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Latest CAF Club Ranking 2022 Top Ten Teams in Africa
1. Al Ahly β Egypt πͺπ¬ (225.5 points)
2. Pyramids FC – Egypt πͺπ¬ (160.5 points)
3. Raja Ateletic Club Morocco π²π¦ (153 points)
4. Zamalek SC Egypt πͺπ¬ ( 149 points)
5. Wydad Casablanca Morocco π²π¦ (147 points)
6.Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club South Africa πΏπ¦ (141 points)
7.Simba SC Tanzania πΉπΏ (137.5 points)
8. CR Belouizdad Algeria π©πΏ (133.5 points)
9. JS Kabyile Algeria π©πΏ (130 points
10. Petro Atletico de Luanda Angola π¦π΄ (117 points
Latest CAF Club Ranking 2022 Top Ten Teams in Africa
1. Al Ahly β Egypt
Al Ahly Sporting Club (The National Club), commonly referred to as Al Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo. It is one of the most successful football clubs in the world based on total trophies won. Its professional football team plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier in the Egyptian football league system. The club was founded on 24 April 1907, as a gathering place for Cairoβs Student Unions.
Al Ahly has a record of 42 national league titles, 37 national cup titles and 11 national super cup titles, making them the most decorated club in Egypt. The club has never been relegated to the Egyptian Second Division. Al Ahly is considered the most successful team in Africa and is one of the continentβs giants
2. Pyramids FC
Pyramids Football Club is an Egyptian professional football club based in Cairo that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.Formed in 2008 as Al Assiouty Sport in Beni Seuf, the club was bought and moved to Cairo in 2018. Pyramids FC play their home matches at the 30 June Stadium. Latest CAF Club Ranking 2022 Top Ten Teams in Africa
3.Raja Club Athletic
Raja Club Athletic (Raja CA or RCA) or Raja Casablanca or simply Raja is a professional football club based in Casablanca, Morocco, that competes in Botola, the top flight of Moroccan football.
Founded in 20 March 1949 in the district of Derb Sultan,the club has traditionally worn a green home kit since inception. Raja CA is a well known club for the success of its football section, very popular in and outside the country. Raja sits at the Raja-Oasis Sports center for training, The team has played its home matches in the 67,000 capacity Stade Mohammed V in downtown Casablanca since 1955.Unlike most African sporting entities, Rajaβs members have owned and operated the club throughout its history.
The club is one of the most widely supported teams in Africa. Raja is one of three founding members of Botola that have never been relegated from the top division since its inception in 1956, along with Wydad AC and AS FAR.The club holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably in the Casablanca Derby with Wydad AC and The classico with AS FAR.
4. Zamalek SC
Zamalek Sporting Club is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, and was the most titled African team in the 20th century.
The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system.
The club was founded on 5 January 1911 as Qasr El Nile Club and was first headed by theΒ BelgianΒ lawyerΒ George Merzbach. The name was changed two years later to Cairo International Sports Club (C.I.S.C.),[8]Β colloquially El QΔhirah El Mokhtalat Club or El Mokhtalat Club. The club was renamed in 1941 afterΒ King Farouk of EgyptΒ and became known as Farouk El Awal Club (transl.βFarouk I Club). After theΒ 1952 Egyptian revolution, the club changed its name again to Zamalek.
Zamalek established itself as the first major force in Egyptian football during the 1920s, as it became the first Egyptian team to win titles. Zamalek was the first Egyptian team to winΒ Sultan Hussein CupΒ in 1921 and 1922, theΒ Egypt CupΒ in 1922; and theΒ Cairo LeagueΒ in 1922β23.
It is one of two clubs that have played in every season of theΒ Egyptian Premier League, and one of seven that have never been relegated to theΒ Egyptian Second Division.
At the international level, it has won fiveΒ CAF Champions LeagueΒ titles, oneΒ CAF Confederation CupΒ title, fourΒ CAF Super CupΒ titles and oneΒ African Cup Winners’ CupΒ title; making it one of the most successful clubs in Africa. It is also the first Egyptian team to ever win theΒ CAF Super CupΒ when it beat archrivalΒ Al AhlyΒ in theΒ 1994 CAF Super Cup. Zamalek was the first Egyptian team to participate in and win theΒ Afro-Asian CupΒ inΒ 1987; and holds the record for most participations (1987, 1994, and 1997) and most titles after winning it a second time inΒ 1997.
5. Wydad Athletic Club
Wydad Athletic Club commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of the Moroccan football league system, they are one of three clubs to have never been relegated from the top flight.
Founded on 8 May 1937 by seven Moroccans belonging the national movement for independence, led by Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi. They initially focused on water polo to give indigenous Moroccans the right to access swimming pools before Mohamed Ben Lahcen Affani β also known by the nickname of βPΓ¨re JΓ©goβ (βFather JΓ©goβ) β created the football section in 1939, he was the first manager of the team.The club has traditionally worn a red home kit since inception.
6.Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club
Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of South African football league system. Founded in the 1970s, the team plays its home games in the Loftus Versfeld Stadium and Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium.
