AFRICA’S CLUB OF THE FIRST DECADE (2001/2010)
AL – AHLY CAIRO (EGYPT)
Al-Ahly Cairo increased its lead in 2010 and was Africa’s Club of the first decade of the 21th Century . The club was honoured by IFFHS at the World Football Gala 2012 in Barcelona.
It was remarkable that two Egyptian and two Tunisian clubs were among the “Top 10″ and that three North African clubs leaded the ranking. Africa’s Club of the 20th Century, Asante Kotoko Kumase (Ghana) occupied only 11th place.
The “Top 100″ was composed of clubs from 21 countries. The countries with the most clubs among the “Top 100″ were : Algeria (11), Nigeria (11), South Africa (9), Egypt (8), Morocco (8), Zambia (8), Cameroon (7), Tunisia (6), Ghana (6), Angola (5) and Ivory Coast (4). During the period 2001-2010, 268 African clubs amassed more than 150 points.
Picture : team Al Ahly Cairo 2008/2009
| Club | Country | ∑ Points | ||
| 1.1.2001-31.12.2010 | ||||
| 1. | Al-Ahly Cairo | Egypt | 1 201,5 | |
| 2. | Espérance Sportive de Tunis | Tunisie | 1 050,5 | |
| 3. | Etoile Sportive du Sahel | Tunisie | 1 008,5 | |
| 4. | ASEC Mimosas Abidjan | Côte-d’Ivoire | 940,5 | |
| 5. | Cotonsport FC de Garoua | Cameroun | 891,5 | |
| 6. | Zamalek SC Cairo | Egypt | 808,5 | |
| 7. | Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie, Tizi Ouzou | Algérie | 793,0 | |
| 8. | Enyimba International FC Aba | Nigeria | 778,5 | |
| 9. | Al-Hilal Omdurman | Sudan | 766,0 | |
| 10. | AS FAR Rabat | Maroc | 745,0 | |
| 11. | Asante Kotoko SC Kumasi | Ghana | 736,5 | |
| 12. | Al-Ismailia | Egypt | 725,5 | |
| 13. | RAJA Casablanca | Maroc | 696,5 | |
| 14. | CS Sfaxien Sfax | Tunisie | 695,0 | |
| 15. | Mamelodi Sundowns FC Pretoria | South Africa | 692,5 | |
| 16. | Al-Merreikh Omdurman | Sudan | 671,0 | |
| 17. | Atlético Petróleos Luanda | Angola | 663,0 | |
| 18. | Union Sportive Madina Alger | Algérie | 655,0 | |
| 19. | Orlando Pirates FC Marshalltown | South Africa | 595,5 | |
| 20. | Wydad AC Casablanca | Maroc | 594,0 | |
| 21. | Hearts of Oak SC Accra | Ghana | 578,5 | |
| 22. | Al-Ittihad Tripoli | Libya | 578,0 | |
| 23. | Club Africain Tunis | Tunisie | 577,5 | |
| 24. | Africa Sports Nationale Abidjan | Côte-d’Ivoire | 575,5 | |
| 25. | ZANACO FC Lusaka | Zambia | 571,5 | |
| 26. | TP Mazembe Lubumbashi | Congo DR | 569,5 | |
| 27. | Supersport United FC Pretoria | South Africa | 555,5 | |
| 28. | Olympique Club de Khouribga | Maroc | 554,0 | |
| 29. | Heartland FC Oweri | Nigeria | 538,0 | |
| 30. | Rangers International FC Enugu | Nigeria | 534,0 | |
| 31. | Kaizer Chiefs FC Johannesburg | South Africa | 531,5 | |
| 32. | Éntente Sportife de Sétif | Algérie | 522,0 | |
| 33. | Sawahel Alexandria (Haras Hodoud) | Egypt | 521,0 | |
| 34. | Dynamos FC Harare | Zimbabwe | 509,0 | |
| FC Cape Town Santos | South Africa | 509,0 | ||
| 36. | AS de Douanes Dakar | Sénégal | 508,0 | |
| 37. | Power Dynamos FC Kitwe | Zambia | 507,0 | |
| 38. | Clube Desportivo 1° de Agosto Luanda | Angola | 501,5 | |
| 39. | Highlanders FC Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | 493,0 | |
| 40. | Canon Sportif de Yaoundé | Cameroun | 492,0 | |
