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Strongest african football countries

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0commentsUpdated on 10/06/2026 at 04:00 PM

Morocco1504

The worldwide ranking generated by 9.5k votes

56 / 56

Morocco1504

Algeria1406

Democratic Republic of the Congo1398

Egypt1392

Senegal1385

Nigeria1382

Cameroon1373

Ivory Coast1368

Tunisia1366

#10

Mali1354

#11

Guinea1313

#12

South Africa1310

#13

Burkina Faso1305

#14

Angola1291

#15

Republic of the Congo1270

#16

Ghana1255

#17

Niger1253

#18

Gabon1253

#19

Benin1237

#20

Sudan1233

#21

Zambia1219

#22

Guinea-Bissau1206

#23

Libya1202

#24

Comoros1191

#25

Tanzania1182

#26

Gambia1174

#27

Cape Verde1167

#28

Madagascar1164

#29

Chad1161

#30

Central African Republic1160

#31

Uganda1160

#32

Equatorial Guinea1158

#33

Mauritania1154

#34

Togo1154

#35

Eritrea1153

#36

São Tomé and Príncipe1151

#37

Western Sahara1151

Mozambique1147

Ethiopia1138

Zimbabwe1134

Kenya1124

#42

South Sudan1120

#43

Somalia1114

#44

Botswana1112

Djibouti1099

Namibia1091

#48

Seychelles1080

#49

Liberia1074

#50

Lesotho1072

#51

Mauritius1066

#52

Malawi1065

#53

Burundi1044

#54

Rwanda1038

#55

Eswatini1016

#56

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha979

What the community says

Morocco leads with an ELO of 1,504, ahead of Algeria (1,406) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (1,398). Ranked over 9,471 duels between 56 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.