Sundowns have won the Premier League title a record 12 times since its inception in 1996 and hold the joint record of 3 National Soccer League Championships. It is currently the most successful football club in the South African PSL era. They won the 2016 CAF Champions League, 2017 CAF Super Cup and were voted the 2016 CAF Club of the Year. Domestically, they have also won the Nedbank Cup six times, the MTN 8 four times and the Telkom Knockout four times. They are the first South African team to compete in the FIFA Club World Cup, where they finished in 6th place.
7.Simba SC
Founded in 1936, the club, which broke away from another Tanzania Giants, Dar Young Africans was named Queens, in honor of her Majesty, the Queen of England. The Club had several name changes from Queens to Eagles, then, Sunderland. In 1971 they were renamed Simba (SwahiliΒ for “Lion”).
Simba SC is the biggest club in Tanzania measured by fan base and social media activity seconded by their rivals Young Africans SC (Yanga), Simba SC have won 21Β league titlesΒ and fiveΒ domestic cups, and have participated in theΒ CAF Champions LeagueΒ multiple times. They are also one of the biggest clubs in East Africa, having won theΒ CECAFA Club ChampionshipΒ six times.
Nicknamed Wekundu wa msimbazi, Simba play their home games at theΒ Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. In 2022, Simba were the fastest growingΒ InstagramΒ account among football clubs, with 3 million followers and a growth of 89% from the previous year.
Simba SC is amongst the most followed African clubs on social media platforms with more than 5 million followers across all social media. In March 2022, the club announced to join TikTok and earned more than 10,000 followers in just 3 days. The club is also considered as one of the richest club in East Africa, with a total budget of Sh 5 Billion (equivalent to $2.1 million) unveiled for the 2019/2020 season.
8. CR Belouizdad
CRB was founded on 15 July 1962,[5][6]Β ten days afterΒ the independence of Algeria, asΒ Chabab Riadhi de Belcourt,[7]Β by the merger of two clubs from the same district, theΒ Widad Riadhi de BelcourtΒ and theΒ Club AthΓ©ltique de Belcourt,[8][9]Β and has played at its current home ground,Β the 20 August 1955 Stadium, ever since.
CRB has traditionally worn a white home kit with the red trademark “V” on the front since inception.
CRB has produced several notable players and established itself as a major force in bothΒ AlgerianΒ andΒ MaghrebinΒ football during the 1960s and 1970s, winning 10 major trophies in 8 seasons.
TheΒ Grand ChababΒ is one of the most successful clubs inΒ Algeria, having won theΒ domestic league titleΒ eight times, theΒ Algerian CupΒ eight times, oneΒ Algerian League Cup, twoΒ Algerian Super CupsΒ and theΒ Maghreb Champions CupΒ a record three times.
In 2010, the White and Reds obtained professional status following a reform of the league to professionalize theΒ Algerian football.[10]Β They won their first title of champion ofΒ AlgeriaΒ at the end of theΒ 1964β1965Β season, three years after their creation.
Madar Holding Group is, since 15 October 2018, the majority shareholder of the share capital of theΒ sports company by shares CRB “Athletic”, after acquiring 67% of the 75% of the shares held by theΒ amateur sports Club (CSA), chaired by Karim Chettouf..
The board of directors is, since 22 September 2021, chaired by Mohamed Belhadj, replacing Mohamed Abrouk (who held this post after Charaf-Eddine Amara was elected President of theΒ Algerian Football FederationΒ on 16 April 2021), and will have a purely administrative mission, since it was agreed that everything related to the sport component will be managed by the new director general,Β Hocine Yahi, who agreed to hold this position on 30 March 2021, replacing Toufik Korichi. The first team is managed byΒ Marcos PaquetÑ since 23 September 2021, replacingΒ Zoran ManojloviΔ.
The club is still and has long been one of the most popular football teams inΒ Algeria, and has local rivalries with neighborsΒ MC Algiers, NA Hussein Dey andΒ USM Algiers.
9. JS Kabyile
Jeunesse Sportive de KabylieΒ (Kabyle: IlemαΊiyen inaddalen n leqbayel), known asΒ JS KabylieΒ orΒ JSK, is an Algerian professionalΒ footballΒ club based inΒ Tizi Ouzou. The club is named after the cultural, natural and historical region that is home to the Kabyle-Berber-speakingΒ KabyleΒ (the lettersΒ β΅ β΅ β΄½Β on the badge areΒ BerberΒ for JSK). The club was founded in 1946 and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium,Β Stade du 1er Novembre 1954, has a capacity of 21,240 spectators. The club is currently playing in theΒ Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. It is the most successful football club in Algeria.
10. Petro Atletico de Luanda
AtlΓ©tico PetrΓ³leos de Luanda, also known asΒ Petro AtlΓ©tico de Luanda, or simplyΒ Petro AtlΓ©ticoΒ orΒ Petro de Luanda, is aΒ footballΒ club fromΒ Luanda,Β Angola, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982 and is the most successful team in the country.