| 41. | Green Buffaloes FC Lusaka | Zambia | 480,5 | |
| 42. | Ajax Cape Town FC | South Africa | 473,5 | |
| 43. | CAPS United FC Harare | Zimbabwe | 471,0 | |
| 44. | Union Sportive de Douala | Cameroun | 462,5 | |
| 45. | King Faisal Babies Kumasi | Ghana | 455,5 | |
| ZESCO United FC Ndola | Zambia | 455,5 | ||
| 47. | ENPPI Cairo | Egypt | 445,5 | |
| 48. | Djoliba AC Bamako | Mali | 437,5 | |
| 49. | Kabwe Warrios FC | Zambia | 435,5 | |
| 50. | Dolphins FC Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 432,5 | |
| 51. | Fovu Club de Baham | Cameroun | 432,0 | |
| 52. | Stade Malien de Bamako | Mali | 431,0 | |
| 53. | Chabab R Belouizdad | Algérie | 428,0 | |
| 54. | Sable FC de Batié | Cameroun | 425,0 | |
| 55. | Atlético Sport Aviação | Angola | 423,0 | |
| 56. | ASC Diaraf Dakar | Sénégal | 414,0 | |
| 57. | Ashanti Gold SC Obuasi | Ghana | 403,5 | |
| 58. | Al-Ahly Tripoli | Libya | 403,0 | |
| 59. | Moroka Swallows FC Marshalltown | South Africa | 400,0 | |
| 60. | ASC Jeanne d’Arc Dakar | Sénégal | 396,5 | |
| 61. | Kano Pillars FC | Nigeria | 394,0 | |
| 62. | Red Arrows FC Lusaka | Zambia | 389,5 | |
| 63. | Simba SC Dar-es-Salaam | Tanzania | 383,5 | |
| 64. | Hassania US Agadir | Maroc | 380,0 | |
| 65. | ASO Chlef | Algérie | 375,0 | |
| Mont Cameroun FC de Buéa | Cameroun | 375,0 | ||
| 67. | Lobi Stars FC Makurdi | Nigeria | 368,0 | |
| 68. | Al-Masri Port Said | Egypt | 359,0 | |
| 69. | Mouloudia Club d’Alger | Algérie | 358,0 | |
| 70. | Mouloudia Club d’Oran | Algérie | 352,5 | |
| 71. | Stade Tunisien | Tunisie | 347,5 | |
| 72. | Motor Action FC Harare | Zimbabwe | 343,5 | |
| 73. | MAS Fés | Maroc | 343,0 | |
| 74. | Les Astres FC de Douala | Cameroun | 342,5 | |
| 75. | Gombe United FC | Nigeria | 338,0 | |
| 76. | Widad Athletic de Tlemcen | Algérie | 334,5 | |
| 77. | Wits University FC Johannesburg | South Africa | 332,0 | |
| 78. | GD Sagrada Esperança | Angola | 326,0 | |
| Liberty Professionals FC Accra | Ghana | 326,0 | ||
| 80. | USM Blida | Algérie | 325,5 | |
| 81. | Stade d’Abidjan | Côte-d’Ivoire | 321,5 | |
| 82. | Jeunesse Club deAbidjan | Côte-d’Ivoire | 317,0 | |
| 83. | Al-Ittihad Alexandria | Egypt | 315,0 | |
| 84. | Bullets FC Blantyre | Malawi | 314,5 | |
| 85. | AS Bordj Bou Arreridj | Algérie | 311,5 | |
| 86. | Grupo Desportivo Interclube Luanda | Angola | 310,5 | |
| 87. | Ittihad Z. Khémisset | Maroc | 307,5 | |
| Wikkhi Tourists FC Bauchi | Nigeria | 307,5 | ||
| 89. | Lamontville Golden Arrow FC Durban | South Africa | 306,5 | |
| 90. | Julius Berger FC Lagos | Nigeria | 304,0 | |
| 91. | SC Villa Kampala | Uganda | 302,5 | |
| 92. | Niger Tornados FC Minna | Nigeria | 300,5 | |
| 93. | Universite Sportive Madina Annaba | Algérie | 300,0 | |
| 94. | Nchanga Rangers FC, Chingola | Zambia | 299,0 | |
| 95. | Ghazl Al Mehalla Fillery | Egypt | 298,0 | |
| 96. | Jeunesse S Massira Layonne | Maroc | 297,0 | |
| 97. | Arsenals FC Berekum | Ghana | 295,0 | |
| 98. | Clube Ferroviário de Maputo | Mosambique | 294,0 | |
| Sharks FC Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 294,0 | ||
