West African Football Union


The West African Football Union, officially abbreviated as WAFU-UFOA and WAFU, is a sports governing body representing the football associations in West Africa that was founded in 1975 and is a subregional body of the Confederation of African Football.
It mainly organizes qualifying tournaments/championships for the CAF Women's Champions League and CAF's national team competitions except the Africa Cup of Nations, but also organizes its own competitions, like the currently-inactive WAFU Nations Cup.
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Presidents

Member associations

WAFU consists of all football associations of West Africa, but is split into two zones by CAF, who cited "organisational issues facing WAFU."
  • Zone A
  • Zone B
CountryZoneGoverning body
Zone ACape Verdean Football Federation
Zone AGambia Football Association
Zone AGuinean Football Federation
Zone AFootball Federation of Guinea-Bissau
Zone ALiberia Football Association
Zone AMalian Football Federation
Zone ASenegalese Football Federation
Zone ASierra Leone Football Association
Zone BBenin Football Federation
Zone BBurkinabé Football Federation
Zone BGhana Football Association
Zone BIvorian Football Federation
Zone BNigerien Football Federation
Zone BNigeria Football Federation
Zone BTogolese Football Federation

On December 2025, Mauritania left the West African Football Union to join the UNAF.

Competitions

WAFU runs main and qualifying competitions covering men, women and youth.

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
WAFUZoneFIFACountryPoints+/−
1A171624.73
2B301520.27
3B381498.8 1
4A441477.9 1
5B621390.38
6A651425.64 1
7B681358.77 1
8A761324.65 1
9B971225.68
10B1131170.34 6
11A1131163.44 1
12A1261137.36 2
13B1291125.5 1
14A1301114.8 1
15A1521029.58

Top-ranked men's national football teams

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from:03/03/2016 till:07/04/2016 shift: text:"Cape Verde" color:CPV
from:07/04/2016 till:11/08/2016 shift: text:"Ivory Coast" color:CIV
from:11/08/2016 till:15/09/2016 shift: text:"Ghana" color:GHA
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