Football in Africa

Statistics report on football in Africa

Football in Africa

This study provides statistics on football as a professional sport in Africa. It first provides a financial overview of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Furthermore, it covers men's and women's national soccer teams in Africa, clubs, the continent's top players, and transfers. Lastly, the report includes data on broadcast and social media.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Total revenue of Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2015-2023
  • Basic Statistic Revenue of Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2021-2022, by source
  • Basic Statistic Revenue of Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2021-2022, by competition
  • Basic Statistic Distributions of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2015-2022
  • Basic Statistic Distributions of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2022, by type
  • Basic Statistic Distributions of Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2021-2022, by competition
  • Basic Statistic Largest stadiums in Africa 2023, by capacity

Men's national teams

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  • Basic Statistic Highest-ranked men's national soccer teams Africa 2023
  • Premium Statistic FIFA World Cup appearances of men's African football teams 2022, by country
  • Premium Statistic African Cup of Nations appearances of African football teams 2022, by country
  • Basic Statistic Africa Cup of Nations soccer titles, by country 1957-2024
  • Basic Statistic Africa Cup of Nations players with most matches 1957-2022
  • Basic Statistic African Cup of Nations leading goal scorers 1957-2022
  • Basic Statistic Leading goal scorers at the Africa Cup of Nations 2022

Women's national teams

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  • Basic Statistic Highest-ranked women's national soccer teams Africa 2023
  • Premium Statistic FIFA World Cup appearances of women's African football teams 2023, by country
  • Basic Statistic Women's Africa Cup of Nations soccer titles, by country 1991-2022
  • Basic Statistic World ranking of Nigerian women's national soccer team 2003-2023
  • Basic Statistic World ranking of South African women's national soccer team 2003-2023
  • Basic Statistic World ranking of Cameroonian women's national soccer team 2003-2023

Clubs

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  • Basic Statistic Most valuable African football clubs 2023/2024, by market value
  • Premium Statistic Market value of football teams in the Egyptian Premier League 2023/2024
  • Premium Statistic Market value of football teams in the DSTV Premiership 2023/2024
  • Premium Statistic Market value of soccer teams in the Moroccan Botola Pro INWI 2023/2024
  • Premium Statistic Market value of football/soccer teams in Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 2023/2024
  • Premium Statistic Market value of soccer teams in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 2023/2024

Club titles

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  • Basic Statistic Football club winners in the CAF Champions League, by total wins
  • Basic Statistic Egyptian football club winners in the Egyptian Premier League (EPL), by total wins
  • Basic Statistic South African football club winners in the DStv Premiership, by total wins
  • Basic Statistic Algerian football club winners in the Ligue Professionnelle 1, by total wins
  • Basic Statistic Tunisian football club winners in the Ligue Professionnelle 1, by total wins
  • Basic Statistic Moroccan football club winners in the Botola Pro Inwi, by total wins

Most valuable players

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  • Basic Statistic Market value of soccer players from Africa 2023
  • Premium Statistic Market value of football players in the Egyptian Premier League 2022/2023
  • Premium Statistic Market value of soccer players in the South African DSTV Premiership 2023
  • Premium Statistic Market value of soccer players in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 2022/2023
  • Premium Statistic Market value of football players in Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 2022/2023
  • Premium Statistic Market value of soccer players in the Moroccan Botola Pro INWI 2022/2023

Transfers

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  • Basic Statistic Number of CAF football player transfers 2019-2022, by transfer type
  • Basic Statistic Value of CAF football player transfer fees 2019-2022, by spending and receipts
  • Premium Statistic Receipts for soccer player transfers in Africa 2022, by country
  • Premium Statistic Spending for soccer player transfers in Africa 2022, by country

Broadcast and media

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  • Premium Statistic Share of people watching the FIFA World Cup in Africa in 2018 and 2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of CAF soccer matches broadcast on TV 2021-2022, by competition
  • Basic Statistic Number of social media followers of CAF 2022, by platform
  • Basic Statistic Number of social media followers before and after AFCON 2022, by country
  • Basic Statistic Number of social media content during AFCON 2022, by platform

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