| 100. | CS de Hammam-Lif | Tunisie | 293,5 | |
| 101. | NA Hussein Dey Alger | Algérie | 292,0 | |
| 102. | FUS Rabat | Maroc | 290,5 | |
| 103. | Kwara United FC Ilorin | Nigeria | 290,0 | |
| 104. | Sport Luanda e Benfica | Angola | 288,0 | |
| CA Bizertin Bizerte | Tunisie | 288,0 | ||
| 106. | St. George SA Addis Abeba | Ethiopia | 285,5 | |
| 107. | Tonnerre Kalara Club de Yaoundé | Cameroun | 283,0 | |
| 108. | Platinum Stars FC Rustenburg | South Africa | 282,5 | |
| 109. | AS du Faso/Yennenga Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 280,0 | |
| 110. | Etoile Filante Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 278,5 | |
| 111. | Monomotapa United FC Harare | Zimbabwe | 278,0 | |
| Kampala City Council FC | Uganda | 278,0 | ||
| 113. | Union Sportive Goréenne de Gorée | Sénégal | 276,5 | |
| 114. | Stade de Mbour | Sénégal | 274,5 | |
| 115. | Express SC Kampala | Uganda | 271,5 | |
| 116. | Lusaka Dynamos FC | Zambia | 270,5 | |
| 117. | JSM Béjaïa | Algérie | 270,0 | |
| 118. | ASC Sonacos Djourbel | Sénégal | 268,5 | |
| 119. | KAWKAB Marrakech | Maroc | 268,0 | |
| 120. | Bendel Insurance FC Benin City | Nigeria | 267,5 | |
| 121. | Séwé Sports de San Pedro | Côte-d’Ivoire | 266,5 | |
| Stella Club Abidjan | Côte-d’Ivoire | 266,5 | ||
| 123. | St. Michel United FC Anse-aux-Pins | Seychelles | 265,5 | |
| US Monastir | Tunisie | 265,5 | ||
| 125. | Jomo Cosmos FC Johannesburg | South Africa | 265,0 | |
| 126. | COD Meknés | Maroc | 261,5 | |
| 127. | Heart of Lions FC Kpandu | Ghana | 261,0 | |
| 128. | CD Costa do Sol Maputo | Mosambique | 260,5 | |
| 129. | Real Tamale United | Ghana | 259,0 | |
| 130. | MTL Wanderers Blantyre | Malawi | 258,5 | |
| 131. | Black Rhinos FC Harare | Zimbabwe | 258,0 | |
| 132. | N’Konkola Blades Chililabombwe | Zambia | 254,5 | |
| 133. | Unisport de Bafang | Cameroun | 252,0 | |
| Al-Madina Tripoli | Libya | 252,0 | ||
| 135. | Al-Nasr Benghazi | Libya | 251,0 | |
| CO Bamako | Mali | 251,0 | ||
| 137. | Sabé Sport de Bouna | Côte-d’Ivoire | 248,5 | |
| 138. | JS Centre Salif Keïta Bamako | Mali | 246,5 | |
| 139. | Casa Sport Ziguinchor | Sénégal | 243,5 | |
| 140. | Issia Wazi FC | Côte-d’Ivoire | 242,0 | |
| 141. | DUC Dakar | Sénégal | 241,0 | |
| Olympique de Béja | Tunisie | 241,0 | ||
| 143. | Mokawloun Arab Cairo | Egypt | 237,5 | |
| AS Vita Club Kinshasa | Congo DR | 237,5 | ||
| 145. | Bamboutos FC de Mbouba | Cameroun | 236,0 | |
| 146. | ASEC Ndiambour Louga | Sénégal | 235,5 | |
| 147. | Tusker FC Nairobi | Kenya | 234,0 | |
| 148. | Bleomfontein Celtic FC | South Africa | 233,5 | |
| 149. | AS Port-Louis 2000 | Mauritius | 233,0 | |
| 150. | UCST Port Autonome Dakar | Sénégal | 232,5 | |
| URA FC Kampala | Uganda | 232,5 | ||
| 152. | Bayelsa United FC Yenagoa | Nigeria | 232,0 | |
| 153. | Masvingo United FC | Zimbabwe | 230,0 | |
| 154. | Hasaacas FC Sekondi | Ghana | 228,5 | |
| 155. | Silver Strikers FC Lilongwe | Malawi | 227,5 | |
| 156. | Lancashire Steel FC Kwekwe | Zimbabwe | 226,5 | |
| 157. | DHJ El Jadida | Maroc | 222,5 | |
| Warri Volves FC | Nigeria | 222,5 | ||
