3	Asante Kotoko	Ghana	34
	Canon Yaoundé	Cameroon	34
5	Espérance Tunis	Tunisia	27
	ASEC Mimosas	Ivory Coast	27
7	Hearts of Oak	Ghana	26
8	Africa Sports	Ivory Coast	25
9	JS Kabylie	Algeria	20
10	Englebert	Democratic Republic of the Congo	19

Full list published by CAF on 31 December 2000 (top 18)

Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).

Based on this statistical study, Egypt's Al-Ahly was named as "African club of the century" by the continental governing body on 31 December 2000.^[1]

References

External links

• CAF Ranking of African Clubs on RSSSF.com