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Confederation of African Football
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 , African Nations Championship 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 .
There are 10 CAF Nations that participate in the UAFA organised Arab Nations Cup . These are Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan and Tunisia.
Presidents of CAF
Honorary Presidents of CAF
Gen. Abdel Aziz Mostafa (Egypt ) +
Ydnekatchew Tessema (Ethiopia) +Dr. Abdel Halim Mohamed (Sudan).
General Secretaries of CAF
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 ).
CAF General Assembly meetings
1st Ordinary General Assembly in Lisbon , 7-8 June 1956
2nd Ordinary General Assembly in Khartoum , 8 February 1957
3rd Ordinary General Assembly in Stockholm , June 1958
4th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 27 May 1959
1st Extraordinary Rome , 21 August 19602nd Extraordinary Cairo , 16-17 February 19615th Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa , 16-17 January 1962
3rd Extraordinary Cairo , 23-24 January 19636th Ordinary General Assembly in Accra , 14-15 November 1963
4th Extraordinary Tokyo , 7 October 19647th Ordinary General Assembly in Tunis , 11 November 1965
5th Extraordinary London , 11 July 19668th Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa , 10 January 1968
9th Ordinary General Assembly in Khartoum , 5 February 1970
6th Extraordinary Mexico , 18 June 197010th Ordinary General Assembly in Yaounde , 21-22 February, 3 March 1972
11th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 26 February 1974
12th Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa , 26 February 1976
13th Ordinary General Assembly in Accra , 2 march 1978
14th Ordinary General Assembly in Lagos , 6 march 1980
15th Ordinary General Assembly in Tripoli , 3-4 March 1982
16th Ordinary General Assembly in Abidjan , 1st March 1984
17th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 5 March 1986
18th Ordinary General Assembly in Casablanca , 10 March 1988
19th Ordinary General Assembly in Algiers , 29 February 1990
20th Ordinary General Assembly in Dakar , 10 January 1992
21st Ordinary General Assembly in Tunis , 23 March 1994
22nd Ordinary General Assembly in Johannesburg , 11 January 1996
23rd Ordinary General Assembly in Ouagadougou , 5 February 1998
24th Ordinary General Assembly in Accra , 19 January 2000
25th Ordinary General Assembly in Tunis , January 2004
7th Extraordinary Paris , 19 May 200426th Ordinary General Assembly in Marrakech , 11 September 2005
27th Ordinary General Assembly in Cairo , 18 January 2006
Nation Tournaments
Regional Tournaments
Defunct Nation Competitions
Club Competitions
Defunct Club Competitions
World Cup Qualifiers
1930 - None 1934 - Egypt (In a joint group with Asia)1938 - None 1950 - None 1954 - None 1957 Foundation of CAF 1958 - None 1962 - None 1966 - None 1970 - Morocco 1974 - Zaire (DR Congo )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 2010 - South Africa, by default as host nation , and 5 other African states
Totals (current members)
External links
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