| Young Africans FC Dar-es-Salaam | Tanzania | 222,5 | ||
| 160. | Racing Club de Bafoussam | Cameroun | 222,0 | |
| Saint Louis Suns United FC Victoria | Seychelles | 222,0 | ||
| 162. | Wallidan FC Banjul | Gambia | 221,0 | |
| 163. | Petrojet FC Suez | Egypt | 220,5 | |
| 164. | Club Desportivo Militar da Huíla | Angola | 220,0 | |
| 165. | Estrela Clube 1° de Maio Benguela | Angola | 218,0 | |
| Mtibwa Sugar FC Turiani | Tanzania | 218,0 | ||
| 167. | Sunshine Stars FC Akure | Nigeria | 217,0 | |
| 168. | Ethiopian Coffee SC Addis Abeba | Ethiopia | 216,5 | |
| 169. | DC Motema Pembe Kinshasa | Congo DR | 216,0 | |
| 170. | Al-Jaish Cairo | Egypt | 214,5 | |
| Al-Akhdar Al-Bayda | Libya | 214,5 | ||
| 172. | Mochudi Centre Chiefs SC | Botswana | 214,0 | |
| 173. | Shabanie Mine FC Zvishavane | Zimbabwe | 212,5 | |
| 174. | US Forces Armées Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 211,5 | |
| 175. | Black Leopards FC Thohoyandou | South Africa | 210,5 | |
| 176. | Civics FC Windhoek | Namibia | 210,0 | |
| 177. | El-Gouafel Sportive de Gafsa | Tunisie | 208,5 | |
| 178. | ASC HLM Dakar | Sénégal | 207,5 | |
| 179. | Al-Mourada Omdurman | Sudan | 207,0 | |
| 180. | Township Rollers FC Gaborone | Botswana | 205,0 | |
| 181. | Al-Olympique Az-Zwiyah | Libya | 204,0 | |
| Etoile Sportive de Zarzis | Tunisie | 204,0 | ||
| 183. | Nkwazi FC Lusaka | Zambia | 203,5 | |
| 184. | EEPCO FC Addis Abeba | Ethiopia | 203,0 | |
| Al-Hilal Benghazi | Libya | 203,0 | ||
| 186. | US Ouakam | Sénégal | 202,0 | |
| 187. | Nkana FC, Kitwe | Zambia | 201,5 | |
| 188. | Botswana Defence Force XI Gaborone | Botswana | 201,0 | |
| 189. | Mograb MA Tétouane | Maroc | 200,5 | |
| Nasarawa United FC Lafia | Nigeria | 200,5 | ||
| 191. | Avenir Sportif de la Marsa | Tunisie | 199,5 | |
| 192. | Ocean Boys FC Brass | Nigeria | 197,5 | |
| 193. | Free State Stars FC Bethlehem | South Africa | 197,0 | |
| 194. | ESCOM United Blantyre | Malawi | 195,0 | |
| 195. | US de Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 194,0 | |
| 196. | Aigle Royal de la Menoua | Cameroun | 193,0 | |
| Al-Ahly Benghazi | Libya | 193,0 | ||
| 198. | AS Denguélé Sport d’Odienné | Côte-d’Ivoire | 192,5 | |
| 199. | FC Saint-Eloi Lupopu Lubumbashi | Congo DR | 192,0 | |
| 200. | Entente Sportive de Bingerville | Côte-d’Ivoire | 190,5 | |
| 201. | Forest Rangers FC Ndola | Zambia | 188,5 | |
| CSS Richard-Toll | Sénégal | 188,5 | ||
| 203. | Ramblers FC Windhoek | Namibia | 188,0 | |
| ASC La Linguère de Saint-Louis | Sénégal | 188,0 | ||
| La Passe FC | Seychelles | 188,0 | ||
| 206. | Orlando Pirates FC Windhoek | Namibia | 187,5 | |
| 207. | Olympique D’chira Safi | Maroc | 187,0 | |
| 208. | Guédiawaye FC Dakar | Sénégal | 186,5 | |
| 209. | Espérance de Guider | Cameroun | 184,0 | |
| 210. | Anse Réunion FC | Seychelles | 183,5 | |
| 211. | Mbabane Swallows | Swasiland | 182,0 | |
| 212. | Ama Zulu FC Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | 181,5 | |
| 213. | Mbabane Highlanders | Swasiland | 181,0 | |
| 214. | Santos FC Angola | Angola | 180,0 | |
| 215. | Arsenal Tersana Cairo | Egypt | 179,0 | |
| Red Lions Zomba | Malawi | 179,0 | ||
| 217. | Bomaa Great Olympics Accra | Ghana | 178,0 | |
| 218. | AS Réal Bamako | Mali | 177,5 | |
| National Assembly FC Lusaka | Zambia | 177,5 | ||
| Al-Hilal Port Sudan | Sudan | 177,5 | ||
| 221. | Awassa City FC | Ethiopia | 175,5 | |
| 222. | Baladiyyat Al Mehalla | Egypt | 174,5 | |
| Clube Ferroviário da Beira | Mosambique | 174,5 | ||
| Chapungu United FC Gweru | Zimbabwe | 174,5 | ||
| 225. | Police XI Otse | Botswana | 172,5 | |
| 226. | CA Batna | Algérie | 172,0 | |
| 227. | Atlético Petróleos do Huambo | Angola | 171,5 | |
| 228. | Hwange FC | Zimbabwe | 171,0 | |
| 229. | Curepipe Starlight SC | Mauritius | 170,0 | |
| 230. | Khartoun FC | Sudan | 169,5 | |
| 231. | CD Maxaquene Maputo | Mosambique | 169,0 | |
| Zamfara United FC Gusau | Nigeria | 169,0 | ||
| Manzini Wanderers FC | Swasiland | 169,0 | ||
| 234. | ASC Saloum | Sénégal | 168,5 | |
| 235. | Mathare United FC Nairobi | Kenya | 165,0 | |
| Royal Leonards FC Simunye | Swasiland | 165,0 | ||
| 237. | Association Sportive Salé | Maroc | 164,5 | |
| 238. | Green Mamba FC Matsapha | Swasiland | 164,0 | |
| 239. | Inter Clube Angola Luanda | Angola | 163,0 | |
| Grupo Desportivo Maputo | Mosambique | 163,0 | ||
| Al-Amal Atbara | Sudan | 163,0 | ||
| 242. | Njube Sundowns FC Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | 162,5 | |
| 243. | Mogoditshane Fighters FC | Botswana | 161,5 | |
| Notwane FC Gaborone | Botswana | 161,5 | ||
| Savenne SC | Mauritius | 161,5 | ||
| Black Africa FC Windhoek | Namibia | 161,5 | ||
| 247. | African Stars FC Windhoek | Namibia | 161,0 | |
| Shooting Stars FC Harare | Zimbabwe | 161,0 | ||
| Lengthens FC Kuwadzana | Zimbabwe | 161,0 | ||
| 250. | Bank SC Addis Abeba | Ethiopia | 160,0 | |
| City of Lusaka FC | Zambia | 160,0 | ||
| 252. | Gaborone United SC | Botswana | 159,5 | |
| 253. | USM Oujda | Maroc | 159,0 | |
| Chambishi FC Blackburn | Zambia | 159,0 | ||
| 255. | Rail Club du Kadiogo Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 158,0 | |
| Racing Club Bobo-Dioulasso | Burkina Faso | 158,0 | ||
| 257. | El-Kanemi FC Maiduguri | Nigeria | 157,0 | |
| 258. | CIVO United Lilongwe | Malawi | 155,5 | |
| 259. | Université Club de Nagaoundéré | Cameroun | 155,0 | |
| Tigers FC Blantyre | Malawi | 155,0 | ||
| Blue Waters FC Walvis Bay | Namibia | 155,0 | ||
| 262. | Extension Gunners FC Lobatse | Botswana | 154,5 | |
| Banjul Hawks FC | Gambia | 154,5 | ||
| 264. | Moyale Barracks Mzuzu | Malawi | 153,5 | |
| IR Ittihad Tanger | Maroc | 153,5 | ||
| 266. | Ulinzi Stars Nakuru | Kenya | 153,0 | |
| 267. | So NySugar Awendo | Kenya | 150,5 | |
| Shooting Stars SC Ibadan | Nigeria | 150,5 | ||
| 269. | Pamplemousses SC | Mauritius | 149,5 | |
| Roan United FC Luanshya | Zambia | 149,5 | ||
| Amazulu FC Durban | South Africa | 149,5 | ||
| 272. | Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo do Libolo | Angola | 149,0 | |
| 273. | Manning Rangers FC Durban | South Africa | 148,0 | |
| 274. | El Mansourah | Egypt | 147,5 | |
| Gunners FC Harare | Zimbabwe | 147,5 | ||
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